On the Needles:

- Lace shrug for myself in a nice springy green sock yarn

In Hibernation:
- Blue socks - probably for me, but undetermined (first is done to right after the heel; yarn is Jitterbug, pattern is slip stitch diamonds)
- Shetland shawl in Wensleydale longwool (12/16 of the outer lace is left)
- Ravelympics sweater redux (30% done) (totally on hold because I am b-o-r-e-d with it)

Lace Christmas scarf -- for aunt
Two-toned rib scarf in Zauberball (one blues, one black/white) -- for a coworker
Scarf for a homeless person
Diatomaceous shell 2 in dusky blue bamboo/wool -- for me!
Green socks -- Christmas present TBD
Diatomaceous shell in variegated brown cotton -- for me!
Baby Surprise Jacket -- for a friend's newborn-to-be (my third, and it's in the same colorway so no new pics)
Blue vest -- for my father (he likes it!)
Blue heart socks -- for me!
Lace tee - work-quality sweater for me!
Cozy cardigan -- Christmas present for me!
Christmas sweater for Nephew B -- top-down v-neck raglan in light and dark blues
Christmas sweater for Nephew A -- ASJ in light and dark blues
Scarf for a homeless person
Three little teeny sweaters -- sis-in-law
Yummy socks -- Christmas present for mum
Baby Surprise Jacket -- for DJ Damon's newborn
Baby Surprise Jacket -- for coworker's newborn
Zigzag scarf -- Christmas present for boss
Branching Out scarf -- Christmas present for a colleague
Spring Forward socks in Shibuiknits sock yarn -- me
Coffee Cup Cozy (joint project with Nephew A) -- brother
Green Gable in Catalina Baby Pima for meeeeee
Twitterpatish purse in spare wool for a friend (prototype for Christmas gifts)
The Ecogrey sweater (top-down raglan with long sleeves and one offset cable) -- Me
Blue-grey Regia silk spiral socks -- me
Flag of Luxembourg for the 198 Countries for Peace Project
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Green ribbed socks with mock cables for meee
Grey 4" square for Thom's Afghan -- grey Zara
Set of five facecloths for a friend -- cotton remnants
Christmas sweater for Nephew A - light blue acrylic mix with dark blue accents; top-down raglan
Set of nine facecloths for my sis-in-law -- various cottons
Christmas sweater for nephew B - dark green acrylic mix (with light green accents)
Christmas scarf for my boss - entrelac in two blues
Second christmas bag - light blue with a dark grey-blue patch pocket
First christmas purse - dark green with light green patch pocket
Those damn blue socks! :) (Christmas present for supportive colleague)
Scarf (Lorna's Laces Minesweeper) in my own design (given to a homeless person)
Same small purse, but in a delightful leaf green, for a tribe friend
Small purse for the raffle winner in a delightful slate blue
Green tank in denim yarn (finally)
Mummy's socks - blue/green ribbed & cabled
My first pair of socks -- olive silk/wool blend, plain but ribbed (and for meeee!)
Set of 9 washcloths for a girlfriend -- various cottons
Christmas camisole for me -- green merino
Lovely blue hearts-and-cables scarf in alpaca -- Friend's christmas present
One sock of the blue (trial) pair -- Uncle's Christmas socks now on hold indefinitely
Crewneck sweater in blue/green/black var. wool (it's so warm you wouldn't believe)
Blue sample shawl (doll-sized) in the baby cashmerino remnants (the doll likes it)
Blue hearts-and-cables scarf in acrylic/wool (given to a homeless person)
Blue tank top in cotton cashmere (I love it)
Sweater for Nephew B (sans sleeves; couldn't be bothered)
Double-heart scarf in brown/beige var. alpaca (totally appreciated)
Sweater for Nephew A (he's 3; what do you think?)
