A Few More Things About Me

All that was seamed is in pieces again. The addition of a single-crochet edging didn't do Margot any favors in the armhole department, so I took her completely apart and re-bound off the tops of the sleeve caps using the 15 mm needle held together with another large diameter needle in order to get a looser bound off edge. I've gotten one side of the sweater re-seamed, and the seaming looks neater than before, so at least I am making progress in the right direction.

Today was a milestone day for me -- not only did I get a haircut after about 2 years of "letting it grow out" (read: too lazy to make a hair appointment, not satisfied with any hair stylist I could find and in denial about my hair and what I was willing to spend time doing to it) but I think I have finally found a hair dresser that I can live with. This appointment got rid of the shaggy tendrils in the back. The next appointment will include not only a re-shaping but (gasp) highlighting. If you want to see the "new look" you can click here. (Whether I can re-create it on a day-to-day basis is anyone's guess).

So, since this was one of those "all about me" days, I'll close with a few more additions to my "100 things" list.

11. I was raised Catholic, but don't practice anything in particular now if I can avoid it. I do feel I have strong values, however. I believe in treating people with respect and trying to do my best to make the planet a better place
12. I am definitely in my middle-thirties, but often regarded to be in my twenties. I consider this a mixed blessing.
13. Unlike most women, I am congenitally incapable of using a blow drier or a curling iron in any effective manner. This could be laziness or a lack of co-ordination or both.
14. I was introduced to knitting by a dear friend during graduate school. She believed that anyone could knit anything. She taught me to knit Continental and my first completed sweater was Grapevine from Alice Starmore's "Stillwater".
15. I currently have three cats, all boys. The first two were littermates that I adopted just before I met John. One of them, Sydney, got his name because of an Internet "penpal" I had who was from Australia.
16. I played my fair share of Dungeons and Dragons in grade school. I have a continuing love-affair with computer roll playing games. When given the opportunity to choose, I almost always play a magic user.
17. I learned to read when I was three years old and I haven't stopped reading since. My favorite genre used to be science fiction or fantasy (lots and lots of fantasy), but now I find myself drawn more to the history of science and mysteries/suspense/thrillers. And knitting books.
18. Yes, I am well aware of the fact that I am very much a geek girl.
19. All the men in my immediate family are engineers, and they are all different flavors: my father is an aerospace/automotive engineer, my brother is a chemical engineer, my husband is a software engineer and my brother-in-law is a mechanical engineer.
20. I consider my career in biology, computers and management to be the natural result of crossing an engineer with a speech, literature and drama major.