First, my thoughts on Starbucks goes (RED), which is being promoted on facebook. They say “Join us for World AIDS Day. On Dec 1, buy any hand-crafted beverage and we’ll give 5¢ to the Global Fund to help save lives in Africa.” Seriously? You want me to pay $5+ so that you can earn whatever crazy profit you get off of every cup of coffee, and you’re going to donate 5 whole pennies to AIDS? I think you could do a little bit better than that.
Second random thought – I’ve been trying to knit several projects lately. I’ve always bought my knitting needles at Michael’s, because it’s easy, but I needed 16” size 6 circulars, and they didn’t have those. I stopped by Haus of Yarn, our local yarn store, and picked up some Addi Turbos, and they are amazing. I don’t think I will ever buy bamboo needles again! I’m currently working on a neckwarmer for Jake (Darkside Cowl). I finished My So Called Scarf for my sister (picture below), which I really love, even though it’s a bit short – next time I will suck it up and buy two skeins. On my to-do list: Cascade Christmas Stockings, some gifts for my nieces Emma and Ashley, a scarf for my mom, and a scarf for me. So many projects, so little time!
A much needed PhD update – I’ve got a project narrowed down, so I’m currently in the process of selecting my committee and getting ready for my qualifying exam and proposal. I feel like this took forever, but as it turns out, I’m still on track to finish by the four year mark (crossing my fingers). I’m really excited to get started on the project!
In just a few short weeks, Jake and I are going on our anniversary cruise! Can you believe it’s been a whole year already? I’m SO excited about the cruise – we’re sailing out of Miami on Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas to the Bahamas for 4 nights. Naturally, I will be back with a million pictures.
And finally, I am cooking my very first Thanksgiving turkey tomorrow! Jake and I are hosting several friends/family who will be staying in the Nashville area for Thanksgiving. Hopefully everything will turn out well and I won’t poison anybody. I’ll try to post the results of that as well.
Ok, enough random updates – back to cleaning!