Feather and fan stole in baby cashmerino (she loves it)
Double-heart scarf in same cotton (Blue Sky Organic) (not sure)
Single-heart cotton scarf (unappreciated)
Grey silk rib scarf (not sure)
Script CAL logo washcloth in navy cotton
Grey wool checkerboard scarf (unappreciated)
Blue/grey scarf in yo/k2Tog lace with fringe (for charity)

-A FO! Love it when I have a FO! 072909
- A couple of days off 072509
-Two cones of laceweight in a right tangle that someone wants untangled 072409
-Making people laugh 071009
-Freshly painted toesies 062509
-Living Room is done! 062109
-Pictorial proof that the vest fits! 061909
-Painting project is nearly done - only one week left! 061409
-The dress I've been stalking has finally come in to stock in my size! 060909
-Knowing that I've painted 4 of 6 wall sections and I have the baseboards ready to go for when the paint dries 060609
-Another FO! (no pics; it's a vest for my father) 060309
-Home sweeeeeet home 052109
-Someone ganking my pic to use on his ebay sale (although it woulda been better to ask permission first) 051809
-"Working from home" (watching movies and knitting) 050109
-Celebration dinner for Walpurgisnacht 043009
-Getting a small chore done 041509
-Sassy new haircut 032409
-Knowing that it's Monday and on Friday I leave for Eeeeeeeengland! 032309
-Catching an earlier flight on standby to come home 2 hrs early 031609
-Knowing there's only one more trip until my vacation 0307009
-Being told "nothing's changed" by my eye doctor 030709
-Contemplating new knitting projects 030609
-Home SWEET home 022609
-Valentines from my nephews 021509
-Another FO! (pics up this weekend) 021209
-Knitting at work during conf calls 021209
-Wearing my cozy sweater to work and being all cozy warm 020509
-A hot shower and my own warm bed 013009
-Freaking awesome branch managers 012909
-Hot tea when it's raining out 012309
-Clean reports from my antivirus and antispyware software 011709
-A comfy, familiar book of stories 010609
-A working heater! 010309
-When something I make actually fits 122608
-When my sweaters make other people happy 122508
-Skipping out of work early to go home and bake and knit 122408
-Finishing my Christmas knitting on time (well, all the stuff for other people, anyway) 122308
-Egg salad sandwich for dinner 121708
-Keeping my job 121608
-Falafel and tzatziki for dinner 121508
-Cadbury Chocolate buttons 120508
-Nephew Lovin' 113008
-Making someone laugh 112808
-Sisters of Mercy (and making eyes at Andrew E) 112608
-Hot cocoa 111408
-My nephew trying to explain to me what a bra is (he's 3) 111308
-Homemade bread 111208
-When an online friend becomes an IRL friend 110508
-Pottytoes with lots of cheeeeese 110308
-Potato-leek soup 101808
-Tribe being back to relative normal 101308
-Chocolate souffle with whipped cream 101208
-Another FO! 092808
-Odd mathematical algorithms 092308
-Chocolate 092208
-Sleeping in tomorrow 091908
-Having my computer back, in some form 091808
-Audit's almost over! 091508
-A new blog which is really the old blog dragonsp.blogspot.com/ 091108
-Tribe being back 090908
-A new FO and a new project on the needles! 090108
-Finally buying a foam mat for blocking! 082908
-Chicken paprikash 082408
-My friend all gushy about getting hitched 082108
-Knowing I'm part of a worldwide celebration 080808
-Getting up at 4:30am to watch the Opening Ceremonies 080808
-When it's the other party that's backing out of something I don't want to do 073108
-Good thoughts 072808
-A relaxing weekend 072708
-Nice management team 072408
-Yarn glorious yarn (esp when it seems to be utterly perfect!) 071708
-Knowing I don't have to testify after all 071608
-Driving 300 miles and then a little extra so I can have my favorite chinese for dinner on the company dime 071508
-Nice roofers asking if they can clean my backyard for me and offering to do the chair, too 071108
