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Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary!
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| You Are an Espresso | 
At your best, you are: straight shooting, ambitious, and energetic
At your worst, you are: anxious and high strung
You drink coffee when: anytime you're not sleeping
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5.22.2006 - Still Alive and Well
Oh my... I've would've
been having some serious blog withdrawal if it weren't for the fact
that I've been far too busy to stop and think about it.
We had 5 days of revival meetings at church, which
meant Wednesday through Sunday a lot of driving and late
nights... which is a lot for this tired old mother of five (I really need
my sleep, and then some...) Normally, I would've spent last week
recovering and trying to go to bed at a decent hour every night, but
not last week. My youngest sister got married on Saturday,
and due to my certifiable insanity I had agreed to knit her an adorable
shrug at the request of my other sister... 'Sure it can be done' I
said. And it was... but rather than pace myself and use the
entire month we had left when she got me the yarn... true to my wacky
nature, I proceeded to cast on the sleeve, and then put the project
down and forget about it, thinking there were still a good three weeks
left, until two Wednesdays ago, while shopping with my mom for suits
for my boys- that she said those frightening words- '10 days' I
think I went white for a moment, though no one would ever notice as I
am about as pale as a human can get without being albino. 10
days!!! Oh my... um... uh... now my sister had already got the yarn
from her work- an alpaca and silk blend, it's not cheap, and it's not
returnable after it's opened and wound... and so began my knitting
marathon. Many hours every day for 10 days. My wrists
hurt, my shoulders ached, my neck and head throbbed (I have a bad neck
and it's hard not to look downward while knitting for prolonged
stretches of time,) I stayed up late, tried to get up early (didn't
work, so I stayed up late some more,) skipped schooling (let the kids
play outside a lot,) fell behind, way behind, in the laundry, the
dishes, the vacuuming, and all the cleaning in general. It
was a long 10 days. My house is in shambles, and I owe my husband
and children some big time wifing and mothering, maybe a square
meal or two... but it got done. Never again will I promise to
knit something that big that fast. (This was a fine yarn, knit up
on size 4 needles... that's pretty small for those of you that don't
knit... every row of the body took several minutes- 130 stitches- and
only made an 1/8 of an inch of progress... )
And
after all that, would you believe, that I didn't even get a picture of
the stinking thing!?! How frustrating is that?!? Top that
with the fact that she didn't even put it on!!! The plan was that
she wanted it to wear at the reception as her dress was sleeveless and
just had these thin little straps and was rather cool... well, I guess
she never got cool... whatever, I'm just glad it's done. And I
will now turn my attention to knitting samples for cold hard cash for
Blue Sky Alpacas or knitting for my kids, and maybe someday, knitting
for myself... maybe...
In other news, no, that's
all the time I can spare- I really need to do another load of laundry,
get some ironing done, and start my oldest on his California
Achievement Test. I will blog more later...
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5.22.2006 - Good job! |
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Hurray for you! So glad you got your project finished. I love reading your blog....we both have 5 little ones, we both garden......but I haven't a clue how to knit. If you lived near me, I'd draft you to teach me, 'cause it's something that I'd really like to learn! I also love your blog because of your humor. You make you smile!
Blessings,
Cheryl
Edited by Emmyjoy on 5.22.2006 at 10:32 AM |
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5.22.2006 - BIG OOOOPS!! |
| Posted by LovingMyBlessings |
So sorry! The above comment is from ME, not my daughter!!!!!! LOL!!! She blogged and I forgot to sign myself in after she was finished. She's only 10, so obviously, she couldn't have said all of that. Then I tried to fix it to my name and it didn't work. Anyway, just wanted to clear that up for you! LOL!
Hugs,
Cheryl |
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5.22.2006 - It's great to have you back! |
| Posted by OurLittleSchoolRoom |
I missed reading your blogs lately. All that knitting sounds crazy. I know what you mean about lots of stitches and no visible progress. I have that with cross-stitch. I can spend an hour and do about a square inch--depending on how often I have to change colors, or count spaces, etc.
Blessings,
Karen |
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5.23.2006 - Welcome back |
| Posted by OurHomeSweetHomeschool |
Wow... sounds like you've had a busy time! Welcome back to the land of blogging though. We periodically have 5 day revivals at our church also. We just had Dr. Hilton Sutton to our church a few months ago and he taught on end time prophecy and the role of the U.S. It was very good. Last year he was at our church and taught the entire book of Revelation from beginning to end.
Your shrug sounds beautiful (sorry you didn't get a picture of it). As a crocheter I can understand and sympathize with your sore writs and neck.
Well, glad to see you blogging. I've added you to my friends list as we are fellow Minnesotans.
Blessings,
Theresa in MN |
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