30 Days Hath November « GOODKNITS // a knitting & crochet blog

Day 25: the contents of my [big] purse

By Lisa Gutierrez on 11/26/2011

I carried around two bags, this holiday weekend: a camera bag and a knitting tote. Like my last post said, my cameras didn’t even get used! Bummer.

My tote just had my knitting project, some construction paper, and crayons. My big bag, on the other hand…

[starting at top left]
my wallet
Instax 210
extra film
x-stitched “dinero” coin purse
extra underoos for my toddler
a tiny moleskine
various writing utencils
lens cap to represent my D40
lens cleaning tissues
dry shampoo
external flash
remote for my camera
lightsphere
lip gloss
advil

All that and my D40 fit into this baby:

Day 24: Something that means a lot to me

By Lisa Gutierrez on 11/26/2011

Aside from the obvious–family, friends, etc.–something that means a lot to me is my ability to create. I love to knit and crochet and make things with my hands. It means a lot that I can make things with a simple piece of string!

This was my shot for Project 365 on Thanksgiving day. It is usually a day for family. I bring along my camera with the best intentions of getting lovely shots of people enjoying each other, but then I end up being one of those people and my camera stays safely tucked in my bag. I only remember it when we’re already on our way across town to visit even more family. I know the same thing is going to happen–I’ll get lost in conversations and chasing littles around and my camera will stay in its place–so I take a photo of what I do between meals. Knitting.

Day 22 & 23: Travel & 8 things you didn’t know

By Lisa Gutierrez on 11/23/2011

September, October, and November in Vermont, 2003.

1. I traveled to Vermont by Greyhound when I was 18. Alone. With 2 huge suitcases and a backpack. It took 3 days.

2. A few months later, I saw REAL snow for the first time. If it made me THAT happy at 18, I can’t imagine how sweet it would have been to experience as a kid.

3. I don’t drive.

4. I’m really terrible at bowling.

5. I’m creeped out by: insects, frogs, snakes, turtles, small rodents, etc. Pretty much anything that is alive and smaller than my hand–stay away from me. It’s hard being a mom to boys who revel in such things.

6. I don’t have a cell phone.

7. I can’t fry an egg without breaking it, but I can make a mean (re: delicious) quiche.

8. When I was 8, I was obsessed with drawing dinosaurs.

Day 21: something I could never tire of

By Lisa Gutierrez on 11/21/2011

crafting with my little one. Oh, the day he asks me to teach him to knit, or crochet, or even sew–that will make my life.

He’s on Thanksgiving vacation for this whole week. Today, we made winter hat ornaments from the tutorial I posted yesterday, by Kate. You should really check it out! My first grader got a hang of it fairly quickly! He even taught my sister how to make them, this evening.

Days 19 & 20: silly self-portrait & childhood anecdote

By Lisa Gutierrez on 11/20/2011

“If you make that stupid face too often, IT WILL STICK.”

Oh, also. How dapper is my little fella? We went to a baby shower, yesterday. He was a charmer–blew raspberries on all the pretty ladies’ faces.

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