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		<title>So you think you . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara waters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[are the queen of stashes? Ohhhhhhhh no, my friend, I seriously think not! Check out Squitchinglady&#8217;s stash - of yarns - oh, me oh, my . . . I am lusting a wee bit over the tote of sock yarns. Yummy!!!
She&#8217;s also got a nice stash of crafty projects material stashed!
In the yarn stash post [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[are the queen of stashes? Ohhhhhhhh no, my friend, I seriously think not! Check out Squitchinglady&#8217;s stash - of yarns - oh, me oh, my . . . I am lusting a wee bit over the tote of sock yarns. Yummy!!!
She&#8217;s also got a nice stash of crafty projects material stashed!
In the yarn stash post she also shows her husband&#8217;s complusion - lego toys! And, I thought my grandboys had a large supply! Mercy me!
  
I do love her finished object - an Amiguri - complete with pink sweater and froggie buttons. Veddy cute.

is it not the cutest?
I found Donna through Ravelry. Do go over and drop her a note - she has fibromyalgia and is in quite a bit of pain right now. Your cheery comments could help her day go a lot better.
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. . . So you think you can Dance
I love music - I love rhythm - I love dance - I tell my hubby (who likes none of the same, btw) that it is something that has to be felt in the SOUL of a person. I think anyone can appreciate beauty of these things, but to LOVE them, that appreciation must be soul deep.
Agree? Disagree?
It matters not - it&#8217;s all subjective, I guess. 
But, I must say that I am enjoying the new season of So You Think You Can Dance. The choreography is (mostly) stunning and the interpretation of it by the dancers is (mostly) spot on (as my British friends would say). I thoroughly enjoyed the Broadway piece and the Viennese Waltz tonight.
Saying that - I must admit that I called Lessa to find out what in the world was bothering me about the faces of a couple of the guys - she confirmed my suspicion that they &#8220;manscape&#8221;, that is, they wax those errant eyebrows. So, mama learns a new word.
I would never have thought of that - except that I happened to catch an episode of Meet My Parents (or whatever it&#8217;s called) a few weeks ago and two of the guys were called out because they waxed their eyebrows. Well, one was called out about it and the other revealed his habit during one of those hidden camera segments.
Gracious! I hardly have time to shave my legs! Let alone wax my eyebrows.
 
And, to go with the dance theme:
Triangle Tango
so you think you can dance,
dance,
dancecececece . . . . 
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		<title>Bags!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara waters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Big Hearted Folks! have been helping to make a difference in kids&#8217; lives and making a Big(ger) Hearted Texas Woman&#8217;s dreams come true at the same time . . . 
. . . that is the project that I have been involved in over the past many months. I crocheted over 100 squares for the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Big Hearted Folks! have been helping to make a difference in kids&#8217; lives and making a Big(ger) Hearted Texas Woman&#8217;s dreams come true at the same time . . . 
. . . that is the project that I have been involved in over the past many months. I crocheted over 100 squares for the afghans - then I helped piece together eight afghans - and then I began collecting bags for the tags from the afghans. 
We are almost there, folks . . . and you have all been a HUGE help!!!
Latest bags in are from Miki:
       
soooooooo cute!!! Thanks, Miki. And, on top of the bags, Miki sent me a little gift, too:

a little purple kitty to sit on my keyboard next to the purple moosie. They look like they are getting to know each other.
There are five more bags supposed to be in the mail this week - and I knitted 10 more to make up the balance of the 70 needed. I&#8217;ll post pictures of the 5 when they arrive and mine tomorrow perhaps.
Thank you so much for the help ALL of you have been - in making and sharing the squares needed - Shelly received WAY more than needed for this project and I think we will be putting together more afghans for other children (those too ill to come to the camp, etc.) over the next months. You all helped make that happen, friends!
Thanks for helping with the bags - and, for sending yarn and $ from time to time to Shelly to help out with postage and such. I know she did not really think about how time consuming and ROOM consuming this project would be. But, I also know that she would not have changed a thing in how it was done.
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You know, I actually feel like I am playing hookey this week - and, in a way I guess I am. I&#8217;ve taken a week off from work - and, while it won&#8217;t be all play, enough of it is to make me feel just a tetch guilty. I think that will pass before I have to return to my job, though. And, then it will take me a day or two to get reacclimated to the whole working for a living routine.
  
