Medal count

I finished both of my items for the Ravelympics, although there was one small issue: I did not finish one item until after the 2010 Winter Olympics and the Ravelympics ended, so I did not earn a medal for it.

I was nearing the end of the Koigu neck cozy when I realized that I made a mistake, way back at row 11. Holy [insert rude word here]. The mistake was quite noticeable - well, it was noticeable on Friday evening; it obviously was not noticeable back when I made it. And because it is a gift for a very knit-worthy person, I wanted it to be as perfect as possible. So…I frogged, cast on and started again.

I did not finish the neck cozy before the end of closing ceremonies, but I completed it to my satisfaction, which is more important to me. I think it turned out beautiful:


The Koigu KPPPM has great colors and feels so nice as it is knit. I am thinking of making another one of these as a gift for Aidan's teacher.

I did finish the beret well in time but when I tried it on, I hated it on me. It is too slouchy for my tastes and my head; as my friend Noelle said, "you either have to be really young (like college) or really old (like a grandma) to wear that type hat." I am neither, but I luckily found another use for it. I am donating it to a fundraiser for The Thacher School, which the daughter of a friend attends.

It did turn out well - both the color and yarn are scrumptious:


And here is the "medal" I received for competing and completing the Hat Halfpipe:

I am so proud (wiping tear from eye)!

Snow day(s)

We woke up yesterday to about 4-5 inches of snow on the ground, with the forecast of more to come. Much more, along with blustery winds. B'ville schools, along with most area school systems, called off school - probably more for what was expected than what we already had. After all, five inches of snow in central New York? What's the big deal?

It snowed quite steadily most of the day and with temperatures just above freezing, it was wet, heavy snow. Aidan and I went out after lunch to shovel and play. Okay, so I was the only one who shoveled.

Note: With our house in Georgia still not sold, we are renting a two bedroom end unit in an older house. There are three apartments in the house and while a plow service takes care of clearing our drive and parking area, we the residents are responsible for our walkways to the parking area and the sidewalk in front of the house. There is an unspoken agreement between us and the family on the other end of the house that we take turns clearing the entire sidewalk. The guy on the end often uses his little snowblower or their teenage son shovels, and then I shovel a lot, but the young woman in the middle must think that elves magically clear the sidewalk.

Aidan went to the backyard to play. The snow plow pushes all the snow to the back of the parking area, just into the yard, making a huge pile of snow. Aidan played with his snow/sand castle making forms:


When I finished shoveling, I made a small snow person to stand atop the snow hill:


Aidan came over to make the acquaintance of the snow person:


The rate of snowfall increased during the day. It snowed into the evening, and we woke up to another 12-15 inches of snow this morning. B'ville schools initially were going to delay opening by two hours, then later closed completely. The village street in front of our house was clear but driveways and parking lots were buried.

The mountain of snow at the back of our parking area grew even more after this morning's plowing:


Yes, that is Aidan atop our mini mountain. And the snow person from yesterday is nowhere to be seen...