4659...

...and counting...

That's how many people are ahead of me waiting to be allowed to enter the hallowed halls of Ravelry. Don't ask me why I am so excited ... it's not like I have the time to spend scouring the pages and pages and pages of the loverly goodness. However, I will make the time. I will sacrifice. It will make me happy.

Work is busy as ever and I really thought by now my body would be beaten into submission. Alas, it was truly a pipe dream. I realize that now. My bruised body continues to scream profanities at me every day I come home from working at the bakery...although, to be honest, at least my toenails don't hurt anymore. The people are nice and I love the customers, but let's be honest with one another...this princess's body was not built for the physical labour. My inner princess has truly been a brat yelling at me for making her suffer through all the lifting, squating, kneeling, stretching, hauling, sweating, and power walking. She really has been spoiled! As I am typing this blog I have seven severely coloured bruises, four broken fingernails, and to top of my day today, I ran over the top of my foot with a bread rack that is approximately 6 1/2 feet high and maybe 7 feet long loaded with bread. Ouchy -- that smarts! But on the plus side, since I started last week I have lost almost 5 lbs. Now it is just convincing my body that this is all good! Hard to do at 5:30 a.m.!

Knitting has ceased for a few days. For one reason -- I'm just too tired at the end of my day to pick up the sticks. So I've been browsing through all my knitting books and magazines looking for potential future projects. This is about all I'm capable of at this point. I tried casting on for Shadir, but my gauge was waaaaaaayy off -- much too big! But I don't have a circular needle smaller than the one recommended, so it will have to wait. I started a lacy scarf the other day, but didn't really like the way it looked. I even thought about designing my own pattern for a cabled hat for my dear hubby, but it required far too many brain cells which were already complaining that I'm going on overload. So, I've turned to a more calming activity of browsing through books and magazines.

I've really been wanting to do some cable work and I thought my handspun Cotswold would work up in the most loveliest manner for these...

Hmmm....tooooooo many decisions. Brain shutting down ....................