But one of the projects I have lined out for myself is to clean up my computer/craft room. Okay, what I actually said was that I intended to clean my house this week. That might be a pretty tall order, though, so I am setting my sights on at least getting THIS room cleaned up. If I get brave enough, I might show you before and after pics. Well, bravery isn&#8217;t really the emotion - I guess I would have to get over my embarrassment about how mussy it is in order to share pics. lol
So, we&#8217;ll see. Have a great week, everyone!
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		<title>Playing Catch Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara waters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So much to talk about - so little time. I know, how can that be? But I find that I either have the time to knit - or the time to write - but really, not enough time to do both some days. So, I&#8217;m (quite) a bit behind here. Seems like the 451Press peeps [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[So much to talk about - so little time. I know, how can that be? But I find that I either have the time to knit - or the time to write - but really, not enough time to do both some days. So, I&#8217;m (quite) a bit behind here. Seems like the 451Press peeps are pretty forgiving of me right now and I am thankful for that, but I don&#8217;t want to abuse the system, so will try to do much better.
Today is World-wide Knit in Public Day! Did you know that? I didn&#8217;t find that site soon enough to register our little group of Soldotna knitters - but then, we don&#8217;t really need an excuse to get together and knit in public.
I discovered yet another person I knew BEFORE Ravelry in today&#8217;s group. She shied away from the camera when I took the obligatory picture, though. And the other BR(before Ravelry) person I knew wasn&#8217;t there yet. The ladies you see in this picture all gave permission to post it - but I&#8217;m not going to give their names. If they want to add them via comments that is cool with me.
     Don&#8217;t they make a lovely group of knitters? Many others coming into Mugz also thought so as they stopped to admire the various works in progress and to ask questions. We invited several to join us in future meet-ups. We may have to move a couple of tables together next time.
  
