Well then, let's chat!

Life has been busy! I figured it was time to write a small blog post to fill in the big gaps!


On the knitting front, I've actually completed a shawl and really enjoyed it! After having such an epic fail with the first one - I'm so pleasantly surprised. I'm working on my second and really happy with it. The vest for my knitting class is still on the needles. I don't know if I'll ever finish it - it is a constant reminder of stress and disappointment with a knitting class. I should have trusted my gut and not taken the class. Another reminder that you should always trust your gut with BIG and SMALL things. I'm a little bitter about the whole situation and won't bore anyone with the details.

I also dyed my first skein of yarn! Actually, I dyed it three times! :-)

Wyatt is going to be 15 months old in October! Ellie is 3 years old! My father always said "Just wait. As you get older, the time goes by faster. Stop wishing it away." He always said that in response to my lamenting about how things were going so slowly. And he was right. I blinked and Ellie was 1. I half-blinked and she was 2 and Wyatt was with us. Now I've got two toddlers and they are amazing. I love to just sit back and look at them running around. I try to take it all in and savor the time - and burn the images and laughter into my brain.

I never imagined my life would be the way it is. Afterall, I was a total school nerd - had a very successful career, and earned my MBA. Now, I'm a stay at home mom to two children. God has a plan. While it wasn't what I thought it would be, the plan He had for me is so much more rewarding and full of bliss. I might not be "someone" in the corporate world, I'm "someone" to the people I care about and love the most. :-)

Wow - It has been a long time!!

Things are always changing around my house.... since the last time I posted, the biggest change is the addition of a baby boy who is 8 months old now! (and crying now which is probably one of the biggest reasons I haven't been updating the blog!)

What spurred my interest in posting here? Well, I frogged a sock today. One that I finished quite some time ago - it was a bit big and so it sat all by itself, mateless. I could never bring myself to frog the work of something finished - afterall, I put so much time into it. Today, I decided if I wasn't going to knit the mate and it was too big anyhow - I was going to reclaim the yarn so it can be made into something else and used. And that is what I did. I'm feeling like a real knitter now. I can appreciate the work but can also feel good about taking it out if it just isn't right.

And can I say that I now feel that weaving in ends will actually work - it was so very hard to find the end and take it out. That was a discovery that I really liked and that will enable me to further enjoy the process without worry.