Saint Paul Lights

Note to self: stop relying on Mapquest and Google Maps. Driving to the Science Museum in Saint Paul was quite the adventure. We were never lost, perhaps in the wrong place and with bad directions, but never lost. We had a good time, despite driving through the ghetto of Minneapolis, and some other sketchy places. The last picture is my favorite. It's been rainy/drizzly for the past few weeks, and the reflection turned out great!

On to knitting: two FO, scarves. Pictures to follow, over Spring break. (Lucky duck, me, going home a day early, thanks to an impossible-to-reschedule appointment.) I've started two new scarves, Caron Simply Soft eco in Ocean. I will also work on my scarlet-and-cream scarf, a coffee cup sleeve in ocean, and armwarmers.

This one is finally finished! It's almost two skeins of yarn, and I'm so glad it's done!
Row 1: k5 p5 k5
Row 2: p5 k5 p5
Row 3: same as row 1
Row 4: same as row 2
continue until row 10, switch to p5 k5 p5.

This one is for my mom, I think. Just a simple k2p2 pattern.

I'm quite excited about Spring break! It will be quite nice not to have classes for a week. In five years, or whenever I finish my formal education (!), I'm going to miss all these breaks that colleges provide. The real world with a steady job (and no breaks) will be quite the adjustment, I'm sure.

Blessings!
rachel.danae

I forget (how beautiful the world is)

I'm watching the sun glide down into the west this evening. The clouds are tinged with a beautiful orange-gold glow, and the sun itself is a ball of fire. The trees are black, merely twigs poking into the palest blue of skies. It's a beautiful evening, a tad too cold, but this is Minnesota.

I'm ready
...for the spring, for new life, for green grass beneath my feet, for trees full of verdure, for flowers popping out of earthy dirt, for puffy spring clouds, for driving with windows rolled down, for warm days and cool nights, for muddy soccer games.

I'm ready
...for the summer, for the heat, for the humidity and sticky sweat, for t-shirts and flip-flops, for laying out in the sun, for swimming, for iced caramel macchiatos, for times with the gang: Guitar Hero, picnics at Lake Manawa; for hanging out with my brothers, for chasing Molly the WonderDog, for coffee with my daddy, and scrapbooking with my mommy.

I'm ready
...for the fall, for the coolness, for highschool football games, for popcorn and M&M's mixed together, for Vala's Pumpkin Patch, for Husker football parties, for golden leaves falling off trees in the windy weather.

I'm ready for any season except winter, which is my least favorite, but I will choose to be grateful for the winter. Without the winter, we would not have the beauty of delicate snowflakes, or the beauty of black trees cloaked in white. Each season has something beautiful about it, but I forget about the beauty, and choose to see the negative aspects.

I'm thankful for spring, for summer, for fall, for winter. What a wonderful metaphor we have for our own lives.

Right now I'm in the winter of life. Where are you at?

drooling doggy

I went home for winter break, and was able to make my birthday cake! French vanilla cake, dark chocolate fudge frosting, and a raspberry center! Delicious! Molly got in on the cake action, see the drool coming from her mouth.

We let her lick out the frosting container. The cake was not made from scratch, but it was very good.

She's so goofy, and I love her.

Progress on the scarves: the Husker scarf is about 18" long, and looks great, and I started over on the blue one, because I wasn't happy with it. That scarf is going to a friend, so I want it to look the best!
Spring break is in 17 days! I'm pretty excited for more than a few days off.

Grey days

The weather is horrid.
Grey skies.
Grey snow.
Grey trees.
Grey slush,
on
Grey driveways.
Grey,
Grey,
Grey.
Grey snow floats from the skies.

This campus is lacking some serious color.
Someone needs to rescue me from winter.

On the bright side (!), one week until my birthday! I'm very excited! Friends and I are going out for supper, which should be fun.
(And I might possibly invite him. We shall see.)

Anyone else reference themselves in either third person or in the plural? I do, often.

Here's to a brighter tomorrow (my plants and I need some natural sunshine)!!!

A Perfectly Lovely Day

The weather was glorious here today. The sun was out, the ice was melting, perfectly wonderful.

So what better to do than enjoy the weather?

I love kicking snow into the air.

Looking out on frozen Lake Parley. We saw several snowmobiles. We also saw two twin-engine planes. Either of those would be so much fun to do!

One of my roommates, Lauren, and I.
We're so photogenic when we haven't done makeup or hair.

Building our snowman the proper way, by rolling it around until it becomes a huge ball. Our snowman collapsed later though, possibly from faulty building techniques. I suppose we can't all be Minnesotans!

(before a trip to the grocery store tonight)
Me: "I'm wearing black sweats with white shoes!"
Roommate 1: "It's okay, I'm doing that too."
Me: "It looks bad."
Roommate 1: "Eh, whatever."
(pause)
Roommate 2: "Your pants have a white stripe, so it kinda matches."
Me: "Not so much."
Roommate 2: "I'm so excited to go to Germany."
Me: "Mmmhmm?"
Roommate: "I wouldn't have even known that [about wearing white shoes with the black sweats]. You can wear anything you want in Germany. They don't have fashion faux paus."
Me (trying to suppress laughter): "I see."

Disclaimer: Neither roommate speaking above was Lauren. She has a good sense of fashion.


It turned out to be a perfectly lovely day.