    Several of the ladies are taking part in the Rockin&#8217; Sock KAL (knit along) and today we had a glimpse of the current pattern - one pair of socks finished and on foot, the other pair almost finished and still on needles. Nice work, ladies. Beautiful socks. The Raveler wearing her socks said she loves them - they are super comfortable. They are lovely, too!
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		<title>me-me-me-me</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara waters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  I&#8217;ve been tagged by Miss Piggy! She has up and tagged me for a me-me. Soooooooooooo - here we go:
1. What were you doing 10 years ago (1998)?
Oh, my goodness! I&#8217;m not always sure what I did ten MINUTES ago, let alone ten years ago. Let&#8217;s see . . . 1998 - I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[  I&#8217;ve been tagged by Miss Piggy! She has up and tagged me for a me-me. Soooooooooooo - here we go:
1. What were you doing 10 years ago (1998)?
Oh, my goodness! I&#8217;m not always sure what I did ten MINUTES ago, let alone ten years ago. Let&#8217;s see . . . 1998 - I am positive I was making gooshy gramma faces to the grandbabies - or tickling their toes - or chasing them around the yard through the sprinkler - yup, I&#8217;m a gramma deep, deep down at heart.
2. 5 Things on todays &#8220;to do&#8221; lis:
well, the day is drawing to a close, but you&#8217;ll be reading this Wednesday - so, let&#8217;s see.
a) wake up and go to the pool first thing - laps
b) complete the paperwork from the class I co-facilitate on Tuesday night -
c) complete May&#8217;s stats
d) complete my portion of a grant for work
e) cover the desk for the receptionist so she can have some personal time in the afternoon.
then, an added f) come home, fix dinner, and try to get some knitting done.  
3.  Things I&#8217;d do if I were a billionaire:
a) give back to the Lord what He had graciously given to me
b) pay off both daughter&#8217;s and our houses
c) set up education funds for the 7 grandkiddos
d) buy two new cars - probably Saturns 
e) invest for the future!!!! (cos I&#8217;m not getting any younger, friends!)
4. 3 Bad Habits
WHOSE bad habits? Moi? Nahhhhhhhhhh
oh, wait . . . I guess that is number 1) not seeing my own faults - even when those close to me tell me what they are. 
2) I tend to put myself down and not see my true worth (ooooh - inner reflection!)
3) Like Ms. Piggy - I eat when I&#8217;m not necessarily hungry
5. 5 Places I&#8217;ve lived
okay, this is a little harder - I&#8217;ve only lived in two towns and two states in my 58 years: so, going backwards:
a) Kenai, Alaska - we&#8217;ve been in this house 29 years
b) Cannery Road - SeaCatch fish processing plant. Stayed there our first 9 months in Alaska
c) far east side Columbus Ohio - bought a house there after my Mom died - getting away from the lower west side with all the familial memories and pathos.
d) west side Columbus Ohio - little pink house we bought before youngest daughter was born
e) upper half of a duplex on west side Columbus Ohio - moved there 6 months after we got married - had oldest daughter while we lived there - crazy downstairs neighbor.
6. 5 jobs I&#8217;ve had
Education &#038; Training Coordinator
co-facilitator Batterers Intervention Program
Volunteer Coordinator
Receptionist
pre-school teacher
and, number SIX - da bestest gramma in the world (to my grandbabies!)
I will skip the tagging - if you&#8217;d like to do this, please comment and let me know you&#8217;ve done so.
Thanks, Ms. Piggy - it was fun.
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		<title>Baggy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara waters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  The latest of the bags for Shelly&#8217;s dream - I rediscovered this material Saturday - it was in a bag of scraps. The wording is &#8220;I&#8217;m a Good Kid&#8221; - just how appropriate is that? 
The bags I made are all different sizes - the material had been cut out for a child&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[  The latest of the bags for Shelly&#8217;s dream - I rediscovered this material Saturday - it was in a bag of scraps. The wording is &#8220;I&#8217;m a Good Kid&#8221; - just how appropriate is that? 
The bags I made are all different sizes - the material had been cut out for a child&#8217;s pair of pants, I think. So I had to cut around and out and about and try to come up with rectangles to work. Got 12 bags out of the material, so not too bad. Sewed them by hand because my machine is not working - finished them off with yarn cords and beads.
  So - count to date of the various and sundry bags: 50 - with two more (that I know of) en route, and I think a few more promised. We are, as far as I can tell, 18 shy of the goal of 70 . .  so if you&#8217;ve been sitting on some bags and haven&#8217;t contacted me to send them on, now&#8217;s your (last) chance. Drop me a note at prplmoose AT kenaiwriter DOT net. We are getting close to the end of this project - Shelly will soon have her guest bedroom back - and 140 kids will be blessed by the goodness of a whole lotta people&#8217;s hearts.
Here&#8217;s the breakdown of the ones you see pictured: 5 from Noriko, 2 from JoJo, 5 from Keiko, 8 from Kate, 12 that I made, and 18 that someone (sorry, I&#8217;ve forgotten who) sent to Shelly and Shelly sent to me and I decorated with beads.
I thank you all who have joined in the effort. There was no effort too small - no sharing too little - no love too tiny - you ALL made and are making a difference.
In yarn news . . . after having coffee with friends on Saturday I visited the LYS and bought 2 skeins of sock yarn for Mommy and Me socks. One of my friends (Ms. S - and thanks, Shelly for pointing out the funny about my friends&#8217; names - Ms. B and Ms. S - hahahahaha) has a friend who is welcoming a new baby into the family. (I think this is a grandbaby, but I&#8217;m not sure) and wanted to know how much I would charge to make a pair of Mommy and Me socks. 
Well, as any of you who craft (knit, crochet, sew, etc) know, that is a tough question. How do you put a dollar figure on time and love. You can&#8217;t. So, I let her know tonight how much the yarn cost. Ms. B suggested a gift certificate from the LYS - so, friend is thinking on that as well. 
To be honest - it would be my pleasure to make it a gift. Have a great Tuesday, everyone!
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		<title>Saturday musings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 15:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara waters</dc:creator>
		
