I've been enjoying having both my nephew and the kid here during Spring break. It's quite entertaining, although the house is heavy on the testosterone level. My nephew's "unaccompanied minor" airplane flight here to Kansas City was uneventful (thankfully) and I had to sign for him at the airport. I even got a written receipt for him, which still cracks me up. The last few days have been spent doing things like rock climbing, paint ball, baseball batting cage practice, and playing pool. I feel a deep urge to do something girlie in retaliation, but at the same time, I'm happy that the boys seem to be having a good time. They've resisted all of my attempts to plan things out, so I've admitted defeat and refuse to be the social director at this point. I'm getting a lot of knitting done in the meantime. I'm finishing up a pair of Cookie A socks, in the Django pattern, for a "Shawl/Socks swap" on the Sundara Yarn Love board on Ravelry. This is the Aloe colorway in Sundara sock yarn, which is gorgeous. My photo skills are lame and I can't capture the depth of the color, so trust me when I say it is beautiful. I'm loving this pattern, too, so I'll have to knit a pair for myself, otherwise it will be too hard to part with this pair of socks.
I really admire Cookie A's design capabilities--the cuff pattern flows beautifully into the leg pattern and there's cable and stitch patterns on the heel flap.
Hmmm....one of my sisters just called me with some wild plans for meeting in Chicago and seeing an Oprah show filmed. I wonder if this will work out. She also said that if I knit while we're in the Oprah audience, she will pretend she doesn't know me. Harsh.
Totally harsh. If you go to Oprah, you've got to represent! I'm glad you are all having such a great spring break :)
Posted by: Jocelyn | March 17, 2009 at 06:12 PM
Glad you guys are having a good time! See you in Vegas.
Posted by: Gre7g | March 18, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Hi Jess! I can't imagine all the testosterone in your house right now. ;o) Hey, sometime I need to show you how to adjust the white balance on your camera, it will make a world of difference in your color capture of your photos. ~Michele
Posted by: Michele | March 18, 2009 at 01:03 PM