And away we go

Aidan and I are headed off to my mother's house tomorrow for a week long visit. Aidan is very excited about seeing Grandma and going to Vacation Bible School at Grandma's big honkin' church. It will be good to see her and spend some time with her, but the getting ready to go part is a pain.

I have about four or five lists going, particularly in regards to what to pack for Aidan. What drama there would be if a certain toy did not make the trip or if we did not have the right bedtime book. There is one list taped to my keys that is the "must make it into the car" items, such as my suitcase, Aidan's suitcase, my cosmetic tote, hats, snack bag...you get the idea. For just two people, we require a lot of stuff.

So this is probably the last post for about nine days. Access to the computer at Mom's house, much less time ALONE TO THINK while at the PC, will be very limited. Actually, "having time alone to think" moments for any purpose will be very few and far between!

Scarves

It is warming up here in Georgia and I am still all about knitting scarves. As my upstream pal in the Ravelry scarf exchange, Christie, says: "You can make them as fancy or as plain as you want, but best of all they are finished in a matter of days (if you have the time or are a fast knitter)."

I finished a scarf several weeks ago that will be put aside for mailing to the recipient later:

It really looks lovely out on the deck!

I finally settled on a pattern for my downstream pal in the scarf exchange, Sue, and I am diligently working on it. I had started a scarf, got halfway finished and then decided that it looked like a hot mess, as Christian Siriano would say. I frogged it completely and set the yarn aside for a future project, and may already have a good pattern for it. I would mention the type and color of yarn but Aidan is in the other room muttering and banging around, so I am having difficulty maintaining a coherent train of thought!