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A work in progress from one of the Soldotna Ravelry knitters.
I wasn&#8217;t able to get together with the Soldotna Ravelers today as I had an earlier coffee date with two very dear friends. We met at the same location - Mugz - and sat and talked and laughed and cried and drank our coffee. It [...]]]></description>
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A work in progress from one of the Soldotna Ravelry knitters.
I wasn&#8217;t able to get together with the Soldotna Ravelers today as I had an earlier coffee date with two very dear friends. We met at the same location - Mugz - and sat and talked and laughed and cried and drank our coffee. It was a very nice meet-up and I am blessed to have such great friends as Ms. B and Ms. S. Thank you, ladies. See you again soon.
They have music - looks like about every weekend - in the lounge, too. I&#8217;m a bit disappointed because it looks like a colleague of mine (work related) was featured there tonight. I enjoy her music, but it is usually a &#8220;chance&#8221; occasion when I get to hear it - and, sometimes it is a near miss - like tonight. (Yes, I&#8217;m pouting just a bit)
Daughter Lessa, who writes for 451Press also, (Watching Rachael Ray, Watching Survivor, and Big Brother Craze) also has another home online. Please go and read her snarky account of life on our own little Wisteria Lane. Maybe it&#8217;s just me - and maybe it&#8217;s because I know the folks of whom she speaks, but I about spat on my screen as I read it. Of course, it might be funnier to some who actually watch the show - I&#8217;m afraid I&#8217;ve never seen an episode of Desperate Housewives. (does that make me truly weird?)
In other news - hubby and I went to see the new Indiana Jones flick last night - we weren&#8217;t able to do so last weekend because the showings were all sold out. This week, I bought tickets on the way home from work - we went out for dinner - and then went back to the theatre and saw the film. I was told by the manager that the BIG seller this week was Sex and the City. Well, call me silly, but I would rather watch Indie! 
We enjoyed it greatly. Yes, Harrison Ford is older, but then so am I! I thought that his stunts were reasonable (for an old guy) for the most part. 
There were a couple of scenes I could have done without - no spoilers, BUT - I am a bit afraid of heights (being vertically challenged and all that) and I have a high gag reflex. When you&#8217;ve seen the movie, if you don&#8217;t know what I am referring to, feel free to leave a comment or email me and I&#8217;ll share. 
  
Have a great weekend!
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		<title>And I thought . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 02:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara waters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[hubby&#8217;s socks were big . . . now I&#8217;ve discovered the BIG SOCK project. 
Imagine, if you can, 1500 stitches cast onto several (I think I read there are 13 needles - something like that, anyway) circular needles and then sent around the world for different knitters to knit a row, or two, or ten, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[hubby&#8217;s socks were big . . . now I&#8217;ve discovered the BIG SOCK project. 
Imagine, if you can, 1500 stitches cast onto several (I think I read there are 13 needles - something like that, anyway) circular needles and then sent around the world for different knitters to knit a row, or two, or ten, or more . . .
According to the big sock website the current record holder for the largest handknit sock which measured 4.95 x 4.3 x 1.9 meters is held by the Sheep Farmers Association of Austria. THIS sock hopes to measure 7 meters (22.96 feet) in diameter and is expected to be 4 meters (13.12 feet) long before the heel is turned.
I found out about this project on the Ravelry forum boards - and, doggonit, I wanna play, too. I&#8217;ve posted that I would love to see the sock come to Alaska where we could play with it for awhile.
Surely the Kenai and Soldotna area knitters (Ravelry and otherwise) could have fun with it for awhile and then I could get it to Anchorage for the local yarn stores to play with, too.
Can&#8217;t imagine how much the postage would cost to get it from place to place - that thing is getting pretty BIG! But, if everyone chipped in a buck or so, it wouldn&#8217;t be such a big project or drain on the purse.
And, wouldn&#8217;t it be fun to say you had a part in making some Guiness World Book of Records history? And, you know . . . any excuse for knitters to gather and party - ANY excuse! I&#8217;ve left messages on the ravelry board and on the website - hopefully Alaska will get to see the giant sock.
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		<title>Meet-ups continue</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 01:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara waters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So, on the 17th and again on the 24th I met up with some of the Soldotna Ravelers for coffee and kibbitzing about knitting - and families - and hubbies - and jobs - and the cost of gas, etc. It&#8217;s been fun getting to know these knitters . . . and crocheters. 
One of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[So, on the 17th and again on the 24th I met up with some of the Soldotna Ravelers for coffee and kibbitzing about knitting - and families - and hubbies - and jobs - and the cost of gas, etc. It&#8217;s been fun getting to know these knitters . . . and crocheters. 
One of the daughters was working on a toy elephant in crochet. She was using blue sparkly yarn which just kinda cracked me up, being as the repubs are all blue and such - quipped that she would need to use red should she make a donkey (for the dems, you see).
We have socks in the works and scarves and elephants and leggings . . . we are a diverse and eclectic group - and that is ALL good!
Thoughts out to J&#8217;s mom - hoping she is out of the hospital by now and things are getting back to normal in the J household.
There will be another meet-up this weekend, I understand. I will be at the same place at the same time, most likely, but will be meeting a couple of my friends for coffee and chit-chat - not coffee and click-clack. One of them does knit, but the other does not - she, however, quilts!
Generally, when we get together, it is more chatter than crafting of any sort. Three good friends who don&#8217;t see each other nearly as often as we would like these days. It&#8217;s always good when we CAN get together. (can you tell I&#8217;m looking forward to it?)
And, remember these socks?

