Happy September

First things first, today is my Dad and Step-Mom's 10Th wedding anniversary! Happy Anniversary Dad and Betty!!!!!!! I guess us kids were wrong when we said it would never make it to 10 years, go for 50!

Next...

So I decided I want to move back to Calgary. Now some of may be thinking, you just moved out to New Westminster last December, and now you want to move back. It's a decision I made for me, cause I'm not happy out here. And another thing, I am not moving back because of Scott, he is part of my past, but there is no future there.

Why do men like playing games? I mean isn't suposed to be the girls that dangle the string infront of men face then yank it away. Not that I try and do that, but if you say your going to pick me up from work, pick me up.

Facebook

Okay so I'll admit that I'm addicated to Facebook.

It's shut down for a few minutes so it can upgrade, what am I going to do in the meantime?

French just for fun

Maintenant je n'ai pas l'impression d'être un tel grand idoit. J'ai fixé le côté de mon blog. Aucune chose plus supplémentaire sur les liens. Il m'a pris un an et demi pour le fixer, mais il est fait. Ainsi sur le côté spirital de choses je crois que je le fais trouver en ce moment que cela doit être un chrétien moderne. Je posterai mes pensées quand j'ai le temps, (et souvenez-vous de les imprimer de mon ordinateur à la maison). Sur le front d'artisanat, j'ai à la traversée de beaucoup d'idée par ma tête en ce moment pour faire eux tous. Chanter joyeusement

Just for fun. Which blog post was this?

Being stressed out not good for work

All I have to remember that home stress is home stress and work stress is work stress.

Back in the saddle again

Yep, I'm employed again. No more working hard at finding a job, now just working hard at working. The company's name is WeeStep Shoes
So on Monday I start what will be my first real job outside the traditional retail sector. I'll still be selling, but there is a lot more to this job. And the selling would be at high volume since WeeStep's is a manufacture not a store front. (Although on the website you can buy the shoes.)

So I'm jumping for joy, maybe this is the start of something good.

Carol
aka Crocheted Monkey

Please pray for my family...

Yesterday I phone my Dad back because he had left a message on my cell. I ended up talking to my step-mom first and it turns out that she has breast cancer. It looks good acording to the doctors, so I'll keep my hopes up. But a little prayer never hurt either.

Carol
aka Crocheted Monkey

Look I fixed it!

Now I don't feel like such a big idoit. I fixed the side of my blog. No more extra dot's on the links. It took me a year and a half to fix it, but it's done.

So on the spirital side of things I think I've got it figured out at the moment what it is to be a modern Christian. I will post my thoughts when I have time, (and remember to print them off my computer at home).

On the craft front, I've got to many idea's going through my head right now to do them all.

Carol

Hey

So right now I'm taking some time to think about my life again. I have a question for all of you people who read this blog who are Christian; What does being a modern Christian mean to you? I'm taking some time to think about what it real means to me. I know I don't generally get into serious descussions on this site, but I trying to figure somethings out in my life right now. Even those who are Christian I'd love to hear about whatever your view on your choice of reglion (or lack there of) is. Email me your answers crocheted_monkey@hotmail.com or leave them as comments. If you don't want your comment posted just let me know in it. I approve all comments before I post them.

Carol aka Crocheted Monkey

I still exist...

But I've moved again. Now I'm enjoying the wet, but beautiful weather of Vancouver, BC. I left Alberta about a month ago, and so far I think I've found what I was looking for here in BC. I might have a management position at a company at the Metrotown mall.

I'm good, I'm alive, and I offically hate Scott MacArthur. (For those of you who don't know he's my ex-boyfriend.)

On the crochet front I haven't done much. I just don't have time right now. And no, the crocheted monkey is still not done.

Carol

I'm another year older...

But still just as busy. Last Thursday was my 24th birthday and it went by like anyother day. Last night I was supposed to go out and drink with a couple of my friends from work, but instead we eat supper then ended up comforting one of them because her boyfriend didn't trust her that she wasn't cheating on her. Tonight I'm going out with my brother for food and drinks. I hope that it will be fun.

On the project front I've been rather busy this month. I've made a 3 baby blankets and a project that I will not list on here because it is a Christmas present for some one that I am related to.

Cheers, and Bottoms up

Crocheted Monkey

Happy Easter!

While it's 8:30am and what a morning it's been so far. No visit from the "Easter Bunny", but a rather nasty looking accident in our front yard. Some one drove there red truck into my fathers 1999 F350 4x4. The police are upstairs right now taking statments from my parents. I'm trying to think nice thought but all I can think of is, "I hope that f***ing a****** got hurt, and realizes that he most likely destroyed my parents vaction that they had been planning for months."

Alleulia, He is Risen!

Crocheted Monkey

Doing my happy dance!

I just found out that I was accepted into SAIT (Southern Alberta Insitute of Techonolgy). I'm going to do the Bussiness Admin program. I really really really want to do this. I can't wait. I'm still waiting to hear back from my first choice though, Bow Valley College. Still just so excited. Wanting to jump up in the air and tell the whole world my news.

Crocheted Monkey

James David Christie Veitch

Today my Grandfather died. He was a good man. That's about all I can manage to say today. Good-bye Grandpa, I love you.