-Squealy hugs (even if Nephew B does have a breakdown in the restaurant later) 071008
-Fresh strawberries with hand-whipped cream 070808
-Ordering new yarn! 070708
-Ice creeeeeam 070108
-Many many birthday wishes 062608
-Love from far away 062208
-Big thanks from Nephew A and jealousy from Nephew B (he gets a sleepover when he's potty-trained) 062208
-Teaching a little one to knit 062108
-Lots of birthday cards (and a present!) when I got back from my trip 061908
-A FO!!! a FO!!! 060808 (pics when I return)
-Birthday wishes (and hints of pressies) from new friends 060708
-Men's pocky 060108
-Strawberries with handwhipped cream for breakfast 060108
-Making plans for Nephew A's sleepover in a month 053108
-New restaurant with excellent food 051408
-True kindness from the branch staff no matter what I find 051308
-Obsessing about the cutie at my supermarket 051008
-Sassy new haircut 050708
-Parsnips roasted in duck fat 050508
-Turning heads (even if the head I was looking for wasn't there) 050308
-A nice walk at lunch 050208
-Starting a new project 050108
-FO! FO! FO! (plus, the blue socks are coming along nicely) 042708
-Cute checker guy at the supermarket 042608
-Getting an exact replacement when I absolutely ruin a 4-year-old hat 042508
-Nephew lovin' 042408
-Home sweeeeeeeet home 042308
-Another FO :) 040908
-Leftover chinese food 040308
-Bette Davis movies 040208
-Wor wonton soup 040108
-Sending off a leetle somethin' for a nice gal 032908
-WKRP on dvd 032708
-Sexy bum on an online acquaintance (made me *very* happy) 032608
-The Mystical Creations Yarn saga (I know, I'm going to hell for enjoying it) 031608
-Them Duke Boys without their shirts on (yeeeehaw!) 031508
-Apples with almond butter 031408
-Nice Operations Manager 031208
-Compliment by a stranger on my knitting 030708
-Squealy hugs 030608
-Homemade clotted cream 030108
-New friends 022908
-Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies 022708
-Yarn, glorious Yarn (I was at Stitches West today) 022208
-Another FO 022108
-Three glorious days off 021608
-Nephew Lovin' 021508
-Happy nappy 021308
-Old friends 021208
-Anastacia's upbeat songs 021108
-Real NY bagels 021108
-Nice LYSO 020708
-Cucumbers with goat cheese 020508
-Doing my duty 020508
-Genmai cha 020208
-Getting my household chores done 012608
-Weekends 012508
-Bit o' honey 012508
-Getting a lot of work done my first day back 012408
-More Cracker Barrel!!! (plus for lunch tomorrow, too) 012208
-New recipes 012008
-Coming home to a house that's still clean and doesn't appear to have anything else living in it 011808
-Doing good things for a friend who deserves good things in her life 011408
-Cracker Barrel 011308
-Home home home 011108
-Sleeping in and "working from home" 010908
-Cheese and pickle sandwich on homemade bread 010708
-Warm room and a grey sky 010608
-Pitter patter of rain on my roof 010508
-Knowing that a very ill acquaintance has recovered 010308
-Falafel with yogurt sauce 010208
-Helping someone I've never met 123107
-Finding a fun new tribe 123007
-Chex mix straight from the oven 122807
-My butt not hurting quite as much this morning 122807
-Happening to have a longstanding doctor's appt the day after I manage to fall down the stairs 122707
-Die Hards 1, 2, 3, and 4 (mmmmm Bruce Willis) 122607
-Nephew Lovin'! 122507
-A plumber with a nice ass 122207
-Ravelry 122107
-Courtesy 122007
-Mmmmmmm Recchiuti 121907
-One-sleeved-sweater (I don't know why, but it's cute) 121707
-Finishing a project 121607
-Cute guy in Home Depot 121507
-Latkes for dinner 121307 (yeah, I missed Hannukah)
-A full tummy 121107
-A long, hot bath with hotel fancy-pants soap 121107
-Room service! 121007
-Having all my holiday shopping done, all packages received, and everything wrapped (except the sweaters) 120807
-When tribe works again 120707
-New Wave City 120107
-Netflix! 113007
