tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226235872011-07-07T23:01:42.985-04:00...and if it weren't for the fact that this is _MY_ life, all of this stuff would be rather amusing...Krisnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-4278090232379879292009-06-11T22:27:00.001-04:002009-06-11T22:27:25.785-04:00

I also hate taking my vitamins.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-58602059654973157842009-06-11T22:20:00.002-04:002009-06-11T22:23:24.342-04:00

Dunno why. it just occurred to me that right now that, i would enjoy hitting (like bitch slap, trip, push down, or kick to the shins) some overly made up shi-shi-wa-wa annoying-ass skinny women in strapless dresses with perfect updos. Just because. Many people feel this way. Not many are brave enough to admit it.Yeah. That would be fab.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-61395669536637280462009-05-27T00:09:00.003-04:002009-05-27T00:11:01.250-04:00

I am having a nice time with Marla in BC. Today she treated me to a pedicure! We were really pleased with the service at the place we went (one block away). Little Reid slept in Marla's arms the whole time. Nice :)Went for a nice run this evening. Mountains to my right and rolling hills under my feet. Most excellent.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-17212906227326867462009-05-24T20:52:00.001-04:002009-05-24T20:53:34.798-04:00

Knitting in the sun and playing with a blonde haired blue eyed baby boy all afternoon.  NICE!  Soon to go for a run.  Ben & Marla are packing Ben up to go to the NW Territories, and I am making them ribs for dinner!  Yay!!!  While the ribs are getting all nice and saucy, I'll go for a run.  Good, eh?  :)I want to live here.  Gosh, it's beautiful.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-28883021423424156142009-05-17T19:51:00.001-04:002009-05-17T19:52:48.850-04:00

I am going to finish my socks like this: PICOT EDGE AND SEWING TECHNIQUEI have finished one sock, and once I've verified I have enough yarn to make them the same length, I'll do the sewing up and happy and proud wearing :)

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-41083215748437071762009-04-25T15:06:00.000-04:002009-04-25T15:07:10.422-04:00

More examples of Ravelry horror:http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tigerlilly-parisian-toteAwful. Frickin awful. If you carried that around as a purse people would think you were somehow merged with a terrible alien that is slowly eating your arm.Awful.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-87424324207140227282009-04-25T14:27:00.003-04:002009-04-25T14:32:19.383-04:00

when you don't have to work, or file stuff, or be company to someone you don't want to be company with, but you can sleep in (until 10:30) and have bedhead under your fave Technical Life Is Good hat, and knit yourself a sock (oh well start knitting anyway - using 2mm needles means these ones will take a while) out of the softest yarn in a colourway that makes you think of easter eggs and sunshine

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-10409909596275566162009-04-25T13:34:00.003-04:002009-04-25T13:36:09.428-04:00

This is among the ugliest I have seen on Ravelry (lots of ug on the site, but this?)http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/noro-technicolor-dreamcoatIt's touted as a pattern using 8 mitered squares and 8 different colourways of Noro yarn. Hmm. Okay - where I'm from - that's a kids sweater that costs at MINIMUM $100. For that fugly thing? Sorry. Oooof. AND they want you to pay them $6 to

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-32252019351592297572009-04-24T19:36:00.002-04:002009-04-24T19:48:18.250-04:00

I don't know what to do with myself!a) I am freaked out. I am going to have to pay over 40K in taxes, I think, and a) just a few years ago I didn't even make that in a whole year, and b) I don't quiiite have that in the bank. Eeeep!b) I spent the last 2 days getting everything in order to take to the accountant. Yes, my records were pretty much everything but really records, but I did it, and

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-91904453023366956322009-04-20T09:26:00.003-04:002009-04-20T09:28:19.728-04:00

If teal is the colour you get when you mix a kelly or like an emerald green with a peacock blue, how come it looks wrong and kind of hurts your eyeballs to wear teal with those same hues of green or blue?My head hurts today.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-74224043262566476822009-04-20T09:15:00.002-04:002009-04-20T09:16:47.304-04:00

What if you name your infant daughter "Bella," and she grows up to be unattractive? (I mean bella does mean "pretty", doesn't it?)Just a sample of my Monday morning random thoughts.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-36607332489955691762009-04-19T22:53:00.002-04:002009-04-19T23:23:29.706-04:00

I am LMAO, here.Imagine my surprise when, just out of curiosity (actually more of what I had thought was a futile attempt to procrastinate another fucking report), I checked to see who has been reading my blog, and a certain ex seems to have shown up! Repeatedly!! Well, fuck me, Freddy!Hi, Rob Evans.Hiii-larious!!!!! :P I should check who reads this thing more often, I guess! Maybe my grade

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-9991780483573002932009-04-19T22:40:00.000-04:002009-04-19T22:41:13.151-04:00

