Slackin' Saturday

Thanks to all who offered condolances and support earlier this week. It's much appreciated. We're still getting used to counting the cats as a set of five, rather than six, but we're managing. And thank you very much, Ranj, for the new icon.

We had a good turkey day with our family and friends. Too much food, as always...I think that's a Midwestern thing, or maybe a rural thing...where I was raised, plenty of food = good hospitality. Whereever it came from, our peeps were well fed, and we have leftovers to enjoy for days yet.

By had to work yesterday, and supposedly "just a couple of hours" today. We'll see about that one. But, working today gives him Monday off (or so the plan was this morning). I have to go in and water tomorrow, so about 3 hours, which I will get comp time for next week, because Donna's civilized that way. Tristan's working today (his usual), and I'm a little nervous about that. I'm really hoping the punk from two weeks ago doesn't show up again. **crosses fingers and thinks safe-work-day thoughts for the boyfriend**

No phone calls from either set of family the past couple of days, which is good. That means that Granny Phillips is still with us, and none of my relatives did anything (else) horrible during the holiday.

String Stuff

I overdid it yesterday, and my hands are rather stiff today as a result, but I got lots done.

I got 3" worth of stitching done on a gift afghan (that's six times 'round the rectangle, proably 8-9 feet of stiching per round), and will probably do a bit more on it this afternoon.

The alpaca gloves I did for myself are nearly finished (just need to do the thumb on the second glove, and weave in ends), with enough yarn leftover for a second pair(!!!). I modified the pattern a LOT, and will probably post it, since the finished glove got such nice reviews at dinner Thursday. I need to modify the next pair a little...didn't leave enough space between the thumb gusset and the division for the rest of the fingers, but it's still quite wearable, because I've got little hands. Not sure what pattern I'll do the second pair in, maybe something with color, since I've still got a ball of Indecita Alpaca, sport weight, in a nice dark blue.

I've got 76/169 squares done, as of last night. I've got centers for another 4 started, but my hands hurt too much to finish them at the time. We'll see what I get to today. I've promised the boys that I'll be good, and pace the yarning with other things, to rest my hands.