My fish have a new home.

They're getting picked up today. Kinda sad, but another thing checked off my list. And they're going to a good home. *sigh*

I've been working on an afghan for a few years (it's going very slowly) but it uses a technique for a haveing a reverse side. It's also twice as thick as normal knitting. So I thought I'd give it a try for a hat! I like it except I think the stitches are a little stretched out. I need to use a smaller sized needle with a more stitches. So I'll have to experiment with that. I hate having to rip though and I ripped out a hat last night. :( Such are the joys of knitting without a pattern. Anyways... here is the first experiment.

the grey side

the black side

The shelf of movies is finally all packed up. I think I'm going to break it down today and stick it in the porch. I really like the wooden shelves. I think I kind of want to save them. I'm going to get rid of the metal shelf though. That guy has traveled with me for years and it's kind of a piece of crap. It's definitely moving on. I had people pick up stuff yesterday and am having two others pick up stuff today. I feel so good everytime something leaves my presence. And even better than I know it's going to be used. Now just keep your fingers crossed that my place is subleased before February 1st. That'd be really great. Thanks.

Two thousand ten so far has been the hear from old friends and reconnect with people year. It started out with Chelsea and I giving Ryder and Annette a surprise visit. Ten years ago we did a time capsule with letters to each other when we were 15 and 16 years old. This was the year we scheduled to open it. Me being the weird, anal person that I am when it comes to this stuff, I brought it into Anchorage because Ryder, Chelsea, and I were all going to be there. Amazing. Chelsea and I were fairly nervous when we knocked on the door but after a few minutes we were comfortable and taking a hammer to the bottle. Some of the letters were read aloud and others were saved to be read alone. A few apologies were given and accepted and emails were given around. It was wonderful to see Ryder and to be at ease around him. Hopefully our friendship will be rekindled. I've missed that guy.

And a few days ago my old classmate Travis called and chatted with me for a good bit. He was with his kids, who sounded like they were having a blast. It's amazing how far so many of my classmates have come. So many of them have families or are starting families and have jobs and are growing up. One more year and we can plan a 10 year high school reunion. Creepy. At least I think so.