I used to enjoy letting a good fart rip when I was by myself and feeling the need to do so.... I am in the middle of Dreamcatcher by Stephen King, however. Now I worry I am going to fart out a little alien that is going to eat me.HAHAHAHAHA

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-493894797505571122009-04-18T20:03:00.002-04:002009-04-18T20:09:51.534-04:00

All right I am a wee bit on the tired side right about now.And my neck hurts.And my knee hurts.And I was hoping to finish the 2nd half of a report I started late last night and get another one off the ground today.Where DID the time go?!I spent too long reading. Damn Stephen King and his dang gripping storytelling. Dang dang dang!!I had a lovely lazy woman dinner. Skillet Sensations were on

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-33335820422218943322009-04-18T17:50:00.003-04:002009-04-18T17:51:21.743-04:00

Did a 90 min run today. I didn't think I'd be able to do it! Yay!I managed 7.7 miles :DMy bum is tired.I am veeeery thirsty, and in need of a shower, but also just so pleased I did it :) That's my longest run since June of last year. :) Yay vitamins and Dr. Luepnitz!

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-36679087130224647702009-04-15T15:17:00.002-04:002009-04-15T15:20:18.340-04:00

Man, was I discouraged after yet another hoity toity doc appointment this morning. Spent a few hours in tears, a few hours prone to tears, and now I think it's out of my system. However, I have called the doc in Texas who wants me to do the hormone panel testing and have asked him to send a requisition to a lab in the states, and I will just drive to the US again and have the fricking bloodwork

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-32750624788535537602009-04-15T11:11:00.002-04:002009-04-15T11:14:42.402-04:00

the doctor, i think, seems to think I am a depressed nutcase. When she asked me about supplements I showed her the bottles (i thought bringing them was just easier than writing it all down) and she began to go through each one, raising her eyebrows and saying things like "so this is just a salt" and "so this is just calcium" and after that she pretty much stopped looking at me and instead

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-19834265290950581542009-04-14T22:23:00.001-04:002009-04-14T22:24:25.171-04:00

This particular blog post was probably one of the best I'd ever done. I need it this week, so I'm reposting:I asked my friends to email me three things they like/admire about me, some of which I might not even be aware of. I sent them their three things as well. These are some of the replies I got. It was pretty awesome...I just think of you as a little bit of a super-human,you know? To me, you

Krisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-29233332829788135442009-04-14T09:02:00.002-04:002009-04-14T09:02:46.117-04:00

Don't feed your little poodles raw turnip, no matter how small the pieces are and no matter how much she seems to like it.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-15966035990067805282009-04-13T16:53:00.001-04:002009-04-13T16:54:33.400-04:00

Nerves are frayed, in general. I think I have never before acknowledged to myself just how vulnerable I feel when I go to a doc trying to ask for help with my difficulties with losing weight. I have had so few take me seriously (do you remember me telling you about that tiny female doctor in Winnipeg who told me that people in concentration camps succeeded in losing weight? I am always

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-56926372147257989362009-04-10T09:35:00.003-04:002009-04-11T09:32:43.918-04:00

day 1... 36.8 Celcius. But I was lying in bed with the sun on me and was stinkin hot.day 2... 36.8 Celcius. Was very hot again, tho. Axillary temp was 35.7.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-66301921817440792962009-04-09T22:50:00.003-04:002009-04-09T23:08:18.817-04:00

sorry.I am a decent enough blogger, usually, but I have been moderately to severely downtrodden this semester and it's made a grumpy-ass git.Many things have been developing lately, most of which are stressing me out.I seriously just want to disappear for a couple of weeks and knit and run and do very VERY little else. If I can get away at the beginning of May I might go hang out on my friend's

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-18884953717874721132009-03-25T13:44:00.002-04:002009-03-25T13:45:01.638-04:00

and i also knit 3 rows without having decreased for the top of the shaping of my mitten today, so I have to rip that out. Shoot.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-91342696357475177822009-03-25T13:43:00.001-04:002009-03-25T13:43:43.739-04:00

AND I am really really tired.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-68920653875544604042009-03-25T13:42:00.001-04:002009-03-25T13:43:27.088-04:00

I am feeling totally negative and teary today. I know I was having some bad dreams when my dog work me up this morning. Could that be why? I haven't gotten a bloody thing done and I'm in a HUGE grump. :( Phooey :(

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-55808275365298382182009-03-25T09:09:00.001-04:002009-03-25T09:10:53.137-04:00

I was drawn to run in the 2009 Nike Women's Marathon!!!!! It's in San Fran but not until the fall (there is time left to train, yes). WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am excited!Having a goal like this will help my running training, as having "weight loss" for a goal has sucked frickin arse since it doesn't seem to happen no matter what I frickin do :(Anyway - excited :)

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-31938804669954189162009-03-24T14:52:00.003-04:002009-03-24T14:53:39.259-04:00

So I quit the stupid South Beach diet ("most people lose 8 to 13 lbs" my ass - LITERALLY MY ASS) becasue I lost only 2 after 2 weeks of solid deprivation and serious fatigue and concentration problems. Had some carbs yesterday. Felt much much better. Went for a run last night at the gym - nothing crazy, nice and slow and easy, 25 mins. Today my left buttock - OW. I think I broke it?OW!!!!!

