I've been a busy girl, as is evident from my lack of posting.
Last Saturday night we went to the Opera (The Queen of Spades) and on Sunday Little Squid got his post opera migraine. Which continued into Monday, netting me a half day off of work. When I returned home with Little Squid (he was at work with me until I realized that this migraine was not going away), I decided to tackle the woven squares I'd worked up over the years.
I organized and placed and sorted and, with Little Squid's final approval, started sewing them together. The status as of this post is:
Last Saturday night we went to the Opera (The Queen of Spades) and on Sunday Little Squid got his post opera migraine. Which continued into Monday, netting me a half day off of work. When I returned home with Little Squid (he was at work with me until I realized that this migraine was not going away), I decided to tackle the woven squares I'd worked up over the years.
I organized and placed and sorted and, with Little Squid's final approval, started sewing them together. The status as of this post is:
It still needs a final border of the brown blocks -- need to weave 24 more of them -- and several yards more of the jewel green tape. Little Squid is weaving the tape on his inkle loom. For the time being, however, it is serving it's intended purpose as a second couch blanket. One blanket doesn't cut it when you are snuggling with a large child in the middle of a cold winter night.Then there are the mittens. Knit over the holiday weekend to replace Little Squid's battered bumble bee stripe mittens. They are double knit and, when same color out, the elephants are supposed to be on the back of the hands.
There's been other stuff going on. And all of it takes the form of fantastic blog posts. In my head. As I ride home from work. Yup. Still riding. Managed 2.5 days (5 trips) last week. and 8 trips the week before.Tomorrow the temperature at 6:30 a.m. is supposed to be 18 degrees.
I might drive.
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My comforter has been back on my bed for a few weeks now and I must say, snuggling under it after getting throughly chilled at work and on the ride home (can you say "double period yard duty?") has been a wonderful experience. My bedroom is finally a haven again, except for the occasional nasty dream about my former "room mates."
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Have I mentioned that I love my job again? My staff is fantastic, as are most of the kids. At my old school the goal really seemed to be to take a good school and make it better. Here ... well let's just say that we're not on anyone's top ten list. There's good, honest work to be done and people who can envision the end result. Kids are knitting and crocheting all over the school and that is only making our job easier. Thank you to all who have made this possible!!!
2 comments:
I was thinking of you on Friday night. We had squid for dinner. That was a first for me.
Your new blankie is looking good.
18 degrees and riding a bike! Oh my golly, don't know that this Florida girl could tolerate that. It's in the 40's tonight and I'm feeling chilled.
I hope Little Squid's migraine is gone and he's feeling much better. It's so neat you can work together on the quilt with him.
Brrr! to riding outdoors now! I much prefer being under the blankets with cats. :)
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