Now that fall's here, and the night's are getting chillier and I'm gearing up to spend more time inside, I'm starting to get back to some kind of routine.
And, I finally started knitting again! Well, except for the occasional forays through a row or two on the never-ending log cabin blanket, I haven't really knit much of anything for a long time. I started a pair of socks, maybe last year. I did the first one, and never got the second one started. I'd made two previous pairs of socks and was never subject to 'second sock syndrome' - but this pair got me. But it was bothering me a lot - I really wanted to make more socks, but wouldn't let myself start a new pair without finishing this pair. So I feel better for having gotten to that. Here's a picture of the first of them.
One thing that put me off with these is the color stranding - I'm not very good at it. I wanted to make funky, colorful socks, but for a break I think my next pair will be something solid colored, and relatively plain, or at least with only some simple pattern.
In other news, big vacation coming up - hopefully (crossing fingers) way better than the last one. We're going to North Carolina, and I splurged and used some of the money from selling my dad's house to rent us a beach house right on the ocean on the Outer Banks. I am soooo looking forward to a week hanging out in this big, nice house (bigger than mine!) right on the ocean, and getting to take Tyler. I made up my mind ... no more vacations without him. I miss him too much, and he's 12 - he's not going to be here forever, and he's part of the family, he deserves to get to go have some fun too.
We leave next Friday, and the place doesn't have wireless internet, and I don't have an account with any dial-up provider, so I won't be online for just over a week. Eh - think I'll live.
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