http://virtuallyutopia.com A Blog About Me! Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:27:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today my hubby and I moved a bookcase and all it's books down stairs (at least the ones we still wanted) moved to others to fit the new one (it's a wall unit with a corner and continuation piece).  I have a gazillian CDs.  I need to ask Chris how I ... http://virtuallyutopia.com/?p=121 I met Elizabeth Flock, at the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library author of  Sleepwalking in Daylight and she gave me permission to post her picture on my blog.  She is a New York Times Bestselling Author and a former CBS anchor .  I now am the owner of a signed copy! It was an enjoyable evening and ... http://virtuallyutopia.com/?p=116 I am knitting the Zodiac for my soon to be granddaughter.  I got to the bind off and realized I was looking at the directions for the larger size - even though I circled the size I needed.   I ripped down 11 inches.  That hurt! Hubby has a bad back.  Hurt ... http://virtuallyutopia.com/?p=115 I found some acrylic yarn in my stash - a huge - ball and decided to knit up a Kimono.  This yarn knitted up easy and quite washable.  But the sweater keeps getting lost.   I test drove a new car and left the knitting bag in the back and called the dealership twice and ... http://virtuallyutopia.com/?p=112 The Kia Soul is a compact, mini MPV  produced in South Korea. I have to admit it was a bit of an impulse purchase., but I love it.  When I confessed that to my oldest daughter, she said "why didn't you just get a new pocketbook!". I've had a pretty busy two ... http://virtuallyutopia.com/?p=108 I've been knitting a lot lately.  I finished the colorful baby blanket, and now am almost finished with One-Piece Baby Kimono by Cristina Bernardi Shiffman from the Mason-Dixon knitting book.  I'm using some mystery yarn I found in my stash which I've named Mystery Peppermint.  . As you can see I have ... http://virtuallyutopia.com/?p=107 I just wrote a whole post and moved away without saving to get a picture and lost it all uggg  This weekend I went to my grandson's playoff baseball game.  The were seeded number  8 and played the number 1 team and lost 12 to 9 in the last inning.   The ... http://virtuallyutopia.com/?p=103 I had good intentions this morning of doing something on my Big TODO list.  I walked the Dog at 5:30 and then went back to bed as it was much too early to be awake.  Woke up at 8:45 and took Beckett to daycare.  There were many dogs there this morning ... http://virtuallyutopia.com/?p=100 Six days to Chris' birthday and 19+ weeks until he's a DAD!  I'm updating my reading list today.  http://virtuallyutopia.com/?p=99 I've been away for a few months, busy knitting.  I started a sideways sweater with Helen (Sit N Knit Too) and was progressing nicely, abet not as nicely as my friend, Martine.  She finished her sweater in April.  I only got to the  left front when we decided to take ... http://virtuallyutopia.com/?p=97