Backsliding

I've been bad, and hang my head in shame. I bought 3 pieces of silk today, at my soon-to-be-closed Hancock. The silk will be used for blouses. Worse, I need to make one tonight, to wear tomorrow (we're going to a Red Wings game, with Hubbo's client.)

I'm using New Look pattern 6407, the long sleeve version.

Wish me luck.

Mysterious

Do you like the new photo of me? So very attractive. I'm modeling a hat I was making for Hubbo. It's done and he has even worn it a couple of times. Woo Hoo!

I am Retired

So far, so good. My biggest issue is whether to keep the cleaning service. I don't want to do anything rash, but I'm considering cutting back on the frequency. We'll see.

No sewing going on. All the stuff from my office is sitting on the ping-pong table -- my cutting table. I have been knitting, but no photos yet.

I leave you with -

"Still Life with Plaque"

Goodness gracious me, time flies...

... but not fast enough. 8 more days of work.

I have a finished object - the Calorimetry from the Winter 07 issue of Knitty. No picture as I don't feel like having my picture taken. It does look much like the one in the photo.

I knitted the darn thing 4 times before I got it right. I have a fairly small head, and it was both too long and too wide. My suggestion for adjusting the width is to increase the number of short rows for a wider headband, and decrease for a narrower headband.

Counting down

26 days
18 work days
36 trips to and from work
1440 miles

But, who's counting.

DTs

I've got the DTs -- Deep Thoughts. Husband told me he thought I was very philosophical in my last entry, i.e., he didn't know what the hell I was talking about.

What ever.

New Way of Thinking

I need a new way of thinking. I always thought that all I needed was the time to work in my craft, or art, or whatever. And, with my upcoming retirement, I will have the time. But, to make this work, I have to change the way I think about my craft and my plan to explore new options; that these are worthy pursuits and as legitimate as my old job. It's simply that my future looks too good to be true. I know -- such a problem. But there it is.