Back to School...

Wow..Time keeps flying by. It's been several days since the last update. I have been working on the mates to the Socks for Soldiers socks, alternating between the BBS and the leisure sock. They are both at approximately 4" each on the legs..Not a whole lot of progress, but I keep plugging away. I've also been working on a couple of scarf ufos which are done with large needles and ribbon yarn, a nice break from black fingering yarn on size 1s! I will post photos of those soon.

I've also been trying to spend as much time as possible with my oldest child, who will be returning to college this weekend for her sophomore year. The summer has certainly flown by (that seems to be a repeating theme for me) and now it is time to send her off again. (Actually we have to drive her up and move her in as she doesn't drive.) She is only about 2 hours away, just far enough for both of us.

Last night was spent at freshman orientation at the high school with my youngest who is starting her freshman year. Again..Where has the time gone? This transition will be a tad easier for me though, as I work at the same school that she will be attending. She is a bit anxious about it..I'm not sure if it is the academic expectations (she is an all honors student, so she has nothing to worry about in that area) or just the social aspects of the new environment, but I am sure it is all just normal, adolescent stuff.

The other new development of the past few days is that I, too, am going back to school. After being away for 27 years, I am starting back at a local college next week. It is another of my "unfinished" things... probably my oldest UFO. I was just 2 semesters away from finishing my bachelor's degree that was started in the mid 70's. For various reasons, it wasn't completed, but I had every intention of going right back within a year and getting it done. Well, as we know, time does fly and that one year led to 5, led to 10, led to 25, and here we are. It has been something that has just been nagging at me for decades! But here I am...All registered for a class! My DH didn't believe that I was actually going to go through with it..Its that whole wolf and sheep thing..He's heard it so many times that he didn't think I would really ever do it. But with my 50th birthday looming in front of me, there literally was no time like the present.(Maybe its a midlife crisis thing...hmmm) I still don't know what I want to be when I "grow up", but we will let it evolve one step at a time. DH suggested that I quit working and go back to school full time, but financially we really could not afford that, and I need to ease back into this whole new academic world...Wish me luck!!

Wow..I get to buy some new yellow pencils for myself for once! Yeah!

A little decorating today...

This blogging stuff sure does take some time. Luckily, for the next few weeks at least, I have a bit. I work at the High School as a ParaEducator and we do not begin the Fall semester until September 5. Hopefully I will be able to maintain and stay current with this and all my other projects and committments. Or maybe I'll just be committed!

Today I spent some time decorating the blog...can you tell? I added a few links and rings and such..but I hope it doesn't get too busy. I mean messy looking. I'll have to live with it for awhile I think.

Many thanks to my youngest DD for helping with some of my html issues. Its been awhile since I have worked with it and she is a lifesaver when it comes to anything web related. Hopefully she will be able to care for me in my old age with that talent!

I don't feel too guilty for spending so much time on it today as it was a very rainy, dreary day here in Massachusetts. I suppose I could have been knitting or quilting, but there is still time for that tonight.

There's no time like the present, as they say...

I have become addicted to knitting socks. My family can only tolerate (and wear) just so many pairs of my handknit creations. My college age child enjoys them, but has a tendancy to lose mates in the dorm room/laundry. My 14 year old has yet to discover the joys of a handknit sock (she doesn't like them..tsk tsk). About a month ago, I joined a yahoo group entitled "Socks for Soldiers". The idea of knitting socks for soldiers in the Middle East (and elsewhere) seemed perfect. It filled my need to keep knitting socks and to do something for the military who are serving so far from home. If you would like to join this cause, here is the link:



Click to join SOCKFORSOLDIERS

It is a totally non-political group...just united in the cause to create BBS (big, black socks) for our soldiers!

Here is a photo of my first finished BBS~





Along with knitting the basic black socks, some folks are also knitting socks that can be worn by the soldiers during their leisure time. Many vendors have donated some of their beautiful yarns to this cause. One such company was Claudia Hand Painted Yarns (ClaudiaCo.com). Here is a photo of one of my leisure socks made from Claudia's sportweight 100% merino wool in the Navy/Olive colorway. The pattern is the Diagonal Rib by Ann Budd.
Both of the mates are on the needles and I am working on them simultaneously. I will keep you posted on their progress.

And so it begins...

Finally, I have a blog!

Everyone in my family thinks I am silly...that someone at my age would want to blither and blather on the web about absolutely nothing. (Not that I'm old , mind you. Age is just a number, right?) It's just something that I have wanted to do for awhile and so here it is.
Besides just random ramblings, I hope to keep posting about my current (and not so current) projects in the hopes that by publicly announcing them, I would then become more accountable to finishing them. This has been a constant theme in my life...

"Hello. My name is Nancy and I am a procrastinator."
"Hi Nancy"

I suppose I have some ADD issues and always have, although this is just a self diagnosis. But it does explain why I have so many loose ends in my life. Well, this is the first step in my recovery...acknowledging the problem...and posting my projects. Here we go..

oh..and once in awhile there might be postings about my family, our travels, a book review or maybe a recipe or two...who knows?