I'm Going Bananas

I get things done by limiting myself to 'set-tasks'. Otherwise, it's far too easy to become absorbed and never get anything done.

This weekend, I set myself the following tasks:

1. finish off knitting raglan. .. and guess what? By Sunday night, I was ready to block and sew. It looks like the husband might actually get a sweater before November rolls around. The operative word is 'might'. Since it's not finished yet and there are a lot of ends to sew. Finishing isn't one of my favorite tasks but after all the hours working on this, I don't want to screw it up too much by taking shortcuts.

2. Get out and get some fresh air. So I did. I went in search of a present for one of my friend's birthday. I went to Cath Kidston in Chelsea but they didn't have what I wanted. It was pouring rain, the trains were not cooperating either, so I took myself over to another shop that I knew had Cath Kidston goodies and an added bonus was .. there was a yarn shop not far away. So lookie what I got.

None of the yarns tempted so at least I got some books. Mind you, it's not like I needed any new books, but I always feel a strong need to support my LYS.

3. Re-work ATU. I'll work on a button, maybe this weekend. If I make a reasonable size button, the text becomes unread-able... so what's a girl to do but ponder this a bit more. I was never really happy with the old layout, but I just wasn't sure what I wanted. Now that I have a blue mottled background, I'll have to take a lot more photos on this tablecloth :-)

4. I also managed to go see my in-laws (I'm lucky, because I have great in-laws)

5. I came home from Sunday lunch and I de-s-p-a-m-m-e-d my comments. Am I paranoid or do those s-p-a-m-b-o-t-s seem more aggressive than usual? Comments on almost every post (and sometimes more than one on the same posts) were hit. Each comment was also posted about 5 minutes apart. I've decided to closed some of my comments to prevent this. They're driving me bananas, but I will find a way to win. I don't like losing!

6. I also found a few new blogs, that are very worth following. First, there's MeMoiJa, the home of my secret Pal, Valentina. She was in cahoots with Kay to surprise me and was even going to show up at the Afghan Sewing Bee, just to meet me without tell me. Valentina gave me but a few clues and I ended up spending hours trolling through blogs until I found her last week. (Note, I did not limit my time to do this, as this is something that would keep me awake through the night). Then there's another new blogger, Knitting and Howe!. Phyllis kindly gave up for home for the Sewing Bee and I'm sure that she is still finding bits of peach cobbler, along with bits of yarn and tapestry needles in her couch. So stop by and visit these great ladies.

Now, I'm going to go and try and finish this raglan off (Just kidding, I'll be going off to find my pillow now). November is just around the corner. All this dashing about, no wonder, I'm breathless!

Posted by atu at October 26, 2004 12:00 AM | TrackBack