Off the Clock

Can I start out with a brag moment here? DD applied to a contest held by the local newspaper and won being one of three young women featured in their prom special coming out in a couple of weeks. The paper took them out and bought them each a dress, and had hair and makeup done for the feature. Since DD already had her prom dress she picked a beautiful cocktail dress that will suit her for years to come. Am I allowed to say here that I have the most beautiful daughter in the whole wide world? That's a Mom's priviledge, isn't it? The interesting thing is that they didn't even look at the pics the girls submitted until they had chosen the winners based on their essays. I've not been very good about posting lately, or even commenting on other blogs. Work has been crazy including several out of town meetings (London, Oakville and then Port Elgin) that mess me up for a whole week for each one. The good news is that I get my yarn fixes in on these trips. I got to...

I have been going crazy this last week trying to find my partial sock. The last time I remember seeing it was on the passenger seat of my truck. Then DS got in and moved it out of the way. That's the last I remember seeing it. I've torn the truck apart three times, searched my knitting stash, my bedroom, both living rooms, and then all of them again. Needless to say I've been out of my mind; it's like loosing your child in the store; that feeling of panic and helplessness. For sure it must have got knocked out of the truck in some cold wet parking lot somewhere. Well last night I was sulking and doing some tidying up. I went to put away the plastic bag from the fabric store with the scraps from the tote bag project . Just on a whim I opened up the bag and there it was! All purry and just as happy to see me as I was it! So here it is reunited with the finished sock all ready to be worked on. WHEW! I must have shoved it in there to carry it in the house when I...

I still haven't varnished the moulding for the bathroom, so no pics of that yet. And I've only knit about 12 rows of my sock in the last two weeks, so no pics of that either. But I did some sewing tonight! I had gone to Staples to look for a new portfolio and didn't find anything I liked any better than what I already have. So instead I went to the fabric store and bought some fabric to make pockets in my tote bag to make it more functional. I love this tote bag (especially the logo!) and don't want anything too "company" looking since I'm a union rep. Here's the pocket pouch before I sewed it in the bag. It's basically one large zippered pouch with one smaller zippered pocket, elasticed pockets for my cell phone and my palm pilot, and a spot for some pens. Here it is sewn into the bag. I cover six plants, so I need my portfolio but don't want to be carting around a great big briefcase or anything like that. I can also leave the purse ...