My Dirty 30's

Two more days and I will officially have abandoned my 20's... where the heck did they go?????

To celebrate, we're going to go to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, Damon's Steak House in Glendale, CA. It's got this awesome tiki theme and the menu is minimal, but sooo very good and they give you a ton of food! Everyone is going to be there so we'll have tons of fun. I'll have finally caught up with them and entered the 30-something realm.

The new job is going great. I'm still in training and it went from being totally lost to being so easy. I'll actually be taking calls by the end of next week and I'm terrified. I felt the same way when I first started my last job, so I know I'll get past it very quickly.

I'm not sure if I mentioned exactly what I would be doing, but a quick rundown: You know those armored trucks you see often parked outside your grocery store, bank, mall, gas station, etc? Well, I'm the one on the phone who places the orders to have those guys go out and pick up the money; not a dispatcher, they're at the local vaults, but I'm the one who customers call to find out when their money is arriving, also takes complaints about the drivers, helps find lost money if it wasn't deposited, etc. I have to warn you now, never, ever approach one of those armed couriers. They carry real guns and will use them if they feel threatened. Don't even ask them for directions!

It's a lot to learn and a lot of math, but it's a pretty neat job and I get paid so very much more than my last, so I'm really happy (so far). Plus just seeing the amounts of money that some of the banks order (from the Federal Reserve) is absolutely ridiculous. The first time I saw an order for over $200,000.00, I almost fainted.

Another word of warning, don't give a tax refund to a knitting addict. I have even more new stuff to show off and I'm just embarrassed. I'm not sure if I had before mentioned that I'd made an order with KnitPicks, but they have great prices on knitting books so I couldn't resist.

Lower left is Kitty Knits: they have some great patterns for both kitty and kittie's mama (that's me). I'm a geek I know. Lower right is Toilet Roll Covers. I've blasted before about those books that offer really useless knits, like leg warmers for your coffee table, door knob cozies or doilies for your tupperware, but the toilet roll cover is such an old school kitschy thing (who's grandma didn't have one!?) that I just had to have the book.

Last and barely visible at the top is just a kids sweater book (Kids: A Knitters Dozen); general stuff, nothing terribly exciting.



I got some stash addition too. Only two balls of yarn, it's KnitPicks Essential in Meadow. It's a great purple, black, green and brown.



Lastly, is the GoKnit Pouch (pictured with the sock yarn). I had purchased this based on the many reviews I'd seen and it truly is really awesome. I attached it to my purse and all you have to do is just run your yarn through the inner loop, it won't tangle, and just knit away! It's small so of course you can really only use it for socks or very small projects since long needles won't fit in there, or might get lost/fall out if they're bigger, but it's so very cool!

I promise, that's the last of my showing off for a little while. I've put a cap on the yarn spending.

And! I received the most wonderful birthday present ever. New pictures of my neice Allessandra Rose ("Smush" for short)... The first was from St. Patrick's Day... we start them young in our family...

Her first modeling session, I almost cried when I saw this, she's such an angel...



And lastly, the happy family...