Tis the season!

Yay! This is the final update for the Holiday Card Project. I delivered the cards to the Nationwide Children's Hospital on Thursday night.

There are a lot of children who utilize the HHC, with this in mind Mrs. Val spent the night before baking cookies. Sadly, it was all windy and rainy all day which was bad for the HHC party as it kept most of them away. I poked my head in a couple times and got some photos to add here as well as for our internal system and was there to see all that lovely effort go to waist. At least these four youngsters showed and were willing to pose for the 'paparazzi' (that's what the cute little one in the purple shirt called me. :3)

HHC Coordinator and Associate showing off the cards.

The only HHC children to show up to the party ... and Miss Val.

 We also had our own party (staff members). Everyone brought in something good to eat. For example a bacon pizza. Can you believe that! Yum! I couldn't post many photos of that as a few coworkers wouldn't like to be 'exploited' on my blog so I'll stick with the cream puff swans!

Swan on a cup! I couldn't resist.

Jen's mother made these ... how cute!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Holiday Card Update

With two days left to finish and gather holiday cards I don't see much accomplishment. There are a few cards in the basket and I've sadly only managed to make 3. I have heard people telling me that they just haven't brought them in and our Homework Help Center at work has managed over 50 cards. Their goal however is 300. I'm sure they'll get there. Their incentive is seeing Mrs. Val dressed as an elf!

Inside the Snowman card.

Inside the Deer card.

Commissions Update:  I managed to complete most of my clients projects. I've still got 1 left to do however. I'm hoping to have it done my tomorrow so that she can give them away. She's kind of hoping this as well. It would have been much easier if I had gotten a deadline when she gave me the commission though. All well! That's just taught me to ask when they would like it by.

So First up is 'Hearts'. A lovely headband with a heart, lace pattern. It's knit in a wool/microfiber/cashmere fiber. The pattern was cutesy of Mel Clark though I did shorten it a bit.

 

A wee bit of self photography!

Hearts!

Then we have a forest green beanie. I lined it in fleece so it's uber warm!

Skull Cap

Historic Dublin Shelf Elf

Here in Historic Dublin we have a tradition (at least since that damn book and it's creepy elf came out) of placing an elf in 12 different locations throughout the town. Here's my collection! (I'll be adding to this as I go around town on my off times) I'll try not to give the locations away!

Knitting Out

I've taken to going out to knit. I've got so many commissions to keep up with that if I just stayed at home to knit I'd never leave. My most recent outing was with Daniel to Black Wing. Black Wing is a shooting range and gun super store. In my humble opinion anyways. We went there to get a kit for making ear plugs since I need a pair for mussel loading and apparently they are good for riding bikes as they cut out the whistling of the wind. While Daniel was playing with two of his toys I mosied to the back and made myself a wee nest to knit in. Surprisingly no one looked at me cross ways. I thought for sure someone would ask why I was knitting and sipping my coffee at a gun range. :3

I did get visited by a cute black lab. He just walked right up to me gave me a sniff and walked away. I'm guessing he belonged to one of the workers ... that or they don't care if people bring their 'well behaved' dogs with them.

In the time it took Daniel to play I managed to finish a headband and get past all the annoying repetition of a hooded cowl. I feel accomplished by this.

Loan Hell

I can't believe 5/3rd did this to me!

I've been looking for a car for some time now since my only means of transportation is either car pooling or my motorcycle. I found a few I like ranging from 10K to 15K so I decided it was time to see what I could get approved for. Seeing as 5/3rd gave me all my previous loans I started with them. I took the paper with the car information to the bank and asked. They did a pre-approval for the 14k with a 2008 Honda Civic Si with 100K miles as the test car shall I say. So from the beginning they knew the car then ... I made sure that I couldn't deny me that I was guaranteed the 14K before hopping into the car to test drive it. I didn't want to get my hopes up. Well I decided that I preferred the Si to the Mazda3. Since at that point my bank was closed I did a carmax loan that gave me 3 days to pay it back no interest or fees. Thus I had time to go to my bank WITH the car. I get to my bank the next day and guess what they tell me!   I'm denied ... why you ask? because of the miles which they knew about!

They refuse to help me even though I was pre-approved and am a long time good standing customer. It's only 100 miles over.