Pleasantly busy

I've always been somewhat of an introvert. When I was a kid, I didn't have very many friends that I spent a lot of time with outside of school. That might have been due to the fact that when my friends were dressing up their Barbies to go to glamorous balls, mine had to go to work because she had a mortgage to pay and two young kids at home to feed.

I've always had a good personality and people liked being around me. But, while my parents tried to keep my brother at home more, they were actually trying to kick me out of the house. Not saying I can't have a good time at a party, or that I don't like to do things; just that my social calendar has never been what you call "full".

So, the other day when I was syncing my busy and personal calendars, I was pleasantly surprised to see the color I have designated for personal has begun to grow and sprinkle more and more days. Granted the majority of these days are weekend days, but given the stagnant stall my life had been in for a year and a half prior to meeting Sagittarius, even this is a big change.

The weekend after camping with Sagittarius, was the Fourth of July. The next weekend (this past weekend) was a barbecue for our parents to meet. I was feeling under the weather on Saturday, but still managed to get a lot done around the house to prepare. Things went well on Sunday and our parents had a great time.

Mom and Pops look so cute

Sagittarius' mom enjoyed herself and was great company

This weekend, we are going out of state to visit a friend of his.

In the midst of this, I have still been working on my knitting and crochet projects. I was so excited to finally finish the third baby blanket I had been working on, and mail it out to my friend in Pennsylvania. I used the same crochet pattern as I did with the second baby blanket, this time using Pound Of Love's pastel pink and white, and Baby Sport lavender. I weaved in a pink ribbon.



Two days later, I finished a part one of a two-part project I'm working on for Sagittarius' birthday in the winter. I won't disclose any further details so that he doesn't know what his present is before he gets it.

That same day, I finished knitting a scarf for myself. This is the second one I've done using the same pattern - Textured Scarf and Hat, found in the Fall 2008 issue of Love Of Knitting. I have started working on the hat to match.


Now I have also begun working on knitting an afghan for my father as a Christmas present. I figure I need to start early on any hand made holiday gifts to give me enough time.