First Project Finished

I finished the last of the five original Christmas present socks yesterday. They are socks for the Collar in Knit Picks Essential Pumpkin. I knit them on size 1 needles. I am knitting two more presents, but I think they are going to be for yuck it's winter, rather than any real occasion.

I finished this pair yesterday, during a long wait having my brakes fixed and then waiting for The Wiz's SCIG to finish. I finished the instep on one sock and then completed both toes. I kitchenered and wove in ends while I was waiting with the Wiz.
I think that my next project is going to be a pair of convertible mittens for me. I have that beautiful alpaca that the BBFs gave me awhile ago...

Edited to add: Here's the direct link to the page for donations for SDA.

The Side Bar

A quick note on the new "thing" on my sidebar.

Parade Magazine (you may receive this on Sundays in your newspaper) is having a contest for charities. They are giving the ten charities who have the most donors by January 31 $50,000. As you may know, Shwachman Diamond Syndrome is on NORD's list of rare diseases. There aren't that many patients, and it is relatively an unknown disease. It did get some press recently on Discovery Health's Mystery Diagnosis.

This is the genetic disorder that the Wiz has. It took us about 18 months for a diagnosis, and it was a pretty scary path to diagnosis. Maybe I'll write that up for you later.

If you have $10 (or more!) to spare, please consider clicking on the button at right and donating. There is also a link to SDA if you want to learn more about what the Wiz has.

Thanks for your patience!

I'll keep him.

I'm not the only one around here who makes things.The Collar made a pot rack. It's really nice to have--but I think I need nicer cookware!

We've decided that we are going to do things to this house before we get it ready to sell. This was one of those projects we'd been talking about and finally did. That's why I finally made curtains this year, too.

No School

Do you want to see how much snow we need to get out of school? I guarantee you'll be amazed.
Yes, the grass is sticking up through the snow. It is very cold for here, though. It's 10 degrees Fahrenheit right now so, the roads are pretty bad. We do live in a very rural county, so it would be bad for the buses. (There's not really even an inch out there.)

Happy 2008!

This year will be wonderful. It will be full of changes and adventures, and we will all be healthy and happy this year, I pray. It already started off well--the snow meant we could all go get blizzards for 1/2 price!

Now, if only we have school tomorrow. (It's snowing, and sticking. The boys get out for almost no reason.)

Random picture: Game Boy built this from his lego kit he received for Christmas from G & G. It took him two days. It opens up and rolls droids out and is generally really, really cool.