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-73409044714615416802009-03-23T22:52:00.000-04:002009-03-23T22:52:12.392-04:00

This is a pic of me on my Roatan vacation in January. Am I really that short?!Have since happily moved on from the mean jerk I am standing beside, who said he didn't have enough money to pay for the vacation, so I paid, then he went out and bought a $2000 (YES those are three zeroes) camera for himself. You're welcome you smelly arse. Geeze.Sorry this isn't a positive post. I am not feeling

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-140902749993369312009-03-21T22:33:00.001-04:002009-03-21T22:34:05.735-04:00

I love this:http://woolgirl.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=532_87_449&products_id=4683Just in case she might have NOTHING yet for my little package. I love love love these colours. If you click on the "larger image" link, be prepared for an eyeball orgazm. :):D

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-65525313279576754932009-03-21T09:51:00.002-04:002009-03-21T09:51:58.758-04:00

but if I'm gonna cut out all my fave carbs I wanna see an effing result. Period come. Weight approaching normalish. One can only hope there is a light at the end of this no-doughnut tunnel.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-50428721438139370912009-03-16T08:19:00.003-04:002009-03-16T08:20:46.899-04:00

Okay. The love affair with this diet is over. I was GOOD yesterday. No cheating. Same stuff as the days that I'd lose a pound. Loss from yesterday? 0.2 lbs. SERIOUSLY. This is a pisser. I am probably one of the few people whose metabolisms secretly and efficiently totally change or something on this diet, to stop weight loss all together.Either that or I'm getting my period any day now

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-15119680055794468842009-03-15T09:56:00.001-04:002009-03-15T09:56:18.884-04:00

Had to travel for work and then I went for a date on Friday night and visited with my gramma. It was hard to stick to the diet "plan" while on the road. I actually didn't cheat, but often only ate meat and few vegetables. I am extremely disappointed to report I gained a pound back :(Oh well. Back on the plan. Let's see what we can do.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-10494736499936788112009-03-12T08:25:00.001-04:002009-03-12T08:25:43.442-04:00

Today - 156.2I haven't been that weight since September!Wowsa.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-86228447550510413072009-03-11T21:27:00.001-04:002009-03-11T21:28:14.068-04:00

I am not happy today with eating fucking vegetables.(sorry for the swear. I think I just want something with a nice chewy texture, and the recipe for "dessert" that this stupid diet suggests tastes HORRIBLE and I think I was very disappointed in that :( )

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-59034746057704374392009-03-11T16:59:00.001-04:002009-03-11T17:01:03.761-04:00

Having a bit of a hard time as today I am tiiiired and want a quick boost of sugary energy. Not a hard hard hard time, but just thinking about a cookie or doughnut.However.Are you ready for this?LOOSE PANTS.ALready.This seems a little nuts.But they're loosearound the tops of the thighswhere they had been tight last weekwhich caused me to freak out and go on the diet in the first place.Holy

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-74973092378787634552009-03-11T11:58:00.002-04:002009-03-11T12:01:04.394-04:00

I won a coffee today in Tim Horton's roll up the rim contest. It is very fitting because the coffee I bought that won me the 2nd coffee was burned/scorched tasting. Haha. I guess you really can't just get something for nothing.Tummy feels a lot better today. I just ate my lunch and it's a bit tender, but I have been sleeping SO WELL and so I am feeling more like myself again, so I think it's

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-91939229465244169332009-03-11T08:38:00.000-04:002009-03-11T08:39:40.767-04:00

2 days on South Beach and my weight is in the low 157 range. I can't remember if it was 157.2 or 157.4. It's possible that it may have been because I was too hot last night and just colossally dehydrated because I forgot to turn the heat off before going to bed... so, I'll hydrate today, and see what happens when I weigh in tomorrow morning.....???>....

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-37737910965508574222009-03-09T21:58:00.004-04:002009-03-09T21:59:30.123-04:00

All right. I don't know who I am marrying or when, but I have found the dress!!!(har har)

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-28571403190476858502009-03-09T20:38:00.002-04:002009-03-09T20:42:53.318-04:00

First day of South Beach Diet. Doing all right. Not even particularly hungry. Keeping the blood sugars from dropping (which comes from eating high glycemic stuff, which results in spikes in insulin, which takes a LOT of sugar out of your blood, which makes you want more food - oh the irony) sure makes good sense. Doing this at home should be relatively easy. It's doing it while on the road

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-7137542206249727212009-03-09T00:11:00.000-04:002009-03-09T00:13:30.094-04:00

