Yentl was finally released today on DVD.  Of course, being the huge fan that I am, I had to go to Best Buy after work today to get it.  Below is the DVD cover.

Below is the insert that Barbra allowed to be included in this release.  It’s basically a note from the production crew and actors stating what a great time they had working with Barbra on this movie.

This is a two-disc release.  I’ve watched the second disc that has all the extras on it and it’s absolutely fabulous.  My roomate just got a 56-inch hi def  TV, so I’m going to wait until Saturday to watch the movie itself; that way I’m not tired from the work day.  I know that it’s going to be wonderful.

This past Sunday, I was at Best Buy mainly just looking around and came across this:

so I bought it.  I remember renting this on video years ago, but kind of forgot about it until it was released on DVD not too long ago.  When I rented it on video, I really didn’t sit down and concentrate on the movie, so I didn’t have an opinion about it.  I sat down with my roomate Sunday night and we watched the DVD.  I really did enjoy it this go round.  The disc also has special features on it.  This was filmed in the early 70’s which also adds to the nostalgia of the movie.

On to knitting.  I finished another hat.  Since I’ve been doing a lot of walking as part of my weight loss goal, I’ve needed a few hats.  I’ve already knitted two in the past, but wanted another one, so I knit this one.

I am not a photographer, so I apologize for the bad pictures.  It’s hard to make out, but the hat does have motif in it that’s done with a cable needle.

A mug shot of me wearing the hat.  It’s larger than I would like it to be, so I’m going to have to turn the brim up when I wear it.  If I make this again for myself again, I’ll probably go down a couple of needle sizes.  You’re right, I didn’t do a guage swatch.  I know, I know, bad knitter.

I still haven’t put the edging on my cardigan yet.  I haven’t felt much like working with it lately, but I do need to finish with that.

Weight (as of 02.01.09):  150.2 pounds (down from 152.8)

Body Fat:  24.6 (down from 25.5)

Weight loss as of 02.01.09:  15.4

Body fat loss:  2.1

Until next time…be well.

Edited to add:  I just visted my blog to make sure that you could click on the pictures to enlarge them and of course you can’t.  I don’t know about these things sometime, so my apologies to you.  I’ll have to see what I did wrong for my next post.

I hope that you’re doing well and enjoying the New Year so far.  Last Saturday, I went to one of the guild’s knit-in’s and had a good time.  Later that evening, I went over to fiberitis’s house for food, knitting and fun.  All three were wonderful.  Thanks again, Beverly!  I haven’t done much this weekend except for working on my cardigan.  I’ve been seaming it off and on for a couple of weeks or more.  I decided to use a crochet slip stitch instead of the standard seaming method.  I think it worked out well.  Below is how the crochet slip stitch looks when using for seaming.

Below is a picture of the cardigan.  As you can see, I still need to put the edging around it and add the buttons.  Slowly, but surely, I’m getting there.  I think this sweater is okay, but I don’t know that I would knit another one that is complete garter stitch.

Today while my roommate and I were out walking, we met up with these two dogs that we’ve never seen in the neighborhood before.  One of them was a chocolate colored lab mix and the other was a lab/pit bull mix (I think).  We walked for an hour and they walked the entire way with us.  When we got back to the house and went inside, they stayed on the car port for at least a couple of hours.  We were afraid that they wouldn’t leave and would have to call the pound.  The chocolate colored dog looks as if she had just had puppies in the not so distant past because her milk glands were still long.  I have a feeling that someone dropped them off in the neighborhood to get rid of them.  I just cannot imagine someone doing that to another living thing.  My roommate already has a dog and I have my cat, so it really wasn’t an option to keep them.  I hope that they’ll be okay.

My weight loss journey continues.  As of today, January 25, 2009, I’m at:

Weight:  152.8 (down from 165.6)

Body Fat:  25.5 (down from 26.7)

Weight loss as of today:  12.8 pounds

Body fat loss as of today:  1.2

I hope that you have a wonderful week and until the next post….be well.

Wow, here we are in a new year.  I hope that everyone had a happy new year.  I spent mine watching movies until after 12:00 AM and then went to bed.  I didn’t even drink any alcohol.  I take that back, I did have a glass of Goldschläger on the rocks.  I know this is primarily a knitting blog, but I’m starting on a journey and I’m going to use this blog as part of that journey.  I know that I can set up a separate blog for this, but I prefer not to.  So, while I’m on this journey, this will be a two-themed blog.  That being said, here we go. 

 

For the past few years, especially the past couple or so, I have noticed my weight sky rocket and my health starting to decline (high blood pressure and higher cholesterol) to some degree.  I’m at the heaviest weight that I’ve ever been in all my life.  I’m on medication for the above mentioned things and grant it, some of this stems from family genetics, but a lot of it also comes from being overweight/obese.  I know that as you get older, this just happens (but not to this degree) due to being less active.  I used to love going for walks and hiking, but for some reason all of it stopped.  Because of this, I have become a very unhappy and somewhat bitter person.  I look physically bad and that affects how you look.  I feel so unattractive and my self-worth is at rock bottom.

