OK, for all those who've been harassing, er...requesting persistently, us for our Christmas wish lists, here's mine. (Ahem, Laurie. And Shirley. And mom!) And I won't read the comments for this post, so you can discuss who's taking care of what.
Petra’s Christmas Wish-list/Gift Ideas – 2007
1) CD’s by Feist
2) Pink Grapefruit scented or Satsuma scented shower gel from the Body Shop
3) Gift Certificates – Urban Yarns (on 4421 W10th Avenue, www.urbanyarns.ca) or Three Bags Full (Main St, Vancouver, http://www.threebagsfull.ca )
4) Gift Certificates – Mexx, Gap, Bay, Old Navy
5) Gift Certificates – BC liquor stores (for wine) or Starbucks (for coffee)
6)Sock yarn
7)Books
a.Gift certificates for Chapters OR
b. The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Caroline Reid
c. Lord John and the Hand of Devils by Diana Gabaldon
d. Red, White, and Drunk All Over by Natalie MacLean
e. A Left-Handed History of the World by Ed Wright
f. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
g. Knitting New Scarves by Lynne Barr
h. Charmed Knits: Projects for Fans of Harry Potter by Alison Hansel
i. Mason-Dixon Knitting by Kay Gardniner
j. Knitting Circle by Ann Hood
k. Knitting: A Novel by Anne Bartlett
l. Any novel my Mary Kruger (mystery author)
m. Any book by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
n. Novels (chick lit) by Meg Cabot:
i. Size 12 is Not Fat
ii. Size 14 is Not Fat Either
iii. Queen of Babble
iv. Big Boned
8) Magazine: subscription to Interweave Knits (a knitting magazine)
9) 15.4” Rain Design iLap Ergonomic Laptop Stand
10) Calendar
a. Anything with vintage movie posters, esp. Katherine Hepburn or Audrey Hepburn
b. Victorian Botanicals
c. Cartoon related
d. Classic kid-related (ex, Dr. Suess, Paddington Bear, etc)
11) Perfume :
-“Vera Wang” by Vera Wang
-“Burberry,” “Burberry Touch,” or “Burberry Weekend” by Burberry
12) A hair straightener with wide ceramic paddles.
13) A memory-foam pillow
14) A SMALL cross-cut paper shredder
15) A cordless phone
16) A 2G USB jump drive
17) Stickers
18) A paper cutter (like those used for scrapbooking)
19) A Dyson Vacuum or even better, a Roomba and a Scooba
20) A sewing machine
21) An Aerobed (Raised Premier)
22) A KitchenAid stand mixer (5 qut) in black or silver
23) A motorcycle
24) Tranquilizer darts for the cats
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Ramblings
Its been a busy week, but a good one. If this jumbled reminiscence confuses you, that's okay, because I'm fully under the impression that no one reads this blog except for me, anyhow. My own mom has no interest in checking out my inane ramblings, so why should anyone else? Lets start with today. I completed all my marking for the week - a rather nasty slog - leaving me an entire day to get some more lessons re-worked, and get caught up on my course work. Oh, and celebrate Hubby's birthday too! I then managed to get a few rows done on a Calorimetry which may or may not go for some one's Christmas gift before we headed out to the first of our 6 concert series at the VSO. It was a pops concert, with the theme of "Fabulous 40's." OMG, what a fantastic show! In spite of our late arrival and seats in the middle of what felt like an ocean of retirement home, I had a truly great time! The show started with In the Mood, then two Duke Ellington songs (I'm Beginning to See the Light and Don't Get Around Much Anymore) featuring a jazz soloist, Robin McKelle. Amazing pipes, and don't you know I just had to get the CD at intermission. This was followed by a piece by Aaron Copland of "Fanfare for the common man" fame, (Hoe Down from Rodeo) followed by a trilogy from Oklahoma featuring a baritone with amazing richness (though his pitch was a little off a few times). The first half finished with a suite from Casablanca (Max Steiner's work) and finally Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.
After intermission (in which I also managed to sneak in a few more rows of Calorimetry amidst amused looks from the woman on my left, we heard One O'Clock Jump (Cole Porter), Times Square (from On The Town by Bernstein), Some Enchanted Evening (more Rodgers & Hammerstein), Begin the Beguine (Cole Porter), St. Louis Blues March (Handy), Night & Day (Porter), String of Pearls (ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVOURITES, Jerry Gray), and finally Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen). I am still humming.
Friday was marked by my Bi 11 kids first exam (holy crap, did they do poorly on the written component), and then a knit night / campy TV watching binge with my cousin. I haven't had time with her in months, so it was a fantastic evening. Oh, and all you can eat Indian Buffet for $10 is a nice way to start off a weekend!
Friday FO #1 - it seems to have spiraled on me. Huh.
Friday FO #2 - pretty cables!
Thursday was remarkable only in that I managed to finish my readings for the week. Gah - what a slog. Oh, and we had our second fire of the year, so out on the field we went, fire trucks coming for the SECOND DAY IN A ROW. And so it begins. I mentioned to a student teacher that we hadn't had a fire drill since I've been at my school (for 4 years now) and she looked concerned until I said, "No, its not that we're ignoring safety. We just have the actual smoke detectors or fire pulls activate for real often enough so that we don't need to do drills."
My Halloween was the least remarkable I've had in the last well...since I can remember. We had a meeting at 5:30 with a Direct Buy representative and shopped for light fixtures until 7, then went home, ate dinner, and did our normal thing (which entails me knitting and/or marking and Aaron in the office on his computer).
Before that, it gets a wee bit fuzzy. Its been a busy week for me, full, but satisfying somehow. Hubby came home from Mexico, I finished various Christmas gifts and, and have kept up most of my obligations. And its only 7 weeks until Christmas break! Whoo hoo!
After intermission (in which I also managed to sneak in a few more rows of Calorimetry amidst amused looks from the woman on my left, we heard One O'Clock Jump (Cole Porter), Times Square (from On The Town by Bernstein), Some Enchanted Evening (more Rodgers & Hammerstein), Begin the Beguine (Cole Porter), St. Louis Blues March (Handy), Night & Day (Porter), String of Pearls (ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVOURITES, Jerry Gray), and finally Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen). I am still humming.
Friday was marked by my Bi 11 kids first exam (holy crap, did they do poorly on the written component), and then a knit night / campy TV watching binge with my cousin. I haven't had time with her in months, so it was a fantastic evening. Oh, and all you can eat Indian Buffet for $10 is a nice way to start off a weekend!
Friday FO #1 - it seems to have spiraled on me. Huh.
Friday FO #2 - pretty cables!
Thursday was remarkable only in that I managed to finish my readings for the week. Gah - what a slog. Oh, and we had our second fire of the year, so out on the field we went, fire trucks coming for the SECOND DAY IN A ROW. And so it begins. I mentioned to a student teacher that we hadn't had a fire drill since I've been at my school (for 4 years now) and she looked concerned until I said, "No, its not that we're ignoring safety. We just have the actual smoke detectors or fire pulls activate for real often enough so that we don't need to do drills."
My Halloween was the least remarkable I've had in the last well...since I can remember. We had a meeting at 5:30 with a Direct Buy representative and shopped for light fixtures until 7, then went home, ate dinner, and did our normal thing (which entails me knitting and/or marking and Aaron in the office on his computer).
Before that, it gets a wee bit fuzzy. Its been a busy week for me, full, but satisfying somehow. Hubby came home from Mexico, I finished various Christmas gifts and, and have kept up most of my obligations. And its only 7 weeks until Christmas break! Whoo hoo!
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