Carol 

As much as I hate whinning...

I have too. I hate not finding out stuff until the last minute. This morning I was ready to go and help my Dad and step-mom with the morning service at the hospital, I went to go and see if they were ready to go at 9:50, but they were asleep again. I was then informed that they felt too tired to go. Not that I particularly wanted to go and help at the service ( I don't have good associations with any hospital), but I was ready to go. I'm starting to feel like living at home I'm lossing all my freedom of knowledge.

I totally mean that I don't find most things out until the last moment. If it effects me, I like to know ahead of time so I can make plans. I'm starting to want my old life back that I had in Red Deer, my sh**y apartment, my ex, my old going no where job. At least I knew what was going on.

I guess you could say today that generally I'm pissed off. If it wasn't for that fact that I won't drink when I feel this way, I'd be going for a big one right now. This afternoon I have to tell my parents how I feel. I have to be open and honest with them, just right now (besides the fact they're sleeping), I don't want to.

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

Crocheted Monkey aka Carol

Why can't I find a hairdresser??

It's not like I'm looking for a heart transplant doctor or anything, I just want a hair cut. Somewhere close to work, that I can get into this Tuesday night. Is that too much to ask. If there are any hairdressers from the South end of Calgary reading this before Tuesday and can fit me in, please email me, ( crocheted_monkey@hotmail.com )

Okay, I had to rant about that.

Anyways back to my more normal type of posts. Works been okay, home life been great, love life I'm just as confused about as normal. On that crocheting front at least my talents will be put to good work sometime in the future.

In the past two weeks I was making a prayer shawl for the prayer ministry at church. Yesterday my step mom took it in for her meeting with the minister. At some point in the future prayer shawls might become part of the "Called to Care" ministry at our church.

That's about it for today.

Crocheted Monkey aka Carol

How not to keep your blog up to date...

Okay so I'm horriable at remembering to do even quick little post on here. Oh well, I'm busy like 90% of the world is. Working, travelling to and from work, eating, and sleeping takes up a lot of my time. The rest of the time I have left lately has been filled with too many personal issue to talk about with the general public. (Sorry to those in the celebrity gossip collumns that take the stories from no celebrity lifes).

Valentines day came and went. I did what a girl does best, went shopping. I bought a great not so little tankini, a sweater, and a whole lot of books. It ended up being a good night out with my Step-mom rather then a missribable night at home by myself.

That adorable cat to the right of the screen was my cat Shota. She's the one that I had to give up for adoption about a month ago since she didn't get along at all with my parents two cats, Tabbi and Callie.

On the crocheting front I must admit that I could be doing a lot more work. The afghan that I was ranting and raving about a couple of months ago is really not that much futher since I keep on running out of yarn. I've started a couple of smaller projects but nothing seems to be keeping my interest so I end up just sitting and watching TV with out my hook going.

That's about it for now.

Chow

Crocheted Monkey

Sick Day :(

Unfortantly today, I was sick from work.
Granted it could have been a blessing too, I hear from my step-mom that it's snowing pretty bad right now in Calgary.

The picture to the right is of my Grandma and I last May celebrating my birthday. That is a picture of just some of the yarn that I recieved from her.

This afternoon, (after I slept for 12 hours or so), I started working the the Knifty Knitter I got for Christmas from my Step-sister. I wanted to do something that I could put down easily if I had a coughing spell. (Which there were plently of). I'm just making a scarf with some Patons Twister.

That's about it for today, gotta go and make super.

Crocheted Monkey 

I'm back!

Sorry to all my readers for the extended period of adsence. A lot has happend in my life in the last 6 months. Most importantly, I'm single again!!!!! (Yipe!!!!! Add dancing around the room, I love the single life).

I've moved on from what had been a three year chapter in my life, and done some more soul searching. And litterally I moved as well, Good-bye Central Alberta, Hello Southern Alberta.

As far as crocheting is involved, I sold and made some poncho for a couple of my co-workers from Red Deer. Currently I'm working on one of my favourite winter projects, an afghan. I'm not sure if this one is going to be a gift or a gift to me, but I sure love the colors.

(For those who are wondering who that person is in the picture is, it's me, taken about 2 months ago).

I don't really have much to say beyond that today. 

I got mail

I got mail today! Good mail at that! Okay I knew about it yesterday, but now I have it in my little hands. I got another package from my Crochetville secret pal. I feel so lucky. In it was a bunch of stuff from Burts Bee's (I've heard so much about this stuff and I've wanted to try it), 2 balls of Lion Brand Suede in Ebony, a pattern for an open style mesh poncho and a nice note from her. I feel like somedays she lives inside my head, she seems to know me so well.

Tomorrow one of my co-workers and I are going shopping after work. I have so many people to shop for yarn for, my secret pal, and my two yarn swap partners. I might have to sneak a skien or two in for me.

Oh yeah, I have my first pattern aviable on my pattern blog now. If you would like to check it out you can follow this link http://crochetedmonkeypatterns.blogspot.com/2005/06/fulled-cellphone-caddy.html

That's about it for today.

Crocheted Monkey