Breathing Space

Hooray! The holiday is over! I don't know why, but this one seemed to be oddly stressful to me. It really wasn't all that much different from any other year. I even went out of my way to make sure that I didn't put extra stress on myself. Oh well, watcha gonna do?

I did manage to finish one project in time! The stocking for my girlfriend Judy's granddaughter! I can't wait to hear how it went!

Next year it's stockings for the guys in the family! (And I'm considering being sneaky and making some for Judy and her husband as a gift.)

Oh, and I discovered on Christmas Eve (actually, we all did), that I'm going to have a "new" nephew! Or will he be a nephew-in-law? No, no one's preggers, but one of my nieces, who's only 11 years younger than me, is engaged! Woot! We haven't had a good wedding in the familyin a long time!

Anyhoo, things seem to have mellowed out around here, which is nice. Now I just need to get back to doing some knitting (I got a ton of new knitting books as gifts), taking some pictures (I got film, surprise, surprise!) and trying to relax.

Three weeks later...

And the bionic woman returns home!

Mom was sprung from the hospital this morning, much to her delight. Of course, now she and Dad need to adjust to being home together again, as well as dealing with what she can and can not do at this point. One of the things that completely boggles me is the fact that she's almost completely off of pain medication! I mean...She had her leg cut open and her knees completely replaces three weeks ago, and while she's sore, she's not "in pain". The ability of the human body to bounce back from trauma is truly amazing.

After hanging out at my parent's house for a while I finally went and started my Christmas shopping. Hand knit gifts just aren't happening this year. There were just too many other things going on. Besides, I still have to finish the stockings for my friend Judy. I plan on having them completely finished and ready to hand over by next saturday.

But right now I need chocolate. Lots and lots (and lots) of chocolate! And my husband had better stop hovering over my shoulder, or he is *so* not going to make it through this week alive.

Gadzooks!

Actual knitting content! Who'da thunk it?


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My girlie and her purple'n'green hat and mittens!

Of course, all I can think about now is the Llama Song.

I've started rebuilding my finished project page. I'm retaking as many pictures as I can manage. I'd have taken more, but it wasn't until I started taking pictures that I realized how badly some of the sweaters need to be washed! The curse of knitting wool, hand wash only sweaters plus the curse of being wickedly lazy equals things not getting done as often as they should!

I'm Bored

Which is a good thing!

I feel like I've been going flat out lately, what with Thanksgiving and the start of the Christmas shopping season and life and all that. I've been on the computer but have been mostly playing games, which is all my brain seems to be able to handle right now. I haven't been blogging, and I haven't been reading blogs either. Both just seem to require too much effort.

So today is a lazy day. I had planned on going out and doing things, but sleeping through my snooze alarm three times (I barely got up in time to send the kid off to the bus) and it being a miserable, rainy day outside changed my mind about that. Nope, it was decreed the perfect day to stay at home and do absolutely nuthin'.

And it's been bliss.

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Oh! A heartfelt plea from he who is my husband! (Who works part time in the local mondo-big bookstore):

Please, please, please! After dragging all of the knitting books off of the shelves to look at them, put 'em back? Please?

Thus endeth my PSA for local bookstore employees everywhere. Thank You.