Dollhouse: I HAVEN'T SEEN LAST WEEK'S STILL. I procured it, I can watch it at some point, but tonight is knitting night and tomorrow I'm going out with beanpop and her hubs so I'll just have to watch it before I watch tomorrow night's episode... probably this weekend.

Glee: Really, the only reasons I think I keep watching this show are the musical numbers and Jane Lynch. The rest of the story lines are either a) not terribly well written; b) incredibly over the top; c) just plain boring; d) all of the above.

Castle: Freaking awesome as usual. I love this show. I love Nathan Fillion going all grammar nazi on suspects. And Stana's hair is gorgeous. DO WANT.

Criminal Minds: I love hobbly Reid (okay, no one's surprised about that). I'd bake him cookies. Bad Garcia, Bad! those of you who follow my twitter already saw my elation, but Sean Patrick Flanery (looking a bit older but still pretty darned cute and doing a fantastic job) was on last night's episode. YOUNG INDY.

...I watch other shows but I'm either behind or have nothing interesting to say about them, so, ( pictures from the past weekend. )

I have requested that Chrysta bring Joe Flanigan back from DragonCon for me. I cannot think of a better souvenir. Sadly, I fear that I may be let down on this request (though I'm sure Chrysta will give it her best shot).

This weekend has been a doozy. Thursday was a super stressful day, between some work stuff and then some dog stuff. Poor Kaylo made himself so stressed out over his parents' going away that he made himself sick, and as I was so swamped with work stuffs, poor Chrysta and Corey had to try to make arrangements for him to get to a vet and get checked out from the airport in Atlanta. He's doing much, much better now. I just think maybe he has some abandonment issues or something. Also, apparently my jeans has a flavor, as he is determined to lick them to death. Do not want. These are my new jeans!

I made plans to go on a Saturday morning hike with a co-worker, forgetting all about New Belgium's Tour de Fat. So I missed out on that, but had a brilliant time hiking up a little trail in the Roosevelt National Forest. We also stopped in the Colorado Cherry Company store (so much damage to be done there) and the Dam Store (less damage). And then we grabbed lunch at 3 Margaritas in Loveland and I returned to Fort Collins to do a little shopping, visit with the Vera, and then return to the doggies.

I bought purple Urban Decay eyeliner and mascara (and now I want this Book of Shadows business, too... darn you website!), as well as some silver nail polish at Sephora. Have I mentioned that there's a Sephora and an Ulta within walking distance of one another? It's no good, people. no good. And then I went to Lambspun and managed to walk out of there with only a lighter drop spindle (25g as opposed to my 79g spindle -- hopefully I can get some thinner plies with this one) and a niddy noddy and buttons for the sweater I'm working on. That store is a dangerous store. Okay, most yarn stores are pretty dangerous to me.

Today I had big plans for getting up, chilling with the dogs for a while before heading back to my house to hang out with Vera and get some stuff done. All was well until I got home, around 10:30, at which point I promptly passed out for about four hours. Vera napped with me, so I guess that was quality time. I eventually got up, watched last week's Project Runway (IMO, wrong person won, but right person went home).

So now I'm back over with the dogs and after a couple of hours of random barking and general doggie behavior, they're both sleeping on the couch behind me. One of them is snoring. I had brought my True Blood Season 1 DVDs with me, intending to knit and listen to the commentaries...but I didn't bring any yarn. I had yarn in my purse for a project that I need to work on, but didn't bring my purse (only my wallet). And I have a project here that I have been working on, but forgot to grab another ball of yarn. So I may have to actually just sit and watch the show... or figure out some other way to entertain myself because I don't think my hands can stay still that long.

edit: Chrysta, I borrowed your Zombie Survival Guide. Maggie curled up next to me while I was reading it, and then Kaylo got bored and laid half on me and Maggie and kept his back legs on the floor. I'm sure you wanted to know that.

I may go into Boulder tomorrow to hit up a shopping center with another co-worker. Gotta find a replacement khaki skirt, and I may buy some bright yellow cropped pants at Gap if they have them. Yellow pants are so in right now--go pick up the latest copy of Lucky and you'll see. *nods*

Oh snap! Apparently season 4 DVDs of Criminal Minds come out soon. *happy dance*

Why, you ask?

