Not Long to Go

The wait is nearly over.

Trust me–It’s worth the wait!

My friend Rin and her lovely family came for a short visit earlier in the week.

We had a blast at 10 Barrel last night… ♥

 fun times, beer party, dining out…awesome company!

What is your favorite place for dinner, drinks and fun…with friends, family or special someone?

Happy crafting and keep those creative juices running!

(still doesn’t do texting, MySpace, Twitter, StumbleUpon, DiggIt…but caved into Facebook!)

Surviving a Storm

Getting up, lunch packed, and out the door by 6:30 in the morning…

Get the teen to Lewis & Clark for her State Solo performance by 10:40.

Just ten minutes away–not a clue…he says, she says–driver licenses and insurance information exchanged. Here is our worst part of the damage:

The other car suffered most harm of the two vehicles…

They had five huge, stocky dudes–all came out with their iPhones. I told hubby not to make waves. Everyone behaved in a civilized manner. Within fifteen minutes, we were swiftly back on the road.

and got us all at the college in time

for a warm-up.

At least, no one was hurt. Rest of the day was good.  The teen got to hang up in the mall with her good friends, Gabbi and Elizabeth, for a few hours.

Here I’m still attempting last piece of the recent batch of commissioned work.

I feel this will never end.  Knitting it over seven times.  Kid you not.  Seven. I thought I got it while I was hanging out at Twisted in Portland this afternoon…I didn’t.  Neither foreign nor complicated.  Yet, I can’t seem to make it right?

What’s the big deal?  Why not just finagle the instruction, knit the tank up, and turn  it in?   What’s stopping me?  It’s a shop sample.  That’s what.  I have to knit as instructed–line by line–to a letter T.

There are a beginning and a beginning of round markers.  I could’t seem to stop at those two points after the 3rd row once cast on.  After forging ahead and knit-up nearly one full skein, I unraveled every stitch…

It will be gorgeous and that I’ll be very happy at the end when the whole thing is finished.

I keep telling myself that…Besides, Imperial Ranch Erin is soft on the hands with nice touch to the skin. I don’t mind so much for knitting it over again. But, as this is going slowly, surely, I need another to-go project to work on–between errands, waiting for kids,  in the car to grocery shopping, or just to have a break.

At least, I got to see my designer friend Michele and had a short chat…surrounded by a few pleasant knitters too.  It’s another beautiful day .

Thank you for reading my rant and a little of an uneventful day. What’s your challenge today?

Happy crafting and keep those creative juices running!

(still doesn’t do texting, MySpace, Twitter, StumbleUpon, DiggIt…but caved into Facebook!)