Knitting Time

Ever since I started homeschooling my boys, my knitting time has been severely limited. But I managed to finish several things since Christmas, and I'm happy with that.
First, I made some Fingerless Gloves for Kimmy. She is my friend whose house flooded. She, her husband, her 2 year old son, her cat, and 3 dogs stayed with us for about 3 weeks. She saw some gloves that our friend Andrea had that were similar, so she asked me to make her a pair.

I ran out of yarn in the middle (FYI, it's Bernat Cashmere Blends), so when I got some more I picked up an extra skein just in case. I used it to make her a Halley's Comet Hat to go along with it. The picture below is not Kimmy, but my mom who tried it on so I could post it on Ravelry.

I also made another pair of Fingerless Gloves in a different pattern for my bestest friend Kari. I made these with Bernat Alpaca Blend in a similar pink color. I may have just enough hat to make her a hat too.
On January 1st, I decided to start a new pair of socks, so I decided to make some Firestarters. I finished them pretty quickly, but they would have gone faster if I didn't get a bit of SSS. It's inevitable I guess.

In November, Kari's mom asked me to make some fingerless gloves for her to go along with her clown costume. I've been putting off finishing the 2nd one because they have very short fingers and the fingers are complicated. I finally finished those on Friday night at 1:30 AM. I'm glad to have that monkey off my back. Kari is going to visit her mom on Saturday so I needed to have them done before she left.

Right now, I just started on another hat for another friend, Nicole. I'm designing it myself and it's going to be called "Pucker Up Nicole". Hopefully it will turn out OK. I'm also working on some Pomatomous socks for myself, and random dishcloths whenever I feel bored.

Long Time No Post

I've just been so busy.
In November, Dan and I were baptized and we joined our church, Vernonia Christian Church. As new members sometimes it feels overhwelming. Especially since the flood happened so soon after we joined. We wanted to be involved in the church but might have bit off more than we could chew.
I was asked to start a ministry of serving coffee and cookies/goodies each Sunday. I enjoy it on the whole but it does take up time. I have to go the night before and get the coffee all ready to brew or I'd have to get there really early in the morning. Usually volunteers bring in the goodies in the AM, and I start the coffee/hot water and arrange the goody trays. Then after service (which means I always end up staying quite late), I have to clean up the mess. Usually the table cloths are a mess so I have to take them home to wash. I have to empty and clean the pots, etc. It didn't seem like it would be a lot of work but that's not how it has happened.
Dan has set up the sound system in the new church (our sanctuary was flooded and now we hold church in what used to be the youth and family center, but it's basically a large gymnasium.) I am singing with the "choir" although I really wouldn't call it a choir. It's just a group of people who lead the singing each week. Unfortunately it has caused me some frustration this week but I'm going to work through that. I enjoy singing and don't want to quit because it's not as easy as I thought it would be. Plus, I love my friend Kari who plays the piano and I want to help her out.
It's been a sucky week for me. I've felt really crappy, I've been sick and I can't get over it. I have a headache to end all headaches. I can't sleep when I want to so I'm chronically tired.
My doctor ordered me some new medicine that I hope will make a difference but insurance is going to be poopy about it. I have to get a preauthorization and that's going to take time. I just found out there's a hold up on my medications too and I'm completely out of my muscle relaxants. That might mean a painful weekend unfortunately. And of course, it's a long weekend.
Garrett's state report is coming up due and I just dread it. He wanted to do California, but our little library didn't have much information so we switched to Alaska because there were several good books on Alaska there. I just can't stomach the drive into town to the big library. School has been a challenge lately and the boys aren't completely cooperative. One gets mad if the other finishes earlier than they do but I can't work with both at the same time. They both need personal attention and it makes the school day hard. Today Dan stayed home and did Brendyn's school while I worked with Garrett. That was really nice.