Knitting basket

My knitting basket has grown and grown and I'm not finished yet.

 

New office furniture

During September our Resource Manager made a walk around the office areas. We had end of years funding and she was checking to see what was needed. Seems my office was a little bare. She order so new furniture for me. I kept my desk (it works so why not), but I got new office chairs and entry area chairs. The German company made us quite a deal, so I ended up with real black leather. Makes me feel important.

Do you realize how close Christmas is?

As we are currently living in Germany, I have to complete my Christmas knitting FAST. I have to have the packages in the mail before Thanksgiving. Mail is S..L..O..W… over here. So I have to knit, knit and knit some more.

Tom cheats, he always shops for the kids on the internet and has it sent to them stateside. Of course, he doesn’t have the wonderful feeling of the yarn and the creativity that goes with knitting.

No it’s off to knitting I go…again…Good think I love to knit.

Is that the Ice Cream Man I hear ringing?

No it's tennitus.  I have had a ringing in my ears for a couple weeks.  Because the military medical center didn't have any appointments, I went to a German "ear" doctor.  He spoke perfect english.  The German Doc checked my ears and sent me to have a hearing test (just down the hall from his office).  I have an inter ear infection, tennitus and some hearing lost. 
The Doc gave me a perscription for the infection  and to help with the ringing.  Had to have it filled by a German pharmacy as the Medical center won't accept a perscription with even one word of German on it. 
As for the hearing lost, guess that goes with getting older.

Get over it

I'm getting over the lost of the phone and NAV system.  Everyone is entitled to make a careless mistake and I'm marking leaving the VW unlocked as my one carelessness for the year.  I'm still not sure I left the car unlocked, but how else did they get in without any damage?  So I'll take the blame.
Now on to more enjoyable things.
I've been knitting and knitting and knitting.  As you know I finished Trina's sweater.  It turned out BEAUTIFUL, I know she'll love it.
I finished Meghans scarf and hat, a few baby items and I'm working on a baby hat for a co-workers 1 year old son.
It's my goal to clean and organize (again) my knitting room.  I'd better do that soon, as I need to use the knitting machines to make Christmas Stockings, and I need to do that soon.