Slowly Getting Readjusted

Schools back in session, hubby's back on and off the road, and here I am waiting for the phone to ring. I'd like the money, but I'm pretty happy to rediscover my house, my music and my life. Wait. Check that. I have a life? Interesting concept.

I've got the ipod plugged into the stereo, and I'm sure I'm annoying my neighbors. If my music choices aren't to their liking, then I'm pretty sure my squwaking over the stereo and the vacuum isn't winning me any good neighbor points. Oh well. They can come on over and join the cleaning party, shut the windows, call or knock and ask me to stop. Just please don't call the cops. That wasn't a whole lot of fun last year with the dog.

I've discovered that my exercise bike is my friend. It's one of those recumbent ones, so I can knit and ride at the same time. Life is good. What a great way to catch up on tv, knit and work out. I love it. I still hate cleaning, but I'm glad for the opportunity to get things back into the spaces I want them to reside. I've also been doing the European shopping thing. Every afternoon, I walk (or drive, depending on the store needed) to the store and buy stuff for dinner. I feel like I'm escaping. Escaping from what, I do not know. Hey, as long as I think I'm winning, I'm winning.

Dee's swim season is beginning to take it's toll on all of us. She has a cold, is exhausted, and doesn't want to eat. Um, not okay. You cannot burn over 2100 calories in the pool then NOT EAT. However, I'm beginning to feel like the Jewish or Italian mom's in movies always shoving food at their children. Taper should start in about a month, so I'm sure we'll make it, but I might be bald first.

Last weekend I did a lot of reunion shopping. I can't remember the last time I bought that much stuff in such a short time. I have a new outfit for Saturday night, from earrings to shoes to the purse. I NEVER do that. It was fun. I love the sales I found as well. It made me even feel smart. I also picked up some jeans from Maurices. OMG. Dee has been trying to talk me into them for ages telling me they "will make your butt look good and feel almost as good as sweats" It's a good thing we were sharing a dressing room. I put one leg in, lifted up an eyebrow and thought that there was no way they were going to make it. I pulled off the jeans. As I was putting on my old ones, I watched her pull up her jeans. I watched with amazement when what looked like wouldn't be too baggy on a thigh ended up around her waist looking great. So, I tried again. Granted, I do not have the butt of a 14 yo swimmer, it did look a whole lot better than the pair I wore into the store. The best part.....they really aren't much less comfy than a pair of capris or sweats. Niiiiiiice. I got a 20% off coupon in the mail. I have a pretty good idea that there will be another pair or two in my closet.

Katie's doing great. Link Crew and pep band is keeping her busy. This morning pep band practiced at 7 and link crew has a meeting for an hour after school. Yikes! Those get to be long hours. Wednesday is short practice night, so I'm looking forward to having a bit more of an evening together.

As for knitting, I'm knitting like crazy. Not a whole lot to show. Eventually I'll finish a project or two. Until them....I'm pictureless.

Have a good one.
me

Oh what to say today.

Then why blog, you ask....because I need to straighten out my head. It's in uber-pinball swirl mode. I had a great day yesterday. I did nothing out of the ordinary, I just happened to be in a great mood all day. That doesn't happen often. I am not much fond of the day after. I'm in a fine mood, but nothing like yesterday's lightheartedness.

I know the answer to today is to get busy and stop trying to recapture the moment, but I'm stubborn. Maybe in a little bit, I will.

Or maybe today is the third day. School started and Jeff went back to work on Tuesday, and this is the reality of routine setting in. Routine?? BLECH!!!!!!

I'm so glad this is what I'm complaining about, aren't you? I'm also in hurry up and wait mode. we have another swim meet tonight. I need to pick up a few perishables for the concession stand. I need to pick up and mail a get well card. I will be running between here and school quite a few times, but I can't find something to settle into here. I figure once I type all this out, I will see how ridiculous I am being and I'll find what I'm going to work on. I'm funny like that.

