Category: BlahBlahBabble

This has been a whirlwind week. Oh, wait – who am I kidding? It has been a whirlwind month, quarter, year… all of it. I often have to stop myself and remind myself to just take it all in.

Last night, while waiting for photos to export from Lightroom (which is as exciting as watching paint dry), I realized I haven’t knit anything in at least two weeks. So I picked up my February Lady Sweater and made a few rounds on my sleeve. It felt good to just stop and knit.

Today, after I mail out some DVDs and finish uploading some photos, I’m going to do just that. I’m packing up the wool and heading over to Twisted Yarns. I’m going to force myself to just be in the moment for a few hours. Not racing ahead, thinking of everything else I need to do, but to just be.

Then I’ll come home, prep for tomorrow’s wedding (the daughter of the owner of Twisted Yarns is getting married!) and pack for my trip on Sunday. I’m going to Mexico, to a hacienda that our workshop is taking over. We’ll have the whole place to ourselves. The internet access is limited, so for several days I’ll be forced to just stop, and to take it all in.

I look forward to returning home refreshed, recharged, and I expect quite rejuvenated. I can’t begin to tell you how much I need it.

I’m so giddy while watching the news on KHOU for the election. This is going to be pretty scattered…

I giggle now every time I hear the phrase “Hunker down” thanks to the extreme overuse of it during Hurricane Ike. They just said on the news that people will be “hunkering down tonight, awaiting election results.” Uhm, no. I mean, I’ll be watching, but there will be NO hunkering down!

37% of all registered voters in Harris County voted in the early voting for this election. 37%!!! How awesome is that? It will be interesting to see how many people get out and vote across the nation this year.

Charles Kuffner will be on KHOU (channel 11) as one of the bloggers talking about the election. I’m so giddy about this! Charles is my go-to guy normally for political info – matter of fact, I’ve even called him in the past to get advice before voting for local candidates that I didn’t know as much about.

And really? You might want to just keep an eye on my Twitter stream because it seems that Twitter has eaten my blog. Eep. Sorry about that. I’m sure I’ll be posting over there through the night!

It seems that not everyone has heard of the Cupid Shuffle. Every weekend at weddings, I squeal with glee when the DJ puts this song on — and lots of people don’t react at all. Of course, once they get out there and do it … then they get the awesomeness that is the Cupid Shuffle.

Oh, you may think I’m crazy, but I promise — it is awesome.

I’m considering adding to my contract that I must be allowed to dance to this. And YMCA, which I firmly believe should be played at every wedding. And maybe even the Cha Cha Slide.

Here we go! Down, down, do your dance… do your dance…

The other morning our power went out. No real reason why – it wasn’t storming or anything. But after having no power for 2 weeks? Having it even go out for 30 minutes made me really nervous.

Silly? Yes. But I suspect I’ll feel that way for awhile.