Finally

The daughter finally got around to taking a picture of her purple socks….sorry the picture is so fuzzy.

Exhausted

Of course I didn’t go to bed until 3am so that could explain my ‘arse’ dragging today. I did finally finish the purple socks and gifted them to the daughter. They fit her perfectly and she really likes them. The batteries in my camera are dead so I’ll take pictures of them tonight after work.

I’ve already started on a pair for Mr. Man in that lovely green merino that my SP11 sent me. I had intended on keeping that yarn for myself because it’s just so pretty but after about a dozen not so subtle hints about how I’ve managed to make socks for everyone in the free world except him…..well I caved and cast on his future socks. I decided on a manly garter rib stitch pattern which should be a quick knit. Ok….quicker knit. Work is really interfering with my knitting time.

I think I’m going to frog the lace shawl. I did some quick calculations and I don’t think I’m going to have enough yarn to make this as big has I want, and since the yarn was gifted to me and didn’t have a yarn band identifying the type of yarn it is, chances of finding more are slim. But I know I can find more of the Debbie Bliss silk in black that my mother sent me so that’s the direction I’ll head….besides a black shawl in silk sounds yummy…..of course as I cruse around the ‘nets’ I’m sure I’ll change my mind a few times.

So....how was the festival you ask?

Other then this: (I was right on the other side of that white tent when it happened....scary)



It went fine....I'm a little tired and am spending the week closing out the show books and getting ready for another festival this weekend. I'll post some pictures later....

Danger Will Robinson….we have pictures

I’m stuck at work…trying to rap up some of the loose ends for the festival.

Last night when I got home I had this waiting for me:


OK….it WAS actually closed and sealed up nicely…..notice how I trashed the box ripping into it. Geez…what am I two? ;) It’s a present from my SP11. The label says Tulsa. SP if you’re in Tulsa, I hope you’re staying dry and safe with all that flooding. I know ALL about flooding….trust me.

Inside I found this sweet little card:



And this:


The granddaughter already claimed the pen and one of the sticky pads for herself:

Notice the lovely PJ’s she’s sporting….it’s 90 freakin’ degrees here and I can’t get her to take those off and wear something even slightly cooler….it took me a half hour to convince her that she didn’t really need to wear her fuzzy slippers….I mean it’s hot enough to fry an egg on the porch.

I also found this yummy 100% super wash Merino sock yarn. Isn’t it the prettiest green! The daughter was eyeing HARD. But it’s mine…all mine (insert hysterical laughter here)


And just cus I’m on a roll…..pictures of the STILL not completed August socks:

They will rock….once they’re done.

And the still not done shawl:

Heck…the lack of progress on this is embarrassing.

Well…there you have it….must get to work now.

THANK YOU so much SP11….you’re the best!

Why yes I am in hell...thanks for asking

Actually not so much.....just in Festival mode so I won't be around much for the next 10 days. Needless to say there will be no knitting getting done around here...lots of Rock-n-Roll....but knitting, not so much.

Challenges

I’ve had a few these last three weeks. Mostly blood glucose related. Even though I’m not taking a sulfonylurea Byetta is kicking my ‘arse’. I’m still experiencing lows in the evening (40’s and 50’s) which make getting anything accomplished nearly impossible.

My knitting for one is suffering….it’s hard to focus when you’re struggling to get your BG up. These lows last for several hours and by the time I manage to get my BG up into the 70’s I feel like a truck has drug me down the road by my ankles and all I want to do is sleep.

I’m nervous about how I’m going to deal with all of this in the middle of this outdoor festival I’m doing the second week in September….dealing with a low would not be a good thing. On the plus side this stuff has really made my morning numbers great and I’ve had fasting levels that would make a non-diabetic envois. 82 morning fasting when I take the dinner dose….140 when I don’t. And of coarse when I start my day with a fasting of 140 my numbers the rest of the day stink. It’s just those pesky evening lows….which by the way no one has an explanation for. Not my doctor, not Lilly, not other people using Byetta….no one has every heard of that happening to anyone not also taking a sulfonylurea. I’m an anomaly.

I hate being an anomaly.

But again….on the plus side….I’m drinking a boat-load of juice….something I hadn’t be able to do in a long time. I ‘heart’ juice.

I’m still hoping to finish the August socks when I get home tonight….lets just hope my body cooperates.

I’ve been distracted

This came the other day:


A birthday present from my son…..I ‘heart’ it. Even though it’s a little frustrating since the shuffle is a continuous play MP3 it makes it nearly impossible to use for audio books which is what I was hopping to use it for. But I’ve downloaded an Agatha Christie podcast which will hopefully take me through finishing my August socks.

I see a regular ipod in my future ;)because I'm hooked.

Pictures of the finished socks and ‘not even close to finished’ wrap later…..