when, oh, when will i have another fo?

let's see - orangina is actually finished (except for weaving in the ends) but she is too small for me to wear comfortably - i was worried this would happen. what do i do now? most likely i'll rip her out and try again - i've got plenty of yarn leftover. but that won't happen for a while - i need time to get over the disappointment. the scarf for my sis that hasn't been mentioned in forever will probably start up again - maybe even today since her birthday is next week. and then there's the legwarmers. i really should never try to knit lace when i'm trying to pay attention to something else - i think it was a movie. now i seem to be missing a stitch, so i'll have to rip a few rows and try to figure it out. all this disappointment - i just want something easy and fast - i need a hat for fall. i've never knit myself a hat before.

hopefully i'll finally get to take my bike out this weekend. i put pedals on her (obviously not in the pic) and new tape. the boy and i tightened the brakes last weekend. now i just need a rack so i can tie on my milk crate for errands! doesn't she look better?



i've been going to the beach about once a week and i forgot how much i love it. now if only the freakin water wasn't so cold. i really, really miss swimming.

i got a bike!!!

i've been wanting a road bike (my first) for a while now - just to get around the city. after waiting a month for a bike to be rebuilt for me at 2020 Cycle, i realized it was too big. how disappointing! but then the boy fell in love with it and he bought it. i was (am) very jealous. so i spent the next 2 days searching craigslist and i got myself a bike:



it's a Sekai (ya, i've never heard of it either - but i don't know much about bikes)



maybe you noticed there are no pedals? ya, i'm about to remedy that. oh, and these hideous things are changing to simple black:



then i'm going to get a rear rack and tie on a milk crate for errands and it'll be ready to go!

and Raja finally got a new tag, it's sooooo him (one of his many nicknames is pi-face, like cutie-pi, precious-pi, sweetie-pi)