-Chocolate covered marshmallow Santas 112807
-A little quiet time 112307
-Cherry tart from Toot Suite 112107
-Checking out 11 books from the library 111907
-When a sweater goes by pretty fast (and it's still cuter than I expected) 111807
-Doing something for someone else 111707
-My own flannel sheets and my own down comforter 111607
-Finishing an audit way fast 110807
-An afternoon with Nephew B at the zooooooo 110307
-Candy candy candy candy 103107
-Doing a good deed (especially if it's math-related) 103007
-Dance music videos 102807
-Sleeping in 102707
-Bo & Luke Duke (especially the back views) 102307
-That first day after a cold when you can finally breathe again 101907
-Single serve Haagen Dazs ice cream 101807
-Heroes. Oh. My. God. Heroes. 101707
-Hot apple cider 101507
-The dance sequence on the Muppet Show 101407
-Yogurt with honey and granola 101407
-Sleeping in my own bed with my comfy comforter 101307
-Strawberry tartlets from Paul (patisserie in Hampstead) 101107
-Tea at the Ritz! 100907
-Being totally overscheduled and then having the courage to drop the whole thing 100607
-Trains glorious trains! 100407
-Belgian waffles in Brussels 100307
-Seeing that the White Cliffs of Dover really are white 100107
-Pret a Manger for brekkie on my first day 092907
-Random compliment from random guy when I'm tired and anxious and have no makeup on (thanks!) 092807
-Two weeks of blissful vacation in England! 092707
-Checking off another thing on my to do list 092607
-Lovely note from a friend in my mailbox 092507
-Queensryche vids 092307
-Hoooooooome 092107
-Another FO! (those damn blue socks are done) 091807
-Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren 090807
-Oranges 090707
-Chicken goulash 090307
-New shoes! 083107
-Planning Christmas gifts to knit 083007
-Tyrone Power! 082707
-Sourdough toast with huckleberry jam 082607
-Fresh cool watermelon 082007
-Weird-ass dreams 081907
-mmmmm bliiiiiiintzes 081807
-Region being nice to me when I audit them (same bastards that complained about me last month) 081607
-New sweaters to plan! (Now, if only I finished some of them) 081307
-Bad girl, drunk by six, kissing some kind stranger's lips 081007
-Nephew love! 081007
-Recchiuti key lime pears 080807
-Eatin' good on the company dime 080707
-Dressing up, going out, and strutting my stuff 080407
-Project Ready to Learn and donating to help needy kids (CoCo Times 080107) 080307
-Lovely weather 080207
-Leftover chinese food for breakfast 072807
-Chinese from my favorite place for dinner 072707
-Leisurely lunches 072307
-First dates 071307
-Cute boys 070807
-Making someone happy when all she did was stump up for said good cause 070507
-Someone stumping up for a good cause 062307
-The Heathman Hotel 061307
-See's candies 060607
-Helping others (see my blog entry of today) 060507
-Knowing I'm hot-damn sexy 060407
-Crepes 060107
-The first five years of SNL on dvd 052707
-Spending some quality time under my new shade cloth and in my new adirondack chair! 052707
-Scrubs on dvd 052607
-Getting lots of sleep and having no chores to do 051907
-Mummy's first sock is done! 051207
-Getting my chores done 051107
-Netflix in my mailbox! 050907
-Doing something nice for a laid-up friend 050807
-mmmmmm Daniel Craig (I bought Casino Royale tonight) 0500707
-Sleeping in! 050507 (*yawn*)
-NOT finding out that one of my July audits will be Palm Desert (what was my boss thinking) 050407
-Finding out that my favorite author just published a new book 050307
-Crepes 050107
-Visible progress on the first of Mummy's pair of socks 043007
-Love from the branch mgr and operations mgr even after I've finished roasting them over live coals 042707
-Chocolate-covered strawberries 042607
-Written compliments from a branch manager 042507
-Sappy love songs 042407
-A weekend at a great resort on the company dime 042007
-Genuinely nice Ops Mgrs and BOMs 041707
