When will I learn to make gifts ahead of time? It's crunch time again! I'm nearly done with the birthday gifts I need by Saturday night (finishing to occur on-site...buttons must fit properly), but I have so many Christmas gifts to make! Luckily, most of what I've picked is with worsted-weight or larger; some even use SUPER BULKY. Quick work-ups, and they won't hurt my fingers as much. The things I'm making right now are on #1 straight needles. I'm actually kind of afraid I'll break them before I'm done. They've already bent (they're bamboo) into a curve, and one of them has a bit of a ditch going on the side. I'll keep on, it'll work out. I only have 16 more rows, and some of them are short-rows! Super exciting stuff.
After all of the holiday nonsense is over with, there are a lot of things I want to do without a time limit. I'm making some surprises for my grandparents. They don't like to ask/accept things, so I just decided to go ahead and do it. They may end up seeing this some day, though, so I won't say what I'm making. Just in case.
I also need to finish several gifts from years past. Amanda's gift has been languishing for years, at this point. Stupid hardware. I can't find it! It's the most frustrating thing. The damn gift is done. I just can't find the hardware I need for it. I also have most of one slipper, for Kate. I forgot where I was on it, so I may pull it out and start over, but it's doubled yarn on...a K-hook? Something like that, nice and big.
Then, of course, there are the helmetliners I've been promising my brothers forever. Rob may not want his anymore, he's being sent to Hawaii, but Jake's still in Afghanistan for another 8 months, or so, so I want to get it done. He's based in Colorado, too, so I think he's cold a lot. I've offered, in general on Facebook, to make them for other people I know who are in the military, but I don't think most of them read my posts. It's mainly people I knew in high school. I'll still make 'em, though. For serious.
Joey broke jail, yesterday. That was exciting. He also ate my only pair of jeans. Well, they were my only INTACT pair of jeans, until this happened. Looks like I'm wearing khakis for a while.
I guess I could wear PJ pants, but I guess I've grown up enough that wearing them beyond lounging on the couch just seems a little.....low-brow to me, now. I'm sure my mommy's very proud. I'll be lounging on her couches in them, soon enough, though, so she'll surely get sick of them. Or something.
Super tired. Brain's doing funky things, but I can't fall asleep yet. AAAAARRRRRRRGH.
I have to open one job tomorrow (in at 730a), then close the other (out at 12a), and then on Friday, I open again (in at 730a). It's going to be terrible. I might be delirious, at the end of it all. I'm off Saturday, though! It's the day of the annual Wine Party. Mmmmm, wine.
Mmmmm, wine.
