Today I felt minutely worse than yesterday but I’m still functional, which is what really matters.  I became, for all intents and purposes, a knitting fiend yesterday in an almost final attempt to finish my mom’s shawl.  I’m still not quite done, but I have less than 25 rows to go, so I’d say that I’m in the home stretch.  The beauty is that each row decreases by 1 stitch, so it takes me less and less time to knit each row.  I have 5 columns left to drop and the excitement is building.

I’ve been knitting on it since about 9 AM today (it is now 4:18) and I’m going to take a break and decorate some gingerbread men cookies with my niece, Olivia.  Something that I’ve looked forward to doing for 5 days now but have not felt well enough to do.  So tonight is the night.  I’ll decorate with Olivia, go to Chickalay (aka Chick-Fil-A, her words, not mine) for dinner, play with her and Gabby some, finish laundry, finish the shawl, pack and then crash.  Then I get to get up, finish packing and block the shawl – by 10 AM so that I can leave for the Airport.  At least I’ll get to leave the shawl here and ruin my Dad’s theory on knitting.  Sweet.

I don’t have much knitting news these days. I’m still working on Baby Hearts and I’m about 1/2 way through. About 2 weeks ago I had to frog about 10 rows, which, as any knitter knows, is traumatic. I’ve since gone past where I was when I frogged, so I feel good about that. The only problem with knitting for babies is that they come regardless of whether or not you’re finished with their gifts. If only Abagail could be born in March instead of February! That would make my life oh, so much easier. But I’m sure that Stephanie will hate me eternally if I suggest this to her. Okay. So now I have to hunker (sp?) down and break some knitting records.

On a completely different note, I have some video footage of my niece and my dad. This is the first time that I have attempted to post video, so please bear with me here.

Sometime later…..
Okay, after 20 minutes of trying to upload, this is going to take forever. So – I will attempt to do this from my office computer tomorrow where I will have access to a faster internet connection. Sorry for the delay, but the wait will be worth it.