I always enjoy it when people blog and give us a little insight into their normal day, so today you get a glimpse into a typical work day in the life of your very own Concateknit.
7:10am: Here's your cheeky Concateknit. I've just gotten coffee 
from Peet's and I am standing on a side street in Coolidge Corner. When I drive in I stop in Coolidge Corner first and get some good coffee. Even with this stop to Coolidge Corner, it takes me less time to drive in than to commute via the bus and subway.
Mike won a Sirius radio last year, and although I was initially hesitant about paying for radio, now I don't know how I got along without it. If you make the picture bigger, you will see I am listening to "The Roadhouse" and a Patsy Cline song is playing. BTW - that's the inside of my car.
7:20am: Phase I of my walk from where I park my car to my office takes me up a little alley in Brookline. The houses in this neighborhood are really lovely and many of them are still single family homes. During the holidays they are really pretty, and even now, many of these homes still have wreaths hanging outside. 
7:25am: The best thing I see on my walk to my office, however, is the bridge pictured above on the right. This bridge is behind a chain link fence, and you can see the branches that have grown between the steps. I love the idea of this bridge that goes nowhere, and always find myself pausing here in the mornings.
7:35am: This is my office first thing in the morning. Luckily for me, I don't need to turn on the lights while the sun is out as I get lovely natural light. Can you see the controlled chaos? Also, can you see my screen saver which is one of the wedding pictures that Kellee took? 
2:00pm: I've mentioned before that I am a list maker. This is the list I made in preparation for Wendy's baby shower (oh, the irony). I like the fact that without even thinking about it, I wrote "smart" underneath an idea that I had while making the list (the idea is that I would buy some of the partially baked baguettes that are sold at the Milton Market instead of buying fresh baguettes and then having to worry about them becoming stale before we ate them). As you can also see from the note, I was working out a justification for putting off the grocery shopping until the very last minute. Have I ever mentioned that I really dislike going to the grocery store?
6:00pm: Getting ready to leave, you can see that the controlled chaos of the morning has turned into, well, just chaos. Sigh...
6:10pm: Past the bridge, I looked through the trees to see the moon above the Prudential Center. The night was lovely and crisp and quiet.
So, there you have it. A fairly typical day in my work life. I get coffee, I go to work, I make lists, I explode my office with paper and files, I go home, and then the cycle starts all over again...
Okay, here's the deal - what I'd really like now is to see a typical day in your life...so, if you blog and post some pictures of the things you see during your day, and then leave me a comment (or send me an email) with a link to your post, I will enter your name into a drawing for a little fun yarny something (hint: it's nice to have warm feet in the winter, yes?). You have until 2/25/07 to enter, and a winner will be chosen randomly and announced on 2/28/07. I hope you play along, it'll be fun and good times! With prizes! And fun!
I loved seeing these pictures of your day. I'll play along, too. Thanks for the great idea, Elisa.
Posted by: Carole | February 06, 2007 at 04:00 AM
I do like peeking into people's lives, too - now I just have to remember to do this... :)
Posted by: Chris | February 06, 2007 at 05:56 AM
I like that you have something on your desk that says "Yarn" HA HA!!! I must remember to do this, however I fear the freaky stares I will get from 18 year old boys as I photograph my morning walk to work.
Posted by: Kate | February 06, 2007 at 06:10 AM
Mmm...potato leek soup.
I really enjoyed this post. Indeed you are right -- other people's lives are so interesting.
Posted by: claudia | February 06, 2007 at 07:08 AM
Great -- another reason for my coworkers to think I'm weird. I will have to do this this week.
Posted by: Jenny | February 06, 2007 at 08:28 AM
man that's a fucking long day. are your days always that long? what did i tell you about non-profit jobs?
i would do this if my days weren't so unbelievably dull. let's see what i can up with.
Posted by: maryse | February 06, 2007 at 06:12 PM
What a neat idea! I'll have to post mine now ..
btw .. Chris @ Stumbling Through Chaos" sent me here. Nice blog!
Posted by: Tania A | February 07, 2007 at 09:31 AM
great idea! I'm on board! (also here via chris)
Posted by: carole | February 07, 2007 at 02:55 PM
That looks like fun! I'll have to bring my camera along in my day...
Posted by: lisa | February 07, 2007 at 03:59 PM
Love this idea... yay!
Thanks for the day. :)
Posted by: frecklegirl jess | February 07, 2007 at 10:50 PM
You just gave me the incentive I need to get off my ass and start blogging. I have been proscrastinating for a long time now. Tomorrow: buy digital camera (Canon Powershot SD550). Saturday: learn to use camera. Set up flikr account. Sunday: set up typepad account and do first post. Monday: photograph my workday. Now that I've made a list and publicly announced this, it must be done!
Posted by: Kim P | February 08, 2007 at 08:26 AM
Mine day is now loaded at http://kitkatknit.wordpress.com. Enjoy!
Posted by: kitkatknit | February 08, 2007 at 08:33 AM
My "day in my life" is posted! Hope you enjoy it!!
Posted by: Nancy | February 11, 2007 at 07:41 PM
Posted my day on Feb. 12. It was fun!
Posted by: Kim | February 15, 2007 at 07:54 AM
Whoops forgot the URL http://yarnyoldkim.typepad.com/yarny_old_kim/
Posted by: Kim | February 15, 2007 at 07:55 AM
http://www.stumblingoverchaos.com/?p=389
Interesting to look at at my day through the lens... :)
Posted by: Chris | February 16, 2007 at 10:42 AM
OK it's boring but here's my day.
http://stitchyfingerz.blogspot.com/2007/02/day-in-my-boring-life.html
Posted by: Stitchy Fingers | February 22, 2007 at 01:32 AM
Mine's boring, too! Sorry 'bout that. I should've chosen a different day. ;)
http://tygerlotus.blogspot.com/2007/02/thursday-in-life-of-thursday.html
Posted by: thursday | February 22, 2007 at 05:40 PM
My life is so cool! Of course, I waited a while before I had an interesting day.
Posted by: freecia | February 22, 2007 at 11:10 PM
Mine was pretty boring but it was fun to document it anyway! Here's the link:
http://bronxgirlknits.blogspot.com/search/label/a%20day%20in%20the%20life
Thanks for the idea!
Posted by: Nancy | February 25, 2007 at 08:02 AM
It cut the link off, try this one:
http://bronxgirlknits.blogspot.com/
search?q=day+in+the+life
Posted by: Nancy | February 25, 2007 at 08:04 AM
Well it took me until the deadline, but my typical day is up! http://knitmainea.little-earthquakes.net
Posted by: Sara | February 25, 2007 at 06:14 PM
I have tried three times to post mine but blogger keeps eatting them; it was fun to have a reason to bring my camera with me and it was great to see what other people see every day.
(not to mention that it was great to see you last weekend!)
Posted by: Kristen | February 25, 2007 at 06:55 PM
i posted mine yesterday - past deadline but it was still fun to do! i live in the boston area as well.
Posted by: domesticat | February 28, 2007 at 07:49 AM