tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53638649521297886612009-05-21T15:11:12.834-04:00Tygher SaysKnitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-11852462533184313692009-05-21T15:10:00.001-04:002009-05-21T15:11:12.863-04:00About me.This was posted on the RTH Ravelry group, and I thought it was a pretty informative questionnaire. most aren't, so I'm reposting here.1. What is your name and does it have a special meaning? My mother named me Tania Ann. To my knowledge, it has no special meaning, except the middle name is hers. I changed the spelling to Anne. I like how it looks better.2. How old are you? I will be 35 in OctoberKnitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-6489031445517515382009-05-20T12:32:00.001-04:002009-05-20T12:34:28.047-04:00In case it wasn't already abundantly clear, I am a domestic goddess. Our disposal has been non-functional for three-four days. I fixed it today. The culprit? A measuring spoon.Knitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-59091761277951300242009-05-19T14:23:00.003-04:002009-05-19T14:36:33.900-04:00So.Been a bit since I posted a decent update. I've got no excuse, other than laziness. but I have been busy-ish. Playing EQ2 some, now and again. I'm liking it lots better than WoW, if only because WoW really had become like a second job .. and if I'm going to have a job, it's going to pay me, not the other way around. EQ's world is a little more .. I dunno .. gentle? there's something about it Knitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-1166385656299605222009-05-14T16:24:00.000-04:002009-05-14T16:25:12.335-04:00Ta-da’s: * Wake at 4am with unexplainable nausea * Stumble downstairs, find phenergan * Have a moment of lucidity, only take half of a phenergan * Sit up sipping cool water until the nausea passes, and I’m unable to keep my head up * Stumble back upstairs and prop self up in bed to doze until nausea is gone * Sleep in a medicated fog until 10am * Get up, showered and dressedKnitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-21890162232377187802009-05-13T17:23:00.004-04:002009-05-19T14:38:27.644-04:00Doctor Amy HaleIn some ways, I rather hope you find this, Miss Hale. And I will not call you Doctor just because you got your doctorate. That doesn't mean you've earned even that much respect from me.You are childish, and unreliable. You showed very little real interest in actually teaching a class. You did very little to foster real communication between students. Online courses are problematic, because thereKnitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-24561728586878486932009-05-03T22:11:00.000-04:002009-05-03T22:12:03.135-04:00Preacher Cookies"Easy peanut butter cocoa flavored cookies without turning on the oven."Ingredients:2 cups white sugar3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder1/2 cup margarine1/2 cup milk 1 pinch salt3 cups quick cooking oats1/2 cup peanut butter1 teaspoon vanilla extractDirections:1. In a saucepan bring sugar, cocoa, margarine, milk, and salt to a rapid boil for 1 minute.2. Add quick cooking oats, peanut butterKnitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-68951521132820470492009-05-03T16:07:00.003-04:002009-05-03T16:10:28.514-04:00Anyone know .... what this plant might be? It's growing up from underneath our patio stones.Knitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-14231736256481122602009-05-03T14:44:00.002-04:002009-05-03T15:25:47.816-04:00Ta-da's* Get up, showered and dressed* Make bed* Work - *only took me like an hour or so, since I did some of the work on friday. woohoo!** Homework for Myth & Culture* Study guide for Grammar - not finished, but I'm working through it* Water plants since we got exactly no rainTo-do's* Laundry 1 2 3* Drink water 1 2 3* Scrub baseboards/corners in guest bathroom* Finish finding homes for or Knitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-33953832300159542402009-04-22T14:42:00.001-04:002009-04-22T14:42:41.390-04:00Stuck in my head:Little Things, by Danny Elfman - From the movie 'Wanted'Have you heard the news?Bad things come in twos.But I never knew'Bout the little things.Every single dayThings get in my way.Someone has to payFor the little things.And I'm through with the storiesAnd I'm sick to my shoes.And the walking and the talking,It's got nothing to do withThe final solution.It's a box full of tricks.And I'm through Knitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-78843199120827205292009-04-22T09:43:00.000-04:002009-04-22T09:44:33.093-04:00Strange DreamI dreamed that I got called to a meeting with my boss and a bunch of people I don't know to discuss some secret handshake think they were calling flair, and then I didn't even get one, and then I left, and was killing monsters like from EQ2, and some guy tagged one and then over his head came a chat bubble with 'lol jk' in it. I picked up the strange little plant mob, decided it was too cool to Knitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-54399269413990270052009-04-20T09:36:00.001-04:002009-04-20T09:40:02.617-04:00To Do TodayDone:Wake up to the sound of a jackhammer outside my house and a flatbed truck parked so there is no way I can leaveTake a picture of said truck in front of my vehicle as proofTo-do:shower, dress, have breakfastcheck online classrooms and post a few times for participationclear off all personal info from old phonesend pile of books back to textbooks.comsearch for another textbook place that mightKnitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-39656653453189416582009-04-02T14:27:00.001-04:002009-04-02T14:28:21.374-04:00Southern Reading TestInspired by a thread on the Ravelry forums: M R DUCKS M R KNOT O S A R C M WANGS L I B M R DUCKS! M R FARMERS M R KNOT O S A R C M M T POCKETS L I B M R FARMERS! M R SNAKES M R KNOT O S A R C M E D B D I'S L I B M R SNAKES!Knitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-13422957761799697422009-03-30T12:45:00.005-04:002009-03-30T19:58:27.056-04:00To-do Today Rouse myself out of bed Shower and dress Eat Final review of evil group paper Turn in group paper in class forum and group forum Turn in paper @ Turnitin.com Submit peer evaluation document Ritually wash hands of the whole mess and place the results in the Divine’s hands. Pick