Two things

Well, actually, there are four things :) but two *groups* of things, so that's how I came to the "two things" title. 

Thing(s) one:

I have started these socks several times. (it's okay if you don't see socks up there.  I do, and that's all that matters right now)  First, there was an attempt to cast on two socks onto two circular needles.  That failed miserably.  Then there was a cuff-down attempt at one sock on one circular needle.  I accidentally pulled my (size 2mm) needles OUT of the sock, which resulted in another fail.  Third came the toe-up socks knit one on each circular, but consecutively.  I had one sock completed, and the other sock finished up to the rib cuff, when I decided that the fit was wrong, and I could fix that if I frogged *both* socks, and *started again*.  No, I am not insane.  (and no, I have not been professionally assessed.  It's purely a personal observation here.) 

Soooo, this time I am knitting two socks toe-up on two circular needles.  Success #1: casting on both socks correctly, and remembering what kind of cast-on to use, and how many stitches I decided I wanted to begin with, *and* how I wanted to increase to make the socks less "wicked witch of the north's shoes" -looking at the toes.  Success #2: I accidentally pulled 1/2 of one of the socks off my (size 2mm) needles.  But, I was able to thread the needle back through all 29 stitches, and continued my knitting without saying *one*single*curse*word* out loud.  Hah! (and no, I'm not telling you what I was thinking at the time, although the immediate oral ingestion of chocolate was quite helpful.)

Thing(s) two:

These pictures have been on my scrapbooking table for 2 weeks now.  I couldn't think of what I wanted to do with them, aside from sticking them onto paper with adhesive, that is...  So they sat, and mocked me, and I avoided that craft room for *days* just so I wouldn't feel the pain of my design defeat.  But today, well, today was different.  I remembered that I had saved some stickers from another Easter page I did back before I moved to Utah.  (that would make these stickers at *least* 7 years old, BTW)  And, after I found them again, I remembered some paper that I *thought* might coordinate, also in my stash, along with some matching ribbons.  One hour later, I had a decent (IMO) LO done, and the mocking had ceased.  I even added journaling :)

So, while yesterday was a long and grumpy day, and nobody but me is to blame for that, today has been a sunny, productive, and quite satisfying day.  And it's only 3:30pm.  Things can only get better  

...I hope


Gratitude List:
* I have a huge amount of crafting supplies, and an entire (if quite small) room to store them in.
* Puppies are all healthy, and surviving the neighborhood children fine.  (even the puppy who was dropped on the cement, and landed on her head.)
* The garbageman came today.  (we had a *lot* of stuff for him, and he took it all, bless his heart!)
* The three (or sometimes four) weeks that we have really hot weather makes the A/C unit extremely popular right now.
* I told Morgen I'd pay her to clean up after the puppies, and she did.  She washed out the plastic insert for their kennel (covered in puppy poo), picked up more puppy poo from their day-time enclosure, and gave all seven of them *baths* (okay, that may have been a little above and beyond what I was expecting).  *And* she was cheerful about it!
* The local library, which allows us to come every single week and check out books for *free*.  (plus, they have A/C.)
* Today, I did something that will *stay* done.  Unlike the laundry, and the dishes, and the vacuuming...
* Prayer.  It works.
* God is good.