Hey, I have a question for y'all out there. Am I the only one who hates vague facebook/twitter/plurk posts. Talk about teasers. "I 'm so excited" about WHAT. "This is the worst day of my life" okay, details, please. Do y'all know what I mean? I'm going to have to stop reading all these status updates if I can't find a way around it as it isn't really much of an update. It's more like "GIVE ME ATTENTION BUT I WONT TELL YOU WHY ANYWAY". Shelly doesn't play those games very well. That being said, I'm a wee bit flighty, so I'm sure mine don't make sense from time to time.....

Okay, I've figured it out. I need to hop on the exercise bike and sort through the rest of the ping ponging in my head. Then I'll tackle whatever needs to be tackling. Man, do I love to be difficult.

FIBER CONTENT: Hubby might be able to stop by Wollmeise's shop sometime this fall. Get this. She has a color way in my legal name, and I LOVE IT. Wouldn't that be a cool Christmas present? I thought so too. He's planning to be in the area one weekend for Octoberfest (in Munich) and thinks that he can stop by and take a look at her store. I certainly hope this isn't a tease. I told him he'd be the hubby envy of the knitting community. He doesn't believe me....but I suppose he doesn't have to, but we all know differently!

More Craft Content

After three years of wishing, considering and wanting......I have finally finished a black shawl. As you know, I sub, and the temperature variance is horrid. This makes layers a necessity. After eight years, I'm about as sick of cardigans and blazers (jackets..give it your own hip term) as one woman can get. Then I discovered the shawl. Ah. A blanket as an acceptable fashion accessory. I could fall in love with this. I think I might have. After a few false starts, I finally have one of my own. Naturally, I was not the fire under the pan to get it done, but the fire was lit, nonetheless...and viola.....shawl. This was a pretty quick crochet using leftover sock yarn and a size D crochet hook. I then cooked the final products with black jacquard dye....and what do you know....I have a shawl. The phone didn't ring this morning, which makes life even better. I HATE subbing the first day of school. That's right up there with the last day (which is better), field trip day and the day before and after any vacation. Blech! I should stay pretty unbusy for about the next month, which gives me time to refind my comfy schedule. I miss the girls, I miss the summer, but it will be nice to have a pattern back into our lives. Today is adjustment day. I've already done a ton of picking up, and I have a ton more to do. I'm sure Katie will have a must have by tomorrow school list...so we'll do that tonight. I'm going to go hop on the exercise bike, get my miles in and putter around some more and find out what real work needs to be tackled first. Tomorrow is my allergy shot. Yep, things are going back to what we call normal.

Happy Snacks

Cheesy? Yes, it is. Does it make me smile? Hell, yeah. Guess which matters most?!? LOL.

I realized yesterday afternoon that the swimmer needed an insulated bag. School starts here tomorrow. She'll leave around 7:30 and I'll pick her up a bit after 6. She likes chocolate milk after a work out (thank you Erin for telling us how to stop the incredible hungries) I just didn't think that it would stay good in her locker all day. Now, why did I not go and buy a lunch bag? That's simple.....because that's way too simple. Instead I pulled out the wool and the hook and whipped out a lunch bag. Since it needed to felt...that meant I had to do laundry today. See...win win win win win. I like those types of projects. I need to felt it more, but it'll do for tomorrow. It's in the fridge chilling out with the milk, apples and a cheese stick inside. In the morning, the swimmer will throw in the frozen oj for before practice and LIFE IS GOOD! The part that makes me the happiest is her cheesy grin every time she looks at this cheesy button. It's the small things in life. It really is.


Have a great night!

Slowly driving myself insane.

I decided to join plurk. Why? Damn if I know. However, I did. Now I can't figure out how to get it to my sidebar. I bet if I searched and read directions I would find out in a jiffy, but what's the fun in that? I do know of two things that don't work. That's just with trial and error! (2 trials and 2 errors)

The Nascar race is on, and I'm excited, but I am finding it hard to kick back and relax in the evenings. I think I need to be stuck to this computer. I don't, but I don't understand that....yet.

Hope you're having a great Labor Day weekend.

Enjoy!