Life

Work has been hectic lately. I've had some pretty extreme ups and downs in the last couple weeks, going from feeling stupid and like I'm in the completely wrong place to feeling excited at what's coming in the future and the knowledge that I can get out of this funk. I'll be glad when the current project is over. The most fun part so far has been creating the skin for the Web help project. It's not even that cool but it allowed me to be a little more creative and know for sure that I knew what I was doing. Sort of a confidence booster.

In April I get to go to our conference in Vegas. I'm hoping it'll be fun. I've never been there before. I'm sure some parts will be not so much fun, like the seminars and things but I think I get to go out a little early so maybe I can see some sights before being stuck inside all day.

Still knitting the Never Ending List Of Projects. Actually, and end is in sight. I have two blankets to finish for Maggie's shower (little over a week) and then two pairs of socks. Then I can take a break or knit for me or charity or something. Well, I may make another baby blanket to send to a coworker but I would still be able to take a little break. I have a bunch of yarn I got from my aunt, mostly acrylic stuff, and I should find something to do with it.

I'm really excited about the one blanket I'm making for Maggie. It's made from squares based on dishcloth patterns and then sewn together. Because she has a forest theme in the baby's room, I'm using animals on the squares so I have a butterfly, dragonfly, frog, and turtle. I'm using white, blue, light green, and darker green for the squares. She doesn't know the sex of the baby and won't until it' s born, so I wanted to do something pretty neutral but not all greens and yellows. The other blanket I'm making for her is based on the Leaf Lace Panel blanket here done in KnitPicks ShineSport in Grass and Green Apple. It's so soft and squishy and beautiful. I love it, but it's taking a long time to make. I'm hoping I have them both done by the shower. The good thing is that the squares are super quick knits (about 2 hours each) so I feel like I'm making good progress there. The only other thing I want to have for her is a bath turtle. You put soap in the shell and scrub away. Fun :) But that gets started once the big things are finished.