Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Soldiering On

Thank you all for your commiseration and suggestions for the neckline. I've never had a problem counting before, but, whew, that neck gave me a run for my money. I picked it up again yesterday and knit away, while baby (well, kind of a baby) crawled up next to me and tucked her arm in mind. Cute, but I was counting, you know? Next thing I knew, she was falling sideways, lulled to sleep by the awesome wooliness of the sweater. I had to ease out to take a picture, even though she's sleeping like I do, with everything she's got, and it's not necessarily pretty. Heehee. (By the by, the neck came out great! Now if I could get the hem to stop rolling out.... I like the sweater, though. Really.)



I got tagged in a meme by my good friend Arleta, who is one of the most consistently nice people that I know. I try to surround myself with these people, but unfortunately you are all scattered all over the continents! Fortunately, Arleta is right here, and I get to spend voice time with her, not just typing time. The meme is that I need to type seven things, trivia really, that I haven't mentioned in my blog before. Then I tag seven people, list their blogs, and send them a comment letting them know. Hey, I can do that! =) Well, I think so, anyway. I tell you guys about most any little thing that wanders in my head.

1. I am trying to singlehandedly offset everyone else's power consumption, so I sit in the dark a fair amount.

2. I have garlands of cranes strung around my house as "decorations." I don't know what I'll do with them after that.

3. I have a bald eagle that frequently lands in the trees by me, and he and I just stare at each other.

4. I was walking my puppy once, and a HUGE white owl swooped down and tried to pick him up. The owl was absolutely silent. Amazing.

5. I am prone to small attacks of anxiety for no reason at all (well, no logical reason). I might be picking up vibes from the universe. =)

6. I would like to hire a handyman to clean out my garage and basement, as long as he didn't make me look at what he was throwing away. I don't need anything down there, and I'm too afraid of mice to do it myself.

7. I have a fear of my feet being off the ground, but I overcame it once and went parasailing with my boyfriend (now husband). I'm insanely proud of that, but I have never mentioned it to anyone.

Whew! That was fun. I think I'll tag.... Nora, LaurieM, Maryam, Trek, Carrie K, Noolie, and Tala. Thanks, y'all, for reading. Hopefully a finished picture of the husband wearing the big vanilla sweater, soon!

10 comments:

AR said...

Hehe 'Baby' looks all wiped out!

Neat list. I always have a hard time thinking of things, since I tell everyone everything! (yeah, right)


Want to knit Friday morning?

Tala said...

Awwww - what a cutie! I love how little ones sleep like that - like it's the most important thing in the world and deserves all their energy!

Same meme, so I will get to it!

By the way, great sweater!

Anonymous said...

Thanks Carrie (I think). :)

Anonymous said...

Baby is so cute! Glad you got the neckline worked out.

Lorraine tagged me for the same meme.

Maryam in Marrakesh said...

Thank you so much for tagging me! I have actually already done a similar meme on my blog a while back - but it was called 7 weird things about me. Here's the link, http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/my_marrakesh/2006/10/i_have_been_tag.html# in case you want to take a look.

PS I think it is high time you go para-sailing again!:-)

Anonymous said...

Cute pic! I think I got tagged for the same meme. Those sure do make it around! Congrats on the sweater. I know what you mean about counting. I had a similar problem with picking up stitches for the blanket I'm working on. They had some strange number to pick up--it didn't fit evenly into those that were there, so I made an executive decision to ignore it and just do the number that made sense to me. We'll see how it turns out!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing - aren't they just so cure when they sleep... Can't wait to see the "vanilla hubby".

Anonymous said...

There's not much sweeter than a sleeping child!

Amy Boogie said...

Your baby looks so sweet.

Jennifer said...

Kids are so darn cute when they're asleep.

Umm, how do you knit in the dark? :-)