Bye bye October, Hello Paris!

Well, October is ending.  I have enjoyed seeing all the leaves change and fall.  I love the smell of Fall!!  It is getting colder in the Northwoods and I've had to break out the hats, scarves, and mittens.  I better get my winter boots out of storage too because it will start snowing very soon.

It was a pretty good month for the House Cup.  I finished 4 classes, 2 OWL 50% marks, and a quidditch project.  I'm really excited for the new movie to come out this November.

November 3rd my mom and I leave for Paris!!!!!!!!!  We are going for 8 days, 7 nights.  One day we have tickets to take the chunnel to London for the day too!  Mom has never been to Europe and I'm really excited to go back.  I even found some yarn stores to check out :)

I am sad to be leaving Luis though.  He is leaving tonight to go to Colorado and won't be back until Wednesday night.  I'm leaving Wednesday morning so we will just miss each other and I won't see him until the 11th or 12th :(  There is a good possibility that we will be moving to Colorado.  I'm excited and nervous at the same time.  I'm itching to move again but things will be really strained with his family there.  I guess we will just have to see what happens....

September Badges

These are the badges that I earned for September in the Harry Potter Knit and Crochet House Cup.

The Raven's Heart for completing 6 classes this month.


The Alot of Teamwork for the 7th year Ravenclaw students' coordinated hand-in of History of Magic:

Fall Convocation 1st milestone:

Next

List of things that need to be done.

Okay, here are the projects I need to get done fairly soon, hopefully I can fit a lot of them into classes for October.

Earwarmer for Raul
Hat for Ramon
Finish April's Purse --October Detention
Hat for Luis
Slippers for Luis and myself
2 pumpkin hats

Fall 2010 HPKCHC

Well, I managed to finish 6 classes this month, get a good start on both OWLs and on a sweater for Quidditch. My goal is to score as many points as I can this term...it is my seventh year after all :)

October 1st would have been Dad's 60th birthday. I can't believe he has been gone for 9 years. Mom's 60th is November 6th and we will be in Paris, France celebrating. I'm so excited and I can't believe that we are actually going. Mom has never been to Europe before and I am so happy that I get to share this experience with her. She doesn't know it yet but I bought her ticket for her so that she has more money to spend on herself while we are there. She has done so much for me that this is the least I can do.

Also I am starting the UBC program on October 3rd. It is a 10 week intensive kick-boxing and body sculpting workout program 6 days a week. Mom has been doing it back home and she has seen amazing results. I really want to get in shape and I am really looking forward to it.

Well, it has only been almost a year since I wrote on my blog.... Life has been pretty hectic lately. I changed jobs, broke off my engagement, and moved. Things are finally starting to settle into a groove again so hopefully I can start knitting and crocheting more soon....although it has been really hot up here so I don't know how much I will want to play with yarn for a bit.

October Knitting

In the first 2 days of October I made a Thorpe hat for myself....okay, I kindof made it twice. I used super bulky yarn instead of bulky and the first one turned out HUGE so I ripped it back to row 10 (56 stitches) and stopped increasing there. When I got to the bottom I BO 22 stitches for the front, 10 sts on each ear flap, and BO 10 sts for the back. If I were to do it again I would only BO 20 sts in the front and have 11 on each ear flap. It still turned out great and it is super warm. I usually wear a size medium and it fits great, so that is what I would guess for a size.

I started Kernel today using my Edward Cullen Silk Sock yarn from Fresh from the Cauldron. I love this yarn and its colorway! It is so soft and nice to work with. I can't bring myself to use the gorgeous yarn on socks. I really like this pattern too. I am leaving off the beads but it is looking great so far. I'm a bit nervous about the grafting because I have never done it before and I really don't want to screw it up!!

October classes are up for HPKCHC. So far I have:

• Arithmancy = Kernel
• Herbology = Turtle Tracks Cowl in my Tortuga colorway of Malabrigo :)
• DADA = ?
  
• Charms = ?
  
• Divination = ?
  
• Transfiguration = Rosalie Hale Scarf

I want to fit My Thorpe in there somewhere since I made it this month. I have to start on Layton's xmas stocking for my OWL as well. And make more hats for Quidditch!

So far it looks like October will be a good knitting month....especially if the weather stays so crappy :(

And I am still on track for my weight loss work. I lost 6 pounds so far and I can finally fit in one pair of my too small jeans :)

Unitarian Universalist

I started attending the UU church in my area and I really like it. I wish I would have found it before. I feel very comfortable there, something that has never happened at any other church I've been to. They also have tons of different programs that I am interested in. I just have to remind myself that I can't sign up for everything right away :)

I'm thinking about joining the choir. I am not a very good singer....I'm hoping that some direction would make me better...really hoping. This morning a little girl (probably about 9yrs old) sang a solo and it was amazing.

I love how many programs they have to help the community and the environment. It just feels like a great place to be.