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yikes, i've been absent for a while. between anniversaries, out-of-town visitors, insane work schedules, planning birthday parties, classes, halloween (to protect the innocent, i won't post any pictures) and buying a house, i've been a little lost. i've got to get myself back on track. which is to say bake something delicious this weekend, if i have anything to say about it. some highlights from the last month:

lots of eating (and mess-making) to celebrate our anniversary

perusing 2007's guinness world record holder for largest corn maze with bonus ecclectically decorated pumpkin patch
(which we never got to find our way through, unfortunately)

a successful surprise birthday party where we did some of our favorite things

like wearing fake hair

and singing songs from the early 90s around a fire.

my brother, husband and i went out of town with my visiting dad and stepmom on a lovely roadtrip to the coast

where we ate lots of salt water taffy (actually, i ate a giant chick-o-stick)

oh, and we bought a house...i'm still recovering from the shock that it's really happening!

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sigh. i'm having a really tough week.

on the bright side, i got this super rad and much-appreciated package in the mail!

and it's our 3-year wedding anniversary, so some celebration is coming our way. i really need some good so i'm so grateful for the upcoming fun.

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i've completely failed at doing this once a week. let's try again.

things have been so busy, but there should be no excuses. i've been working on and unraveling and reworking a new sweater and some knee socks:

and there's been some excitement, too:

-as we get 2 channels, i'm not entirely sure but it seems like new and old shows are starting up again. it reminds me that i'm so ready for this, though i'm never sure which is harder: the wait or the obsession during the season, which leaves my stomachs in knots as i get confused and have my mind repeatedly blown. great poster, too.

-how have i lived my life so long without this movie? it had all my favorite hallmarks of a truly fantastic 80s movie, though it was missing matthew broderick and the words "two dollars": never a fan before, i am now - andrew mccarthy's intense pining and, later, blissed-out craziness, judd nelson - i mean, those nostrils! oh, but that seriously, seriously gorgeous hair!, and ally sheedy doing anything at all. rob lowe's attempt at a sax career, demi moore's non-cocaine related intervention, and emilio estevez being completely insane were just icing.

-and seeing rad things at the state fair and, wow, just...this:

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clearly i am obsessed with eating:

the top two are recent purchases, the rest are from the library. i didn't realize until i got them home, but i notice a theme...

and i love knitting socks:

especially sweet little knee socks

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new sweater:

this one needs to be washed to smooth everything out, but i think i've got a good idea of the kinks in the pattern and how i want to work them out and it's just about a done deal

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my weekend (because it looks more productive in photos):

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nortagemdar, you were right! this is a prototype so i'm going to play around with it a little still, but i think i like where it's starting from and i'm excited about playing with it some more:

also, just for kicks and because they match, a new favorite find: