ISO "Jimmy" Buffet

YEA! A day off! My company celebrates MLK Jr. day and next month, I also get Presidents' Day off too! Woohoo! No excuse not to blog...

On Christmas day, John and I brought up the "album table", which is a console table on the lower level that holds John's albums... yes, the vinyl. It has two small drawers and a low shelf. We used the table as a sideboard or buffet to serve the yummy honey baked ham, mac & cheese, etc... It was a good fit and made it possible for folks to sit at our small dining table instead of balancing plates on laps. Since Christmas, we've been searching for some type of cabinet to replace the album table, which really needed to go back to it's original purpose. Behold our new acquisition... Jimmy Buffet:


New storage = more junk!!!

We looked around at a bunch of furniture places, but this is actually the first one we really liked (that wasn't outrageously priced). John's gotten a bunch of pieces from the Wood Market (aka 26.bz) and they were also having a "store closing" sale. The store is relocating near the Inner Harbor and was slashing their prices on all their stuff. Once I get all my stuff from William's place, this will come in handy for storing serve ware.

Saturday, John and I had lunch at Paul Key with Ron and Karen. It was yummy! We had shrimp wonton soup, Karen got some duck, I had Beef Chow Foon, Ron had beef and scallops and John had his old standard -- General Tso's. Afterwards, we went to my parents' and John caulked the new basement window and then we headed to Bethesda to look at furniture stores. Had it not been so windy, we probably would have walked around a little more, but we decided to head to Uncle Jed's and claim our seats for the 'Skins game. Sadly, it was another defense-dominant game for the 'Skins, but they did have a great season.

Sunday was spent running more errands. Jackass got some new shoes and an alignment. The new tires aren't as rugged, but I feel a little more confident I won't have a blow-out on my daily 100 mile commute. The previous set of tires lasted 5 years and at least 75,000 miles, so I definitely got my money's worth out of them.

As promised, here's a picture of the first completed sleeve on my new project:


Mohair sweater project

I used these "caution flag" stakes as blocking wires. They were $3 for 25 of 'em. Apparently, real blocking wires cost much more! See how the colors flow? Well, each ball of yarn is different and I haven't found another one the same as this. Sleeve #2 may be pieced together with parts of other balls of yarn to try and match this. I may just knit the second sleeve without trying to match the first one, but I'm not sure if it will look too weird if they don't match (somewhat).

That's all the news I have for today... I'm fixing bbq ribs in the crock pot tonight. It's been a while since I've cooked a real meal for my hubby. Have a good week!