Now for a little knitting...

As many of my family and friends know, I seldom knit for myself. In Oct I started a “lacy” sweater out of cotton for myself. I found the pattern on the Internet and it looked good and an easy lace project. I hated it when I finished it. It’s now sitting in a plastic bin in my knitting room. No, you will not see a photo of it.

I had 500 grams of the cotton left over. So in order to try to accomplish one of my New Years resolutions, I’ve started another sweater. This time I picked a pattern from one of my many books, Saturday Sweaters, East to knit, Easy to wear by Doreen L. Marquart (photo at left).

So far it’s going well and I actually like the pattern. Maybe this is one sweater I’ll keep and wear, then again maybe not.

As for other knitting...A co-worker found out that she’s going to be a grandmother for the first time, but she’s getting 2 at once. Her daughter is having twins, a boy and a girl. I knitted booties for her as a surprise. Since I didn’t have any pink yarn in my favorite baby yarn, I knitted one pair in light lavender and white and the other in blue and white. I used an Internet pattern done on double pointed needles. Double pointed needles are not easy for me. If I ever decide to knit that pattern, I’ll make changes so I can knit it on straight needles, or maybe I’ll just find another pattern.

By the way, I still love driving the Miata. It makes me smile and my friend Cathy S even likes to ride in it. Can’t wait till I can get her to go for a ride with the top down. After all what’s a convertible for if not to have the wind blow through your hair and the sun on your face. I guess that will have to wait for a few more weeks as it is still winter, even in San Antonio.

Happy New Year

Here I sit on New Years Eve. I could say it’s because of the danger of drunk drivers, but we haven’t gone out on 31 December in years and years. We’d rather stay home and watch the fireworks on the TV. Tom did start a fire in the fireplace. It was 78 today but according to the weatherman a “front” moved in and the temp dropped fast.

I haven’t made New Year’s resolutions in years but it seems appropriate this year. So here’s my list of resolutions (that may or may not make it through 2008):

1. Share my knitting knowledge with others. This should be easy, as I’ve already been asked to teach a group of co-workers to knit. I’ve even started to work on a lesson plan and schedule.
2. Knit myself a cardigan. I haven’t seen the right pattern yet, but I know I want one that I can wear to work, but isn’t too heavy.

3. Drive the Miata with the top down every chance I get. Again this should be easy. Here in San Antonio we only get a short winter. With my luck, it will be the worst winter in history, with snow and ice expected daily.
4. Learn to knit with wire. Tom gave me a great book for Christmas.
5. Go somewhere that I can put my great camera to good use.
6. Take lots and lots of photos. Another easy one (I hope).
7. Make a scrapbook of old photos for Mom.
8. Organize my “Knitting” room. It’s really the extra bedroom. I have my knitting machines set up so I guess that makes it a Knitting Room, right? I have piles and piles of books, yarn and baskets everywhere in the room. This isn’t going to be easy because I’ve cleaned the room before and it just doesn’t seem to stay that way long.
9. Stop worrying so much about things I can’t control. In the past I’ve fretted over how the kids are living their lives and how the grandkids are growing up so far away. I have to learn to let go and accept the kids have grown up and living their own lives. This will be a hard one.
10. Spend less time being “mean” to Tom.

So that’s my list, what’s yours?

It's arrived

Last June I special ordered a new car, Mazda MX5 (Miata), 2008 Grand Touring with all the trimmings, including a power retractable hardtop. Yesterday morning the dealer called, my car was in and they’d have it ready after 3pm. By the time we got off work, and drove through the traffic to the other side of San Antonio, it was already almost 5. It took almost 2 hours to get the vehicle checked and the paperwork completed. Although it was cold (by SA standards), I put the top down, turned the heated seats on, and the heat full blast. I know I got lots of strange looks last night as I drove it home in the dark.
The photos were taken this afternoon (cloudy) so they don’t show the real “beauty” of this car. I haven’t stopped smiling yet!

24 Dec 2007

I know what I’m making everyone for next Christmas (yeah, I’m thinking ahead).
It’s mini sweater ornaments for the tree. I found them on this site. Can’t wait to try them.
http://creditcardhell.blogspot.com/

Can't you just see the faces when I tell them in January that I'm making everyone a sweater for Christmas 2008. Maybe I'd better not say that, there are some co-workers who will expect me to knit them full size sweaters.

Anyway, it's Christmas eve here in Texas and I'm all alone. Tom's outside working on the car. Front turn signal not working and I'm concerned. Not concerned that it's out, I'm concerned that Tom's trying to fix it. The car may never be the same again.

I talked to Tommy earlier today. Told him that he's coming to visit in May and I have a list of things for him to do when he get's here. I want overhead lights with fan in the dinning room, kitchen and study. And you know I'm not going to ask Tom to do it. Tommy just laughted and said "anything you want, Mom". He's such a great kid (at 30+ he's not really a kid anymore).

Hope you all have a great holiday.

Old memories

Maybe because it's Christmas time, or maybe I just miss the kids.

While talking to Missy earlier today, I mentioned a photo taken in Iceland. Missy didn’t remember it, so after hanging up, I started searching through the old photos that I had scanned last year. I just spent the last few hours looking at old photos. I didn’t find the one I was looking for, but I found lots that brought back some memories. Anyway, I've added old photos to the flickr site. They show on the right in a slide show. My flickr photo link is under my "Really old" photo. Here's to old memories.