A Sheep In Wools' Clothing

Christmas Meme

I am borrowing this Christmas Meme from Teresa C (that's Campbell, Margene) who borrowed it from Stephanie who borrowed it from Carrie who borrowed it.... yeah, you got it.  'Tis the season so here goes:

Christmas Meme

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?   I used to love the paper with crisp folds and pretty bows.  Then I became a mother, and I hated all the trash it generated.  So, I started making fabric gift bags from after Christmas sale seasonal fabric, incorporating ribbons into the side seam, and setting them far enough down the side that the top makes a ruffle.  All the boxing, and packaging goes before Christmas, and I just fold the bags up for next year.
2. Real or artificial tree?   Real.  And it has to be gotten with snow on the ground.
3. When do you put up the tree?  Any time after Dec. 16, which is my son's birthday.  I try to keep Christmas out of his birthday.
4. When do you take it down?  New Year's Day.
5. Do you like eggnog?  Not particularly.
6. Favorite gift received as a child?  My koala bear from Australia.
7. Do you have a nativity scene?  Yes.
8. Hardest person to buy for?  The man who has everything.
9. Easiest person to buy for?  My dogs.
10. Worst Christmas present you ever got?  A moo-moo from my mother sized at least eight sizes too big.  Plus, it reeked of smoke smell.
11. Mail or email Christmas cards?  .I've given up.  They beat me.
12. Favorite Christmas movie?   The Santa Clause.  I used to watch it over and over during December.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?  Depends on my work schedule and how tired I am.  I don't enjoy crowds.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?  Nope.
15. Favorite thing to eat on Christmas?  Cheesecake.
     
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree?  Clear
17. Favorite Christmas song?  Little Drummer Boy
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?  Stay at home.
19. Can you name all of Santa's Reindeer?   Maybe.
20. Angel or star on top of tree? Angel, and only very simple small ones.
21. Open presents Christmas Eve or morning.  Morning.
22. Most annoying thing this time of year?  Crowds.
23. Do you decorate your tree in any theme or color? Nope.  Lots of wooden and non-fragile things, the sort of eclectic tree one has to walk around and keep looking because there are lots of things tucked in all over the place.
24. What do you leave for Santa?  It used to be brownies and milk, but as the kids have gotten older, beer and veggies appear sometimes.

BAM! I got tagged!

Crow Calling Woman has tagged me with a meme.  Of course I will share it by tagging eight of you in turn.

Rules:

1. Each player starts with 8 random facts about themselves.

2. People who are tagged write a blog post about their 8 random things and post the rules.

3. At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people and post their names.

4. Don't forget to leave them a comment and tell them they're tagged, and to read your blog.

Eight Random Things About Me
1.  My college major was chemistry.  By the time I'd graduated I realized I knew enough to probably get myself hurt, and not enough to stay safe.

2.  I watched my cat have kittens under the rose bush when I was about five.  Wonder if that had something to do with my becoming an obstetrician later?

3.  I came down with Scarlet Fever at the Mena House, near the pyramids in Cairo, Egypt when I was nine.

4.  I got my driver's license in a 1966 VW beetle, standard shift, a full 30 days after getting my learner's permit.

5.  One of my favorite foods in early grade school were papas fritas.

6.  I have 15 animals at home now - four adult dogs, three puppies, a cat, two parakeets, two geese and three German angora hybrid bunnies.

7.  My oldest son carried his baby blanket I never finished around non a knitting needle for three years.

8.  I've taught my three sons, one daughter and a daughter-in-law how to knit.  Of those, probably only one will continue to knit (DD).

Now it is my turn to tag others:  The Intrepid Fiber Wizard , Kelly, Kristen (who is about to graduate), Shelley,  Amy, Pippi,  Sally/Susan  and Ruth. 

A Knitting Meme From Utah

Margene and the Ewe-tah girls are passing around this meme.  I usually pass on them, but this one was of knitting content, so I had to do it.  Something, anything to get me out of my funk!

Bold for stuff you've done, italics for stuff you plan to do one day, and normal for stuff you're not planning on doing.

Afghan
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with bananafiber yarn
Domino knitting (=modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
Knitting with soy yarn
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles
Baby items
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Slippers
Graffitti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Continental knitting
Designing knitted garments
Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit
American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)
Knitting to make money
Button holes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dying with plant colours
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cosies...)
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items)on two circulars
Olympic knitting
Knitting with someone elses handspun yarn
Knitting with dpns
Holiday related knitting
Teaching a male how to knit
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dying yarn
Steeks
Knitting art
Knitting two socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars simultaneously
Fulling/felting
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener BO
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
Long Tail CO
Entrelac Knitting and purling backwards
Machine knitting
Knitting with selfpatterning/selfstriping/variegating yarn
Stuffed toys
Baby items
Knitting with cashmere
Darning
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
Intarsia
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mits/armwarmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Rug
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Hair accessories
Knitting in public