Did you miss me?

The interwebs have been acting up at my house, and were consequently put in time out, which is why I haven't posted in a while.
Here's a brief recap of what's been going on: the spring meet at Keeneland wrapped up and we worked on Derby Day (quite busy and made good money), finished the lace scarf and got it blocked (will post pics as soon as I take some), cast on the sweater and am past the collar and yoke and working on the body (I love it and it's going pretty fast and relatively easy).
Yesterday my dad had a heart cath done. It was a scheduled, non-emergency procedure, and he made it through relatively unscathed. The cardiologist found one blockage (80%), inserted a stint, at which point it opened right up and had good blood flow. He spent the night at the hospital, came home this afternoon, and is feeling pretty good.
Unfortunately, my best friend's husband woke up this morning with chest pains, and is also having a heart cath done this very afternoon. We suspect that this whole incident is a ploy to to get out of Mother's Day obligations! Seriously, I am hoping and praying that he will make it through with flying colors.
Last night I went to Friends & Co. for a Rock-A-Billy Cafe employee reunion. It was fantastic, seeing everyone again. Most of those folks I haven't seen in 10-12 years. It was awesome catching up with everyone, seeing pictures of kids and meeting spouses. It was such a wonderful time and I can't wait to get together again with everyone.
As a result of seeing everyone last night, I have a job prospect. The guy I used to work for is now a branch manager for a bank, and he is looking to hire someone to help him run his branch. So, I will be sending him my resume and hopefully I will get an interview! Keep your fingers crossed!
I will post pictures of the finished projects and works-in-progress as soon as I take some. As long as the weather holds out, I might be able to get some nice shots outside.
I hope that y'all missed me as much as I missed you! (hee hee hee) I promise to post much more regularly!

Rainy days are made for knitting

It's Monday, and I'm off work, and of course it's raining! I guess I'll spend the day knitting instead of running errands. I've cast on the lace socks, and I just received the laceweight that I ordered, so... maybe that might get cast on too! I highly recommend the seller at Fearless Fibers, on etsy.com. Super fast delivery and the yarn was even more gorgeous than it looked online. Can't wait to wind it up and get it on the needles!
This weekend was just as great at work as the beginning of the week. Great customers all weekend, good money, good times with coworkers, just all in all a GREAT week at work! i'm kind of sad that it will be ending this coming Friday; now I see why Turf Catering has such a high return employee rate every meet. I'm seriously considering coming back in October for the fall meet, if I have a job that will allow me to do that. I created a Facebook page for all of us that work together, so that we can stay in touch after the meet is over. If you're on Facebook, find us in the Lexington Kentucky Room - Keeneland group.
I should probably clean the house today, so that I can spend all day tomorrow relaxing. But I think that we all know that I might get some housework done today, but I'll save the majority of it for tomorrow!
I'm going to make some coffee and do some knitting, and perhaps get some clothes in the wash. Maybe unload the dishwasher. Or wind up some laceweight into balls.

Socks, finished

I finished the socks that I've been working on! And just in time, too, because it's 35 degrees outside! It's April 7th and it's barely above freezing. It's ridiculous, I tell you.

I'm pleased with the socks, even though the toes are different. I was running out of yarn towards the end of the second sock, and I had to join the leftover yarn from the first sock. The colorway varigation didn't match up. But they look cute anyway, and they are very cozy and warm.

This past weekend was my first weekend working at Keeneland. I'm waiting tables in the Lexington Kentucky room, on the 4th floor. It's nice, and so far I'm enjoying it. I'm working with a great group of people, most of whom have worked there before. The money is good, and it's pretty easy work. No food service, since it's all buffet on the fourth floor. I just schlep drinks and bread pudding, and clear plates. It was tough though, since I haven't been working, and my feet HURT! It should get better as it goes along.

I'm enjoying two days off before going back to work on Wednesday. I've got to clean the house, do some laundry, and maybe get some knitting done.

I got a job!!!

Keeneland hired me for the spring meet! Yay! I'm going to be working for the next three weeks! I'm super excited about this. (As if you couldn't tell, what with the exclamation points and all) I'm going to be serving in the Lexington/Ketucky rooms, upstairs on the fourth floor of the clubhouse. Quite posh, I tell you. It's all fancy-pants and high roller and whatnot. But I'm still excited, because I've wanted to work at Keeneland for years, and have never been able to, so to have this opportunity is just awesome. Besides, I get to go to the racetrack every day for the next three weeks. That doesn't suck.
I think that it's time for me to buy a new car. And by new car, I mean newer than the one that I have. It died seven times on my way to babysit this morning. By the time I got here, I was a nervous wreck, almost in tears. It's enough to drive a girl to drink, I tell you. I just wish that it would hold out for another month, let me get some money in the bank, and then I could face spending a crapload of money on a car. Arggghhh!
I've been spending some time lately with the knitting. Almost done with the socks that I've been working on, got Donnie's IPod armband holder done, finally sewed on button eyes on the sock puppets that I made for Thomas, and got a new sock pattern for the yarn I bought on vacation. I got all this done because I couldn't get on the internets for the whole week. It sucked.
I'm going to eat some breakfast and knit some socks, because that's how I roll.

Running to the mountains...

Isn't he the cutest thing you've ever seen?! We were enjoying a beautiful day outside, playing cars and trucks.

I'm getting ready for our trip to Gatlinburg today. We are leaving this afternoon, heading to London to spend the night with Donnie's parents, and then we will head to Gatlinburg tomorrow morning. I'm really excited about it! I'm just amazed at how much stuff we're bringing. I've been obsessively checking weather.com to make sure that the weather will be nice. I've packed three knitting projects, and we're going to a yarn store, so I should be able to get through the weekend without running out of knitting.

Speaking of the knitting, I'm almost done with the first sock, and I'm hoping that I will have the second sock started this weekend. The lace scarf is now languishing in the knitting bag, so it's coming along, too. I'll take pictures of everything this weekend, hopefully out in the nature.

Professionally, things are looking up as well. I went to the Keeneland spring meet job fair this past Tuesday, and they want me to come in for Captains training next. Their captains are like dining room managers. The director of dining services, who I interviewed with, said that if they didn't have a captain's position that suited me, then I could go to the servers' training. So, more than likely, I will at least be serving at Keeneland this spring meet. I'm excited about it; it feels good knowing that I'm going back to work, especially after not working for so long.

Well, the dryer is done, so I've got laundry to fold. If I have Internet access in the Great Smoky Mountains, I will post updates this weekend. Otherwise, you'll just have to wait till next week!