Random Saturday

Life is too full at the moment to concentrate on any single topic. Here are some random thoughts.

1) Birthdays aren't so bad when you don't pay a lot of attention to them. 53 doesn't feel much older than the 52 I was several days ago. I figure the next "big" birthday will be 60 -- and if all goes well I'll be celebrating my retirement and that will way overshadow the age anxt. 7 years to go!

2) The "porch project" is now in our own hands. It will be done as soon as we can find time to paint it and install the flooring. It seemed like it took forever for the contractors to get it done, but now the pressure is on us. Two educators. At one of the busiest parts of the school year. Sigh.

3) Of course, finishing the painting and flooring is only the first part. Then we need to sort out all the stuff in piles in the living room, move furniture all around, buy shades (otherwise we'd be sitting in a fishbowl at the front of the house now that it is dark outside so early in the evenings).

4) I've arranged my schedule so that I could commit to attending a yoga class every Thursday right after work. I'm loving it! And, I've attended 4 of the 5 past weeks (skipped the week when I pulled a muscle in my back during a wardrobe malfunction -- but that's a longer story). It feels good.

5) I almost talked myself out of going to yoga this week, but made myself do it. When I got there, it turned out that several people I know who I haven't seen in some time were there -- and just confirmed that I need to keep making myself do this because there may be unexpected benefits.

6) Holiday knitting is on my mind. I'm half-way up the body of a sweater for one son, with a pattern picked out for the other. I'm also thinking about knitting a shawl for my brother's fiancee for their wedding. But, first I need to knit a tea cozy for the tea pot Don is now using for his morning tea. Function first.

7) Seems like we have a reprieve from Mom's dementia. After a rough spot that included two hospitalizations, she seems quite healthy, mentally.

8) I love my cats and they love me. It is well worth the allergy meds on a daily basis to enjoy their company.

9) And, last but not least, I'm blessed with a great husband. Don remembered my birthday with a lovely arrangement of flowers waiting on the table when I got up yesterday. We're happily coming up on our 25th anniversary next May - hard to believe it has been 25 years! But, I think we'll keep each other.

ON MY NEEDLES
Still working on my Maplewing in Woolen Rabbit lace weight in grey/purple. I love how this pattern starts from the bottom and goes up, so the rows get shorter as you go along instead of getting longer.

Sweater for a son. 'nuff said

That's it, at the moment (aside from UFO's put aside), but I'm going to cast on for a tea cozy today!