Vacation time!! We leave on a flight to California tomorrow at 7:00 am won’t be back for a week and a half. There is still a ton of packing and prepping to do. I anticipate being up til about 3:00 am getting ready.

My internet access will be spotty, so if I get the chance to update here I will. Otherwise, I’ll be back to normal posting when I return home.

I’m planning on finishing the LFFCS/BOBA on this trip and hopefully starting the Fetzensocks. Maybe even finishing them. I really hope I get some knitting time on this trip. Chasing a rambunctious toddler all around California does tend to limit the sit quietly and knit time.

To keep the top of the blog looking cute, here’s the Boy when he was six months old.

My blog was down all weekend and Monday. I didn’t even realize it til Monday morning. But now the super responsive Candi of Nohasslehosting.net got me going again. Too bad I can’t sit here and blog…I have to get out and get 5 visits done, some cat, some dogs. Then at 3:30 I get a haircut and waxing (underarm, bikini, legs). Yowch!!!

I’ve always been an erratic blogger. At the beginning, I was like tewtally into it, dude. Then I slowed down, I stopped, I started again slowly, I slowed down even more, stopped and well, I forget how many times I’ve stopped and started. I’m starting again, but as usual make no promises whatsoever. Not that anyone is reading to make promises to, but maybe some day I’ll have a blog buddy or two again.

Biggest show stopper right now is I want to find an efficient way to take, download, and upload pics to the blog. I can’t seem to find the right code in Flicker to paste into my entries and I don’t want to blog from Flickr. I’ll keep playing around with it.

Mainly I want to have some chronicle of what’s going on in our lives. The Boy was born nearly 3 years ago, and in that time I’ve struggled with depression and it seemed like there was never any energy to keep up with this, or do anything really. Lately, I’ve been doing better. A lot better. I find myself with urges to do things that are not accompanied by the thought, “Fuck it, it’s too much work.” Until a few months ago, that was my prevailing attitude. Nowadays, I’ll have an urge or idea, and actually feel jazzed about doing it.

I’d like to write about what I have on my knitting needles, what I’m growing in the garden, what the Boy is up to, what the Rock Star and I are doing, you know…all the usual blog fodder. So yeah, here’s an entry about nothing, unless you count intention. I have intentions, folks. Not big intentions, those almost always disappoint, but little intentions. The smallest really. But they are definitely intentions.

It’s the weirdest thing…I’ve been trying to blog for the last couple weeks, but the blog software was all wonky and wouldn’t let me post or change the sidebar or do anything at all really. I kept coming back and wasting time trying things out…

Tonight, without any real hope, I tried again…and what the fuck!? It works now! I can make and delete posts. I can edit and delete items in the sidebar. I can blog from Flickr. Woot!!! To bad I’m to tired to do anything else tonight.

I’m gonna knit a bit on my hemp skirt (more on that later) and then go to bed. It’s been a rough day. Rupert (my little white dog) had her teeth cleaned and a couple of them extracted this past Tuesday. This morning when I woke up she was yelping in pain and spent the morning talking to the vets and trying to calm her down. I gave her a pain pill and she started acting normal within an hour, but it was still very, very stressful. The rest of my day looked bleak as I had to take my mom for some medical testing. It didn’t go that badly, though and I even got a little knitting done. So I’m tired. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll be able to post a couple current pics of us and the Boy, plus my many finished knitting objects.

Has it really been nearly a month? Wowsa!! I’d like to say I have a lot to tell you, but I really don’t. It’s not like nothing has been happening, quite the contrary, in fact. It’s just that very little of it is really bloggable. How’s about a few headlines? OK? Cool. (oh and no pictures. I’m far too lazy to do all that. Next post, I promise.)

