Random Snapshots

so far...

My brother arrived on Saturday afternoon after a catastrophe of a flying experience and we started in on activities that night. 

Here's what we've done so far:

On Saturday night we went to the Seattle Sounders FC game.  The Sounders have been in Seattle for a few years, but this is their first year as a Major League Soccer team.  That's a pretty big deal for soccer fans and my brother and I are big soccer fans.  The game was a great time.  The stadium was packed and the crowd was pretty cool.  Seattle lost their starting goalie within the first 20 minutes of the game to a red card ejection and lost the game in the last 10 minutes 1-0.  Such is life with soccer games!  We had a good time either way though and I'm considering buying season tickets next year. 

 

 

 

The major downer of the game was that bottled Budweiser was $7.75 each!  I've never paid so much for shitty beer.  Needless to say we only had 1 each at the game.  I couldn't believe it when the guy told us the price!

 

After the game we met up with a few friends who were in a different section and headed over to Pyramid Ale House for more beer and food.  I had my favorite Apricot ale.  We had a lot of laughs and enjoyed catching up with a friend that we don't see nearly enough.

Sunday was Easter and we didn't do much besides eat and relax.  It was much needed!

Yesterday I worked during the day and the boys went to the gun range.  

 

After work we grabbed some dinner and headed into Seattle for a concert.  We saw Franz Ferdinand at the Moore Theatre.  The Moore is one of my favorite places to see a concert in Seattle.  It's an old theatre that is being preserved.  It's very small inside which makes for an intimate show and the architecture is gorgeous -- here a few shots I took on my phone:

 

 

 

The concert was good - the opening band sucked in my opinion, but I think that had almost everything to do with their lack of a good sound person.  FF was awesome and I'd definitely see them again.  They were better in concert than they are recorded in my opinion.  

We're not sure what the rest of the week will bring, but hopefully the weather will clear up for us.  I'm taking Wednesday through Friday off and my brother doesn't leave until Sunday so we have a lot of time to explore.  

 

Phelps phever

Are you watching the Olympics?  I am.  I'm addicted to watching every night. 

 

Especially swimming.  I'm not even a real big fan of swimming, but I have serious Phelps phever.  It's so awesome to see him win all these gold medals.  The dude is seriously fast.  I can't believe some of these races and how he just totally smokes everyone else in the pool.   

I like watching gymnastics a lot too.  Women's and Men's - it is so amazing what some of these athletes are capable of doing with their bodies.  Adam and I just watch in awe - it's really so cool. 

I wish I had a TV at work so I could see more of the coverage.  :) 

Eye Candy

I meant to make this post yesterday for Eye Candy Friday, but I didn't get around to it.  Eye Candy Friday is something that a lot of knit bloggers do.  It's simple - on Friday you post some Eye Candy on your blog.  Knitting related or not. 

This week mine is knitting related.  :)

I bought this yarn to do the Tree Jacket, but after reading some other blogs I realized that it's not the right yarn for that project.  I need something in a blend that will drape nicely so I will choose something else. 

Instead I'm going to use this yarn for the Minimalist Cardigan.  The 4th yarn cake isn't pictured because I started the cardigan the other day.  It's done in moss stitch and I'm really happy with how it look so far.  I'm only a few inches into the back, but the color of the yarn looks great with the stitch.

Another set of Duets Sock Yarn.  I love this stuff and am getting addicted to knitting socks because of it.  The creator of Duets, Angi, is in my knitting group and it's been really cool to see the creation and then subsequent explosion of Duets.  You can't imagine how difficult it is to get this stuff online.  It sells out within minutes of her posting! 

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with this set yet, but it will no doubt be a beautiful pair of socks.  :)

And yes, just like Erica, my patterned paper has been reduced to a backdrop for my yarn.  I never thought that would happen!

Speaking of scrapbooking...my room is pretty close to being finished.  The closet work-area is complete, the futon is built and the room is looking a lot better.  My only hold up at the moment is IKEA.  I've been buying boxes to hold my stuff from there over the last month, but they've been selling out of the color that I like really quickly.  It's been difficult to get as many boxes in the sizes that I need.  Hopefully I can get that wrapped up soon.  Less than a month before my Mom gets here so I need to get it all set.  I'm still going to repaint, but probably not for a few months.

I finished my Monkey socks last weekend.  They're definitely my favorite pair of socks that I've knit so far.  Really easy pattern to follow and the lace panel made it knit up quickly.  Of course they are knit in Duets and I think that makes them even better looking than the original.

I need to go finish watching the Yankees game and get a few errands done.

Have a great Saturday!