This weekend has been boring and wonderful.I have sat on my arse and knit and watched TV and cruised the internet.I didn't do a SPECK of work! It was great!!! :)I finished one mitten for the mitten swap but I will not be posting here until after my buddy receives her mittens, just in case.Today I cast on and ripped out a few times (sigh) but all is finally right, and I am on the mitten, and have

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-68086280748012499212009-03-03T18:25:00.002-05:002009-03-03T18:28:28.644-05:00

Stomach handled 3 meals today. One was an omelet, and the other two were the two halves of a large sandwich, but still, this counts. REAL FOOD. I am sleepy/tired/pooped/overworked. Having to travel this soon on the heels of a flu has sucked. Oh well. I have one report to do for tomorrow and two to proofread for Thurs and then maybe I will go to bed early. That sounds pretty good.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-46064957869332219622009-02-28T19:49:00.002-05:002009-02-28T19:51:30.526-05:00

woozy, not able to think very well, tired after going up the stairs, and headaches + stomach aches. I have 2 reports that I wanted to finish for this week's upcoming business trip, as well, but I'm so tired/achy that sitting at my desk physically HURTS. THIS SUCKS.Just took a break to have a bit of food and do some knitting while watching an old episode of Grey's Anatomy. At least the knitting

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-35230483615914849302009-02-26T17:27:00.002-05:002009-02-26T17:28:01.592-05:00

I don't do well with flu. I get all sad and weepy and lonely, and today all my muscles are shaking/trembly, and I want my mother, and my tummy really hurts, and I have to write reports.:(

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-92217671979392528532009-02-26T16:06:00.001-05:002009-02-26T16:08:03.742-05:00

I had a very relaxing time, but the end was rough. I came down with a stomach virus (or I have hepatitis or gallstones, but I think it was just a virus as I'm vaccinated and am too young for gall bladder problems and am not jaundiced) and was in severe pain my last two days there. I have been nauseated and unable to eat much for the pain in my stomach. Feeling better today than the day before

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-62429810877410301842009-02-21T22:48:00.002-05:002009-02-21T22:50:08.752-05:00

All right. Today I swam 80 laps of the pool (took me 70 minutes) and ran for 60 mins on the treadmill. I pigged out on fiction for oh, about 4 hours, by the pool, and gabbed with a variety of very friendly Americans. Totally top-notch day. And I didn't indulge in any great amount of carbs. Does it get any better?!

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-49087065243572550552009-02-21T12:42:00.003-05:002009-02-21T12:49:57.668-05:00

Hey.So, right now doing okay. First two days, actually, very stressful.I ended up here a day before I was supposed to be. Didn't know where I was going. Big mess. Funny-ish, in retrospect, but it was very stressful. My friend, Wendy, invited me to share her timeshar3e with her. She and I were going to meet up in Houston and take the same flight in to Cabo, so I didn't bother writing down

Krisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-43736348176553979902009-02-16T20:00:00.001-05:002009-02-16T20:02:53.350-05:00

Friday when I weighed myself I was 157.6. I was ecstatic! Just wait until Sunday, I thought, maybe even a couple decimals less.Then the mood swing hit. Then the sore boobs. Saturday I was 160 lbs. No frigging fair!Yesterday 159.8. This morning 159.0. NO progress to report there (and the boobs are still sore, too, dammit).But today, after running 4.75 miles, drinking nothing, and having a

Krisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-82383296937429490162009-02-16T15:35:00.002-05:002009-02-16T15:39:22.552-05:00

I am so PMSy that just thinking about going to the gym has made me cry. Geezaloo. My thoughts today that make me cry are just depressing or hard-on-myself thoughts. Maybe I really do need to work less. Last semester really wholloped me. I dunno. I bet you dollars to doughnuts I'll feel totally better about things in a week.Where does the phrase dollars to doughnuts come from, anyway?!Off to

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-90545853196561685722009-02-14T18:10:00.001-05:002009-02-14T18:11:29.563-05:00

if you are going to the gym to run for an hour and you bring your new little iPod Shuffle, bring the earphones, too.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-70550348333462779372009-02-14T12:37:00.002-05:002009-02-14T12:50:48.784-05:00

Hello people who read my blog (all 2 of you, or whatever - lol!).This week I have been feeling emotionally very unsettled. I hd been upset about the say that the manager at the business I work for had handled a particular situation that she asked me to help out with (which I did, at a fairly high cost to myself (time and effort)), and felt let-down and unsupported by her. This week I kind of

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-85090304442475101612009-02-11T23:13:00.002-05:002009-02-11T23:14:52.320-05:00

Here's one.What do you think?

Krisnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-86256869272879797302009-02-11T21:13:00.000-05:002009-02-11T21:15:49.659-05:00

Today I'm doing a bit better tho I didn't sleep much or well last night. Today was a full day out of town and I am home and doing nothing but knitting and drinking tea tonight. I am trying out the knitting for my mitten swap - feeling slightly lostish in what I'm doing - not too crazy about this yarn (tho it was expensive enough - hoooolyyyyyyyyyy!)... whatever. Just going to experiment a

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-87581026841759222702009-02-11T00:03:00.001-05:002009-02-11T00:04:26.593-05:00

FOUL MOODTOTALLY PISSED OFFBURNED OUT UNDERPAID GRUMPY AS HECK.:(

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-39324392508052457992009-02-09T22:10:00.001-05:002009-02-09T22:11:27.748-05:00

Just had a great workout. Totally sweaty. Ran 45 mins and did weights before that. Right on.Busy day. Trying day. Only so-so productive day. Oh well.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-48353280759187331032009-02-08T20:24:00.002-05:002009-02-08T20:25:04.360-05:00

I am bored out of my frickin gourd.I want to knit, but have to finish this report (one large section left) and then sort my receipts from 2008. Oh Lord.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-76527572633072033742009-02-08T15:40:00.002-05:002009-02-08T15:44:09.653-05:00

Spent 1 hour wandering around th mall today -- LUXURY! I had to take in a bracelet to be repaired, and then I just kind of looked around aimlessly. Ended up finding a small bottle of ceramabryte which my neighbour told me I needed to really get the top of my oven clean (good to know!). That was it. Then to the gym. I didn't do any fast runnign since I am still a teensy bit on the tired side,

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-38458783781916207552009-02-08T09:25:00.002-05:002009-02-08T09:29:25.446-05:00

Well, it's not HUGE progress, and I am slightly amazed and wondering if just maybe I am dehydrated, but on the scale I was 158.8 today. Woot! I managed only 3 out of 5 runs this week - had a bout of total extreme and incomprehensible fatigue midweek. I was so tired I'd forget what I was saying midway through the sentence, but would also forget I had been speaking, which was amusing and

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-26148089669368749132009-02-07T13:11:00.001-05:002009-02-07T13:13:07.626-05:00

I love it when my brain finds me solutions to problems. Thank you brain - thank you!!My staffers can work on the weekends instead of weekdays. If I have 2 ppl working with me on the weekends, then I get that work done 4x as fast as if I did it myself -- I will still have to be there for a bit of time to do the part that I have to do, but I have the staff I need so that I don't have to stay in

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-19653602729547870782009-02-07T08:27:00.002-05:002009-02-07T08:30:10.595-05:00

I forgot I had to get all my tax stuff in order before the end of the month. I also have to finish 7 assessment reports, and I'm away for a week very very soon!Next, I found out that a regular staff member who usually travels with me to Peterborough for work assistance has decided she can't go.NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!She helps me get my work

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-68470499640888488502009-02-06T18:47:00.001-05:002009-02-06T18:48:30.010-05:00

I just did a hypnosis for relaxation CD a psychologist friend made just for me.Good heavens.I feel like the syrup on top of freshly made hot waffles.Mmmmmmmmm.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-45027247530038819972009-02-05T19:20:00.001-05:002009-02-05T19:22:15.256-05:00

DANG!I am going to Cabo, Mexico for a vacation in exactly two weeks.Holy crap.The return flight was cheap, considering I am coming from Canada (under 450 CAD) and I am goin to crash in a friend's suite for next to nothing. It's a kitchen suite, too, so I don't have to buy a meal plan.I will be knitting socks and mittens in Mexico in TWO WEEKS!Whoopeeeee!!!!!Holy shit I'd better get down to work!

Krisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-64511250141290632032009-02-05T14:58:00.001-05:002009-02-05T15:02:24.170-05:00

I haven't done a stitch of work yet. SLept in (needed it), haircut, LYS visit (oh dear Lord) and then massage and then home to phonecalls from friends.I think I have the yarn I will use for the mittens, though I will have to swatch it to see for sure.Next, I think I have found the inspiration for the pattern I will use, too, which is excellent.Now, I have to put it all together, figure out

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-87544045310184403742009-02-04T21:58:00.002-05:002009-02-04T22:10:10.889-05:00

last night i broke things off with patrick. I did not sleep well last night. today when i was driving home on the highway i nearly fell asleep a few times. talk about tired! :( And that was at 5 pm~!~!Oh well. Today work was nice. My colleagues at the college I go to on Wednesdays couldn't be a cooler bunch. The day was interesting and I did get some good work done.Tomorrow is hair cut

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-91751281165714768352009-02-03T17:36:00.003-05:002009-02-03T17:37:47.270-05:00

Feeling a little badly/sadly. Broke up with my boyfriend type person today. After we went away on a trip I had a chance to learn he is just not the fellow for me. But I feel really badly about the breakup. Sad sad sad sad sad. I hope we will continue to be friends. :(

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-52620712189398976782009-02-02T18:24:00.000-05:002009-02-02T18:25:14.538-05:00

