Since my last post I have logged ten knitting/crochet projects totaling 1,640 yards of yarn (nearly a mile!), and made more progress on my sweater (which often gets set aside to complete something with a little quicker gratification). There have also been a few projects started that weren't going to work out right so they were undone. I don't consider that a waste of time, though - there is always something I can learn about using different yarn or needles, or whether it's really the kind of knitting I wanted to do. Sometimes I'm so captivated by a knitted item I decide I must do it, without taking into consideration that it incorporates a style or method I really don't care for. Here is one that I couldn't resist, even if it does get a bit fiddly: a Norwegian baby hat that I knitted for a new great niece. DW has been a great model for some of my projects and she always shows things off to great advantage :-)
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| Norwegian Sweet Baby Cap |
Both kids are doing all right, alternating between sailing along and struggling in rough seas depending on the day or issue. Girlie will get to ride in the equine therapy program through December (which she loves) until they quit for the winter. Boyo is busy with preparations for The Nutcracker and looking forward to starting basketball. This will be the first time he has been involved in an organized school sport and we hope for the best.
My mother's live-in caregiver left unexpectedly so there was a bit of a flurry trying to decide how best to handle it, and several meetings and long emails/phone conversations with siblings. At this point I think I'll call it 'so far, so good', and leave it at that.
We are preparing for an IEP meeting next week with Girlie's team and I'm sure a lot of the focus will be on how best to work on transitioning her toward high school (eep!) next fall. That, and the holidays fast approaching with extra rehearsals, tech week, gift and charity knitting, and starting basketball practices is quite enough to be going with for the moment! We'll concentrate on the good parts because, after all, time flies whether we're having fun or not!