Because I've processed and uploaded all of my pictures from my weekend in Colorado...but you can't see the majority of the photos from the wedding. I HAVE MY REASONS. I will post them as soon as a certain something happens.

( My weekend in Colorado, by The Amy )

Okay, so Chuck. Kind of awesome. Must figure out some way to watch season 2 over the summer. And how could you all hold out on me? As I was watching, I was thinking that Zachary Levi was pretty darn adorable, and then I watched one of the special features, and he had long hair and was all scruffy (this was during the writer's strike, apparently)... Really, I must thank Tia repeatedly for encouraging me to watch this show. :D And now I must go find some icons.

I am not sure that I am emotionally prepared for tonight's Criminal Minds finale. I am terrified that they're going to give us a serious cliffhanger, and unlike seasons 1-3, I can't go find out what happens right away! This worries me.

In unfortunate news, my mom sent me an email this evening, and apparently she doesn't expect that her mother will make it to the end of the week. Obviously we all hope that she will make a miraculous recovery, but being realistic, please keep her in your thoughts and prayers and hope for a relatively pain-free passing, whenever it may happen.

Wow. There's a lot to process here.

For those of you who are Criminal Minds fans and/or Big Bang Theory fans, here's a picspam comparing Dr. Spencer Reid to Sheldon Cooper. I don't watch BBT (at the moment), but this picspam cracked me up.

This morning, the barista at Starbucks told me she loved my bag. This was made extra special by the fact that it's the bag I made myself.

I really need to sleep tonight and tomorrow night. It would be nice. I couldn't fall asleep last night--probably dozed off sometime after 1, and then I was up at 6:30 when the alarm went off. I'm thinking chamomile or sleepy tea in the evenings. Except I have to time it JUST RIGHT tomorrow because I can't go off to Colorado without knowing what's going to happen to Reid this time.

I've acquired a little nest egg in my PayPal account and I was really itching to buy some yarn yesterday. However, I managed to refrain, mostly by reminding myself that I have two skeins of sock yarn coming as part of the Vamp club, as well as some more sock yarn that is payment for other services rendered, and you know, souvenir yarn. (Oh lord.) So instead I bought this (hoping Etsy link works).

Thanks to FX, I have seen The Mummy Returns, X-Men 3: The Last Stand, and Underworld: Evolution numerous times over the last few days. They make for good background noise. OH! I should buy Rise of the Lycans.

Oh, and Castle and Dollhouse both really need to be renewed, because I need to know what happens after those finales.

Ah ah ah so much to do so not enough time need LISTS.

Friday:
-Wind yarn for February Lady Sweater
-Swatch for February Lady Sweater
-6:45 pre-wedding/post-hellish week pedicure (OMGYAY) (OMG should probably do a quick shave, even though legs aren't that bad)
-Work on Alice socks
-Block Kate's scarf so it can start drying

HO LOOK AT THAT PRODUCTIVITY PEOPLE AND IT'S NOT EVEN 8:30. I even cast on and knit the first three rows of the FLS. I amaze myself. Also, my legs are soft and smooth and toenails are a pretty orangey-pink for summer.

Saturday:
-Work on commissioned Baby Booties
-Work on Alice socks
-Photoshoot at the beach for Michelle's maternity photos (so nervous! I don't know a lot about portrait shooting)
-Possible trip to Joann's for knitting needles and buttons for baby booties
-CLEAN
-Catch up on TV, preferably while working on one of those knitting projects
-Beta one chapter of the two in my queue

Sunday:
-Star Trek in the AM for cheap, because if I don't see it this weekend I'll probably forget all about it until it comes out on DVD
-MORE KNITTING
-MORE CLEANING
-Beta the other chapter
-maybe laundry?

Monday:
-Work
-Post office at lunch to mail Kate's scarf, baby booties, pick up postcard stamps (OH HEY THAT REMINDS ME)
-WW meeting
-MORE KNITTING

Tuesday:
-Work
-Leave work early for hair cut (should probably tell boss about that, oops!)
-Laundry if it wasn't done Sunday
-Make packing list
-Re-block Chrysta's shawl

Wednesday:
-Work
-Bring Office Amy to my apartment to show her where Vera's food and whatnot are kept (REMEMBER TO GIVE HER THE KEY)
-PACK
-Watch Criminal Minds to make sure they don't do what the preview threatens (because I am obviously in a position to "fix" it if it does...)

