Lazy Weekend.

We had just about the most lazy and boring weekend ever. Friday we did the same old stuff we always do, which ended with us watching a couple episodes of "Cops". (Told ya we were lame!)

Today we lounged around until dinner time and only left to go get Papa John's at the mall. I actually got a bunch of homework done and some papers written, but Stu and Kaden were your typical couch potatoes and proud of it! Haha.

Tonight we watched Liar Liar (one of my all-time favorite movies) and now we're just wrapping up the night so we can go to bed and start another work week.

Hopefully I'll have something cooler to say tomorrow! :)

I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

(Plowing through New Moon, btw)

Twilight.

So, I finished it. And I loved it...

... so much so that I just couldn't bear the thought of having to wait TWO WHOLE WEEKS to see Lindsay again so I could get the second book and talked Stu into taking me to the mall bookstore to get it.

Stu just doesn't understand (as I so recently ago didn't) how a book can be so flirty and even give you butterflies, while being completely nonsexual. Loved it. But in the meantime he keeps referring to them as my (highly sarcastically, I might add...) "vampire books". (Can I get a woot woot from my fellow Twilighters?... What did Christy call it earlier? A Twihard? Hehe)

While there we also found the ONLY place in Abu Dhabi that sells JanSport backpacks and picked up a really nice one for our Rome trip. (We also ate Burger Kind for dinner... bad, bad.) So it was a pretty productive mall trip. As usual we spent our morning at the veg market and grocery store, where spent WELL over a hundred dollars on a week's worth of food (I gotta have me some American food, ya'll). Purty frustrating.

In other news... this is the reason I don't have a cat: (well, this AND that I think they're the spawn of Satan...) And yes, that is pure joy on that little man's face. Sighhhhhh.

And here is my baby helping Mommy put away groceries this afternoon:

Uh Oh...

I think I'm beginning to understand the allure... the hysterics... of this pop-culture phenomenon that is... Twilight.

I'm only about 5 chapters in, but here are my thoughts so far: Anything that makes the awkward, pale, uncomfortable girl in the story the heroine, is fine by those of us who were awkward in high school (which I'm pretty sure was everyone... even if you were the blonde cheerleader... which I was).

I'm already finding myself drawn to Edward and his perfection, so we will see how it goes. This story keeps making me think of my cousin Hayley though. It could be because she was one of the most obsessed with this series that I've run into, but it could also be that she is the spitting image of Bella and it is comforting to think that my pale, smart, unbalanced (hehe, you KNOW you are!) cousin will find herself an Edward (And I'm also wondering if her new-ishly dark locks are the result of this resemblance). :)

Anyway, so I am, now happily, plowing through this book... and I may just be the next bandwagoner... stay tuned! :)

Knit Two. (A Review: for Lindsay)

So I finished it today. (Buy it here.)

(I realize I just posted earlier today that I was merely half-way through the book... it was pretty good. So I just kept reading... Kaden was very understanding. I read more than half of it out loud for his listening pleasure.)

Boy, what a book. Kate Jacobs may not be a complete literary genius, but her books are so heart-warming and comforting that they are hard to put down. This second novel was a little bit predictable in certain places (Sarah? Come on... we all saw that coming from the first mention of her in the wedding picture), but it was an absolutely joy to read. I would recommend this book with hot chocolate on a particularly rainy day to warm your soul. It is for knitters and non-knitters alike.

A perfect testament to the power of true friendship and to the camaraderie that exists in knitting circles everywhere.


U-knitted Amiras: I think for the next KAL we should knit the Georgia Afghan… the pattern is in the back of the book. (If not, I think I’ll have a go at it on my own… or at least try my hand at the Maple Apple Muffins!)

Fellow Foodies: In other news, Kate Jacob's next novel (soon to be released... pre-order it here) is entitled "Comfort Food" and sounds like it could be one for those of us who love to eat!

Blankey Stew

Kaden whipping up a nice batch of his world-famous Blankey Stew for his Mommy!

To Knit... Or To Read.

So I'm half-way through the book Knit Two. Which, as you might have guessed, is about knitting. A knitting group, more specifically, and the goings on in the lives of the members of the group. Here's my problem: Reading about knitting makes me WANT to knit. But I can't knit and read at the same time. This sucks (the book is good... and totally reminds me our my OWN knitting group!). So I find myself going between knitting and reading at a dizzying pace! In between that I try to cook some, tend to my child, and maybe get some homework done. No wonder I've been feeling less bored lately. I'm actually doing stuff!

Maybe I should try books on tape. My Dad used to listen to them when he was in college because he had an hour and a half commute to school... a great use of time (plus he hates reading, heh). I've never actually listened to one before, but I am at a loss about what to do about my knit v. read conundrum. So I blog! Ha!

Anyway, same old same in the life of Sydney today. I sent Stuie off to work and Kaden and I read some books (he knows SO many words now!) and then colored until he got in trouble for eating crayons again. (I even bought colored pencils the other day! Silly Mommy)

Now he is napping and I am back to my reading/knitting. I am working on a "toy" of sorts (baby!) right now and the stitches are tiny so it is slow-going and slightly frustrating. Lindsay mentioned a few posts ago that when she is knitting something for someone, she thinks of them while she's knitting it and I realized I do that same thing. Like the bibs, I knew each one was for a specific friend and I thought of that friend and memories we've had together while I was knitting... sort of absentmindedly. And it really is a way to bring the cliché, "made with love" into reality since it was made with needles and yarn, sure, but also with memories and smiles and a warm-heart just because the person is who they are.

On the same note, I need to pick up some shipping envelopes to send out some of creations to their new respective owners. I have made some people some things and them sitting in my knitting box is not getting them used! :)

Too Funny.

This was so funny. Go to Lindsay's post today and watch the video... good stuff. :)

Hehe... Abu Dubai... Sighhhhh



Well, if nothing else, at least we're gaining some perspective being over here.