Monday, January 8, 2018
Monday, January 1, 2018
Happy New Year!
Finished this blanket this morning -- just in time for a new year filled with new projects! Pattern found at attic 24. I made it for my lovely friend, Amanda, but I was oh so tempted to keep it! I love the colors and the pattern is so squishy and comfy! I might just have to make an identical one sometime in the future.
I was trying madly to finish the blanket before Christmas, but then a couple of weeks ago I ran out of yarn on my last row of that color -- so close mushroom, so close!
So I had to order more -- I just couldn't stand the idea of changing the color so late in the game! It simply would not do. The problem is that I order from a place in England, so 1. it takes a while to get here and 2. there is a flat shipping rate, so of course I am compelled to order plenty of yarn to make it worthwhile, am I right? One of my goals for the next year is to stop spending money! I know! Completely insane! But I must do something about my compulsive impulsivity! Since I knew that I was going to have this lofty objective, I went ahead and planned all of my crochet projects for the coming year so I wouldn't have to buy any more yarn after my start date... of today! I'm pretty much all set, with one blanket about halfway done and I think five more waiting in the wings.
We enjoyed a rousing New Year's Eve party at Rose and Rick's abode -- the boys always manage to stay awake until midnight! No early birds in this house! The girls both slept at friend's houses so we didn't have to worry about waiting up for them. Matthew ran Charles to work around 11:45 and barely missed the countdown. I received my new year's kiss a couple of minutes late. Neither of the little boys would deign to let me give them a smooch. They're really quite affectionate, but not in front of their friends apparently.
Today was a relaxing one for the most part and then we're going to Amanda and Dave's for dinner. I'm so excited for the new year! I try to calm down and not get into the cliche of making new year's resolutions, but I honestly cannot even help myself! The excitement of a completely blank slate yawning and stretching out into the great beyond appeals to the deepest parts of me and I get carried away with hopes, dreams, resolves, affirmations, desires... delusions. Matthew tries to temper my fervor by telling me to stick to just a few goals, or not be so strict and absolute, but I generally ignore him and forge wantonly ahead with "50 million actions of improvement" that are going to utterly transform my life! Hurrah!
I was trying madly to finish the blanket before Christmas, but then a couple of weeks ago I ran out of yarn on my last row of that color -- so close mushroom, so close!
So I had to order more -- I just couldn't stand the idea of changing the color so late in the game! It simply would not do. The problem is that I order from a place in England, so 1. it takes a while to get here and 2. there is a flat shipping rate, so of course I am compelled to order plenty of yarn to make it worthwhile, am I right? One of my goals for the next year is to stop spending money! I know! Completely insane! But I must do something about my compulsive impulsivity! Since I knew that I was going to have this lofty objective, I went ahead and planned all of my crochet projects for the coming year so I wouldn't have to buy any more yarn after my start date... of today! I'm pretty much all set, with one blanket about halfway done and I think five more waiting in the wings.
We enjoyed a rousing New Year's Eve party at Rose and Rick's abode -- the boys always manage to stay awake until midnight! No early birds in this house! The girls both slept at friend's houses so we didn't have to worry about waiting up for them. Matthew ran Charles to work around 11:45 and barely missed the countdown. I received my new year's kiss a couple of minutes late. Neither of the little boys would deign to let me give them a smooch. They're really quite affectionate, but not in front of their friends apparently.
Today was a relaxing one for the most part and then we're going to Amanda and Dave's for dinner. I'm so excited for the new year! I try to calm down and not get into the cliche of making new year's resolutions, but I honestly cannot even help myself! The excitement of a completely blank slate yawning and stretching out into the great beyond appeals to the deepest parts of me and I get carried away with hopes, dreams, resolves, affirmations, desires... delusions. Matthew tries to temper my fervor by telling me to stick to just a few goals, or not be so strict and absolute, but I generally ignore him and forge wantonly ahead with "50 million actions of improvement" that are going to utterly transform my life! Hurrah!
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