Sweet Sixteen!

Our Blog is old enough to drive!  Can you believe it?

Your bags were well received here.  I am very impressed with them.  Smallest loved the plant bag!  I am so glad you didn't give her the dancer.  She was showing me a necklace that her boyfriend gave her.  It is a bow charm-type thing.  I said, "Oh, it's so nice that he didn't get you a ballet shoe!" and she told me that he told her that was his original plan, but they were sold out.  She was really glad not to get the shoe.  In other news, she's probably going to break up with him soon, because he has professed his undying love and desire to be with her forever.  She doesn't want that - he's her first boyfriend! - so womp womp for him.

I have been busy trying to finish off my present knitting.  I am up to the armhole shaping on the vest, but I stopped work on that to start the second pair of yellow socks for Middle, but then I stopped those also to work on the hood, which is the most needed in the cold of Chicago!  I'm five rows from starting the neck ribbing portion of the hood, so maybe halfway?  I will include pictures of me modeling.  Middle likes the sock and the hood so far.   The edge of the hood curls in, so it definitely needs to be blocked.

Middle is here for a week, yay!  We are playing cards and eating tasty food and chilling out.  Tomorrow we're going to go buy shoes and find a quilt store that's open.  None of the close ones are open on Sunday.  I think that they will have dinner with their dad, and then on Monday have dinner with Dad and his wife and their kiddo.  (I have gossip - will send in an email) Tuesday they'll be with us, Wednesday they'll see a HS friend, and then Thursday they head back to Chicago early early in the morning.  It's so great to have them here.

So, I have those three projects to finish and then it's Sweater time!  The Boy is here until Jan 25th, so I think I'm going to try to take the bus to work as much as I can, because that's over an hour of knitting every day!  We'll see how it goes.  I'm going to work short hours this coming week because Middle is still here, but there's still plenty of time in January.  I can take the bus that is a little farther from us too, so I'll still get my walking in!  And I don't have to change buses if I take that one...  plotting and planning!

I love my owl and pussycat!  And the little tin of treasures.  Very fun, thank you!

Okay, adding pictures and then off to bed.  I haven't worked on the quilt over the break at all, and Baby #2 was supposed to arrive today.  My friend was induced today, as she was developing preeclampsia and has a host of other pregnancy related issues.  She's at 37 weeks (out of 40) so that's good enough!

Margie

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