up Jason’s shirts @ cleaners Write posting for Male Divine in Myth & Culture Begin reading for this week in Advanced Knitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-18390040539050882012009-03-29T21:08:00.001-04:002009-03-29T21:09:33.195-04:00Voicemail"Hey it's Brandon. Just calling to tell you that better star gate movies ar going to be on next Friday night. So if you wanna watch some seven(?) to tape(?). Like I said I thought our cratica(?) is a widdletip(?) but it does bring conclusion in how all I think in plus Adria(?) cheers up and she's fears(?). You suggest man. Love ya. Bye." I just love Vonage's voicemail-to-text feature.Knitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-63059231548964637742009-03-26T16:31:00.001-04:002009-03-26T16:31:35.401-04:00Open LetterDear Study GroupThat’s it. You win. I quit. I quit trying to be the one keeping us on track. I quit trying to foster communication when you so obviously don’t want to have anything to do with one another. I quit caring what f-ing grade we get on this paper. I just want this weekend over with so I can turn in as slap-dash a paper as you clearly want to write and wash my hands of it. I cannot spendKnitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-82673119345828931892009-03-25T14:32:00.002-04:002009-03-25T14:36:09.877-04:00I had a bad dream.I'm hoping that maybe the more I write it, and get it out of my system, the less it will continue to bother me. Thus far, it's not really working, but it's all I know to do.I was for some reason out with a friend, Nicole. She's the one that I stayed with at Riv those three weeks, that was dating a guy from this area, and later moved here, then moved to Virginia, and then moved back and has sinceKnitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-37909578200011181242009-03-25T13:44:00.004-04:002009-03-25T13:48:43.605-04:00To-do Today Begin writing summary for HUMN351 Begin homework for WRTG388 Begin reading for HUMN102 Empty dishwasher Reload & run dishwasher Clean dishes in the sink Empty trash and put outside to be brought tomorrow to dumpster Deposit Jason's paycheck Grocery store (possibly) Shirts to dry-cleaners (possibly)Knitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-77134193085969127362009-03-25T13:44:00.001-04:002009-03-25T13:44:33.529-04:00Open LetterDear SelfGet out of this funk, already. Your husband is worried because you sound depressed. And you’re not really depressed. You’re just frustrated, and annoyed, and it really is going to be okay.That stupid report? She’s not grading -you- on what -others- write. She’s grading you on what -you- write. Who cares if nitwit one wants to use Hercules clips from YouTube as a source, and nitwit two isKnitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-19949563798812251072009-03-24T11:35:00.002-04:002009-03-24T11:44:41.761-04:00Open LetterDear Myth & Culture Study GroupOne of you isn’t doing anything at all. The other two of you aren’t much better. And girl who decided to post lastnight that we need to have our ‘final final decisions’ on our individual resources posted when girl-who-is-gone-for-four-days returns, did you even -look- at the schedule? The calendar? The due dates I posted for all of us to look over and okay? That wasKnitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-28823642219127979492009-03-23T15:26:00.001-04:002009-03-23T15:26:19.995-04:00To-do TodayTo-Do:Empty DishwasherConference call @ 3:30Dinner: waffles and eggsGather trashCheck mailOne load laundry - wash and dryFold laundry in dryerDone:Move chairs in living room.Post for Myth & Culture classHide wires in living room.Knitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-87120828333627402472009-03-17T16:27:00.001-04:002009-03-17T16:30:19.335-04:00Open LetterDear Cat (Yes you, the one in my avatar)I know you are cute. I know you are soft, and cuddly - when you wanna be - and adorable, and wanting Attention Right Now! But can you not see that there is a laptop in the very lap you are trying to sit in? Yes, I hear you purring loud enough to be heard across the room. Yes, I see those big, adorably sad, pleading eyes, and feel your head pressing against Knitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-48126740813919233072009-03-13T14:09:00.002-04:002009-03-13T14:10:08.553-04:00My Anecdote on Friendship.I met Jen in the second grade, when my parents moved me to the town I consider my hometown. We quickly became friends, but she and I barely talk now. We have reconnected a number of times, mostly online, and typically only for short periods of time. She still considers me her best friend though. I have lately avoided the subject with her, because I wasn’t so sure. We’re very different people nowKnitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-85423703284623556532009-03-10T15:50:00.001-04:002009-03-10T15:51:20.858-04:00Cake On-DemandChocolate Cake On-Demand4 tbsp flour4 tbsp sugar2 tbsp cocoa2 tbsp oil2 tbsp water or milktiny bit of saltMix in mug, microwave 1 minute. It comes out like a fudgy brownie.More Chocolate Cake On-Demand4 tbsp flour4 tbsp sugar2 tbsp cocoa1 egg3 tbsp oil3 tbsp milksplash of vanillaMix everything in a 12 oz coffee mug and microwave for 3 minutes.Knitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-55529597010422574832009-03-06T14:23:00.002-05:002009-03-06T15:31:39.894-05:00To-do Today Work - Meet Deb @ Best Buy Complete HUMN 351 Assignment Work on HUMN 102 essay Work on HUMN 351 paper Get dishwasher emptied and reloaded Open windows upstairs and downstairs to air house out Drink lots of water Watch Lie to Me on Hulu, to find out what it's aboutKnitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363864952129788661.post-19174653603813147172009-03-06T12:22:00.004-05:002009-03-06T12:24:39.689-05:00Three Happy Things + 1* Being able to not cough for extended periods of time, and when I do cough, it doesn't make me nearly so miserable.* Getting good feedback from my Advanced Grammar teacher: "Good job, Tania! Your reasons for your choices are grounded in accurate technical terms about grammar, sentence structure and punctuation. Well done :-)"* A day warm enough that I can open windows and maybe get some of the 'Knitstress Tygherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.com0