Sep242007
what is a girl to do?
Filed under my life by sherriknits at 5:17 pm on Sep 24 2007
Oh my, I have had my nose buried in bookwork all day today. For the past 2 months, my computer woes have continued and today it finally kind of came to a head. I could not get my home computer updated because my work computer has no way to get data out that will communicate with my home work computer. Last month, I was carrying home the work computer to do the work. This month, I just let myself get way behind because I didn’t want to figure it out. I finally figured out a way I thought was ingenious (back up the data to a flash drive, put the flash drive in my laptop, burn a cd, put the cd in the home computer and transfer the info)…well, it worked but…the work computer was never updated at the end of last month so I still didn’t have what I needed. I ended up calling our programmer who took my home computer to his house, updated it and inspected the usb drive that burned up my flash drive last month. This is a new computer. He found no problem which leads me to believe it was our hub that did all the damage. So, that computer sits on my living room floor by the door waiting to be hooked back up so I can do that bookwork.
In the meantime, I spent the entire day wading through my own shop’s bookwork that I have neglected. I feel close to crazy right now.
lol
So…last night and this morning, I did get in a bit of knitting while my brain was turning at what to do.
The Lucky Lurker sock is coming along. It’s an easy knit as long as the stitch count is right.
And I am still considering if I want to knit this sweater.
The only hard part of this one is that it’s hard to see at night. I have made a few mistakes in knitting the wrong row, but didn’t get too far so it was easy to frog back.
We went for a little drive yesterday to get some ideas of a wedding location. We’ve had a few ideas but here was one idea.
I honestly think this one is out of our price range (a ballroom upstairs but they do knock off a lot for having an alcohol-free event). It’s an hour away so not sure we want to do that but will keep it in mind. It made for a great Sunday drive and when we were heading home, the sky was beautiful.
It felt like there was going to be a thunderstorm, but we never saw one.
But, what did this girl have to do today to relieve stress? Shopped for shoes! Actually, I need new shoes for work and I had seen some I really liked in black and today looked online to see if they came in brown and tada! They should be here Wed. If I like them, you’ll see them then. They will be great for handknit socks!
Ok, back to the grind. I told hubby I felt like crying I was so tired of this. He had to go back to work tonight, too. waa waa
1 Carolon 24 Sep 2007 at 5:47 pm
Wow, my mind would be boggled with all the computer problems..I don’t know much about them so I would be a mess trying to figure anything out. I applaud that you can do it.
I love the color of your socks…and also the sweater….can’t wait to see the end result.
2 Maryon 24 Sep 2007 at 7:09 pm
Oh my! Flash drive to laptop to . . . . sounds like a Rube Goldberg contraption! LOL!
3 Laurion 24 Sep 2007 at 8:04 pm
Oh! I’m so sorry to hear about more computer problems!! It shouldn’t be this hard!! (isn’t tech stuff supposed to make things easier?!? lol)
The pic of the sky is just beautiful!
4 Theresaon 24 Sep 2007 at 9:38 pm
Your brain must be swimming after all that computer and bookwork! I’ve enjoyed reading the blurbs about wedding planning. It reminds me of happy times spent with my Mom planning mine. I owe you an email answer. Been sick and on Ravelry when I have been online (LOL)…it sucks you in! Hope tomorrow is less crazy!
5 Dipsy D.on 25 Sep 2007 at 1:13 am
I’m so sorry to hear about your computer problems - this is such a nightmare indeed, isn’t it? But, shopping for shoes is of course always the best solution for any problem whatsoever ;)))
I love how your socks are coming along, and the color of the yarn for the sweater is sooo beautiful - definitely the shade of red I’m so in love with at the moment! Yummy!
6 susanon 25 Sep 2007 at 11:40 am
sometimes it’s just easier with a pen and paper isn’t it?
I love the sock pattern and the yarn it’s so beautiful.
7 Lizon 25 Sep 2007 at 4:53 pm
Good luck with the book stuff. And the wedding venue! I think we got pretty lucky with ours, because the historical foundation in my parents’ hometown has several beautiful places for weddings. They even have a “deconsecrated” old Catholic church that is so fancy inside, we won’t have to decorate at all.
8 Lynneon 25 Sep 2007 at 5:06 pm
I can’t help but think how that beautiful sock sort of goes with the sky photo! I really, really like that sock. Sorry about the computer stuff. My new one just got delivered today. What a relief.
9 Nancyon 25 Sep 2007 at 5:06 pm
Love the socks and sweater. The colors are beautiful. Did the pattern for the socks come with the yarn? Or is it a pattern that you already had? I am looking for more sock patterns. So thought I’d ask.
10 Hasbuon 01 Oct 2007 at 2:09 am
Sorry about your computer.
I just went shopping for shoes on Saturday! That’s so much fun!