I've been a bad, bad blogger. A silent and busy blogger. One might think that I were knee-deep in Olympic project knitting, but I'm participating in the other Olympic knitalong, which includes copious amounts of beer drinking and lacks focus on knitting. One could say that I've been excelling at this knit along, since I've been knee-deep in celebrating, helping with homework, well wishing, and just plain relaxing with good friends.
The Celebrating. The hubby and I celebrated Valentines Day with a nice dinner at our favorite restaurant. And we weren't supposed to exchange gifts (his rule), but somehow earrings (for me) and chocolate turtles (for him) were exchanged. I know he got the short end of the stick, but he seemed perfectly happy with the chocolates. He's soooo hard to shop for because he already has everything he needs/wants.
The helping with Homework. Ever feel like you're back in school with your child? Our schools (mostly just the Middle School) assign projects that require, sometimes serious amounts, of input and assistance from parents. The latest project consisted of preparing and mounting several posters and pictures to a large display board for an upcoming presentation. I don't mind helping out, but I question how much is actually learned from doing this. My son simply printed graphics from the Internet and I helped him glue them to his board. I'm thinking the real learning occurred when he was doing the research and writing the report that accompanied the display board. However, the display board accounts for a larger percentage of his grade. Just a tiny beef I have with this particular school. And his display board turned out great--if I say so myself!
The Well-wishing slash going-away party. A good friend has been activated into the National Guard and will be shipping off to Iraq soon. He will be the first person I actually know who has been shipped off. I know a lot of people who have a friend or family member overseas in harms way, and now I do as well. I'm scared out of my mind for him, but hoping everything will be fine. He doesn't seem to be worried in the least. He's a police officer so I guess he's used to facing risks.
The relaxing with good friends. We were supposed to knit together and to teach the new people how to knit. Instead too many Cosmopolitans were consumed, resulting in too little knitting. It was great fun though.
The knitting. Notice how I didn't really mention knitting up top? I've been knitting a bit here and there. I've managed to finish both sleeves and I began the body of the Snowflake sweater yesterday. Actually, it seems like I've made a lot of progress considering the small amount of time I've put into knitting this thing.
Sorry for the boring update. But at least it's an update, right. Something is better than nothing. It's the best I can do as I currently have a pounding headache. Think it's related to the copious amounts of beer drinking and partying? DOH!
Sounds like life has stepped in and disrupted your knitting time :) Just passing through on Stashalong patrol--have a great week!
Posted by: Kim | February 20, 2006 at 10:32 AM