We got to meet the new baby last weekend - at the swimming pool while we were celebrating the Pup&#8217;s birthday. He is a cutie patootie!
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		<title>Bag update</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 19:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara waters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[All right, my friends - this has been a long year for Ms. Shelly, she of great passion and even greater heart. Her dream originally was to bathe campers - who have been battling great things in their lives - with some love and cover them with home-made afghans. 
She put out her desire onto [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[All right, my friends - this has been a long year for Ms. Shelly, she of great passion and even greater heart. Her dream originally was to bathe campers - who have been battling great things in their lives - with some love and cover them with home-made afghans. 
She put out her desire onto the internet and asked crocheters from around the internet (which spans around the globe!) for 6 inch squares that would be put into afghans for the youngsters. Next came a plea for crocheters to edge the squares and join them into the afghans.
Her dream grew - wouldnt it be cool to enclose bags for the tags that were on each individual square - (48 tags per afghan) 140 afghans needed bags. Yellow Rose and I would be working on collecting 70 bags each.
Its time for an update and followup request. I have 48 bags in my possession currently. Ive gone through my emails and I think there may have been a few more promised but havent been received yet. (it gets a bit difficult because we all have our online personas and our real life names - and a purple moose can sometimes be easily confused, you see.)
So, here is my request - I need 22 bags to hold up my end of the deal. If you have it in your heart and have not yet contributed, now is your chance. Email me (prplmoose AT kenaiwriter DOT net) and let me know if you are able to help out. 
Shelly is checking on the time when we might be able to deliver the afghans - and that will determine the absolute latest time we can gather the bags to get them to Shelly to get them placed with the afghans to get them delivered to the camp.
See how small ideas snowball?
Thanks to all of you!
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		<title>Well, hello there!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 05:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara waters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, I know it&#8217;s been awhile - and just like a bad penny I turn up, huh? 
Life has been busy in this knitter&#8217;s household. School had come to a screeching halt for the grandkiddos with last field trips and last concerts and last fun things with friends . . . and there are some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Yeah, I know it&#8217;s been awhile - and just like a bad penny I turn up, huh? 
Life has been busy in this knitter&#8217;s household. School had come to a screeching halt for the grandkiddos with last field trips and last concerts and last fun things with friends . . . and there are some firsts, also: granddaughter #1 walked across the floor at the middle school for the last time as a middle schooler and for the FIRST time as a freshman in high school!
My first granddaughter is a FRESHMAN! Oh, my goodness - I do NOT know where the time has gone with that one . . . or with her brother . . . the one who is going to be a JUNIOR next year - the one who is working at his first job - the one who is practicing driving with his mama and his grandpa - my own sweetcakes is a JUNIOR!
Add to that the final swim meets for the grands in the other daughter&#8217;s family and THAT daughter&#8217;s first triathlon, and, and, and, oh, yes - hubby&#8217;s and my 39th anniversary(!!!)
Busy, busy, busy - also at work. And, on the knitting front. 
Really, folks, about the only place I am NOT busy is cleaning my house. Ha ha ha. I am taking off a bit more than a week in June and will try to get the house into some semblance of order.
But, on the knitting front . . .
Finished hubby&#8217;s socks just tonight:

He put them right on and declared them to be good. 
They were part of his anniversary gift - gifted a wee bit late (anniversary was May 10th). Gifted ON the day was:

this Star Trek insignia wash cloth. He loved it.
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