Yesterday started with the best of intentions. I was going to get up early and knit the whole day. Instead, this is what happened:

6am: Got up early and went out for a lovely morning walk.

7am: showered, breakfast and dressed for public appearances (should I be going out later)

10am: By this time, the house work has had a good sized dent put in it. The laundry was done, the dishwasher was running, and things were getting tidied up. I took a look at the knitting and decided to stitch a bit.

12pm: The knitting has three rows of progress and the dishes need unloading. After the dishes were finished the kitchen was cleaned and the pantry reorganized.

1pm: I glance at the knitting again and decided that I will do some more on it after I run some errands.

3pm: Errands have been completed and the knitting is starting to get a little cranky. I had something to eat and then sat down for a few minutes to catch up on it. First, I empty out the bag of my recent purchases and what do I find? A set of DPN's purchased at a sale earlier this summer. I head straight for Ravelry and the stash to see what I might stitch up with them. Ignoring the glare from the knitting.

5pm: Hungry again and decided to run one more errand before Alex got home.

7pm: Finally plunk myself down on the couch and turn on the TV. There is nothing on so I pop in a movie and pick up the knitting. By this time I realize that soon it will be bedtime so I get to work.

9pm: I'm pooped. It's been a busy day but I can't go to bed without doing a few more rows. I climb into bed and spread out the WB. I knit for about 5 seconds before setting it aside to read a bit.

12am: Alex is home and I'm barely awake enough to kiss him and ask how his day was before falling back asleep. I do faintly recall however hearing a small voice from beside the bed, "you only have 10 days to finish..." but I may have just been imagining that. Knitting can't really talk, right?

Update: I still haven't done any knitting this morning or decided what to put on the needles I found last night. Any ideas?

The Happiest Place On Earth

As promised, I have photos of our trip. They are brief but give an idea of what we did.

First off, there are palm trees everywhere. Snowbank was a little out of his element here, but seemed to cope just fine.

This is the weirdest speed sign I have ever seen. Seriously, who drives at 14 MPH?

There were these very tall knitting needles at the front entrance of the park. I like to think that Mrs. Walt Disney was a dedicated Knitter and the inspiration for this lovely...

This is Alex's favorite ride. We must have gone through at least half a dozen times...

It's a yellow submarine. Need I say more?

We are big fans of Winnie the Pooh so this was a very exciting photo

Alex collects pins and found quite a few on our trip

Alex had a birthday during our magical stay so we celebrated with a  Monte Cristo sandwich

Then, they brought him a complimentary donut shaped like (what else) Mickey Mouse :)

We rode the monorail

Eventually I broke down and spent $5 on a Mickey Mouse ice cream sandwich...

 

And of course, there was knitting. Lots of knitting...

 

This was a wonderful trip and we are so thankful that we were able to go together. It was my first time going and it was everything I imagined it would be. It's good to be back home. Now, if you will pardon me, the WB needs some attention. Have a lovely Friday and enjoy the weekend.

Home Again

We are home from our trip. It was wonderful and the time spent together was even better than actually being in Disneyland. That may sound a bit strange, but Alex and I have to really plan to spend more than a few hours together due to our work schedules. Days off together are few and far between, so this round of vacation time is great.

While we were down in warm sunny California I managed to finish one sock and start the other. The WB had to take a break the last couple of days we were there as I failed to pack a second skein of the yarn needed. I will post photos later and when Alex has edited the movies of our trip, I will post the links to those also. Right now, I am going to enjoy my tea and have a knit on the WB. There is progress being made, slowly but surely...

Nope. Still Crazy.

Well, we are off tomorrow on a trip to California. The suitcase is packed, the chores are done, and there is a sock in my purse awaiting takeoff. The WB is causing some panic in this knitter. There are nine blocks that make up this lovely and I had a sickening realization just the other day that I still have two blocks (ad the other half of the current block) to knit up.

This may not seem so bad but you see, the last two blocks are worked at the same time and over many stitches and there are 99 (count them, ninety nine) rows in each block. All garter stitch. There are literally only days left until this event and finishing the blanket on time is still a crazy thought.

There is exactly one finished Christmas knit finished. I will post when we return. Happy knitting!

One Month

Last night was lovely. Jonathan's soon-to-be wife had her bridal shower.

There were gifts

 

There were goodies

Grandma is very happy to be "adding to our family"

And Heather is very excited for the Big Day.

 



There is one month to go and the blanket will be done. I hope.

Blanket Check #3

This is the seventh square of the WB. I'm not really sure how many stitches have been knit thus far, and I think that should be saved for when I finally cast this thing off. It's lovely isn't it?

I'm going to have a hot soak in the bath and finish my latest book for the Book Club. Then I'm going to have a nice knit on this lovely and think about how nice it will be to have it finshed...