Stacey Rosenbaum

I started the Ruffle Edge Sheath dress found in the Vogue Knitting 2006 Spring/Summer magazine at the end of June. I'm hoping to have it completed a bit before my birthday on August 28th to wear to my birthday dinner. I have completed the back piece, and have started the front piece this past week. I will take pics of my progress and post.

It's a very easy pattern, just time consuming changing colors every 2 rows, and weaving ends in as I go so as not to have so much of that at the end.

I had a very hard time tracking down the ribbon used in the pattern, and when I did find it, it was a bit too pricey for me, considering it was $6.50 a yard and I would have had to purchase 5 yards minimum (the yarn had already cost me $65). I went with a double faced silk satin ribbon from MJ Trimming. I ended up buying 4 colors so that I could place them next to the project and choose the color that looks best with it.

More later....

Happy Knitting!

Feeling the stress of this exam. I have exactly 7 days now, and I feel overwhelmed and not ready. The practice test I am taking from the cd of the study guide is not going well. I plan to turn into a hermit now just to gain the confidence in passing this.

Trying to prepare for my exam coming up on December 12th! A lot of studying to do, which is hard when I am having to work on my painting business as well. I'll do it though!

Wish me luck on the exam! 

Well, I’m only at 128 lbs. of my 120 lb. goal. My waistline has crept up an inch now, from 29" to 30" again. The curse of skipping the gym too much. This is getting me back into the frame of mind again to hit the gym more. I think my not working yet is depressing me, and I haven’t wanted to do anything! I’ve got to stop that. Getting back to the gym will hopefully help me get out of the duldrums.

Well, I finished my extern at iMed for school Friday. It was bittersweet. While I really enjoyed my time there, and learned TONS, it was sad to leave. It was a great experience for me and it would have been amazing to get a job there.
I go for my exit clearance at school Tuesday, and then it’s the job hunt for me. I hope it doesn’t take me too long to find employment. In the meantime, I’ll be studying hard for my CPC certification exam. It’s a very hard exam I’ve heard. 150 questions with a 5 1/2 hour time limit. It covers everything from terminology to actual coding, to billing and insurance. I’m hoping to take the exam in mid October, but I may not get in on time, so I may have to wait until November, but I’m definitely going to do it this year!
I have an application in for an Executive Administrative Assistant position at the North Cypress Medical Center. I will be calling and following up on that Tuesday as well. Wish me luck on that, it’s the direction I want to go with my career in the long run, hospital administration.

Hope everyone has an AMAZING holiday, and please be safe!

Enjoying a nice dinner of my fall-apart barbecue chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans. Since I didn’t have time to eat today, I can spare these extra calories. lol

Trying the new software again, this time including an image.
If it all works out, you should see the image below.

This post is Testing Desktop Blog Application

Trying an application called Post2Blog - a desktop blogging client for Windows from Bytescout.

Today I will be working on a canvas painting that arrived Friday. I will be embellishing it with gel mediums and paints. :) Then I will need to get all my clothes ready for the work week. I hate ironing. I need to work on another painting that I was asked to alter a bit. I'll try to work on that today too.

True Blood is on tonight! After tonight there is only 2 episodes left of the season I believe. I hope they don't take a year to start the next season like they did last time.

Biggest Loser premiers September 15th! Yay!

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