I just finished working for today. Thought I'd take it easy but put in 8 hours anyhow. That's better than 16! I am goin to the gym and then I will be casting on for my first ME sock. I think it's too late to go to the local yarn store to snoop a bit more on possible colours for the mitten swap buddy, so tonight it's socks.:)

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-88819087026565288382009-02-02T12:21:00.003-05:002009-02-02T12:24:17.801-05:00

I just checked my blog status, and while i recognize this isn't the most riveting read in the world, it seems that my postings regarding my nose piercing debacle last year seem to have attracted just as many hits as anything else.Common search words from Google searches linking to my site:HARD BOOGERS SORE NOSEHOW DO I CLEAN MY NOSE RING IT HAS BOOGERS ALL OVER ITand BOOGERS IN NOSE

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-15399971015274409642009-02-02T12:16:00.002-05:002009-02-02T12:19:01.218-05:00

So I had acrylic nails before and loved them. Thought my hands looked pretty. I felt like I wanted to "treat myself" and got them again this weekend, but this time they are bugging me.Yes, it's nice if you have nails upon which your polish sticks like, well, glue. However, I feel sort of like I ended up with stripper nails, when what I really wanted was subtle pretty nails instead. It's just

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-31636519210959733412009-02-02T08:44:00.002-05:002009-02-02T08:50:31.387-05:00

Wow what a relief. I weighed myself this morning (with my pajama top, I might add - that's ALSO gotta be about 1/2 a pound - lol!) and I was 159.2. WHEW! Last night I must have been full o water. I usually weigh myself in the morning after having a wee. So that's the weight I'm using as a starting point for this week. It's not much progress, but it's not a relative gain, either!!!Had a very

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-87501288509535422632009-02-01T21:30:00.002-05:002009-02-01T21:51:49.537-05:00

Oh well. I stepped on the scale and I am at 160.0 even. I gained back the nearly 1/2 lb that I had lost the week before. I haven't been home for a week, I have been on the go (including car breakdowns and driving for hours in snowstorms) and I am exhausted. Out of 6 planned workouts last Sunday to this Sunday, I managed 3. Considering how tired and schlumpy I feel, that's pretty great!!!Home

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-67014470834073306742009-01-31T14:24:00.003-05:002009-01-31T14:24:41.883-05:00

!hello!I am visiting friends this weekend. Busy busy but AWESOME. Finally a BREAK.More later:)

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-27969286637147800732009-01-25T22:55:00.002-05:002009-01-25T23:00:35.226-05:00

I had an unexpectedly busy afternoon & evening. Had to drive about 2.5 hours to get to Peterborough for work. I am now in my pink flannel PJs, with laptop, in a giant hotel bed, feeling sleepy. Still some good prep work to be done for tomorrow, though. I am glad the poor screaming child in the room next door finally fell asleep. I hope it won't be a long night. I think I am maybe at the end

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-84377134690668444052009-01-25T14:07:00.001-05:002009-01-25T14:08:49.769-05:00

Giant headache all week. Premenstrual, ice cream bars and oreos, and about a thousand reports needed to be written.HARDWEEKAdd to that I can't seem to remember my "PIN" for my weight loss ticker above to update it. Current weight: 159.0 lbs. Not stellar, but in a week with ice cream sandwiches and oreos, I sure as HECK ain't complaining.Feeling tired and guilty today. *sigh*

Krisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-9912719162756207442009-01-19T19:06:00.001-05:002009-01-19T19:07:59.615-05:00

My head is mush.I hope going to the gym will fix it, but I have been a bit extra tired these last few days. I think it's hormonal plus a result from the emotional stress of either coming back to work, or one big cry I had when I was on vacation (and usually after a big cry I get a big earache, feel a bit tired, and get a canker sore in my mouth about one week later)... timing is nearly right and

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-70266470186093808172009-01-18T18:42:00.003-05:002009-01-18T18:42:57.570-05:00

I have resolved to lose 15lbs by May. I am going to weigh myself weekly and post it on my ticker (oh Lord help me). Here goes nothin!!! :)

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Feeling tired today. I was tired for my run last night, too, though I did the weights AND the run, like I was 'sposed to. Good on me!Today I was up and at it early in the a.m. I am not 100% why I am weary today, just am. Stress about job beginning to affix itself in my brain after my vacation where it was temporarily loosened and lost. Phoo!!! >:(Just had a phone call with a girlfriend with

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-7737842841274225122009-01-15T19:44:00.000-05:002009-01-15T19:46:47.359-05:00

Another year, another neglected blog. I don't believe anybody reads this, but just in case I'll start posting stuff. Well, I'll start posting because a) I *still* owe Helen a photo of me in my kick-ass mittens, and b) I am doing another mitten swap and my mitten partner will need to read stuff about me.My boy friend type person just dropped in for a quick visit and I am supposed to be going to

Krisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-79318165057942043062008-06-10T21:17:00.001-04:002008-06-10T21:20:18.994-04:00

