Week off = Finished Objects

The Blanket, circa 3/8/7, being attacked by Brewster T. Butterworth

Quite a busy week, for a vacation. I took this week off as p~ was on spring break and I figured it would be a great time to hang out and do nothing but knitting and housework. (3 Doctor's appointments for me and 2 for p~ kept us from going out of town for the week.)

I finished the blanket, pictured above - washed and blocked. Finished a sock for p~ that I started at xmas and immediately plowed through the first half of the mate for it.

Meanwhile, I had to phone in Monday morning for my 2006 performance review and found out that effective Tuesday I had a new boss. Dialed in Tuesday to prep the weekly stuff for review and shipped it off. Ensured that someone would run my Thursday morning meeting and by Wednesday afternoon I shut down all work related electronics.

Still have a few items on needles and just about a whole room of yarn waiting to evolve into something fabulous. 2 more days of vacation and so much to do.

Where Did February Go?

The blanket, circa January 19, 2007

Goodness! My, oh, my. Where the heck did Feruary go?

Things at work have gotten very busy and I've had little time for "me time" or "p~" (my spouse) time. Trying to dig out of the groundhog blues and get caught up at home; that seems to be the March-ing orders this month.

On the knitting front, I hit "afghan burnout" on the baby blanket about the same time that my collegue started to have pregnancy issues. Coincidence? I think not! I got back into the blanket frenzy just as she stopped coming in and had hit "I MIGHT MAKE IT!" stride just as notice came in that she was bed ridden. "I still have time, that kid 'ain't due till first week of March!" I knit 24x7 for 2 weekends solid. However, it wasn't to be. Health issues dictated an early C-Section, so the kid beat me. I just started up the first border edge last night. I lost the race.

I did finally send my parents and my Sister/Niece[1] their xmas presents....

Socks for my StepDad, Sweater for my Mother and an iPod Nano cozy (which I designed, shown blocking below) for my Sister/Niece [1]

Yes. I sent xmas presents in February. I'm just that buried with stuff. I've promised myself to put more time aside for personal stuff. It's become a critical priority.

d~

[1] My parents adopted my sister's kid. No wacky incest stuff going on, I assure you!