Honey I Shrunk the To-Do List!! — I didn’t stick to the plan as well as I wanted to but I did enough to get my to-do list under control. The house is mostly clean, my business paperwork is mostly caught up, and we are starting to consider adding exercise to our lives. We’ve already started trying to cut back on portions and resist most desserts (damn Girl Scout Cookies taunting me). There’s a lot of room for improvement in my sticking to the plan, but overall, I feel good about it so far and my stress level has lowered measurably. I feel good enough about what I’ve gotten done, that I rarely feel guilty about spending the evening knitting. And speaking of knitting…

Holy Finished Objects, Batman!!! — The pink sox are done. I actually wore them for a couple of days. I couldn’t wait to weave in the ends, block and photograph them. Uh-unh, no way. They went onto my feet as they came off the needles. I love them. So perfectly comfortable and so pink and cheery!!! One teensy little complaint, it seems like the yarn kind of pills up with wear. On the plus side, the gaps around the heel don’t show up much at all and certainly don’t affect the comfort. And the Boy’s Weasley Sweater is DONE!!! As in seamed, ends woven in and blocked. I just finished it about a half an hour ago (10:00 pm CST). I can’t wait to try it on him tomorrow. I already know it’ll be way to big for him, but that’s what I planned. It’ll be perfect for him next winter. It turned out so good and I love, love, love it!! This project taught me so many things and gave me a ton of confidance to take on more sweater projects. Turns out I don’t mind doing Mattress Stitch seaming. A lot of people kind of groan over doing the finishing, but I gotta tell you pulling those stitches tight and watching the two pieces come together….and the line is invisible…WOW! It’s so cool!! I get a little thrill every time I look at it!! The duplicate stitch Z on the front turned out great and I didn’t mind that part either. I’ve always loved needlework, so it was kinda fun for me. All in all, I loved this pattern and can see myself repeating it. Maybe matching sweaters for the Rock Star and me? Next up are socks in Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sport. I’m going to try the Zig-Zag sockulater at the Knitting Fiend to make a Jaywalker like sock. None of my stash of sock yarn matches the Jaywalker pattern’s gauge and I don’t really know how to modify it. I’ll be trying to do it 2 socks on 2 circs, top down. Wish me luck.

We Didn’t Win the Lottery. — More’s the pity. I could really use the money as I consider what my next project will be. I want to knit Clapotis from Knitty. I looked into the Lorna’s Laces Lion and Lamb 50/50 wool and silk, but holy crapoly that stuff is expensive. I can hardly justify $85 for a shawl/scarf I may not even wear. I’m not really a shawl wearer…I just think its a cool looking pattern and might wear a shawl more if I had one I really loved. I’m looking at another yarn now that’ll be half that price. It’s from Brooks Farm and I’m torn between the Muted Varsity, Mission Red, Black, and Intense. I wish I could feel it before I buy it. I should try to find out if anyone around here has it. I’ve seen a picture of Clapotis done with this yarn and it is quite beautiful.

The Wave of the Future — Podcasts. I’m crazy for Podcasts. I listen on my iRiver while I’m driving, walking, knitting, cleaning and any other time I can. I listen to several knitting podcasts. I listen to a history podcast. I listen to Dawn and Drew and Quirky Nomads, who defy categorization. I love being able to listen to what I want, when I want. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to go back to radio.

Like Sands Through the Hour Glass — the Boy turn 18 months old on 3/10. So much to say about that, I’ll leave it for another post. I turn 42 or 43 (can’t ever remember my age) on 3/30.

Fucking Weather — There’s only so much knee deep snow I can slog through before I stop thinking, “Oh, how pretty!?”. Tomorrow I’ll take pictures of my world in white. Yesterday and today, I just couldn’t stand it. Too many dogs to walk, cats to visit and driving for the winter wonderland we are living in to be all that wonderful.

Guess that’s about it for now. I’ll post pics soon.

Because it’s fucking hilarious, that’s why. Carry on.

All over blogland the last few days. It’s the word cloud. I like it. Here’s a link to make one for your blog. Here’s mine: