Road Trip?

I have been trying to travel to PA to see family repeatedly the last few years and life always gets in the way. Recently, I realized that it has been 7 YEARS since I was back there. i decided that that is ridiculous. I talked to my aunt and she doesn't have anything else going on. Now Mom can't go and Brandon doesn't want to. Poo! I think that I am a big girl and can go by myself. If I do, that means I can stop anywhere I want and no one can tell me I shouldn't or can't! I can stop in Ohio and see Holly and I can drive however long I want too. Now the problem is that Brandon wants me to go while he is on vacation so that he doesn't need my help prepping for work stuff. Unfortunately, the week he is on vacation is my busy week. We have Christmas Musical Practice, AHG, AWANA, and CoOp next week. I was hoping to take several days on this trip, but now I have to figure out what I can reasonably skip. I guess I'll have to take the pray and evaluate route.

Productive week! ...sort of.

5 inches into the second sock. WOOT! Only cast on yesterday at my Mom's and I feel like I am flying through this. Very excited about my progress because my left foot is cozy and warm, but my right foot is freezing;)
We recently purchased a Wii Fit and my hubby insists that we are going to work out now "all of us". Don't let the commercials with animated games fool you. The workouts on that thing do some serious work. My calves are all kinds of crampy because I didn't plan my workout well.
I spent all day doing fieldwork for upcoming commitments. Paperwork, brainstorming, and lots, and lots of calls. I got lots of things firmed up and new plans implemented.

SIDE B)On the other hand, I still have boxes of Christmas decor in front of my back door. Mice got in our shed. I need to sort through it all and fling damaged goods. I am not looking forward to it, so I have avoided it all week long.
I should be prepping for a class I have to teach tomorrow morning and instead I am blogging. I guess that is an easy fix, but a boring one. Oh well, have nots before fun.
Later

Woot! I have half a pair!

I finished it! I now officially am a sock knitter! Now if I can just avoid Second Sock Syndrome. dun, dun, dun. At some point I hope to be putting up photos, but right now I am doing well to get on and blog. I cast on my second sock and it wasn't five minutes until I frogged it and started over. this week is so crazy busy that I ought to be smart and wait til next week when I have a brain again.

Will power though fiber

So here I am bored out of my skull on a Sunday afternoon and what does my dh decide to do? TAKE A NAP! Now I am bored and insanely resentful. 4 kids running around here and he thinks he can just do nothing to help out. ARGH. I could eat chocolate to balm my frazzled nerves. I could shop online for instant gratification. Instead I decide to knit on my sock. sigh. I am excited that I am over 6 inches now and will be turning a heel soon, but knitting while listening to the boys fight and hubby snore is not the aesthetic experience I was hoping for.
If I wasn't a knitter I would weigh 300 lbs and be in bankruptcy court. I guess the truth is that knitting distracts me and therefore keeps me sane.

Socks for who?

I finally started my first sock. I forked out the $10 bucks for a skein of sock yarn to do a pair and I must say, that the willingness to spend $10 bucks on 1 potential pair of socks is a stark contrast to my ruthlessly frugal nature. I suppose that it shows how much I am enjoying knitting now that i have gotten going. Of course it does mean that i have started yet another new project when i have a pile of unfinished as it is. I was showing my dh my first inch of potential foot warmth last night and he looked puzzled. He asked me, "Did you finish your hat?" How little he knows about true knitters:)