Random Tuesday

I keep meaning to blog but never get around to it because I don't have anything too interesting planned out. So I'm just going to do a little random blog especially for my friends who keep asking if I've fallen off the face of the earth. :)

• For the Knitting Olympics I'm not going to start a new project... until I finish a bunch of UFOs... I have a cabled pullover and stranded mittens that I need to finish first... then I'm going to begin to think about my next projects. Are you going to participate in Ravelympics or the Knitting Olympics? What are you going to knit/crochet? We absolutely LOVE the Olympics around here and are so excited to watch!
  

• I'm already thinking towards spring... I'd like to knit a couple of Wonderful Wallaby hooded pullovers for my boys. I'm going to use Berroco Weekend which is a new cotton/acrylic blend. I have a soft willow green coming in the mail that I'm going to use for the babe. I'm not sure which color to use for my older son, I will let him pick out the color and I'm pretty sure he'll pick red like he always does. Here in Maine these cotton blend sweaters will come in handy all throughout spring, summer and fall.

• The babe is going to be THREE in a few weeks. Can you believe it!?

• Des Moines Metro Knitters is going to be FIVE later this month! The group now has over 300 members and has had almost 800 organized meetups. I haven't been in Iowa for a year, but this group will always hold a VERY LARGE special place in my heart and I've made friendships that will hold fast for a lifetime.

• Also later this month will mark one year living here in Maine for our family... THAT is crazy, too. Where does the time go? It seems that the older I get, the faster time flies.

• Not much else to report. I've been away from this space, but I'm still on the internets. I've been playing on Twitter a lot more than Facebook lately. Facebook just keeps growing more and more annoying to me. Plus, I don't like getting bombarded with hokey game and quiz requests. Blah! Twitter really keeps things simple and I like that. Feel free to follow me over there.

• I've also been doing a good share of web design work... making a little money to supplement the yarn stash fund. ;) It's been fun to get in to this again.

• I have a couple of my own web site projects that I'm working on. No details yet, but soon ... very soon! I'm very excited about them.

• We've had almost record LACK of snowfall here in Maine this winter. We only have a couple of inches here and there and lots of bare spots. The majority of the past month has been very sunny and mild albeit cold. It's been a real treat to have streaming sunshine warm the house every day. The sun comes up before 7 and goes down just after 5 o'clock now. I've figured out that this is about 45 minutes earlier on both ends than Iowa. In the summer on the longest days, the sun is up before 5! Mainers are generally early risers. The town is really abuzz pretty early... even for such a small town that we live in now. I like this a lot.

• We live two blocks from a clock tower and a UU church both of which chime on a regular basis. I like this a lot, too.

• Despite living in the middle of town, it is SO dark at night. The stars are incredibly bright. Every night before bed (on a clear night) we all stand at the babe's window and look at the stars.

See? Told you it was going to be random! See you in a bit....