Took a traffic break at Judy's house, and now we're stuck in traffic again. Yay snow.

It's a winter wonderland in Portland, and we're going 1 mile/hr on the 84

I hate traffic!

Remember the offspring, song self esteem? I used to love them!

Geddy slept most of the day today, so I really hope he sleeps well tonight!

Merrill's Christmas rock show is opening tonight! Friday, December 4, 2009
at 7:30pm at Community Music Center: 3350 S.E. Francis Street

Portland drinking water alert http://www.portlandonline.com/water/ does
anyone know if this affects Tualatin?

Geddy soiled his clothes like 1 min after I changed him arrgggh!!!!

Just went to molalla state park, and Geddy went on his first ferry ever, the canby ferry

Merrill's Christmas show The Season Electric featuring the Funk 'N' Roll
Rockestra Dec 4 & 5 http://ticketsoregon.com/event_group.php?gid=20

Did I ever mention that Geddy is the cutest baby ever?

Fundraiser for Rock N Roll Camp For Girls tomorrow Friday Nov 13th, more
info at http://www.girlsrockcamp.org/index.php?cID=192

just went to Famous Dave's with Merrill and Geddy, and ate waaaay too much!
Had 4 ribs with mashed potatoes and apples, love the corn muffin!

just went for a walk in the pouring rain, to get out of the house. Good
thing I have a spare pair of jeans now.

I just tried on my pre-pregnancy pants. That was a BAAAAAAAD idea.

Merrill and I are both exhausted! :P

new Myspace for Merrill's cover band with Danny and Steve
http://www.myspace.com/legpdx

Happy Halloween!

just made a MySpace for Merrill's new Led Zeppelin tribute band
http://www.myspace.com/rambleonzeptribute you have to listen to their
recording of Ramble On, it sounds fantastic.

Geddy had a good 2 week checkup, he's up to 8 lbs 1 oz, head circumference
of 14 inches and length of 21 inches

We just bought Geddy the limousine of all strollers, the Bob revolution stroller, in orange. And it matches his coat. He's so stylin!

I can't believe it's snowing in Calgary. Again.

Merrill figured out why our cordless phone no longer works, someone chewed
through the power cord grrrrr

Wasabi's stitches came out today, hurrah! He still needs to wear his cone
and his tail guard for another week though poor guy.

awww Merrill's taking a nap

Does anyone have a kneeling office stool that I could borrow for a month or
so? It's getting a little uncomfortable to sit or recline now :P

Why are there so many spiders around our house? I think they're gross.

Merrill is watching x files and it's freaking me out so I have to leave the room.

Girls Rock Camp after school program starts Oct 6
http://www.girlsrockcamp.org/programs/girls-rock-institute

I think Geddy likes Taco Bell, he's moving around like crazy.

Thankfully the Chargers won. The Raiders were looking good in the first
half. I thought Merrill was going to have a heart attack.

just finished reading Resurrection by Tucker Malarkey, best fiction I've
read in a long while, set during the discovery of the Gnostic Gospels

It's the weekend, woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I'm giving up on Farm Town. Sorry Farm Town friends.

33 weeks! eek!

just read a really useful article on running beta programs for software
http://www.projectperfect.com.au/info_beta_program.php

just completely redid Merrill's ARZ web site http://www.thearzuniverse.com/
and created a new videos page. Any feedback on the layout?

Aren't long weekends the best? :)

Disney buys Marvel
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2009/08/31/2009-08-31_hey_mickey_be_gentle_with_spiderman_worried_over_disneys_4b_purchase_of_marvel_e.html
does that mean the Jonas Brothers will be in the next Thor movie?

M.J. Hur won the LPGA Safeway Classic. It was a fun day (but too hot!)

Just got passed by a bicyclist on the freeway

http://www.zrecommends.com/detail/siggs-bpa-confession-you-arent-going-to-like-it-any-more-than-we-do/#comments
turns out Sigg bottles contain BPA

Poor wasabi got a door slammed on his tail, so now we're at the emergency vet. I hate blood.

finally ordered our crib and dresser from Babies R Us
http://www.babycache.com/site/products_uptown.html Baby Cache Uptown

Merrill played a private party last night, and it was a gorgeous setting with a view of the Columbia

None of my shoes fit. Time to go shoe shopping?

I'm at 30 weeks now!

Went to Jennifer's house on sauvie island, and it is super cute. And she has goats.

My husband is addicted to his golfing game on the PS3.