Holy Kerschmoley those mittens are GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!They are the most fabulous things anyone has ever made me!!!!Thank youThank youthank youthank youThank youThank youthanks thanks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I tried the pear crisp things - YUM! I even shared a piece with Phoebe, who wasn't too sure it was food at first, but seemed to quite like it after she stopped sniffing it and actually ate it.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-86648024367235505632008-06-05T21:29:00.002-04:002008-06-05T21:33:32.210-04:00

Hey there Helen,I'm sorry I haven't posted much lately. I just HAVEN'T been in a blogging mood! I haven't been in a knitting mood, either.Not sure exactly why. More stress as I just started a new job at one of the local federal penetentiaries near my town?? Just not sure why. I did my "training" there the last 2 weeks and now I am working there only 2 days a week (a decently brief amount).

Krisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-80930559156146900092008-05-03T15:50:00.001-04:002008-05-03T15:51:59.121-04:00

All righty.I was working on a report after doing my yardwork (insert pat on back here). But, it's nearly 4 pm, and as such I can't put off going to the gym any longer, so here I go.*sigh*I hope this one is a good one! :)To infinity, and beyond! (or, well, to 8 miles or so!)

Krisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-55080457106430459232008-05-03T14:12:00.001-04:002008-05-03T14:13:39.081-04:00

Don't worry - I checked for babies stuck in the mower before mowing it.It's lovely nice out, but I think it's soon to rain.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-66646666192035850422008-05-03T13:55:00.001-04:002008-05-03T13:56:23.502-04:00

Of all the things to blog about, I know, but I just found a mouse next in my lawnmower. How odd.

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My buddy is Helen, and she sent me a mini-package in the mail today. Check out the goods. Apparently this is to whet my appetite - the mittens are yet to come and I'm pretty excited.Thank you Helen!!!There was a vanilla guest soap (already in my guest bathroom), some stitch markers (perfect, as I have lost all of mine), a pair of circulars (YES!), a magazine I can't wait to rip into, a lovely

Krisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-45896067705362236832008-04-30T14:10:00.003-04:002008-04-30T14:37:58.537-04:00

Well, that was interesting.My piercing guy was super stressed out when he saw me and assessed my sudden lack of piercing on the outside of my nose but presence of piercing on the inside of my nose. (somehow overnight, my nose gobbled up my piercing, resulting in the "head" of the stud being somewhere inside my cartilage/skin, but not visible on my face)I told him that on Saturday night I had a

Krisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-18947230360451873482008-04-30T12:10:00.002-04:002008-04-30T12:12:27.839-04:00

And not just a light little flurry. It's seriously snowing out!!!!Insert shocked face here.Another shocking thing - this morning I woke up and somehow my nose piercing went INTO my nose while I was sleeping. Like the stud on the outside - now on the inside, and I have no clue how to get it out. I have an appointment with my piercing guy in 49 minutes. I am very keep to have this resolved.I

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-37976345333374411652008-04-29T13:50:00.003-04:002008-04-29T13:51:44.969-04:00

Nada in the mailbox, except a bill for $800 Psychologist registration fees, due by the end of next month. Oh YAY.Phbbbt.I have been reading a manuscript from my old PhD advisor so far all afternoon. I got lost around page 5, but I am persevering, just in case there are a few more lines I might actually understand.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-8392331024240815422008-04-29T11:37:00.000-04:002008-04-29T11:38:57.529-04:00

Things have been busy!I was in BC visiting MarlaI was recovering from Jet Lag (got back at 4 am on Thursday)Friday my mom came to visitMy mom left yesterdayI am trying to get things settled for filing my taxes (hello... nightmare!) and also other business stuff that is new/ongoing.BLAH!Sorry I haven't posted.Mitten Buddy, I have not received anything yet. However, if you are mailing across the

Krisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-22541524106127298442008-04-17T00:27:00.002-04:002008-04-17T00:30:17.623-04:00

Felt kind of out of sorts all day today.Did the exam. Blah blah whatever.Wrote a large part of a report this morning. Blah blah whatever.Went to the gym all psyched up to ask out HOttie but he wasn't there. He wasn't there on Monday, either. I have started to think that since I talked to him the last 2 times he was there and I was there that he really doesn't like me and is now working out at

Krisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-77104615343524453552008-04-15T20:54:00.002-04:002008-04-15T20:56:25.987-04:00

I am feeling very "meh."I think it's because my class has its Final Exam tomorrow, which means I am going to be in a marking frenzy and then in a packing frenzy to get ready to go to BC to visit Marla. The frenzy part I am not so much looking forward to.I dunno. I really lost my enthusiasm for the teaching, which I haven't been too excited about.Maybe today I am just "meh" because I need a

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-19865191734249425542008-04-14T22:28:00.003-04:002008-04-14T22:34:10.658-04:00

