Counting down to Spring Term...

On December 30, 2009, my furniture arrived! Uncle Wes, with the help of Ben, Uncle Jay, and my father, was finally able to move my furniture into the apartment. I've been slowly unpacking by myself and Sarah and Anna came down two weeks ago to help me. We accomplished alot, even with Anna goofing off. I can't tell you how thankful I was, because up to that point, I'd had no help with packing or unpacking.

Also on December 30, I learned to knit. So far, I've finished two projects, both scarves. The pink one is Anna's "P'incess Scarf" and the dark one is for Caleb. On Monday the 11th, I started a project that will be a felted purse. The pattern is called the Lucy Bag, by Two Old Bags. A friend of mine, who has been a huge cheerleader and source of encouragement in my education endeavors, made me a dark purple Lucy Bag. Now I'm making a larger Jade Heather bag. I'm really enjoying this, because I can pull out my knitting and work on it for just a couple minutes. You can't really do that with cross stitching; you need more than 5 minutes.

School starts tonight for me, with College Algebra. I went online a few days ago and found my final test grade for last semester. Even with the elevator holding Kasey & me hostage beforehand, I got a 104 on the test! I hope I do as well this semester.

Kasey is slowly getting used to the apartment and just this week started getting excited when we pull into the parking lot. Yesterday, she was wagging her tail and dancing in the back of the truck when she saw we were home. She still doesn't find our door every time, despite the post-it note I put on it, but she knows exactly which sliding door is hers when we're out back. I think there's a smell in the hallway that throws her off, but we're working on it. I give her lots of praise when she walks directly to our door.

I played hostess for the first time on Monday afternoon! Carol B-C (stitcher) and Carol B (knitter) came down and we had a great time. I cooked a green bean casserole and a corned beef brisket and the girls brought dessert and veggies for the dip I made over the weekend. We watched the colorized version of Holiday Inn and stitched. I'm still working on my Lucy Bag and hope to have it finished by the end of the weekend.