Currently

Anticipating: The Detroit Tigers open the 2013 season tomorrow against the Minnesota Twins and I can't wait! It's been a long, baseballess winter and I am ready for the season to start. It's going to be an exciting season.

Organizing: Now that vacation is done it's time to get back on track. I spent a lot of time thinking about my blog while I was gone and where I wanted to go with it. I didn't come up with any concrete answers beyond the notion that I am not a "niche blogger". I'm too scattered to focus on one thing, which kind of made me feel a bit better. It took some of the self induced pressure I had put on myself to have regular themes that I posted about off and made the idea of blogging fun again.   

Loving: Sadie snuggles. She has basically been my little shadow since coming home from vacation. 

Reading: It never fails. I finish a book and then struggle with what I should read next. I read Shantaram over vacation (all 900+ pages of it) and am feeling a bit stuck with what to read next. I tried reading Beach Music but it just didn't grab me. I'm thinking I need something light and airy or at least something I'm not going to have to think too much about while reading it. A couple friends suggested reading The Host, which I am going to start this afternoon and am hoping will do the trick.

Learning: I've toyed with the idea. I've bought the supplies. I've created a playlist of tutorials on Youtube. I'm teaching myself how to knit dammit. As much as I love to crochet, there are some other things I'd like to be able to make and knitting them is the way to go. So, I'm going to once again give it ye 'ole college try and bust out my knitting needles. My first project will most likely be a scarf, because even though I'm bound to mess it up, it's the easiest thing to fix once I do drop a stitch or two. 

What have you been up to lately?

Knotted Headband

One of the things I missed the most while being on vacation is that I didn't have my yarn and crochet hooks with me.

Weird, I know.

The first thing I did once I had a moment to sit down and relax, was pick up some leftover yarn I had from a hat project and whipped up the knotted headband for this months crochet along project with Alicia over at Habitual Homebody.

The project came together really quickly and turned out really nicely. The headband is warm enough to keep my ears safe from the cold and is super cute!

I've already started a couple more with some warmer yarn so that I can wear them while I am running. It's going to be a great alternative for when it's a bit too cold for my baseball cap but not cold enough for my winter hat.

Happy crocheting!

 

Currently....

Loving: The beach! To say I am I having a grand time relaxing with my book in a lounge chair on a beautiful beach in the Dominican Republic would be quite the understatement. It is absolutely gorgeous here! So much so I could see myself becoming a total beach bum 24/7 if the opportunity ever presented itself.

Reading: Shantaram. I brought a couple other titles with me in case this one didn't hold my attention, but I am completely enthralled with the life of Linbaba and his Indian friends. As I told a friend the other day who has recently finished reading this book as well, it is a title I wish I would have read years ago.

Listening: I think this is the first time in a long time I have left the iPod behind while on the beach. Not listening to the waves and breeze through the palm trees would be missing a huge part of the experience.

Writing: I haven't written a complete anything since I arrived last week but I have lots of ideas flowing which is almost as good. It's been a wonderful feeling putting pen to paper again and the fact that it is happening so freely/easily is proof enough for me that this vacation was just what the doctor ordered!

Music Monday: Vacation

The time has finally arrived.

My bags are mostly packed.

And tomorrow morning I'm headed out for some fun in the sun!

Bon Voyage blogosphere!

Sunday Confessions

Well Crap: I'm feeling like a pretty shitty person right now. Or more specifically, a pretty shitty daughter. My moms currently in the hospital and here I am still planning on going away on a tropical vacation. Yes, I've been assured by my dad it's perfectly fine for me to leave and have fun but still doesn't make me feel any better.

Tumblr Along with Me: I rediscovered my love of Tumblr this week. It's like the blackhole of blogging, kind of like Pinterest is the blackhole of crafting.

Playing Catch-Up: I'm a wee bit behind in Rachele's Fat Bitch E-Course which can I just tell you all, the title makes me giggle every damn time I read it. I don't know why. It just does. And I'm also behind on Jes's 25 Things Fat People Shouldn't Do list. BUT, even though my heart isn't totally into it right, my vacation is going to give me a number of opportunities to accomplish tasks for both. Bring it Dominican Republic!