Done one more report. That is now 5 down and only 2 to go!!!! I may not get them all done before I have to start marking that exam on Wednesday night... we'll see...I am fairly happy with my progress today. I was very very tired today and I did succumb to what felt like a very necessary hypnosis session/nap mid-afternoon. It can be SO HARD to rouse myself after hypnosis. Man, I like very few

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-87310389676605565262008-04-14T08:35:00.002-04:002008-04-14T08:38:12.874-04:00

Not that 7:15 is really *early* but I had been sleeping in a lot over the last two weeks (and taking naps - amazing how being anemic makes you appreciate beds and pillows and blankies so much more!).I was tired at 10 so I actually went to bed at 10:30 (as opposed to tired at 10, in bed at 12:30). It was good. Phoebe needed to go out at 7 so that's when we got up. She was very happy to be alive

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-25993781276795994432008-04-13T20:45:00.002-04:002008-04-13T20:47:13.854-04:00

One more report done! Yahoo! I am 4 out of 7 now. In the hoooooooooooooome stretch!! Woot!I am feeling positive enough that I am going to work on a new report for the next hour and then I'll do a bit of knitting before bed.Note that I haven't managed to do any cleaning this weekend. Hmm. Oh well. At least today I took the dog for an extra long walk after my run at the gym.

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-13449836882414848512008-04-13T16:07:00.003-04:002008-04-13T16:09:16.169-04:00

That's just me making a silly noise of victory.I desperately wanted to lie down and have a nap this afternoon. *DESPERATELY*Instead, I parked my butt at my computer and willed myself to complete another report. AND... it is nearly done!!!I am going to take a break to go to the gym and have my run for today, but after that all I have left to finish is my Summary, Diagnosis and Recommendation

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-35077198875410889162008-04-13T12:33:00.002-04:002008-04-13T12:34:01.868-04:00

How come, when you have determined to get a kick-ass amount of paperwork done and you really settle in to do it, your parents phone?

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-42121402988788294952008-04-13T11:39:00.003-04:002008-04-13T11:42:58.915-04:00

I slept in again today. I figured I ran 1/3 of a marathon distance yesterday, so I'm entitled!Did a little knitting while watching Will and Grace online this morning. Was nice. I am on the ribbing of Pierre's sock. About 1.5 inches done so far. Is fairly brainless now. I don't care much for ribbing on DPs, though.I wonder when my new bamboo DPs will arrive in the mail? I can't wait to try

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-8039155638265170642008-04-12T22:47:00.003-04:002008-04-12T22:51:57.563-04:00

I completed another report today! All I did today was:unload the dishwasher (and reload it pretty much full again from dishes on the counter - oops!)run at the gymwrite a reportknit some of Pierre's sockread like crazy all over Ravelry looking for baby patterns for Marla's babybuy some yarn at the local LYS (which is just a little too close to my home) - I bought enough to make two baby hats, one

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-48544221736906023722008-04-12T18:55:00.001-04:002008-04-12T18:56:41.426-04:00

I had a good run at the gym today and broke my 300 mile mark.I am pleased about that. :)I also broke my yarn diet and bought baby stuff for Marla's baby. OH MY!!!!!

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It has been a nice relaxing morning. The pooch and I got up and went outside, and I was still wearing my PJs but added an oh-so-suave pair of green lulu pants and a red pullover fleece from high school (I realized later that I may have looked like a christmas-themed person but who the heck really cares) and a pink hair band (oh SOOOO lovely all together) and went to a) the bank to deposit a

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-49168337777773676692008-04-11T19:53:00.002-04:002008-04-11T19:56:38.270-04:00

Woke up from a nap this afternoon with a trickle of dried blood down my face. It made me laugh. I must have bonked my nose while I was sleeping or something.If I wiggle my nose it feels like I have a booger.I am just exhausted today. I wonder if you can double your dose of iron supplements :PI just want to LIE DOWN and I already had a 1.5 hour nap. Whooo. This probably explains my increase

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-67109469497025076602008-04-11T15:09:00.001-04:002008-04-11T15:09:50.221-04:00

*giggle!*I am tired again today.The guy at the nose pierce place said I must surely be anemic. I bled like crazy and he said my blood is not clotting as fast as it's supposed to (e.g., he said it's supposed to take 11 seconds - it took me two minutes!). This might be the explanation as to why I've been so tired these last few weeks! I am not dying. I am just anemic.Off to take more of those iron

Krisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22623587.post-87398958366577754502008-04-10T23:03:00.003-04:002008-12-10T19:54:27.162-05:00

I have a headache! I hardly ever get headaches.I moved my laptop to my coffee table and my keyboard to my sofa as working at my desk was giving me severe back pain. I think now that the laptop so far away (even with increased font size - it is only a 15" monitor) is giving me a headache. Oh, poor little me.WOrkign ont he sofa otherwise has been phat. :)I had a GREAT run and chatted very very

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