I'm listening to the tragically hip, good classic Canadian band

I can't believe it's raining

It's actually getting hard to sew now, because I can't sit upright anymore.
I'm upset about this. :(

going to buy a toddler nightgown pattern today for Catherine

Mentor CEO Says Semi Industry Is Not In That Bad A Shape
http://www.gabeoneda.com/news/mentor-ceo-says-semi-industry-not-bad-shape

Mentor CEO Says Semi Industry Is Not In That Bad A Shape
http://www.gabeoneda.com/news/mentor-ceo-says-semi-industry-not-bad-shape

Wearing linen pants today. Where's my pina colada?

Sushi is sitting on my lap, she's so cute

I love naps!

An excellent article on Canadian vs American health care systems in LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-rachlis3-2009aug03,0,538126.story

I love the nursery, thanks Judy and Sheryl for painting it! :)

Pete posted a really nice review of the ARZ show on Friday night
http://auralmoon.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4556

just finished reading The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing. It was a really
good book about a South African caucasian communist, and she starts slowly
going insane.

The ARZ pictures I took last night are very lame. But the show was great! I
love Brenda's garden, it's so beautiful and relaxing there.

I actually didn't drink coffee yesterday. And I survived.

that's 41 degC for all you Canadians

This is a really bad day for the air conditioning to break down. 106F!
Repair guy is over now.

just sent email to my representative to support health care bill through
http://www.healthcareforamericanow.org/

finally made some updates to Merrill's ARZ band site
http://www.thearzuniverse.com/

just watched Stand By Me with Ian and Merrill

just saw the new cd baby redesign, it looks waaaaaaaaaaay better than the
old site http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/ARZ

Can I go home yet?

I love Muse

woke up yesterday and my joints were huge. Got blood pressure checked out
and looks okay. Can't wait for cankles to appear. :P

Does anyone feel like tie-dying with me this weekend? I bought some blue,
green and turquoise.

huge wildfire in Kelowna BC where we vacationed, 11,000 evacuated

Just went to the new Tualatin library it's super nice!

had seafood macaroni and cheese and McCormick and Schmick's yummy!

my ipod is finally syncing again after hours of cannot sync because of
missing file and disk error messages

I think it's naptime

Natalie Portman has been cast as the main female lead in the upcoming Thor
movie

watched Benjamin Button, amazing special effects, and a very unique story

Happy Friday!

converted a men's t-shirt to a pregnancy t-shirt by cutting it up, using a
fitted T at the pattern for the top of the shirt, and leaving the bottom
part as is, then sewing it back up

finally met with Teresa to go over our songs! :)

I have blue streaks in my hair now, really like them, they're dark enough
that you don't really notice them that much at work

I love BBQs, 4 in 2 days, not bad!

I'm freezing. Back to the air conditioning wars in our house.

Eating the last of my raspberries :( they're looking a little wilty now. And
yay to 4 day work weeks! :)

I want to learn the piano solo in Butterflies and Hurricanes by Muse, it's
awesome

Merrill is playing a show tonight (Wed) at Dante's, 9 pm
http://www.thearzuniverse.com/calendar.html ARZ with Obscured by Clouds and
Echo Helstrom

Happy Canada day

Merrill just met Carl Palmer and was in the same room as Steve Howe and Alan
White. Alan was completely hammered. This was for the Geoff Downes interview
that Jeff did.

Intel, Micron, Samsung start NAND scaling race
http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218101909&pgno=1

just finished taking a nap, on the couch, while sitting upright. Gotta love
Mondays.

Just found out that Harrison Ford did some filming at wanker's corner and our waitress met him

weekend yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CSR and SiRF have merged

started string quilt for wallhanging for nursery! :)

Did Michael Jackson die?

Yay work is over for today!

I'm sooooooooo tired from work today

arpeggios and chords tonight ouchie

Merrill made pho for dinner and it was amazing

just went to the dentist ewwwwww

Desert Essence Organics makes amazing conditioner
http://www.desertessence.com/hair-care/conditioner/italian-red-grape-conditioner-antioxidant-uv-filters
and it's sold at the health food section at Freddie's

Just practiced piano for the first time in ?? years. Can't do debussy's deux arabesques by memory anymore, and played all the scales so my hand feels like it's going to fall off

we're having sushi for breakfast

Happy Friday everyone!

just finished new web site for ProgGirl http://www.progfrogg.com/ using
Joomla for content management

I just posted a new blog for work on mixed-signal SoC Verification:
http://blogs.mentor.com/karenchow/blog/2009/06/17/mixed-signal-soc-verification/

My belly feels HUGE today, wonder if the baby moved position, or if it had
some amazing growth spurt last night

It's the weekend, yippee! And tomorrow, you can call me MBA! :)

I can't believe how clean our house is!!!

