Things are crazy busy these days. What happened to the lazy days of summer? Maybe we’re just not there yet. It’s coming, right around the corner. After baseball, after VBS, after basketball camp, pottery classes, science camps, nature camps, scout camps…
Yesterday was actually one of the most relaxing days I’ve had in awhile. My cousin Gwen is in town from New Mexico and we had a fun afternoon at my aunt’s house yesterday. My boys set up the volleyball net and my sister, aunt, and boys and I played a bit. What fun. I’m the youngest cousin in the bunch so my kids are the youngest when we get together. The next oldest is 26, My kids don’t seem to mind, but yesterday they were trying to get enough for a game of volleyball and were getting annoyed that the stodgey adults wouldn’t play with them. My other cousin in Chicago actually has kids close in age to my kids, though she’s ten years older than I am. She’s coming today so my kids are excited. We’re going to the local minor league game with the whole family. Should be fun.
In knitting news I’m knitting socks, still socks. In the past 3 months I have completed 1 1/2 pairs from handspun for myself and switched gears to knit a pair for DH for his birthday next month. I’m so sweet. Carpel tunnel for love. He’s so worth it though. Though I am beginning to have doubts, this sock has become a pain in the bum. Most of my socks are ribbed because they just tend to fit better. Who likes slouchy socks? But I got cocky and decided moss stitch would be lovely so off I went. DH has a bit of a large leg and wide foot, though technically not truly wide by definition. I measured and decided he needed an 88 stitch CO on #1’s. When I got it going enough to try on he decided it was too big. So I frogged the entire thing and restarted down to an 80 stitch CO. Last night he tried it on again and it still seems too roomy and I’m afraid it’ll slip down his leg. So I frogged the 3 inches back again and am starting over. I could be half way down the leg by now if I had it right to start with. I think Kroysocks is so stretchy, almost too much. When I knit socks with Opal or my handspun I was surprised at how much less tension it required. So I guess I’m having adjustment issues with the yarn. Whatever, once I get it right it’s not a problem. Keepin’ my eye on the prize. Of course, it won’t be a SURprise since he’s seeing it in action and trying it on, etc. But I want them to be right.
In other news, I decided not to build a bomb shelter, buy cases of Spam, or bottled water. My buddy Ruby claims the the ready.gov site recommends having two weeks of food in your pantry so I’m going with that. Though I am going to start a preparedness tote: first aid kit, extra batteries, emergency crank radio, couple bottled water jugs. That book, The Road, seriously messed with my head, I think the best way to handle it is hope I’m one of the first unfortunate ones to perish. Is that doom and gloom or what? No, just a lazy way out. Can you imagine how our pathetic, spoiled society would handle a national emergency where everything shut down. Katrina on a national scale. The thought just blows my mind. I’ve always said that in times like that it would do no good to have a store of gas, money, gold, valuables, etc. in your home. The valued items which will be bartered are food, water, medication, and most of all, alcohol and weapons. Maybe I should just stock up on Foster’s. Why didn’t I think of that before?
