I’m Moving!
I got my own domain name, so I’m moving to it.
www.SarahNelson.info
Snazzy, huh?
Welcome to 2009
I’m a few days late for a New Years post, but here it goes anyway.
I can only think of one New Years resolution at this point: to save up some money for grad school. I’m counting on my tuition being paid for by fellowships and TA jobs, so by some I mean enough for books, food and entertainment. And plane tickets should I end up somewhere distant. I should mention that grad school is two and a half years away for me, so I have some time.
In order to help me with this resolution, on New Years Eve I went down to Philadelphia to a PNC Bank branch and set up a Virtual Wallet. You should check it out, although I’m not sure of it’s availability in different parts of the country. You get three different accounts called spend, reserve and growth. Spend is a noninterest earning checking account, reserve is an interest earning checking account and growth is a savings account which earns a very competitive rate. I can save in the growth account and not be tempted to just blow it all. There are all sorts of other features with the three accounts, my favorite being free overdraft to the second account and then the third. As you know if you know me personally, you know that I need that.
I had an interesting conversation with my grandfather, who is rapidly approaching his 80th birthday, about how we often refer to this year as ‘09, but his mother was born in ‘07. 1907, of course. This confuses him occasionally. It’s all about perspective.
Needlepoint Adventures
A little over a week ago, I got a needlepoint kit. For those of you who don’t know, needlepoint is a yarn craft where you take a blank mesh plastic or fabric-like canvas and fill it in with yarn to make a picture. They are usually turned into pillows or wall hangings when finished, and they really have no other use. Here is the design of the kit I have:
Incidentally, a digital camera also recently came into my possession, but that’s another post. I’ve been working feverishly when I have nothing better to do for the past week and two days, and this is the progress I’ve made:
My favorite part of the canvas is the “dry clean only” instructions. As if I’m going to spend several months stitching individual strands of yarn into a canvas and then throw it in a washing machine. I started in the upper right corner and I’m slowly working my way down and left. I fear that I’ve filled in some colors incorrectly. This thing came with six different shades of yellow! I also started using just one strand when I should have been using two, and I cannot bear to do three days of work over again. I’ll just call it a practice round, as I also recently came into the possession of another kit, this one a lovely country cottage. So we’ll see.
