So Far...Not the Best Week Ever

Sumer vacation is in full swing.  I've battled through my caffeine addiction and am now headache free. It took about a week to ween myself completely off Diet Coke.  Now, I can have one if I like, not because I HAVE TO! Very nice to be drinking water more.

I finished my watercolor memories socks today.  242 or so yards.  My stash dash total is over 1100 yards, so not bad!

I finished the Plumeria Frill and was disappointed that it is too small--despite an accurate gauge swatch. Booooooooooo.

I broke my glasses and can't get in to the optometrist until July 1.

Rik Mayall died this week from my favorite Bristosh Show called The Young Ones.

And my BFF is now my BFNM. (Best Friend No More) 

What can I say?

When All Else Fails....

This seems to be how my first few days of vacation are working out.  And Tess has been joining me.  I'm terribly bored (don't tell ANYONE) and I canny actually knit all day like people think I can.  I find myself staring out the window a lot.  I actually wonder if I'm getting nothing done because Andrew is home with me.  Perhaps I am being a big baby.

I did, however, turn the heel on both socks today.  Didn't do much else and the goal of finishing both pairs by Friday is shot to hell, but what can I say?  I'm very well rested!

Planning my Days

So far, if you were to look at my daily activities, my summer would look like this: knit, nap, read, knit, sleep, repeat.  So, I created a list of things I would like to do and places I would like to visit so I don't sleep my vacation away.

Today, however, I knit and slept.  I did manage to move to the front porch for a while but it got hot and there was no breeze so I moved back to the cool house.

Andrew decided we needed real food so we showered and went to our favorite restaurant.

Now we're home and I'm knitting and he's doing whatever he does...  Here's my progress today on both socks.  These are Kroy Sing'N the Blues.

And these are Lollipop Yarn's Watercolor Memories.  My goal is to get to the heel on both tomorrow after I go to the West Side Market and Target and Office Max and I contact the county Auditor about lowering my taxes.  Wish me luck. 😳

Sock yarn is my current weakness

There's this really semi famous yarn called Russian Rainbow. The dyer is AlaskanNancy on etsy.  Well, she quit dying months ago and started traveling the globe. This occurred just as I was finding out about the yarn.  Naturally.  Well, I recently started stalking her shop and casually sent an email that I would like to purchase her yarn if she ever starts dyeing again.

Ta-Da!  She emailed me back and the yarn landed in my hot little hands today!  This picture does not do it justice--but my socks will!!  *swoon*

I also managed to score another lovely skein of LollipopYarn's self striping yarn.  This time I got Watercolor Memories.  It is all kinds of rainbow-y lovely...  (This one arrived yesterday!)

And here's my two finished socks. I started the other ones today!  They should be done over Spring Break--which starts tomorrow after school!  (Yay!!)