 

This is not me having a pity party, but writing things down so that I can physically see the words.  I remember when I was working a temp job a couple of years ago, I applied for several positions, but would never be hired full-time for the company I was temping at.  I kept thinking to myself when I would not get hired on, you’re already short in height, but now your overweight and an older man.  Who would want to hire you?  Needless to say, this did very little for my confidence.  All this being said, I have made a decision to try and turn this around.  I’m 47 and I want to feel desirable again, to find a man that I’m attracted to and know that he’s attracted to me and wants to be with me.  I guess I’m ready for another relationship.  Foremost, I want to feel GOOD about me again.  To feel GOOD about being out and around other people again.  I want to feel EXCITED again about fixing myself up and shopping for new clothes.  This is something that I’ve not felt like doing in a LONG time.  IT’S TIME!

 

If you’re family or friends, please be advised that I’m going to post a couple of pictures throughout this journey to show my progress.  I will not have a shirt on so that I can be honest in how I look.  Yes, this embarrasses me, but it has to be done.  So, skip ahead if you don’t want to ruin your eyesight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

WEIGHT:  165.6

 

BODY FAT:  26.7

 

On the knitting front, I’ve finished the sections for my cardigan.  I now need to seam it up, do the edging and put on the buttons.  Hopefully I’ll have a finished product to show you next time.

 

Until then…be well.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

                                       FELIZ NAVIDAD

 

                                                                        JOYEUX NOËL

Hello.  Wow, November sure did fly by and then suddenly here we are in December.  I started a new Cardigan.  For the moment, I stopped working on the sport weight one in stockinette and started another one in worsted weight.  I’m knitting this one all in garter stitch.  I know, not very eye catching, but it’s for me to wear around the house mostly.  I finished the back and the two front panels and now on to the sleeves.  I’m going to knit both sleeves at once.  I don’t want to end up with second sleeve syndrome  Of course, this one is also in my favorite color, RED.  Here’s the progress so far:

I hope that everyone is enjoying the holiday season so far and looking forward to Santa Claus.  I hope that he’s good to everyone.  Don’t eat too much!    I’ll try and post again before Christmas, if not, HAPPY HOLIDAYS everyone. 

Until next time….be well.

 

After eight, long years, I finally feel that I have a president again.

This…

 

Plus this…

 

Equals this…

 

Trust me on this one, this ain’t your grandmama’s sweet tea!!  A couple of months ago, I went to a party and had a shot of the drink that’s in the first photo.  It’s Firefly’s sweet tea flavored vodka.  I was really impressed with it and decided that I would have to look for it.  I then forgot about it until about a week ago when I was reading through the archives of Brian’s blog and came across it again.  I stopped by the liquor store and picked up what I needed.  I have one word……FABULOUS!  The Limoncello would make a wonderful cordial.  I would probably put it in the freezer first to get it ice cold.

A couple of years ago, I started knitting a Cardigan.  I first finished the back and then started on one of the front panels and totally screwed up the shaping.  I then put it away until now.  I took it back out a few days ago and frogged the panel and started over.  A little back history;  I bought the Sweater Wizard software and this is where I got the pattern from.  The directions aren’t the easiest to follow, especially when I got to the panel shaping.  Hopefully, the second time will be the charm.

Here’s the back I finished a couple of years ago…

And here’s the second go round of one of the panels.  The sides are turned under at the moment because it’s stockinette stitch…

Hopefully, once I get to the shaping again, this time will go better.  I’ve done shaping before on other sweaters (pullovers), but for some reason, this one is hard to “see” when reading through the directions.

Well, that’s all at this time.  Until then, be well.

T.T.F.N.

I thought that I would check-in since it’s been a month.  Guess what?  I have knitting content.  To prove it, I finished my Claudia Hand-Painted Socks.  See –

 

 

 

 

 

The only thing that I’m knitting on at the moment is a dishcloth.  I promised someone in San Antonio that I would knit them a couple and send them in the mail.

 

I rode up to Charlotte (about an hour and a half from Columbia) with a friend to go shopping.  This is the view of downtown from one of the malls.

 

 

 

The only thing that I’m knitting on at the moment is a dishcloth.  I promised someone in San Antonio that I’d knit them a couple and send them in the mail.

 

Columbia’s Pride Parade was this past Saturday, but I didn’t get to go.  I really wanted to though because RuPaul was there.

 

Not much else going on at the moment. 

 

Until next time (hopefully soon)…be well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For anyone who’s interested, I finally got around to getting all my Parisian pictures uploaded to Flickr.  I’ve added some others as well.  Feel free to stop by and take a look.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/colamanknits/

More soon.

This…

 

Plus this…

Equals this (no limes around)…

A nice Gin and Tonic is one of my favorite drinks.  I think that Beefeater makes one of the better gins.  I actually prefer it to Tanqueray.

 

As Vuboq would say, this was my “little helper” when I made this…

 

Mushrooms and onion, yum!  I absolutely adore cooked mushroom and onions.  I just cooked them in a little olive oil and garlic powder and had on top of some toast.  I know that the photos were taken on different dates, but it’s what I had to drink when I made the mushrooms and onion.

 

I’m going to a party at a co-worker’s home this evening.  It’s his wife’s 40th birthday.  I’m sure some fun will be had.  Maybe I’ll take my camera and take some photos.  We’ll see.

 

Until then…take care.