It's a Beautiful Day!

Hello Dah-lings!

Today has been a beautiful day! My husband had his monthly meeting with the other Lutheran pastors in the area, so I got together with my good friend Chris for lunch and mucho lah-f-tah (that's 'laughter' for all you non-geeky dorky people out there)!

So you need to picture it. Two moms in desperate need for "mommy-time" depart in the 'silver bullet' (our minivan...oh, how suburban!). Excited to be without children around the ankles, we sped off giggling like two kids that are about to get into mega-mischief. We got to Kelsey's restaurant and indulged in food prepared for two princesses. It was kinda nice to eat and have an 'adult' conversation. You know the kind. The kind of conversation that doesn't start off with , "Austin was picking his nose today and it was gross" or "Mom, dad is teasing me...STOP IT!!!!" or, my personal favorite, "Gross mom did you fart?" always making sure the whole restaurant heard her. No, today, it was a decent conversation full of laughter and good times.

Then we walked over to Chapters bookstore (my second heaven) and "browsed" without the ankle-biter asking for the 15th time if we can go "to the kid's section yet?" Apparently she can get impatient after standing in the "knitting books" section for only an hour. I mean what kind of staying power is that!!!??? We each made our own personal purchases...something just for us. Now some of you may find that last statement a little "selfish". Especially because I make "special purchases" for myself all the time (yarn, books, magazines, le chocolat). Hey, remember? I am a princess! I am demanding and selfish! It's part of the job description!!!

Well, after that, I dropped my friend off at home, picked up my dearest hubby (ha...I say that like the others aren't dear to me at all!), and we sped home to pick up baby girl. We had to speed, because we would have been late as usual. And if we're not careful, they may contact Social Services, because according to my baby girl, if you are precisely .0001525 nano-seconds late, it is like the end of the world.

Once home I proceeded to tear apart my "meathead" hat. It was far too tall. I felt like some kind of mutant gnome. Then I re-knit it (it only took me an hour this time) and it is soooooooo much better. It still looks the same, but miles shorter. I sure love that pattern! Wow, one hour and you have a great new hat to sport around town.

Last night I finished knitting Madeline's second clog (for felting). I just have to sew up the inner sole tonight and knit the outer sole and then those puppies are ready for felting. I actually feel like a bit of an accomplished knitter this past month. I've finished a number of projects which I have felt very proud of. Not that the projects themselves are superior or otherworldly but just the fact I have finished projects. Not the usual little bits of something here or there.

However, the house has suffered tremendous catastrophic neglect. But again...Princess!