Oh Well....

It's been a busy couple of weeks. I got through one whole sock and part of another before I decided that they were majorly too big for Marie. I finally ripped them out and have started again. This time it should work because I now have an outline of Marie's foot. The gift is no longer a surprise - except for when it'll be finished!

My training for the 10K has been derailed. My poor treadmill died on me. It looks like it's something electronic and since the thing is 9 years old, it's probably not worth fixing. It's now just a really big paper weight.

Happy birthday to me!

Friday was my birthday and I had a good week-end. Friday night my wonderful husband made dinner while I just sat and knitted. What a treat that was. On Saturday my order from the Loopy Ewe arrived. I started right away on a pair of socks using one of the yarns in my order. My sister made my family birthday dinner and that was full of suprises. My cousin and her daughter came from Culpeper and it was great because I hadn't seen them in months - which is shameful considering how close they live. My nieces from Harrisonburg also suprised me by comming. It all makes you wish you had birthdays more often!

Priorities...

With the price of oil painfully high, and there being a 15o gallon minimum purchase, I decided that we didn't have enough cash on hand to order until next week (payday).

So instead I put in an order with the Loopy Ewe. It wasn't a very big order, and I've been told that sock yarn doesn't count as stash. One skein is for a belated Christmas present and the other one is for me. Both are yarns I haven't used before. That's one of my goals for this year - to play with as many different sock yarns as I can.

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