The sweater and its use

As I was writing before, I finished M's sweater. He loves the color green and has since he was able to identify colors. He wore the sweater to school and the principal saw it and asked him who made it. He's pretty proud of it. Here it is, in a mannequin pose. The sweater won't fit him long--I made it extra long in the body and the hood and it's just right. B measured M on Monday, and he was 51.5 inches tall. I measured him today and he was 52 inches tall. I can't wait until summer when he can wear shorts.

We had a very nice day today and spent it watching the boys play with all of the neighborhood children who were at home. We had soccer games, bike riding, scooter riding, playing on the playset in the back yard, playing with the dog, and a huge variety of activities. It's nice to live in a neighborhood with a lot of children. It also seems that our house is the one where every one wants to come and play. I like that--we know all the kids and we know were everyone is.

The second picture is the boys in their matching sweaters today (L's sweater I made last spring. It still fits). It was a bit chilly but the sweaters were just right. They also like their helmets. The scary thing is that M's wearing my helmet (I have two). We have the same size head already (he's 8.5 years). I don't think that he's going to be shorter than me that much longer.

I Lied.

I finished M's hoodie last night at 10:20. No pictures yet, as he wore it to school today. I'm amazed that I finished it already! It is convenient though, as now I can start a new project that will keep me busy through proctoring three exams today.

It always feels good to finish things. I hate having too many things left undone. The only unfinished project I have left is B's sweater. I have to think when I work on that one, so it is pretty slow going. Fun to knit, but slooooooooooow.

I'm going to have to go now. The highway awaits (and 110 students who tried to convince me to put off the test until Monday).

Finished!

This week, I've actually finished two projects (and a third may be finished by Sunday). I finished socks for me which are definitely fraternal twins. I couldn't have made them match because the pattern of the stripes was completely random.





The other project I finished was a purple lace scarf for someone else, who I think does not read the blog. I'm pretty sure that she doesn't know it's for her, even if she does. (No, she's not related to me, so don't hold your breath if you are.) It's knitted from bamboo yarn (yep, made of bamboo fibers) and it was really kind of interesting with which to knit. I used size 8 needles (which seem huge since I knit socks on either 1s or 2s usually). I like the way it came out.

No cycling for the last couple of days. I've had asthma attacks for some reason, so I thought that riding 3 miles and then having to stop out in the middle of nowhere wasn't exactly wise. Especially if I can't talk on the cell phone to get someone to come and get me. Hopefully all of this is just the weather changes (it was 76 yesterday and 68 today and there's a cold front coming later today) and I can get some real cycling in next week or so.

Time to go--the boys have choir in about 45 minutes, so I need to corral the smaller boy.

68 Degrees,

the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and I went for a ride. (Here's where the cycling parts come in to the blog. I don't JUST knit!) I haven't been able to for a while because a.) I don't have cold weather cycling clothes and b.) I can't ride when it's cold because of my asthma anyway.

It was short, because even though I've been using the trainer, it's not the same as on the road. Besides, the trainer is nice and flat and doesn't have the hills we have around here. I used the weather and the fact the mail carrier came early as an excuse to ride into town and drop off the mail. Not only did I get a bit of exercise, I was thrifty! frugal!, and environmentally concious!

I was slow! I didn't ride far! But I went out on the bike and didn't get killed! (In town, people were actually pretty well behaved, just like the country route I usually take. It probably helps that motorcyclists have educated the people in the cages.)

Ah, here's hoping the weather stays nice. My attitude is always better when I can exercise.

P.S. M is much better. He was better by Friday afternoon, but we stayed home anyway.

Sometimes

it sucks to be an adult.

M has come down with something. It's probably the flu, but I really don't know. He's running a fever and has shoulder pain. B is out of town until Saturday. The boys were supposed to go to the grandparents tomorrow and I was going to go meet B. Not now, I'm afraid. We're out the money for the banquet (bye-bye money, it was nice seeing you), which is really the least of it, but if M needs to see the doctor, that would have come in pretty handy.

I'm just feeling sorry for myself. I wanted to spend some time with B (without small boys around) and I wanted to see some of my peers (aka the clergy spouses). I haven't been able to go to the diocesan convention for the last couple of years, and I like to go and see some of the people I never see.

I am just praying that L doesn't catch this. He's been sick enough already this winter.

Big, huge sigh. Poor M--he only gets sick rarely (last time he missed school for illness was two years ago) but when he does, watch out.