Stimulating Reads

Can you figure out what I'm trying to teach myself for work?

I just love the library!

September Baby Knits

Every so often, I do actually finish a project... or two.

Last month, I knit this striped baby bib for a college friend who is due with baby #2 in September. She and her husband want to be surprised about the sex, so I went with gender-neutral yellow and white. The button is a cute little sunshine from Mom's stash of random clearance items.

Last night at the weekly knitting group (which I attend monthly or bi-monthly, but that's not the point), I finished up a set for the first child of a former co-worker and his wife who are also due in September. I had fun striping a yarn called "Patio Pinks" with white, which drew out the pattern made by the variegation from pink to purple to white. The button is a cute little white flower.


I was also reminded again while knitting these baby items that some people may assume that you are making them for yourself.

Um... that would be a definite "NO."

That's A Wrap!

"It is a peculiarity of knitters that they chronically underestimate the amount of time it takes to knit something."
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

This past Christmas, I had finished about two inches of a tote bag that was supposed to be my mother's Christmas present. I knit another inch or so after Christmas, and then decided that I did not like how that particular yarn looked as a tote bag. So I ripped it up and found a pattern for a shawl that used that particular yarn. I finished knitting late this spring, then finally got around to weaving in the ends back in June. Last month, I presented the finished Christmas present to my mother as a birthday present at our monthly PINS meeting. She loved her shawl, which she has watched through its various stages of creation.

After all, it's the thought behind the gift that counts, not the fact that it's seven months late.

"I love deadlines. I especially love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
Douglas Adams

Twilight (Finally!)

I finally saw Twilight all the way through at Girls' Night this week. Yay.

Do I have to go to the New Moon premiere with the fangirls now? Isn't it enough that I read the books and watched the first movie on DVD? *whine*

Maybe it won't be that bad--after all, Dr. Cullen is dead (literally) sexy!

Friday Eve Funny

I needed it a day early, so here is the funny of the week...

Wacky Weather

It's now hurricane season, which means the atmospheric pressure is wreaking havoc on my sinuses. It also means that there are random thunderstorms. Dave and I thought we might end up victims of a summer downpour at the G-Braves game this past weekend...



Fortunately, the unpredictable weather decided to hold off so we could enjoy the game.

Friday Funny

I can't believe it's Friday already
(though I am thankful that it's here!)

It made me think of my niece puppies :-)