Year In Pictures 2 - Week 9

56:365 - Sick

10/31/2010 - I started not feeling well this afternoon. It was a long week - I had a cold that then turned into a bad sinus infection. Seven days later I still do not feel better. When I get sick, which isn't often, I do it right!

57:365 - Perfect Match

11/01/2010 - When I knit socks I generally do not worry about making them match. However, the pair I am working on right now is being knit for someone else and they wanted their socks to match. I sat down the other night, determined to make these socks match. I was prepared to go through 1/4 of a ball of yarn to find that perfect matching place. Would you know it that I only had to pull out 6" of yarn and there was the *perfect* match. I had to cast on a few times to get it right, but wow, the match is perfect!

58:365 - Finding Relief

11/02/2010 - I am not really a fan of taking prescriptions, I try to keep things as natural as possible. I struggle with seasonal affective disorder (self-diagnosed of course) and now that the weather has gotten colder I've already felt myself going down the road I do in the winter. I decided to talk to my chiropractor about what natural things I could do to prevent the sadness I feel in the winter. I walked away with a bunch of things to take. Here is hoping that the natural route keeps me happy & healthy this winter!

59:365 - In the Mail

11/03/2010 - I have been getting a lot of envelopes in the mail lately as my address is the one listed as the return address for registration forms for the retreat I am helping to organize. I love getting mail - even if it is for the retreat!

60:365 - Computer Light

11/04/2010 - My new job necessitates me working in the evening (from home thankfully) several nights a month. I love that my work laptop comes equipped with a built in light (see it up there, at the top of the monitor?) because it means I can sit on the couch and still see the keyboard in the dark!

61:365 - Light Reading

11/05/2010 - I have a lot to learn in my new job. I have already learned so much but part of the learning will have to come from me, after hours. I hit up Amazon.com (and saved $150.00 compared to shopping at the local bookstore!) and purchased 5 books to get me started. I hope my nightstand can bear the weight of these books.

62:365 - Cria

11/06/2010 - Today was Cria Fest hosted by Hollywood Hills Boutique & Southern Iowa Alpacas in Albia, Iowa. This is the second time I've attended this event and it was fantastic again this year! A baby alpaca (a cria) was born two weeks ago at the farm and we got to meet her. She weighed only 22 pounds but stood at about 3 feet tall. She was adorable an SO soft.

Number of pictures taken this week: 176.