My sock is on the can.

I was hoping to be farther along with my first pair of socks for Summer of Socks 2008. I guess I don't knit as fast as my mind wants me to. I decided to go with the Reversi sock (Ravelry link). This pattern is from Jen at 144 Inches of I-cord. I actually won a copy of the pattern during a contest that she was having on her blog. And I am glad that I did. I am really enjoying this sock. The pattern is simply enough to follow but gives you a nice pattern that really shows up well with the solid sock yarn. I don't think that this pattern would show up very well in a variegated yarn. I am not even finished with the first sock and I can tell that this is a sock that I will make again. I have been looking at the socks that people have finished in the 4 days that SOS started. They have been posted to the ravelry SOS08 group. I like to browse all the pictures and see what other great patterns are out there. I already have over 30 patterns in my ravelry queue that I want to do this summer. I am sure that 30 more won't hurt!!

It's like thunder!

We just had a thunder storm pass by here and it was pretty strong. There was one crack of thunder that was so loud, it sound like an M-80 went off right outside my window! Made me jump in my seat. I ran upstairs to make sure that neither one of the girls were freaked only to find them both sound asleep. They slept through the whole storm. I guess that is a good thing.

What a weekend we had here! We celebrated Daughter Dos's 2nd birthday. The girls had the balloons soon after I arrived with them. Only one popped before party time. That really amazed me.

(don't mind the table leaning on the wall. We were still setting up)

I can't believe how much she has grown. 2 years went by so fast. She says new words everyday. Which means more battles for me. :)

Everyone had a good time. It was very humid and we ended the day by letting the girls swim (if you can call it that) in their little kiddie pool. They both love the water.

Sunday was spent celebrating Father's day. It was fun but tiring. I was happy when my head hit the pillow that night after a busy weekend.

I am getting pretty excited about summer of sock 2008.
I am going to try some new things like socks on 2 circular needles. I have tried it before but didn't get far. This time I am going to go all way and finish a pair. It's the one goal that I really want to get done. Baby steps....

It's like a vacation but with testing and leads!

So I get to spend tonight doing a sleep study! I most likely have some kind of sleep apnea or other type of sleep disorder. I go tonight and than return to talk to the doctor at the end of the month for the results. It kind of sucks that I have to wait like 2 weeks to find out if there is a problem. I am pretty sure that there is. I get to sleep in a room that looks kind of like a hotel room only there is a camera mounted on the ceiling! They watch and record you during the night. There is also a flat screen TV in the room. I get to bring stuff that helps me relax. I tend to knit to relax before bed. I am sure that I won't be the first person to knit during the sleep study.

I am looking forward to getting this under control. Lack of sleep can lead to a variety of other health problems. Plus I don't want to be tired all the time!!

It's Thursday.... Again...

There is not much knitting to report. I have been working on a market bag that came as a kit that I got at Maryland Sheep and Wool in 07. The pattern was easy to follow but keeping the stitches on the needle?? Not so much. I had to rip it back and restart it 6 times. Every time I would be short stitches by the 4th row. I decided to do it in plain stockinette instead. I just have the handles left to do. So now I distract you with some pictures of flowers that I can actually grow in my garden.

My most prized flower. A peony. It was the first thing that I planted in my garden when we moved into the house. Still alive and has more blooms every year.

Oh! The double Dahlia. I found this pretty dark orange one at the new Home Depot by my house.

And the double Impatient. These and regular Impatients are very hardy. I can manage to keep them alive!!

How does your garden grow???