Friday Five…
February 22, 2004 on 1:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsIt is the Sunday edition of the Friday Five… I’m at work and I’m unwinding before I head home. I’ve been here for two and a half hours (I got here at 6:30)… and I was here yestesterday for five hours… and I’ll be here tomorrow at 6 am with at least a 12 day ahead of me. And this really has nothing to do with the fact that I’ll be gone Thursday and Friday to go to the retreat.So, any one know where the Friday Five come from? I got this one from the question that Whiz answered.
…When was the last time you…1. …went to the doctor?
End of January… missed the Feb appointment because of ice and will be going next in March (all for slightly different things!).2. …went to the dentist?
A little over a week ago. The first dentist trip is almost three years.Just so you don’t think I live at the doctor’s office. The questions just caught me at a good time (or is that a bad time?).3. …filled your gas tank?
After band (I think it was Tuesday) last week. Next time I fill my tank will probably be either today or tomorrow.4. …got enough sleep?Probably last weekend. I didn’t have to get up early for anything on Saturday or Sunday last weekend… unlike this weekend!5. …backed up your computer?Work computer… last week (in preparation for an OS upgrade). At home, when I got my new computer for Christmas.—–
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What a week…
February 20, 2004 on 1:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsThing have been really hectic at work. The satellite is finishing integration and the first *big* test was started this week. Being a thermal engineer, my job is more hardware than software, so I really only have one satellite test and that won’t be until the end of next month. But, I needed to get some hardware baked out this week at the last minute and that created all sorts of headaches. For those who are wondering what getting hardware “baked out” means… doesn’t it figure that the best Google hit I get for this is from our local competitor… So, I’m not gonna post the link. Vacuum bakeout of hardware is an effective way to minimize contaminant transfer via outgassing at low pressures, reducing the risk of on-orbit spacecraft performance degradation and failure. Basically, when a component gets warm when it is under a vacuum, it starts to outgas. And what is actually outgassed could cause contamination. So, we heat up components to beyond what they except to see in flight so the component will outgass everything before it goes into orbit. That way particles of bad stuff won’t land on the payload optics.And for those who wonder this is what I’m working on…Rocsat-3Enough about work… I leave for Myrtle Beach in less than a week! I’m going to my very first stitching retreat. The retreat is through Lazy Daizy and will have three classes. Teresa Wentzler, Karen Weaver, and Jennifer Aikman-Smith will each be teaching a class. I’m so excited! 
Answering questions…
February 18, 2004 on 1:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsYeah! I got two comments to my last post. Since I don’t have a lot to talk about… unless you want to hear about my trials with IS and how my computer upgrade was really a downgrade 
… So, I thought I’d answer Lynn’s question about how I do my borders on a TW. Oh and you can also buy the light wedge from Levenger. That one comes with a cool carrying case that I wish I had. I’ll just have to sew myself up a neat one.Anyhoo… Lynn’s question:
Hey Jenni. I really wanted to know about your noahs ark. I can see that you have 9 /////// then 2 X. Is this similar to Woo’s counting method? I do 9/// then 1X. How does yours work? curious minds and allYes, my method is similar to woo’s (big W for the kitty, little w for the username). But when I tried it I kept forgetting if the grid line (every 10 stitches) was on the right or left of the full X. So, for my slightly modified method I stitch a full X on either side of the grid line with 8 / in between. This trick and outlining the border first thing have been two of the best things I’ve learn for doing a TW design.Oh and Whiz (yeah! the great and wonderful Whiz left a comment!
), I think you really need the paperback version 
Weekend update
February 17, 2004 on 1:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsI worked on lots of stuff this weekend. I put some time in on DH’s scarf on Friday. I also work on Noah’s Ark and the Gatsby sweater. I also went shopping yesterday. And I did a floss toss for a band sampler round robin that is starting at the end of the month.First up… Progress on Noah’s Ark. There was a stitch-along on the TWBB. So, during the special Valentine’s day cruise (DaLove Boat… since this is noah’s ark what better time!), my ostriches finally showed up and I did part of the sky. I was planning on working on the rabbits also, but I got distracted by a sweater.
I didn’t take a picture of my sweater, but I finished the back and started on one of the sleeves. I’m doing one sleeve now instead of waiting till the end to do both. After a couple of mistakes I put it away and went back to the ark sky.Yesterday was a holiday, so of course I went shopping with a friend. The plan was to hit the LNS and LYS that are right next to each other. But the LYS isn’t open on Mondays and I didn’t realize that. So, we only got to the LNS. I bought Laura J. Perin’s Springtime Kimono and most of the specialty floss (they only had one card of the Bravo I needed!) and Frog Leaf by Fine Art Graphics. Then we headed to the Bed, Bath & Beyond and The Container Store. I found a light wedge!I also did a floss toss for the upcoming round robin.
Continental Knitting
February 12, 2004 on 1:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsI’ve decided to teach myself how to knit continental from this website’s videos. I just did my very first row continental! Of course the tension is way tight but I guess that is to be expected. I’ll probably try and do this for the rest of DH’s scarf. So exciting. Once I get this down I’ll just fly!
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