February resolutions

Fresh off my success in keeping my January resolution, I am throwing caution to the wind and setting not one but TWO resolutions for February. I know, I am such a daredevil!

My first resolution is once again related to knitting. I want to finish the wrap that I am knitting for my Aunt Eula. I am over halfway done and just need to commit a little more knitting time than usual to it. It is not at all a difficult knit but because it has longer rows than my usual projects, I need to be able to take the time to sit down and complete a row, and not just pick up/put down every few minutes.

Resolution #2 is to exercise for 30 minutes, three times each week. Those who know me well know that I loathe exercising, and it shows. So I am endeavoring to take walks, snowshoe (if we ever get enough snow) or use On Demand exercise videos to get my lazy butt up and moving.

Now if I could only figure out how to knit and exercise at the same time.

Derby P.S.

The finals of the 2012 Pack 248 Pinewood Derby were held last night and Aidan's Emerald Raptor won first place in his den:


His car was barely edged out of third place overall in the pack by mere hundreds of a second, so he placed a respectable fourth place out of the 18 cars in the finals.

Here is Emerald Raptor crossing the finish line in first place in one of the heats, and you can see just how close the cars were to one another:


Emerald Raptor is now officially retired and Aidan is already thinking of ideas for next year's car.