Apparently I didn't mis-spend enough of my youth

You Are 40% Evil

A bit of evil lurks in your heart, but you hide it well. In some ways, you are the most dangerous kind of evil.

How Evil Are You?

Damp

When I came down the hall at work this morning, I knew that once again, our office had taken on water during the rain. Luckily someone from the children's department was here on Saturday, and they picked up all the bins and boxes that were sitting on the floor,so we had very little damage. Goddess Bless people for going the extra mile!
The last time it flooded bladly down here, we lost several $1000 worth of books. This time, we just have to deal with the smell. It stinks down here folks. And I can feel the mold invading my sinuses - yucky.
Some of the other branches didn't fare so well. Apparently 2 of our West End branches flooded pretty badly, and a couple of our East End branches did too. One is still not completly operational. And K has a lots of comp. problems to deal with today, since several computers were also damaged during the flooding. Joy.
But, it could have been worse. Remember those picutres from the 1937 flood? There is one where the statue of Abe Lincoln is half under water. My office is directly behind that statue. Small favors right?
Hopefully the rest of us made out okay too. Peace and dry basements to all. -S

La La La

Well I had hoped to have some pictures to post, but alas, I forgot my camera. So, sorry, no pics. Besides, they would have been boring, since very little knitting has occurred this last week at the Carter Looney Bin. My tendonitis has been acting up, and in order to not be in constant pain, I have to rest it a bit. Hopefully it will okay for me to at least do a little knitting tonight at SnB.
I have been a good girl and not bought any yarn in at least a month, despite there being many, many temptations at Sophie’s. My goal is to complete at least two projects from my stash before I purchase any new yarn. I’m thinking it may be time to cast on for the fingerless mitts I bought cashmere for last year. And maybe to try and start on the cardigan I planned to make with the Cotton Stria I bought after Christmas. And of course, there are always socks and dishcloths to knit, as well as that sweater for K. And then there are the baby items I want to knit for a co-worker. So, I should be able to finish something soon, right?

Can we say "Brain Fart"?

So I’m working on this sweater,and I’m trying to figure out how many stitches to cast on, and I come up with a number and I cast on. As I’m doing this, I’m thinking, wow, this looks awfully big. But I keep on trucking.
After about 6 rows, I’m thinking, no way is this right. This is waaaay too big. Like it could only fit Hagrid big.
So I stop (points for me) and try to figure out what I’ve done wrong. This was on Tuesday.
I just figured out why my numbers were off. I took the total chest circumference measurement and multiplied it by my stitches per inch. The problem? I’m knitting the sweater flat, in pieces, not in the round. Duhh.
So, if I take the original number, divide it in half, and add about two inches for seams to each side, do you think I’ll end up with the right number of stitches? I plan to find out tonight.

Also, where was everyone last night? We missed you guys. Hope things are alright. Peace.