Friday, December 19, 2008
Farewell
My family and I will be departing in just a short 8 hours or so, for the icy tundra in Illinois... I will be spending all my time with family and friends from my hometown. I have lots to work on while I am away, 2.5 pairs of socks (2 are for me!) and a circle shrug that I have been wanting to make for a long long time. Finally a knit sweater. Plus the best thing about all of these projects, they have NO TIMELINE. No deadline to finish them, that means relaxing, enjoyable knitting... WOW! My Christmas celebrations will begin on Tuesday December 23 and will end on Saturday December 27, that is one packed week of events. Be careful to all of those that will be traveling to and from family events over the next couple of weeks. I wish a happy Christmas to you all.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Bettie Page passes away
Taken from The Official Bettie Page Website...
Los Angeles, December 11, 2008 – Bettie Page, sweet-smiling legendary 1950s pin-up queen with the killer curves and coal-black bangs, died today of pneumonia at a Los Angeles area hospital. She was 85 years old. She suffered a heart attack one week ago and never regained consciousness. Her popularity as an underground, guilty pleasures phenomenon has continued to soar despite the fact that the reclusive Page disappeared almost a half century ago, leading many to believe that one of the most photographed individuals of the 20th century was already dead.
As the model who many have argued raised cheesecake to an art, Page combined exuberant, wide-eyed innocence with confident, sometimes aggressive sexuality. VANITY FAIR praised the playfully seductive Page as “our Uber-pin-up.” The NEW YORK TIMES has declared that today “her star shines more brightly than it did in her brief heyday from 1950 to 1957.” PLAYBOY immortalized Page as one of its inaugural centerfolds and recently named her “the model of the century, yet she remains one of its best kept secrets.” In a recent TVGuide.com poll, Bettie Page was voted the “ultimate sex goddess,” outscoring others such as Marilyn Monroe.
Los Angeles, December 11, 2008 – Bettie Page, sweet-smiling legendary 1950s pin-up queen with the killer curves and coal-black bangs, died today of pneumonia at a Los Angeles area hospital. She was 85 years old. She suffered a heart attack one week ago and never regained consciousness. Her popularity as an underground, guilty pleasures phenomenon has continued to soar despite the fact that the reclusive Page disappeared almost a half century ago, leading many to believe that one of the most photographed individuals of the 20th century was already dead.
As the model who many have argued raised cheesecake to an art, Page combined exuberant, wide-eyed innocence with confident, sometimes aggressive sexuality. VANITY FAIR praised the playfully seductive Page as “our Uber-pin-up.” The NEW YORK TIMES has declared that today “her star shines more brightly than it did in her brief heyday from 1950 to 1957.” PLAYBOY immortalized Page as one of its inaugural centerfolds and recently named her “the model of the century, yet she remains one of its best kept secrets.” In a recent TVGuide.com poll, Bettie Page was voted the “ultimate sex goddess,” outscoring others such as Marilyn Monroe.
Friday, December 12, 2008
New Developments
Well it is about time I get back on here. I'm not too good at this Blogging thing. So please just bear with me. The last time I wrote I spoke about possibly moving to a new apartment, well we decided against it, the overall "savings" just weren't worth the hassle.
But new developments have come to the surface. My hubby, Christopher has always spoke about going back to school, and finally he has chosen to tackle the school stuff. Right now he just has to focus and study for his GRE test and then go thru all the admissions stuff. The biggest change that will take place is that we will be moving. We will be leaving anywhere between 6 months to 1.5 years depending upon when he gets in and where we choose to go. My overall feeling about this is bitter sweet. I am so excited about the possibility about moving somewhere new. Don't get me wrong, I love Aiken, South Carolina, and I love the south, but the anticipation of going somewhere new is just so exhilarating.
The biggest things that I will miss is obviously my friends, but also I have developed a very close friendship with the Local Yarn Store Owner, it is because she opened up her shop, The Sassy Knitter, that I got so obsessed with knitting. Plus I have finally after all these years, found a church that I relate to. I look forward to going to church every week, especially now that I am involved with the Deaf Ministry. I will really miss signing in front of the Congregation and I hope that all the sign language knowledge that I have learned lately will stick with me and I won't forget it all. The key is that I must find deaf people to interact with, but I tell you what they are not that easy to find, it's not like they wear a sign around their neck, trust me!
All of the positive things that I can imagine though are just so exciting. Maybe I will find a huge community of deaf people and maybe even find a deaf child for Addison to interact with, she is learning so many signs and so fast too. Perhaps I'll even be able to really focus on designing more crochet and knitting patterns. The hardest part will be finding a church and new friends, but I am sure that eventually it will all work out for the best. I am so excited about the new developments in my little world. Be on the look out, Later today I will be posting a new knitting pattern, my first, it isn't my design but I did tweak it alot so it will be mine in the end but I wouldn't put a copyright on it, just don't seem right to me.
Well, I will do my best to keep you all posted on what is going to happen as it all happens...
But new developments have come to the surface. My hubby, Christopher has always spoke about going back to school, and finally he has chosen to tackle the school stuff. Right now he just has to focus and study for his GRE test and then go thru all the admissions stuff. The biggest change that will take place is that we will be moving. We will be leaving anywhere between 6 months to 1.5 years depending upon when he gets in and where we choose to go. My overall feeling about this is bitter sweet. I am so excited about the possibility about moving somewhere new. Don't get me wrong, I love Aiken, South Carolina, and I love the south, but the anticipation of going somewhere new is just so exhilarating.
The biggest things that I will miss is obviously my friends, but also I have developed a very close friendship with the Local Yarn Store Owner, it is because she opened up her shop, The Sassy Knitter, that I got so obsessed with knitting. Plus I have finally after all these years, found a church that I relate to. I look forward to going to church every week, especially now that I am involved with the Deaf Ministry. I will really miss signing in front of the Congregation and I hope that all the sign language knowledge that I have learned lately will stick with me and I won't forget it all. The key is that I must find deaf people to interact with, but I tell you what they are not that easy to find, it's not like they wear a sign around their neck, trust me!
All of the positive things that I can imagine though are just so exciting. Maybe I will find a huge community of deaf people and maybe even find a deaf child for Addison to interact with, she is learning so many signs and so fast too. Perhaps I'll even be able to really focus on designing more crochet and knitting patterns. The hardest part will be finding a church and new friends, but I am sure that eventually it will all work out for the best. I am so excited about the new developments in my little world. Be on the look out, Later today I will be posting a new knitting pattern, my first, it isn't my design but I did tweak it alot so it will be mine in the end but I wouldn't put a copyright on it, just don't seem right to me.
Well, I will do my best to keep you all posted on what is going to happen as it all happens...
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