Cadence cuts another 225 jobs

I'm soooooooooooooo tired

One final presentation done, one more to go

Someone asked me today if I was expecting, I've finally graduated from "chunky" to pregnant

We did a massive cleanup this weekend, and we're giving a scary amount of stuff to goodwill

just ate a bunch of strawberries from my garden, and now having Emmenthal
cheese and Carr's crackers yum!

posted a new blog posting for work on process variation
http://blogs.mentor.com/karenchow/blog/2009/06/03/process-variation-the-use-of-in-die-variation/

going to see the Metric concert tonight with April and Hardy

yay more powerpoint

Where's the tornado? I'm waiting...

Diego here we come!

we just harvested our first handful of strawberries

It's summer weather again, yay!

Sony will make it's older music available on eMusic, can't wait to see what
I can download.

Finished one final paper, one more to go and two final powerpoints and I'm done my mba!!!

At a prog video party

at the Ozric Tentacles show

Volunteering at ladies rock camp, and it's like a mini reunion

Can you feel the heat? It's finally hot enough!

My essay topic is sooooooooooooooo boring

Looking at the Mentor Graphics profit margin, ROE and ROA, and they're
dismal.

Sigh, time to start my final paper for capstone

I have a new work blog now, and posted my first article come say hi! :)
http://blogs.mentor.com/karenchow/blog/2009/05/15/fun-and-edgy-parasitic-extraction-blog/

I made a small quilt for Uumelmahaye to sit on for when she hangs out with
me when I'm on the computer. It's orange, and very happy looking.

I love that video of Jessica laughing, she's awesome!

Okay, Sushi Land by Bridgeport Village is gross. It's cheap, but not good at
all. And you can't order things from the kitchen, like udon or tempura.

Hey, there's a new sushi place near Bridgeport Village, I think it's called
Sushi Land, we're going to check it out tonight! :)

I can't believe that Merrill fell asleep last night at 8:30

We just got a letter from our homeowner's association saying that we needed
to have bark dust around our trees. Why should they care that we have grass
around our trees???

Naptime!

oh, and it would be cool if you could work "Calibre" into the name

What should I call my blog at work? I'm going to talk about parasitic
extraction, travel, EDA, technology, semiconductors, etc etc

reading about pre and post money valuation. I'm definitely not a finance
person.

I guess I'm OK with the rain because I don't have to water the new plants???

Ooh, listening to a new band, Standfast, they are fantastic!!!

just discovered the reason that Muse kept on coming up on her iPod is
because it was the only song that was rated in my whole playlist

Ian got an awesome score on his math test, congrats Ian!!! :)

had a great weekend at Manzanita

Hello weekend!

Teresa did some vocal recording last night, and I think it turned out pretty
well.

ooh, my work is starting up a new blog and I get to write for it how fun,
blogging about parasitic extraction, aren't you enthralled?

Let's just eliminate Mondays from the week

just made curried chick peas mmmmm

finally pulled all the weeds in the front, planted more groundcover, and now
I'm attempting to re-dye my streaks red with Punky Color

Why is there a yellowjacket in my office?

Happy Birthday May!

I'm trying out kool aid dying, using kool aid to dye wool yarn red and
purple http://ping.fm/SEv2q

Wasabi is sitting on my lap, he's the best

just bought some blue and green variagated yarn

I'm really really tired of writing essays

Why do i always sing Avril Lavigne at karaoke?

just made this amazing vegan potato soup
http://ping.fm/SH7bU

My red streaks are already starting to fade, and it's only been four days. Good thing I like pink.

Finger Knit Scarves

Ann and Claudia are teaching me how to knit, so I'm making a scarf with a Garter stitch. But it's taking a long time, and when I was surfing the web, I ran across this page:

http://www.folksy.com/makes/12-Finger-Knitted-Scarf/showall

This looked like the perfect craft for me, easy to do!

So I made two finger knit scarves. I used either 3 or 4 strands of yarn all at the same time.

This first one has a thick green acrylic base, with two fun furs:




This second one has two strands of pink organic cotton, and two fun furs: