tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84606352011-08-03T08:12:29.009-04:00"Big Lug" is my dad's nickname for my sister and I. As in "oh look the big lug fell again." This is my knitting, cooking, reading, watching, working, and some whining blog!Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.comBlogger531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1104608220379462432005-01-01T14:34:00.000-05:002005-01-01T14:37:00.380-05:00

I am making the move to my new website - so update your links/bookmarks for the Big Lug!!! www.thebiglug.com Rock and Roll!!!

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By STDs I mean "Save the Dates" of course! Here they are. I think that the pictures don't really do them justice. They came out really nice. I used some card stock I bought at AC Moore. Earlier Chris rubbed newsprint with crayons over leaves like we used to do in elementary school. I took those and cut them up, glued them to the cardstock... Chris also printed the details on vellum and I

Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1104288546722178322004-12-28T21:39:00.000-05:002004-12-28T22:03:22.546-05:00

I failed to mention a great gift I got for Christmas from Chris...He got me a domain name! Yes. It's the dorkiest present ever... So, my website will continue to look mostly like this, but to the relief of everyone, I'll be using movable type so that you don't have to deal with the blogger commenting...and I can finally email people back after they comment...It's all very exciting. Oh my god -

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Here's my soon to be niece in her Christmas gear! Christmas went well - the usual treck to my mom's house to open gifts, then off to Chris' parent's house on Christmas day. I got a lot of great gifts including the UGGs everyone's been waiting to see! Click below to read the rest... Here's Chris' dad trying on his new jacket we bought him. We told him he couldn't have the jacket unless he wore

Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1103806923393336112004-12-23T07:59:00.000-05:002004-12-23T08:02:03.393-05:00

Here's some knitting content for you - a scarf for my friend Kate to give to her boyfriend's mom for Christmas... I'm contemplating what my rate should be. How much do I charge my friend for such an item? The pretty purple yarn was a little pricey, for sure...hmmm...

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When Kate and I used to go to the mall in 8th grade we'd always meet her mom by the big elephant fountain down at one end. We always thought it sounded so "coded" to say "meet me by the big elephant" like we were spies. I also feel spy like right now- this is my first blog post from my new job...and I keep expecting someone to walk by and catch me... "J'accuse Blogging!!!" So anyway - day

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So the first day at work today was strange - as most first days are. I didn't have too much to do except look through old projects and try to get up to speed. Here's my first impression analysis of the office: Coffee: There is very good coffee from a very fancy coffee machine - I had three cups today Bathroom: There is a lock on the women's bathroom where you have to punch in a code to get in,

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More pictures from my last day. Here's Mike, it was his last day too... And Arlene, the woman responsible for my knitting obsession... It's a good Saturday today filled with mindless errands...Got my eyebrows waxed. It's strange to have a woman - a woman who looks like my cousin - standing so close to me while she rips the hair out of my face that I can tell she has a sinus problem. (sniff

Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1103253957332507402004-12-16T22:18:00.000-05:002004-12-16T22:25:57.333-05:00

Tomorrow is my last day at work, so I decided to start taking pictures today. Here's me at my desk - this is where I read your blogs. Here's my friend Smarty. We ate lunch together and basically hung out everyday. He's the rare work person that's actually a friend too. So I'm gonna miss him. He won't be in work tomorrow so this was technically my last day there for him. I took some pics of

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Picture this (yes, I'm Estelle from the Golden Girls), Chris and I are Christmas shopping last night, making amazing progress on our list. I'm in the shopping "zone" at Ulta, buying gifts and gift cards. Chris' cell phone keeps ringing with an unknown number to us. When I go to pay for my Ulta gifts I see I have a message on my cell phone. It's from the officiant who will be doing our wedding

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Just in case you didn't see it in the last post, and because it took Chris a long ass time to make the page for me, here is the link again to... Big Lug's Best CDs of 2004 List! I went to the VW dealership this morning and it turns out that my engine light on b/c I didn't have enough coolant in the car. I knew this. I tried to explain to the service guy that I am not one of those women who come

Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1102990813031292232004-12-13T20:16:00.000-05:002004-12-13T23:42:44.210-05:00

I decided to make a list of my favorite CDs of 2004. I know, I know, you already saw this on other people's blogs and I'm copying, but aren't you the least bit curious??? Here it is... And on knitting news - I'm making some progress on the knitted felted clogs from this pattern. I'm trying to figure out if the whole clog is knit in double strands or just the sole...hmmm... It's difficult to

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I never buy peanuts in their shells. I don't really like shelling them - except at baseball games. And yet - this appeared on the deck banister today... And then later in the day when I left to go to my mom's... It's more evidence the squirrel is stalking us. Where is he getting these peanuts? Is he going to minor league baseball games? I guess more likely someone is feeding him. They don't

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Last night was our friend Matt's surprise 30th birthday party. We had a great time and made all kinds of plans with people that we did not keep today. Including going to look at a chihuahua dauchsund puppy that was up for adoption. It seemed like a great idea last night, and we are, indeed, looking for a puppy, but this morning we didn't go. I'm not sure if we're ready for a dog in this house.

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I don't usually like to read blogs where people whine, so I usually try not to whine in mine, but I'm at work right now and I think my head is going to split open right above my left ear. I have the worst headache ever...EVER! I was going to call out of work today but it seemed really lame to call out on the Friday before my last week. So instead I drove here like a maniac. The headache affected

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Every time I watch this movie I fear giving birth to a female baby. This is the scariest movie ever. Scarier than the Ring! Do thirteen year olds really do this stuff? I was bad when I was 16, but no where near these girls. Ahhh! So scary! I think I did stuff like skip school and drink my friend's mom's amaretto...but that's about it. Did some more Christmas shopping tonight. Got some books

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Well folks, I'm back from the big easy once again. I got in really late last night after having my flight delayed two hours out of MSY into EWR - that's airport lingo for you. I slept until 11:30 today, read backlogs of email, and then went to the grocery store. When I got home Chris and I decorated the tree... Chris' mom started giving him the Hallmark Star Wars ornaments when they were

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That, my friends, is the best coffee maker ever. EVER! We got it as a gift from Chris' family for the engagement party a while back and I love it. I just had a cup of coffee. YAY! So I leave for the airport in about an hour. I'm off to New Orleans until Monday. I'm not bringing the computer, because I don't think I'll have time to use it. So no blogging or checking email for a bit. I'll be

Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1101953204255512382004-12-01T21:01:00.000-05:002004-12-01T21:06:44.256-05:00

It's knitting gifts time. So I'm gonna try and post pictures without giving too much away. I made this scarf for someone out of ribbon yarn. Ah yes, it looks very fancy. This picture is actually two halves of the scarf next to each other, so it's really half as wide as it seems. So I leave for New Orleans again on Friday. I can pretty honestly say that it would be okay with me if I NEVER WENT

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First of all, I knew, as soon as I put on this white turtleneck this morning that I would spill on it. I even put a button up shirt on over it just in case - even though it looked stupid. Wouldn't you know it that there's a torrential downpour this morning as I'm walking into the office with my WaWa (do non-tri-State Area residents know what WaWa is?) coffee. So I am wearing this coffee now. I

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So a few months ago, a rebel squirrel was terrorizing me. It was living in the drop ceiling above my bed. I would lie awake at night sure that this squirrel was going to drop down on my head. I’d pull the covers up. I’d wake up Chris. He’d tell me to go to sleep. I’d hear the squirrel roll nuts across the roof – rumble, rumble rumble, thud. Then Chris went into the drop ceiling one morning and

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I turned 27 yesterday. I must say that after 25, it doesn't seem worth counting until you're 30. Anyway, some folks came up to celebrate. We went out for burgers and drinks. I ordered two cosmos and ended up, somehow with four. Then two beers at the bar after. Then a shot at home. Now I don't feel so hot today, but I really can't tell if it's from last night's festivities or from the sheer

Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1101435060795277532004-11-25T20:52:00.000-05:002004-11-25T21:11:00.796-05:00

Planes Trains and Automobiles is on and it's exactly what you need to watch after spending the day with nine children and 11 adults - cooking and eating all day. This was the thanksgiving madness - First the kids stood in a circle and talked about what they were thankful for - some answers were, "my dog," "my dad," "Aunt Danny's dog." Then the food came out - that's turkey, green bean

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I have an old Silver Jews song stuck in my head. Damn. So the madness has begun. Chris' parents just called to say they were leaving so it's t-minus 2 hours until the craziness starts. Most of the food is done - pecan pie, pumpkin pie, brocolli salad, green bean casserole (just needs to be baked), spinach dip, and cheese and crackers - all done. Now I only have to make the brussell sprouts and

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It's a chicken in a duck in a turkey - a turducken. I can think of nothing that would turn the stomachs of my blogging aquantances more - a few of which have recently expressed their disdain for Thanksgiving. Well since my birthday is on the 26th, I've always loved Thanksgiving. Though I will say that for years we didn't have turkey. The first year sans turkey, my parents asked friends of

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So I'm a big movie fan. Always have been. I am not a superfan who could go on for hours about movies, and I don't blog about them on here, mainly because it's a knitting blog...but I've always watched movies in my freetime and I was even a radio/tv/film major in college. Anyway...Chris and I went to see Sideways at the Princeton Garden Theater last night. I think Paul Giamatti and Virginia

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Tonight, I'll go over my friend Kate's and celebrate the night before her birthday! Yay Birthday! That's Kate and her boyfriend Alex at New Years two years ago - which makes me realize that I haven't taken pictures of anyone in a long time. I need to get on that. Let's hear it for Friday! I didn't get s**t done today - but I found the best website in the world with overdubbed GI Joe cartoons

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One day Chris and I noticed a tiny tree-like weed growing outside of our fence. Over the course of the summer, the weed grew huge all the way up to the sky. I traded in my Volkswagen bug for some magic beans and climbed the weedstalk up into the heavens. There I encountered and fought a giant. Then I fell back to New Jersey. I then decided to make Chris cut down the weedstalk. Well...IT GREW

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I AM 46% EMO!Hmm.. I should stop listening to Elefant.... enough said... Now that I stopped looking at my shoes, I know how the real world looks.Take the EMO test at Fuali.com Okay - that test isn't so accurate. Anyone's who's shed tears over a Snow Patrol or Sebadoh song is at least 90% emo. Just ask Chris how emo I am. And per Stacy's request - a picture of little old me. For some reason

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I've totally forgotten to mention that I booked a trip to Vegas in February with two of my bestest girlfriends ever! We're staying at the Flamingo - which I hear is an old hotel, but a nice one. I'm not a gambler, but I do hope to see some crazy shows while I'm down there! I only wish Chris could go with me so we could get married in the Elvis Wedding Chappel. Screw the big ceremony, I want

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Work is mind numbing today and I have a headache so I'm just thinking about how I'm going to go home tonight, maybe buy an i-pod (if I'm lucky!) and then watch the Gillmore Girls on the WB. That's right. The Gillmore girls. I am totally hooked. I caught up on watching old episodes on my day off yesterday and now I'm jonesing for more. My love of the Gillmore Girls can only be rivaled by my love

Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1100390208292761562004-11-13T18:34:00.000-05:002004-11-13T18:56:48.293-05:00

I went bridesmaid dress shopping with my bridesmaids this morning, and we've made a decision! TA-DA! That's it! I took as many of the five girls as I could. I am very concerned that everyone feel that the dress is flattering. I kept saying that I wanted everyone to be comfortable - big and small. Now my idea of how to achieve that was by having everyone try on a dress or two. Unfortunately

Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1100301604088092262004-11-12T18:18:00.000-05:002004-11-12T18:20:04.086-05:00

Okay - who's seen the I-Pod socks they're selling on the Apple website?! I am totally going to knit some - customize them and make millions! I'm a genius!

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And I'm back from 9 days in New Orleans for work. I worked a lot. I also drank...A LOT. A whole lot. More than I've drank (drunk? drinked?) in years. I haven't partied like that since sophmore year of college. I had a great time with a few great people from work and some "vendors" I only get to hang out with on the road. A good time was had by all - myself included. A few of the people I was

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The other night after a bad week of work, I decided to do some self-shopping-medicating. So I stopped by the Wooly Lamb where a few of my kniting group friends work! That's my favorite bag! Isn't it cute? I bought two skeins of lime green fleece and two skeins of sky blue merino blend to make mittens. I'm going to add edging to the blue mittens with the "fizz" I bought. I can't wait to cast on

Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1098981282436878382004-10-28T13:23:00.000-04:002004-10-28T12:34:42.436-04:00

I am so ready to poop on someone's desk today. Or in their lunch - whatever will get me home quicker. Work is overwhelming and I shouldn't even be writing in here, b/c I have a ton of work to do, but I am devious. Muahahahaha. So I'm wondering if people read my blog. I'm totally content with talking to myself, but it would be cool to have people read it. I think Kristina from my knitting group

Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1098847198885449762004-10-26T22:48:00.000-04:002004-10-28T13:53:28.103-04:00

Not to get all whiny, but Halloween is usually my favorite holiday. Every year since 1998 I've had a Halloween party and gone all out with costumes. I was a sock puppet last year and Gene Simmons the year before that. This year I've been working so much that the Halloween has been sucked right out of me. Pumpkin carving? Who cares! Trick or Treaters? They don't know what kind of corporate hell is

Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1098728037898787752004-10-25T14:08:00.000-04:002004-10-25T14:13:57.896-04:00

Look! Look! Chris did a new design for my blog so that I can be considered a "cool" blogger and people will flock to read about my knitting! Yay! Aren't I lucky to have a fiancee who will redesign my blog even after working on a computer for 10 hours straight for work? I finished the coral sweater I was working on (pics soon) and I put it on and realized a few things: This sweater needs

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Yesterday we went to visit Chris' parents in south Jersey. It's about a 2 hour trip so I thought I'd bring along my knitting...Here I am happily knitting in the car...(Note - letting the driver take your picture while he drives is hazarous!) About halfway there, I noticed that I had knitted a row a few rows down on my sleeves that should've been purled or vice versa. So I commenced ripping

Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1098279711457739202004-10-20T09:35:00.000-04:002004-10-25T13:44:07.230-04:00

Tonight I am trying to get out of work on time tonight so I can go to the Troc in Philly and see Death Cab for Cutieand Pretty Girls Make Graves. Two of my favorites! Chris and I should be the only ones there who are out of high school (both bands have been featured on some WB shows), but hey, we'll have the bar to ourselves. Rock and Roll! Last night was my knitting meetup in Princeton.

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I am a TV junkie. I'll admit it. I can while away hours knitting and watching the WB. That's right folks, your 12-year-old babysitter and I have the same desktop wallpaper. I love, love, love, the Gilmore Girls. I now have my Tivo tape it on Tuesdays and during the week on the ABC Family channel. I am obsessed with the small-town cuteness they live in. If you knew where I lived, you'd know that

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I'm sure my captive audience has been wondering where I was! I was in stinky Orlando for work! No offense to those who like or live in Orlando, but I assure you, it's different to work there, than to visit. While I was gone I did a little knitting - working on my coral mohair sweater from SNB book...I have the front and back done! Very exciting! Hopefully I can finish the sleeves tonight and

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Back to work from the weekend...I completed the back of my sweater and have started the front. I'm leaving for Orlando tomorrow for work, so I should be able to work on it either on the plane or at night in my hotel room. Yay! Travelling for work has it's good and bad sides. I really don't like being away from home that much, and I do end up working more on the road than I actually do in the

Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1097243629859585472004-10-08T09:45:00.000-04:002004-10-08T09:57:58.216-04:00

I used to be the type to rent all the Faces of Death gross out kind of movies. I am no longer. As I've grown older, I am so much more sensitive to severed limbs. And I can't stand, CANNOT STAND, watching people eat parts of an animal that even other animals would probably consider off limits. So when I rented Super Size Me from Netflix, I totally was not expecting to almost throw up 20 times

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This is a quick shot of the sweater I cast on last night. Enjoy!

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My addiction to lip gloss today is out of control. If you empty out my purse I have two lip balms (the twist up kind and the kind in a "pot") and three shiny lip glosses. I'm addicted I need to go to some sort of support group. Chris said he's gonna help me put more pics up and also redesign the blog so I don't have to use a template. So there you go, no more off-the-rack blog for me. I'm going

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Pope soap on a rope was my friends' idea for getting rich. I wish I had an idea like that now. We had an epiphany yesterday that is only equal to man discovering fire: houses are EXPENSIVE!!! So we will have to buckle down and save money in order to get out of the ghetto and move to somewhere nicer after or soon before the wedding next year. They have "buff brides" on TV - they should have "poor

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Oh my god, my oatmeal is like hot lava! God. Anyway - We had a great weekend. We went out to the Yardley Inn on Friday for yummy yummy dinner with the added bonus of there being a post-flood discount. Then on Saturday I had my friend's house warming which was like a mini college reunion. Then on Sunday we went to New Hope where they just happened to be having an arts and crafts festival. We

Jen Couchoudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460635.post-1096661518959173922004-10-01T15:33:00.000-04:002004-10-01T16:11:58.960-04:00

That's a little joke about the Bush reaction faces during the debate last night. I look like that after I've eaten too much dairy. That's the face of a man with gastrointestinal distress. So I went to my lys last night for their "open knitting." Four of the five people from my meet-up group were there. It was really nice to sit around and knit. I also bought beautiful yarn to make a sweater from

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Just thought I'd take a sec to say that Scrubs is one of the best shows on TV. And that has nothing to do with the fact that it stars my other future husband Zack Braff. Who also hails from the land of plenty - NJ. Anyway - can't get through this baby sweater, but it's already a week past the shower, so I have to finish it. Yup - nothing much is special about a Wednesday!

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The best part of my Tuesday is that it's actually my "Monday" since I was out yesterday. I had a head cold that is now improved. I didn't even knit, just sat on the couch and watched TV. I did however go to the grocery store and get the ingredients for two things that turned out great. I made Monkey Bread, which was a favorite of mine when I was little. It's basically all these refrigerated

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I'm hoping to put up pictures of things I've finished and things that I'm working on. So far in the few months I've been at this I've made two baby sweaters, a helmet hat and mittens and a scarf for myself. With two scarves in the works and another baby sweater on the way. One of my friends is due in a few weeks and I got some things to go with it for her shower, that I missed today. Hopefully

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Yay! I finally am able to have my knitting blog. That's very exciting for this dorky girl. I can't wait to link to the other knitting blogs I read when I'm supposed to be doing time sheets, or calling Vendors. So yes, knitting. I started knitting in April and am totally addicted. I find that I go through these crafty spurts and end up with things that belong in the land of misfit crafts (see,

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