Howdy, all. I stayed up way too late last night finishing the congress[del]idiots[/del]people, but Isaac was such a good boy this morning – I went to bed really late, got up at a decent hour and let him out and fed him, and then we both went back to sleep for a couple more hours. When I got up he was totally sprawled across both dog beds in the living room. Silly doggie!
So today has been a lazy day. I finished the sock I was test-knitting; as you can see, it turned out quite nicely. Now I have to knit the second one. But I was a good girl, cast on for the second one immediately! There’s no rush on it, however, now that I’ve finished the first, which was all she needed a photo of for her test knitters album. I liked the pattern; it was easy to knit, even on the teensy needles.
That’s still better than what my mother does, which is talk about her bowels. For some reason, she feels compelled to report upon every bowel movement in great detail – size, ease of production, density, etc. It’s really obnoxious, but I managed to develop a certain immunity to it while I was visiting her. Thank heaven, because she just called me and gave me a full medical update, including the fact that drinking the warm prune juice one of the visiting nurses recommended (ewwww!) has solved her problems. Just lovely. :rolleyes:
Speaking of medical stuff, those Nexcare nonstick pads really are wonderful, aren’t they, Gotti? I used them after my knee surgery, and I will never use regular gauze pads again if I can help it.
I’m hoping to have a nice, quiet evening, too. Isaac has had a good play session, and I figured out how much work I’ve put out in the past five days – nearly 600 pages of transcript! – so decided I really need at least one full day doing NO work. Maybe two. It’s such a pretty day, it’s perfect for just sitting here enjoying the fresh air and sunshine and knitting and reading.
Back to knitting. Can’t decide if I want to do more of the ribbing on the second yellow sock, or if I want to go back to the super-challenging sock (Cookie A.'s Stricken sock pattern) that has been languishing for a bit. Or whether I want to really get working on one of the lace scarves for the nieces. Or whether I want to just take a nap. Decisions, decisions!