-AbFab 041507
-My first pair of socks!!! 041107
-Homemade corned beef 040907
-Cadbury Creme Eggs ('specially the minis) 040807
-Getting Good Friday off work every year 040507
-Chicken soup with matzoh balls 040407
-Chicken paprikash with noodles 033107
-Falafel 32007
-Nice branch managers and operations managers 031907
-Geraint Wyn-Davies' voice 031607
-Pi Day (happy Pi Day!) 031407
-Clive Owen 031307
-MIIB 031207
-Repo Man 31107
-See's 030907
-Toast and eggs for dinner (with OJ, of course) 030707
-Being able to see again (Lenscrafters cracked my glasses yesterday) 030607
-Happy birthday, mummy! 030507
-Buying lots of candy on the company dime 022807
-Jamba Juice fruit barts 022707
-New shoes! 021707
-Apple juice 021607
-Finding out that England 2007 is a go (and yes I've started planning; it's only 7 months away!) 021507
-Pizza pizza! 021507
-Valentine's day cards 021207
-Getting my groove on 021107
-Young Tom Selleck mmmmmm 020907
-New glasses that are oddly like the old glasses 020807
-Nephew Loooove 020607
-Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies 020507
-Selling some old cd's 020407
-Coming to terms with the fact that I won't be using some of my yarn stash (which frees me up to sell it and buy more!) 020207
-Home sweeeeet home 020107
-Hotties at Starbucks 012407
-Miso soup 012307
-Being treated well at my first solo audit 012207
-Getting all of my chores done 012007
-Sweet young things up on my roof REPLACING MY HEATER 011907
-Pate for dinner 011807
-Pepperidge Farm Bordeaux cookies and Symphony Blue bars (together or separate) 011707
-Homemade chicken soup filling my house with yummy goodness 011407
-A space heater, 3 movies, a pot of tea, and some munchies 011307
-Enjoying the tv in the hotel room 011107
-Wowing the people at work with my (nonexistent) social skills 011007
-A little perspective 010507
-My mother being uncharacteristically supportive 010407
-Tim Curry as Cardinal Richelieu 123106
-Safeway Softly tissues when I hab a code 123006
-System restores 122906
-GFY 122706
-Family traditions 122106
-Christmas letters (what can I say) 121906
-Knowing the Parent Dinner is over again for another six months 121806
-Making a coworker's day with a handmade scarf 121506
-Honey nut Cheerios 121406
-Harry and David pears 121206
-Fresh oranges 121106
-Knowing that the family cooking traditions have passed to me even though my mum's still here 120906
-Daniel Craig wearing very litte 120606 (saw Casino Royale with my mum tonight)
-Potatoes dauphinoise 120506
-Finding the perfect arrangement of pillows/down comforter/Dragon for both comfort and warmth 120406
-Reading one of my late grandfather's books and thinking of him 120106
-Home sweet home 112906
-Homemade focaccia 112706
-Lazy rainy sunday 112606
-Sleeping in! 112306
-Being warm and safe under my down comforter with a hot drink and a good book 112206
-Reconstructing my pantry 111906
-Being complimented twice today on an outfit *I* think makes me look pear-shaped 111706
-Totino's frozen pizza (yeah, well, it's true) 110506
-Knowing I could paint my walls any color I wanted 110106
-Little kids in cute costumes 103106
-Cadbury minirolls (esp the strawberry ones) 103006
-A really good palmier 101806
-Goth ducks 101706
-Tea 101606
-Staying in bed pretty much all day 101406
-Cadbury Snack Shortcake bars 101406
-West Cornwall Pasty Co mmmmmm 101306
-Yarn Groping oops I meant Knitting Conventions 101206
-Tea at the Ritz!! 100306
-Taking off for Plymouth just because it's there 100206
-Pret a Manger for lunch 100106
-New dental hygienist telling me my teeth are fine! 092606
-D'MOOOOOOOOOOODE (I luv u Fletch) 092506
-Knitting in Public (and in the dark!) 092506
-The random guy in Long's telling me I have very pretty feet 092306
-Izze, specifically pomegranate and blackberry 092206
-Cashiers who make an effort to be nice 091506
-Coming home! 091406
