HUBBY AWAY

I look forward to this weekend all year.  It is one of the times my husband leaves the house for consecutive days and I get the house ALL TO MYSELF.  If you are married or live with someone, then I think you can feel what I am feeling.  I love him BUT.... 

I usually have a movie marathon but this year I think I will just coccoon myself for the weekend.  Knit, watch my recorded shows and watch NO FOOTBALL, even though the Ravens are playing Saturday night in the play offs.  I may even do some scrap booking if Peggy comes over to do it with me.

Nestle will be happy since I will be staying in.  It's supposed to be warm on Saturday so maybe she and I can take a long walk.  I can cook what I want, even burn the popcorn.  Such freedom.  Last year he went on a two week cruise and I thought that would be too long.  Nope, it wasn't.  I LOVE my alone time!

I returned the swift but she would only give me a credit.  It was a crappy yarn store, barely above a Joanne's so it was difficult to spend $60.  I finally bought some malabrigo twist, four skeins, and will make two cowls out of them.  They are gorgeous. 

This yarn store had no books, no magazines, no cashmere, no noro, no nothing!  I guess when you live in a town called Funkstown you take what you can get.  So I drove an hour each way for this.  Next year I ask for gift certificates!

My knitting daughter made me the calla lily bag.  I love it but she is quite the trickster.  I helped her pick out the yarn and I believe I even bought the book the pattern was in, all the time thinking it was for her!  I even asked for the pattern so I could make it but now I don't have to!

A trip to Texas and the rodeo is in my future.  Mel and I are flying to Becky's where we will visit the Houston Rodeo.  We will be seeing The Black Eyed Peas.  My friend Karen could not believe I even knew who they were.  (This is work Karen, not best friend in WA Karen.)  I am excited to be spending four days with both my kids!  It does not happen often so when it does I really rejoice!

Cold Weather Shelter is next week.  This is my last year, I SWEAR, that I will run it.  It is so exhausting.  Volunteers were hard to come by this year but with Grassroots' help, I managed to fill the positions.  I enjoy it so much but the preparation is so hard. 

I have a friend who was brave enough to declare that she will try her best to destash and only buy yarn 2-3 times the whole year.  She even put it in writing.  I am also going to knit from my stash and the sock clubs (yes clubs!) I joined.  I hope to spend way less $$ at the sheep and wool.  (Yeh, right!  Stop laughing Mel.)
New years resolutions are made to be broken, right?

A toast to this year and DESTASHING!!! ( Is that even a word?)