Hi Honey, I'm Home!

Hello!

The computer is home, and life is good! Everything is working well, and I can now chat and terrorize Dave and Ann whenever I want. Yes, life IS good!

So, during my little hiatus, I did some purging of my little home. These are the times I hate being a pack-rat! So, I threw out a lot of shit, and now there is lots more room to collect more shit! And I re-arranged a couple of rooms and moved things around to make better use of the space I have. Hopefully, I made some good choices. Time will tell.

And, I started physical therapy Tuesday. I'm having a little trouble with my left knee. It seems that three muscles in my quads are working against the fourth muscle causing my knee cap to veer to the left, not straight on as it should. So I have exercises to do, and I have the ok to swim again. I haven't been in the pool for about 2 months, so it was really awesome to be back in the water. I only swam 900 yards, but I thought that wasn't bad for a first time back in the water.

And I was stopping by the local library quite frequently to check my e-mail, and I did check out several knitting books they had. I also learned that one of the librarians is also a spinner, and her brother is a knitter (he learned to knit while he was in the navy). The things you learn at the library.....

So, that's what I've been up to lately. Thank you to all of you who were concerned or left nice little messages. It's good to be back...

A Little Respite

Hi there! My lap top is going to the computer doctors tomorrow morning for a yearly checkup, so I'll be offline for about a week or so. This will give me some time to do more purging of my apartment and throw out more shit I don't use or need, get back to swimming, paint the bathroom, tear out some nasty carpeting on my stairs, organize my CD's, take a couple of bags of clothing to the Salvation Army, and spend time with Lizzie.

Oh yeah, and I'll have time to knit. Remember knitting? I think I used to do that......

See ya soon, and stay out of trouble. I know I will.

Don't miss me too much...

The end....

No, not the end of my blog. Although with the lack of activity here in knitland......

But, no, the end of the school year. Testing is all done, grades are all done, and tomorrow is graduation. Finally. And I was only invited to 12 graduation parties this year. It's a slow year, I must be slippin. LOL! Last year I had 11 parties graduation day (plus more the day after graduation). Oy... So, I go, I make an appearance, I give a little gift, and I'm on my way to the next one. And I did all my graduation shopping tonight in less than 1 hour. It all kinda just fell into place. Now I have to fill out cards to go with the gifts, and get through the weekend of parties. And then the summer is mine.

I have a couple of little trips planned for the months of July and August. A long weekend at the Jersey Shore, a trip to NCY to see a couple of shows, and a week in Florida to visit a very dear friend that I do not see often enough.

And I may even pick up the needles again. My fingers have been itchin a little to get some wool around them, so we'll see what the future brings. Have a great weekend!

Blonde by Design

Well, I'm very excited that my friend Samantha has a blog! She's not a knitter. She's a very entertaining, beautiful blonde. She always finds the right things to say, has the best advice, and her stories, I think, are a hoot! She writes like she talks, so reading her reminds me of sitting on the beach with a margarita in one hand and Jimmy Buffet playing in the background while you have a little chat! She's one of my dearest friends, and has helped to get me through some very trying times. I can't imagine what life would be like without her. If you have a moment and want a little chuckle, you can visit her here:

http://blondeoxygenbydesign.blogspot.com/

So if you stop to visit, tell Sam I sent ya!

I love you, Sam!!

Nada...

Well Good Morning! I see it's been almost a week, and no pics of my Trekking socks. That might be because I've done nothing with them since last weekend. Not a thing. Not a stitch, not a round, nada... Why? Well, this past week was the last week of school for the kids, and it's been very exhausting keeping things under control and still trying to get the last few things done for the end of the year. Now we're in the throws of state regents testing, so although there are no classes, there are scheduled tests and duties to get done before graduation on the 24th. So, although there is a major change in schedule for a week or so, it's been quite exhausting. It's amazing how tiring proctoring two tests in one day (yep, the whole day) can be. So, coming home to a beer and a nap and no desire to knit has been the typical day this past week. Oy...

The only knitting I have done this week was swatching for the Bitchin' Mittens knit-a-long. And I'm not thrilled with what that is looking or feeling like, so I may change my game plan all together. Hopefully I'll get in the mood to get back to my socks this weekend and have a pic or two by Monday. Enjoy your weekend and do something fun!

More...

Ok, so after knitting furiously today, and managing to get a little laundry done as well, I have heel gussets. Exciting, isn't it? hehehehe...

You know you wanna!

Ok, so, how about a knit-a-long that has some very open ended rules, you don't have to send anything to anyone, and for the most part, you can do whatever the hell you want? How does that sound? Then you really need to check this out:


I think Dave has outdone himself with this one! Your mittens pretty much can be anything you want them to be - wearable or not - functional or decorative art - it's all up to you! And for those of us who are so random that we usually have to look for our car keys every morning (or the dog...), this gives us a wide berth for creativity and making changes at the drop of a hat! So, grab those needles and make some mittens!

Turned Heels...

So, a little more progress. This sock thing is really kinda cool!

Heel Flaps...

Yes, they are heel flaps. Nothing more need be said.

A little more...

This is about 2" done on each of the cuffs of the socks (a bit better view of the colors as compared to yesterday's pic). I'm really liking the way the colors flow, and apparently there is some type of pattern in the striping of the yarn. I had no clue that the knitting would look like this from the look of the original skein. I'm thinking this is way cool.

So, my "vision" for the socks is to have a short cuff of 2.5 or 3 inches (cause I like wearing the shorter socks in the summer). What do you think? I'm open to your comments. Have a great night!

Yep...

The socks are started. Trekking XXL color #131. US1 dpns. Woo Hoo!!!

Long day...

So, it as a long, wet day. I was at a marching band competition, which concluded with a 3 hour long parade with about 35 marching bands strutting their stuff. I was not in charge of this yearly event, but I did volunteer to help with the electronic tabulation of the scores for each band. This basically meant that I'd put data into the computer, given to us by the judge's scoresheets, and double check the scores with 3 other people, and rank the outcomes. Usually a big event in our community, the crowds were a little smaller today because of the constant rain we had today. Cancelling the parade was discussed, but that would only happen if it began thundering and lightning. It did not, so we had thousands of kids marching and playing, and thousands of parents and spectators, all getting wetter by the minute. And where was I during all of this? We, the tabulators, were situated in a school bus with our lap top computers. We did not really see much of the parade - we were busy with score sheets from the judges. We heard it, but were glued to our computers. So basically, I spent my day in a bus with my computer, and a couple of very fun, wacky people. We laughed frequently, and, in hindsight, it was a good day.

This is my favorite tree on the school campus. Notice the grey sky. This was at the brightest part of the day, when the raining had stopped for about 45 minutes...

I'm hoping to cast on for my socks tomorrow. I'm kinda getting antsy to get them started.