Saturday! Glorious, wonderful Saturday! Can I say that I am not missing this place at all? :o) My job is okay...don't get me wrong...but man oh man...do I just love the weekend.. or WHAT!!!!!
It's a sprawling building... I walk from one end of it to the other end of it many times during the day... so being at home, here in this little house, is just wonderful.

Anyway, today I got my blood work done, did grocery shopping, and laundry....and got my car inspected. Poor baby is going to have to have some work done to get through the test.. but that's okay... next Saturday that'll happen. Unfortunately, I'll have to have the car there early in the morning, so the lie in will not be happening..but there's always the luxury of an afternoon nap on a day off, huh?

I finished reading The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood today... fabulous book. I thoroughly enjoyed it. In some ways I could relate to Mary....no, I haven't had any of my children die..but ... well, it's a really long story, which will wait till another day.....

What I have to look forward to on Saturday

Blood work.

I just can't deny it any longer... I'm not feeling well.

So, so so tired... heavy..tonight just a tad bit nauseated.

And so, the doctor has said I must have fasting blood tests taken on Saturday morning.

There's just a little bit of anxiety associated with this for me... but then on the other hand, if there is something very wrong, at least we will know...

What's been on the needles... and why!

Well, the projects I'm working on may not be massively challenging, but they are for a good cause. The local Child Advocacy Center holds a blue scarf drive each year, and the scarves are given to children who have been abused. Actually, if there is just one child in a school classroom, who has suffered in that way, all of the kids in that class will receive a scarf, so that no one is singled out, you know?
So... I already had this one finished... it was made using Lion Brand's Fun Fur.. just basic garter stitch, but the furry texture makes it look a lot more luxurious!


This is another Lion Brand yarn.. called Incredible. It's making an interesting scarf.. sorta stretchy... But I don't think I shall knit with ribbon again..it twists and tangles a little too easily for my liking. My LYS is taking part in the Olympic Knitting Competition! And so this one was cast on during the Opening Ceremonies last Friday night.. half way through it now...it'll be quite long, and there will be tassles.. and I have enough actually to make two of them.
And this one began life yesterday.. it's Bernat Soft and Chunky, and I'm just following the pattern on the ball label, for the diagonal scarf.

I do love my knitting... there's so much going on in life which is unpleasant and somewhat stressfull.. stuff which I may write about at a later point.. but the shakiness I find my hands suffering from at times eases so much when I have needles in my hand.....