The Makings of a Jacket

I haven't gotten far, maybe 19 rows. But that's not the point. The point is that I had to share how beautiful the beginnings of this jacket will be.

The pattern photos really don't give this jacket justice. Norah Gaughan is amazing! I don't know how she does it. In fact, I don't want to know. I'll just keep on knitting her secrets and have a beautifully made knit jacket.

In fact, I think I might have gotten my blogging buddy Jillian to make the jacket with me. *Happy* She says she's "intimidated", but intimidated my arse. If you haven't seen some of the stuff Jillian has knit, check out her blog. She's like a knitting goddess in my eyes! (Jillian, is that enough cheerleading? LOL.)

And because I totally forgot, (that's what happens when you are pregnant), I wanted to steal something from Bekka's Blog. Basically she had a list of things she wanted to do in her lifetime. She got the 101 things in 1001 days from her blogging buddy. Both of their lists are quite inspiring, so I'm following suite.

My start date: November, 16th. 2006

My end date: August, 13th. 2009

1. Learn to knit a pair of socks (as opposed to knitting just one sock)
2. Get married to Shawn
3. Travel to Italy
4. Swim with dolphins
5. Make the perfect turkey gravy
6. Read all the books on the Banned Books List
7. Learn to speak German
8. Earn my Bachelor's Degree
9. Visit every yarn shop in Southern California
10. Take an oil painting class
11. Live on, and maintain, a farm (though I don't think Shawn is up for this)
12. Go on Jeopardy!
13. Spin my own yarns
14. Dye my own yarns
15. Go on a cross country road trip
16. Visit my grandmother in Illinois and have her meet her great grandchildren
17. Take a tour of a candy factory (I'm thinking See's would be a great start!)
18. Walk or Run the Revlon Walk
19. Decorate a cake
20. Read every Hercule Poirot book by Agatha Christie (I'm nearly done with this!)
21. Go to the World Series (I'm hoping for the Yankees and soon!)
22. Get caught up on my recent pictures for my scrapbooks
23. Own a Playstation 3 before it's outdated
24. Take more pictures
25. Breastfeed (successfully) our upcoming arrival (and not give up)
26. Be a team mom for Jem's baseball team (maybe next year)
27. Teach a knitting class
28. Host a dinner party
29. Make Paula Deen's Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes
30. Go whale watching in Santa Barbara
31. Go to my 10 year High School Reunion
32. Interpret for the Deaf (I need to put my AA into use)
33. Learn how to sew
34. Lose pregnancy weight plus 20 lbs. by summer 07
35. Jog at least 2 miles a day
36. Write a book (it will be better than "Peyton's Place")
37. Go to the theater
38. Buy a sheep (or at least sponsor one)
39. Make Shawn a sweater without him knowing it
40. Take yoga classes
41. Spend a day at a spa
42. Go horseback riding in the mountains
43. Go to Las Vegas (and maybe win big!)
44. Watch "The Godfather" trilogy all in one night, with Shawn
45. Go back to Bible Studies classes
46. Spend a weekend at a really expensive hotel and order room service
47. See every episode of "Grey's Anatomy" (I didn't see all of last season's episodes)
48. Enter a cake/pie/cookie baking contest
49. Spend a day speaking with an accent
50. Learn to ice skate on a lake (a frozen one, you know?)
51. Name a star
52. Go to Rhinebeck
53. Pet a wildcat
54. Knit a sweater for Scarlett (she's cold blooded)
55. Do all the holiday baking on my own
56. Get more organized
57. Visit my grandpa's gravesite
58. Go sailing
59. Spend a 3 day weekend at Disneyland
60. Get brave and ride a big roller coaster at Magic Mountain
61. Have a slow dance with Shawn (this is going to be a tough one)
62. Give a big contribution to a charity
63. Watch the Macy's Day Parade
64. Particpate in decorating at the Rose Parade
65. Spend a holiday volunteering at a soup kitchen
66. Foster home for a kitten (again, I can't get enough of kittens)
67. Beat Shawn at every round of bowling
68. Go roller skating at the beach
69. Sleep an entire weekend and wake up refreshed
70. Not spend a dime on yarn for a whole month (gasp)
71. Meet the Yarn Harlot
72. Make my own Jamba Juice smoothie
73. Learn everything about knitting
74. See Marilyn Monroe's house
75. Dress up for Halloween
76. Go line dancing
77. Visit Gaulladet College
78. Make a loaf of bread (not banana)
79. Make the perfect chocolate chip cookie
80. Buy all my fruits and veggies from the Farmer's Market
81. Eat a Chicago pizza
82. Have a white, wintery Christmas
83. Meet Ali Edwards
84. Meet my friend Jenn
85. Eat a lobster (I've never had one)
86. Buy a little turtle or frog
87. Watch every scary movie known to man
88. Spend a day browsing books at a bookstore
89. Plant an herb garden
90. Make my own candy
91. Learn to make homemade pasta
92. Tell Shawn "I love you" everyday
93. Go camping
94. Learn to snowboard
95. Have pictures of me and Shawn done professionally
96. Make a quilt
97. Eat as many cheese sticks from Hot Dog on a Stick that I can handle (this is before I lose weight)
98. Take at least one class next semester
99. Do what the Doctor says
100. Get into the Christmas spirit this year
101. Enjoy life everyday!