Thursday:
-Wake up early, get ready, drive to Orlando, get on plane, forget about everything for five whole days

It's probably not such a bad thing that I seem to have a bit of insomnia right now, eh?

This is pretty much exactly what I posted in deceitfulangel's discussion. ( flailing mostly for next week's Criminal Minds - spoilery for season 2 and maybe spoilery if you haven't seen the preview? )

I will not be a happy panda if something awful and irreversible happens next Wednesday!

+ Five more working days until I'm on a plane to Colorado.
+ Tomorrow is pay day.
+ I bought a book full of crochet square patterns, despite the fact that the only crochet squares I've made involves a lot of single crochet.
+ Finished knitting myras_girls' shawl and I'm in love with it. Not so in love with it that I'm going to keep it for myself, but I am super proud of it and I hope Chrysta finds many occasions to wear it. Because sparkly, lacy shawls are totally for every day wear. :D
+ New Criminal Minds and CSI: New York tonight. I opted to come upstairs and save them for another day (and avoid commercials).
+ First disc of CSI: New York came in today (along with Alvin and the Chipmunks, shut up). I watched the first two episodes, and I have to say, I'm really glad they abandoned the dark filter they either shot or processed with. Blech.
+ The other skein of yarn that I won came in the mail today, and it's pretty. I'd post a picture but I'm a bit lazy. Maybe tomorrow.
+ Vera is softly snoring at the end of the bed. I tell you, small creatures, like cats, dogs, and babies, are adorable when they snore. Full grown humans, not so much.

I do have to share one negative thing, and that is this: my mother's idea of covering up my knee while wearing pants was a good one, in that it kept my pants from scraping against my wound. However, this needs to be modified somewhat, because pulling off said bandage this afternoon? Not fun.

One day, possibly soon, I will shut up about Criminal Minds, but that day is not today. As if you needed any more examples of how much I like this show, I give you the following scenario.

I started watching the show in the 4th season. I know the characters that are currently in the 4th season. We're two or three episodes away from the end of the 4th season, and I know, full well, exactly which characters are still on the show. So why, at the end of the third season, when there's a big explosion and viewers are led to believe that a beloved character might have bit the dust, did I freak out like a crazy person? There was cat-terrorizing with my squealing and anguished cries, and I had to promptly turn to YouTube to find salvation and proof that yes, the characters that I wanted to live and stay on the show were, in fact, safe and not blown up in a car bomb. The writing is so good and the characters are so engaging that for about 5 minutes I was almost panicking out of fear for my TV friends' safety. AND I ALREADY KNEW WHO WAS SAFE! I'm sure that knowing is the only thing that saved me from a major TV-related breakdown yesterday.

Don't judge, you know you've all done similar things.

So now I am YouTubing the first episodes of season 4 until I catch up and in a few short weeks I will probably be in full on flail-mode, as the writers of this show like to leave us with massive cliffhangers and I won't be able to find out what happened immediately. You've been warned.

In other news, there are 25 days until myras_girls gets hitched, and therefore there are only 22 days until I go to Colorado. I'm working on knitting a wedding shawl for Chrysta, and it's turning out quite lovely, but it was a little bit more intensive in some ways than I thought. For instance, one repeat is 16 rows. One repeat takes me two and a half hours! When you're used to knitting socks, the idea of spending that much time on one repeat is a bit boggling. But I'm really liking the way it's coming out. I'm a bit scared that it may be shorter than I wanted, but I think I can block it. Am in the process of buying blocking wires and pins for just that purpose.

I'm trying to psych myself up to go shopping, as I want a new outfit for the wedding. Preferably a dress, but we'll see what happens. I just hate shopping. I have a dress I could wear, but it's black and I don't really want to wear a black dress to a summery wedding. Chyrsta, what should I wear?!

Check this out, peeps! It's kind of like that other dress, but it's got some waist shaping. of course after I put this link in there, I see the "no longer available for purchase" part, but there's a similar version in blue.

Also, do I buy a flash for my camera or not?