July 16, 2005
Update & (quasi) Explanation
Hello! How ya been! Long time no blog, eh? Well I have a small explanation - our main computer died. Hopfully not for long, although the first diagnosis (dead CMOS battery) was ruled out, and now we're going for a new motherboard. But that requires my computer specialist (aka Dan) to be home.
Actually, I haven't talked much about Dan this summer... He's participating on a team that's been selected as a semi-finalist for the DARPA Grand Challenge, a race of autonomous (robot) cars across the desert. The race isn't until October, but he's pretty much tied up between now and then - at least 2 nights a week and every weekend is spent in the Virginia countryside. That means a lot of alone time for me, which I'm alternately enjoying and annoyed by. There's a lot that's not getting done around the house because I can't (or don't feel like) doing it by myself. On the other hand, I'm doing a lot of knitting (yay!) and hanging out with my girlfriends. And Dan is having the time of his life on this project that he's really excited about.
OK, that was a bit of a detour. Anyway, I've been slow with getting the Panama pics up and organized because of this lack of computer. I'll work on those, because I really do want to share them.
I didn't knit very much on our vacation, but I did get a few rows (including the heel) done on the striped socks and started my Sockapal2za socks. Here they both are in front of the Bridge of the Americas, which is the bridge where Highway 1 (the Central American highway) crosses the Panama Canal.
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And the most recent project (which has consumed most of my time since being back) is the Dreamcatcher Medallion Cardigan from Teva Durham's Loop-d-Loop. My goal is to finish it before Saturday to wear it to the Teva Durham class I'm taking at Stitch DC. I'm up to the armholes... pictures tomorrow (maybe!). I'm also making it from Artfiber's Suedish... and I'm going to Artfibers in two weeks, so I want to have it finished to show them as well. Extra motiviation!
Panama - Day 4
- bus to El Valle
- El Valle market
- Zoo and golden frogs
- zipline and toucans and sloth
July 03, 2005
Panama - Day 3
- bus to Gamboa
- boat trip in the canal
- Barro Colorado Island
- giant kapok tree with bats
another placeholder... must sleep!