Quilt and NaNoWriMo

I began piecing a quilt today. The blocks are finished, they just need to be sewn together then I'm moving on to batting and backing and all that fun stuff. Oh, and I won NaNoWriMo.

Just sayin'. I'm a superhero.

Goodwill Finds

My dear Mor'sereg friends and I went to Goodwill yesterday, and it was the first time in forever that I've seen many of them and we had a most excellent time. I found some feastware for next summer in the form of wooden bowls (which I'm planning to polyurethane to make them easier to clean) and two lace shawls (one white, the other black) for night garb. I also found a larger wooden bowl - impractical for food and not remotely water-retentive - that I'm using to hold the skeins of yarn of knitting projects so they quit picking up the hair that I shed pretty much everywhere. A big bag of silverware for a dollar completed my purchases - I will never worry about losing silverware at Ragnarok again.

Christmas knitting continues. I started Thorpe for Dad. Knitting, crafting, and doing the things that I generally enjoy is on hold until next Wednesday because I have two exams and the GRE on Monday and Tuesday next week and desperately need to study for them.

Christmas Knitting

I have been deeply sunk into making Christmas presents and keeping up with schoolwork. Thus far, I have completed several new knitting projects which are being stored safely away in a closet. I've completed presents for Val, Aunt Suzanne, and Brittany (my AZO little). On the needles right now are presents for Jon, Carl, Tori (my sister), Lauren, Amanda, and my Dad. Most of them are a close to being finished, but as usual time is not on my side.

Friday, I have a drug design exam. Monday I have an Immunology exam and Tuesday I have a Pharmacology exam and the GRE.

I'm hopefully going to be activated for APO on Sunday. Saturday, I have the season closer and AZO activation to attend.

This weekend, I'm going to be holed up studying.

Tomorrow around three a couple of pledges are going to help me rake leaves. I love raking leaves, it's one of my favorite yard chores. Tomorrow I'm baking cookies as well for pledges who are going to have to paint the rock tomorrow afternoon due to an unfortunate run-in with the Pikes. Cookies should make breaking a long-held tradition better.