-Vago, on W 56th in Manhattan 090606
-PG Tips 090406
-Learning a new knit stitch 090306
-Planning my daytrip to WDC and finding a great little bistro for dinner 090106
-Totino's frozen pizza 083106
-Calling my childhood bestest friend on her birthday 082806
-Homemade stew 082806
-Craisins 082606
-Bruce Willis with hair (I'm netflixing Moonlighting) 082406
-The gun-in-the-diaper story 082306
-Those brownies with lemonade 082206
-My Goddamn-They're-Good brownies 082106
-Hot tea, with or without a little honey 081706
-George Clooney 080806
-Deviled ham (yes, really) 080706
-Knowing I've still got it enough to go out and shake my booty two nights in a row 080606
-Marzipan 080406
-A family dinner with no tantrums (6 people, 3 generations, it was truly a miracle) 080306
-Starting a new project (optimistically thinking I'll finish it within twelve months) 073006
-Yarn, glorious yarn! 072906
-Sir John Steed 072606
-Java Chip ice cream with hot fudge sauce 072506
-Cute kittens 072406
-A handsome man walking me to my car after a night dancing at a club 072306
-Ruby grapefruit juice squeeze on a hooooot day 072206
-Sleeping in my own bed after a week on the road 072106
-Starting a new job!!! 071706
-Solving the Deadly Killer Sudoku 071406
-Cherry tomatoes with a little oil and salt and pepper 071306
-Nephew A, having a tantrum about his socks, and Nephew B, poking my lipstick because it's a different color than usual 071206
-The little birds that fight outside my front door every evening 071106
-Finishing a project 070906
-Basil lemonade 070806
-Getting a day off work in the middle of the week 070406
-Nephew A, in all his adorable glory 070206
-Thomas Kemper ginger ale and grape soda 062906
-lots of people at work saying they'll miss me 062806
-getting the damn paperwork!!!! 062706
-looking through umpteen cookbooks to find the perfect birthday cake 062306
-I'm going with Artur again, even though he's not as good a goalie as Poland evidently needed :( 062306
-Jason Bateman 062206
-The first nectarine gratin of the summer 062006
-Artur Boruc 061906
-Making someone laugh so hard she really truly did fall off her chair 061606
-Knowing that 4:30am can come and go tomorrow and I don't have to get out of bed 061606
-Netflix 061506
-Trader Joe's 061406
-Getting a job offer, even if I really don't want that job 061306
-Helping out a friend in need (and giving her a happy little surprise, too) 061206
-Niiiice cleeeeean refrigerator 061106
-Wheat thins and Allouette 061006
-Getting a phone call from my not-yet-three-yo nephew asking me when I can come visit 060706
-Rereading a classic (especially if it's been so long that you've forgotten whodunit) 060606
-Finding a nearby place for a great burger 060306 (although it'll never be The Tasty, RIP)
-When a really nice broker comes into my office for a signature, sees me all depressed, and says "you look like you could use a box of Godiva. Which kinds do you like, again?" 060206 (thanks, Laura!)
-That sexy new-haircut feeling 060106
-When someone else knows what I mean when I offer to defenestrate a coworker 053106
-Double Chocolate Malted Crunch ice cream from Rite Aid (nee Thrifty's) 053006
-Towels straight out of the dryer when I'm straight out of the shower 052906
-That little red asterisk 052806
-Knitting while watching a good movie or talking to a friend 052606
-My little forest of tomato plants 052606
-When the 8-year-old kid on his bike (missing a front tooth) called me a sexy lady 052606
-When Ronnie Baby and I call each other and cheer each other up after ugly days at work 052606
-That my hair is once again long enough to be put entirely in a ponytail 052606
-The fabulous taste sensation of lemon curd and blueberry preserves on homemade scones 052606
-Sleeping wrapped up in my flannel sheets 052606
-Knowing that even Godiva can make some nasty-tasting truffles 052606