Happy Monday!

Well...Here is sock number one...from SKS...it's the elongated corded rib (4 stitch pattern) with fingering weight sock yarn and size 2 dpns. I prefer size 0 and sometimes size 1 needles for socks, but I wanted to see what size 2 on this pattern would look like...now I know that I STILL prefer size 0/1 dpns for socks...I think the pattern definition is better, and a tighter heel is more durable. Just my humble opinion.

It's back to school week for this homeschooling family, a dental visit for me, a visit to the vet for Annie (who is still a cute bug and teething,of course!), and then tonight to my woman's encouragement/Bible group at church. Although I'm always tired at the end of the day, and try to find excuses why not to just curl up in my jammies and knit while the kiddos and hubby watch old Walker:Texas Ranger reruns...I always find a huge blessing after going to the weekly fellowship with other women...I am always blessed from spending that hour with other ladies, no matter what their ages 18 -88), and that everyone needs encouragement, a hug, and to hear from God's Word how to handle life and what it brings. A bonus: an hour of uninterrupted knitting time for me. A few weeks ago, I lost a dpn, and one of the gals said it looked like a toothpick, and she put it back on the fruit display with the other fruit picks...Ha ha...just a joke she said, but you should have seen me scanning the fruit sculpture/platter for my Rosewood dpn! Just a bit of knitting drama for you.

Can you tell I haven't had my morning Java yet? It's 8:23 am here...3 hours later than normal for coffee consumption. I had the blasted tooth episode at 3 am and took a Vicodin (motrin was hiding) and I was OUT OF IT till a little while ago. Time to get going, get the kiddos up, start school, and get those appointments out of the way.
Knitting Plans for today: work on sister's birthday socks, peruse my felted bag secret partner's blog to plan the perfect bag for her, send a swap box of goodies to my May Yarn Swap partner from Sockamaniacsocknitters...and to reshuffle the yarn in my big wicker basket...I use it as a room decoration in the corner of the master bedroom. :)