The end of 2008...

It's been a pretty decent year I would say. No major upsets in the lives of those closest to me which is always a blessing.

For 2009 I want:
To remain in this house, and not get posted out. (At least two years in one home since it hasn't happened for us quite yet)

To get married this year. I think after all this time we should be good and ready.

To hire a maid. We can afford it, and I really want someone else to do the bathroom. I promise to be exceptionally good to them.

To finish one knitting project a week, and one big one a month. I'm starting the year off with the one skein hat I made for Iliana over the past couple of days.

S.E.X!!!

Even with two kids in tow, you can't deny my access to more yarn.

Yarn for bags, a pair of work socks, a hat, maybe some mittens and a couple I don't know but I liked the look of it!

Now to get Corbin's Woobu sweater done, so I can do something else. It is so very cute, and addictive!

Woe is Me

I have been spoiled over the years. With any separations in the past I have always had internet or phone access to keep in touch. We even own webcams and a laptop because of him being away with work. Being out to sea with no contact all week is making me really unhappy. I just don't feel I have the right to complain to those who understand our life the best. Those women who have their husbands in a war zone for half a year. It just doesn't compare to my 5 weeks apart.

Corbin is turning 2 next week. We spent his first birthday in a hotel room on our move to our current home violently ill with food poisoning. I don't even have any pictures to mark the day, and I never saw the cake my friends brought over for him as I was in the bathroom. I wish this year was a bit more celebratory but he's to young to care. It really is all about how I feel we should be together and making a fuss over my baby not being a baby anymore.

Yeah I'm sick, my defenses are down so it's been a lot of moaning.

I have however accomplished some knitting. I am working on the gusset of a pair of monkeys for my mom out of my Araucania Ranco Multy. I finished a hat for him too, that he took with him out of a Alpaca/Soy/Angora blend.

I am the Hermit

This doesn't surprise me. It's the polite way of saying I desperately wish to be left alone. You can't contemplate your life when you have a 4 year old climbing you like a tree!

You are The Hermit

Prudence, Caution, Deliberation.

The Hermit points to all things hidden, such as knowledge and inspiration,hidden enemies. The illumination is from within, and retirement from participation in current events.

The Hermit is a card of introspection, analysis and, well, virginity. You do not desire to socialize; the card indicates, instead, a desire for peace and solitude. You prefer to take the time to think, organize, ruminate, take stock. There may be feelings of frustration and discontent but these feelings eventually lead to enlightenment, illumination, clarity.

The Hermit represents a wise, inspirational person, friend, teacher, therapist. This a person who can shine a light on things that were previously mysterious and confusing.

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Mittens, mittens everywhere

I am now working on a pair of fingerless ones for me. I have had this apple green wool (I think it's the Georgia Wool from Walmart, similar to the big skeins of dish cloth cotton) in my stash for years. I love apple green and it deserved to be something bright and fun for me.

I also received my elann.com order today. I ordered 10 skeins of the Peruvian Baby Silk (80 baby alpaca/ 20 silk) and told my husband it was my birthday present. The Oxblood colour and I are in love.

A few hours later, I love the oxblood but I really truly hate lace projects. I think it is going to be a sweater, but I truly hate seaming. It can all go *bleepity bleepity* for now.

You Naughty Kittens!

In spite of the hatred of mittens from Corbin, and Iliana's penchant for losing them, I have managed to complete two pair for him, and one pair for her in the past few days. She really likes the slit on her playground ones so she can slide her fingers free while keeping them on still.

The red yarn I had just enough of lying around in my stash. The blue and green is Mirasol Chirapa. The pink and green yarn is Artyarns Ultramerino. A single skein of each from my weekend foray into Tangled Skeins.

These only took a little less then half the skein of Mirasol Chirapa I picked up from Tangled Skeins. I'm trying to get some mittens whipped up before the kids are in desperate need of being warm. There is enough left over to make another pair for someone else on my list.

He doesn't appear to appreciate them to much. He tried to gnaw them off before I could even get a picture.