What a weekend.

This past weekend was perfect. Well nearly. On Thursday when I was done working I drove down to Tomah to spend the night and bring my boyfriend back up to my parents. It felt so great seeing him and holding him in my arms again. I didn't want to let him go.

On Friday we drove back up to Chippewa and made an apple pie with homemade crust. Hardest thing I've made. I am not going to make crust again. After dinner we went to my little brother's football game. It was cold and damp so we stayed through the first half. Then we went to

Heckles' for a little something to hold us over until our movie. We saw Zombieland. It was awesome. A pretty funny movie.

I had to work on Saturday. Good thing it was just until 12:30. My boyfriend got to spend the

morning with my mother and older sister. They went to the Farmer's Market for a few hours. That was were he got me some flowers. When I was done with work we then drove up to visit our friend Cody who lives in Port Wing.

Almost the farthest North someone can live in Wisconsin. It was a very beautiful drive up

there. Almost all of the trees have changed colors. We stopped in Hayward. I showed Noah the Giant Musky.

We were going to go into the museum that they have there but it was closed when we got there. We finally made it up to Lake Superior/Port Wing around 5pm. We made Cody have a fire in his fireplace, the second that he has had there.

Today we drove back to Chippewa first stopping in Hayward again at what I thought to be Coop's

but was actually Cooper's. I was all excited about getting pizza from Coop's. The two building are about a block and a half away from each other. And they look alike The only difference is the er. When we made it back to my parents it was time for dinner. When we were done eating and getting Noah's travel set for how he was going to get back home. I needed to take him back to Tomah to catch the train tomorrow morning.

It was a nice weekend with my boyfriend. I cannot wait until I go down to see him for my birthday in less then two weeks!

What I've been working on

Getting back into school.

I have found that I don't want to be an unskilled worker in the retail business with a college degree. I have already applied to get back into UW-Whitewater for their accounting program. It would take me a year and a half to get a Bachelors of Science in Accounting. I am very excited about making myself more employable.

Making the world warmer.

I have started on making my first of my free hats for the needy. Everyone needs to be warm during the winter. I have the skill that can help people in getting warm. I am going to be using all of my yarn that I was given (Dead Lady Yarn) for this cause.

Moving out of my parents house.

I really do enjoy living at my parents. I see them a few hours a day since I am working a lot, so it is like I am living on my own. I am 23 years old, a college graduate, and moved back in. I need to get out and be an adult. With all the new bills that I get the pleasure of paying.

It isn't a large list of things that I am working on, but they are major.

Wishcasting Wednesday

Today Jamie asks us What do we wish to share?

I wish to share my knitting and crocheting with the world. I think I have a gift of being able to make warm fuzzy scarves, hats, mittens and maybe a blanket or two. With the cold months fast approaching I keep thinking about those in need of warmth. I wish to share warmth to those in need. To use my gift of being able to make beautiful and warm winter pieces out of string that I have inherited over the years. I am sure that the ladies that I have gotten the yarn from would want nothing more then to know that all the money that they had spent on getting their yarn was being used to warm the homeless and those who cannot afford to buy from a store a simple hat or mittens to stay warm during the winter. I have a big old bag of yarn that is just sitting around my room, it needs to be put to good use.

I WILL make winter apparel to be given away to those who need it. I just need to find an origination that gives items away and doesn't charge people for them that I can send them to when I have a good supply completed.

If anyone has any suggestions that would be very helpful in this endeavor. I hope that this wishcasting will reach someone who feels the same and might even do the same or has done the same.

What I've learned

Being out of school has taught me a few things.

1) Weekends/days off are a luxury.

These days are not to be taken for granted. In the real world your boss doesn't care that you aren't feeling well, or that you don't feel like working. They are there to run a business and if you aren't feeling up to working then you can be replaced.

2) Just because I don't have anything to do for the day doesn't mean I want to work.

See number 1. These are the days that I recharge and get done things that I wasn't able to do on days when I work.

• Laundry
• clean my room
• finish my projects

3) Cooking for people is very rewarding.

I enjoy cooking for people to eat a meal with me. Living on my own was fun but I wasn't able to cook for anyone but myself.

4)People drive safely around school zones, no where else.

There could be gusts of wind knocking down traffic lights and the guy next to you will still drive 70+ while eating and talking on the phone. But make the same weather conditions and this guy will stop what he is doing and look for children.

5)Bills are not fun. Maybe Bill the man is fun but not paying them.

They come out from no where and don't really make that much sense.

It's almost finished

My Milkweed project piece is almost

finally finished. I finished my two rows of "shells" and I've started to add buttons to it. I am planning on adding a few more then what I have just so that way it is more evenly covered with buttons then it is now. I think that the

buttons add some more originality to it, making the piece appear to be harder to make then it actually was. Pretty much I was and still am nervous that my piece won't be able to hold it's own against some of the other pieces that have already been sent in.

It was a lot of fun making this piece. I hope to come across more of these type of art projects that call for different knitters/crocheters/ fiber workers to contribute some of their work to the overall goal of the artist.

Cat story #2

Today I shall post about my cat, Kara.

Kara was found in Young Auditorium during the early summer season of dance recitals. twice she was able to make it into the building, the first juts in the front lobby and the second time it was onto the stage. She is one smart cookie. My boss at the auditorium then took her home with him and then gave her to one of his friends. Kara then peed on two different couches and needed to find a new home.

The following year I told my boss that I wanted to get a kitten. He had then convinced me that I needed to get a cat and he knew just who to get it from too. He then called his friend and she was more then happy to give her to me. Since she had to replace two couches. I had became the new owner of Kara.

Kara has started living with my parents. The first summer that she stayed with them, they got her a hair cut. She now gets hair cuts at least once a year. She just got one today and it is going to start getting cold. So my mother and I got her two Halloween outfits. She is not to happy with me at this moment. Eventually she will forget what I have done and love me again.

I got that Yucky feeling...

Today started out like any day when I have to be at work by 8:30am. It was me moving slow and eventually getting to work. The only difference between today and any other morning shift was that I woke up sick and ready to go back into bed. I made it through the day of work. With sticky hands from all of the hand sanitizer I used and a chapped nose. I am now in bed and it is 7:13 and I'm ready for bed. My joints in my body as all tired and my head feels disconnected.

Today while I was at work I sent my boyfriend a message saying that I felt like hell and was very tired. He then sent me some flowers. To Work! It was very nice of him and everyone who saw them were jealous of them. One of my co-workers said that I have the sweetest boyfriend ever.