I just spent the last ten minutes on MSN with Jacob. Not that unusual. BUT, this time, I used the web cam on my new laptop. How cool was that? I could see him and he could see me. I made faces at him, he made faces at me. I noted how you could see my wrinkles, he laughed at me. Then I blew him a big kiss and said goodnight. Now, I miss him more than I did before I talked to him. I wanted to tell him that I was working all weekend. I don’t get that many shifts at the police station so, I take what I can get. Being single and independent is wonderful… in every way except financially. I have to work two jobs to make up for the fact that I’m solely responsible for this mortgage and the DC shoes (and T-shirts and sweat-shirts) Jacob wears. He’s a reasonable kid though and actually works to pay for some of his own stuff. How cool is that at 14?
I started the christening gown. I think I might have an inch and a half done. So far, I’ve worked on it for about seven hours. Woohooo! I’m done the trim!!! *Shaking my head* This is going to take forever… Thank goodness I didn’t wait for the last minute to start. This baby’s due in May. Which, like I said before, gives me until about mid to late June. That’s three whole months and then some. Can I do it? I’m actually afraid.
The gown will be all kinds of beautiful. Only thing is, it’s not the only thing I’m going to want to work on for a whole three months. That’s just absolutely obscene. I’m working on the second sock of my El Salvador socks. Well, the first one will be nick-named that but, I can’t really call the second one an El Salvador sock. Poor thing.
I also want to make the “Skinny Scarf” that I saw on Knitty Gritty (they even have the instructions on how to make it – you can also watch that segment of the show – if you can locate it). I have the yarn in my stash for it to top it all off. It calls to me. I got this yarn at the Kitchener/Waterloo Knitter’s Fair two years ago (maybe three – who knows) now. I’ve just been waiting for the right project. I have about 297 skeins of yarn in my stash (I hope it’s still a moth-free stash), that are all waiting for their turn to become something beautiful – not that they’re not already beautiful.
My friend Michelle mademe go through my stash last year. I got rid of so much stuff… and I still have about 5 tubs full – plus bags here and there in the spare room, in the living room, at the foot of my bed, etc…
Well, I best go work on my gown now. I estimate that the gown, sleeper and bonnet will take me approximately 200 hours. Let’s say I have 100 days left. That means that I have to knit at least two hours a day to be finished in time for the christening – never-mind having it done for the birth! Yikes. At least now I have a goal. Two hours a day! I hope no one feels left out if I pay more attention to my knitting then to them? C’est la vie.
I’ll at least try for an hour tonight. I’ll make up for it at Circle tomorrow. Hihi.