A Quickie

Alright- super quick today. We are T minus 45 minutes to departure for the OBX and Family Vacation of Fun! I wanted to post before I left so no one worries when I go quiet for the next week and a few days. There is a slight chance I'll be able to blog while beaching it - but I'm not pushing it. So, anyway, I finished something. Yay me! Where's my cookie?
The Ribbed Noro Socks. Sorry no foot modeling today. I'm not about to put on a pair of 100% wool socks in 90 degree heat and humidity (I obviously am not dedicated enough to my blog). I did these 2-at-a-time style, so I used both ends of the ball of yarn, which means that the sock stripes match...
In reverse order. So cool. Anyway, now I just have to wait for Autumn to roll around to wear these pretties. No hurry though. I am very ready for a week of lazy summer days.

Counting Up Counting Down

Today was nephew Elliott's second birthday. Happy birthday little man! Can't believe he's already 2.Which means that yesterday was his big b-day bash. The cake was tasty, and more was eaten this time around.
He made out with the presents... again. Here's him driving (yes I just said a 2 year old was driving) his Gator. Can't tell you how jealous I am that he has a Gator and I don't. Need to talk the school into getting me one. And just so Mr. Mason doesn't feel unloved, here he is in all his cuteness.
Seriously. Cute. So in the car on the way back from the party, I finished sewing in the ends of the first "Toe Up with a Difference" socks. AKA -Charm socks, because the third pattern's a charm with this yarn. That's right, this is the 3rd pattern I've attempted with this yarn. And I finally have a winner. Love the pattern, love the yarn. Yay.I'm also very close to finishing the Noro socks. Like, finish them tomorrow at SnB, close. Yay! The goal was to get these done before vacay - and I will. Which, means new socks for vacation knitting.

Speaking of vacay - the countdown is on! T minus 4 days. Well, 5 if we're counting how many days until I'm actually on the beach and not just out of the hometown. Which means that blogging will cease for a week. A strict luggage rule is being enforced, and only one laptop is being permitted in the car, and it's not mine. And seeing as Dad will have work stuff and Ellie will have school stuff... I'm not thinking that blog stuff is going to rank very high. But I'll try.

And so I'll leave you with some photos from last week. I did some puppy sitting for BFF Bridget. And my favorite thing about Seamus sitting, besides Seamus, is this...
The view from their neighborhood park. I love walking down and looking at the lake and letting Seamus run wild.
He likes it too.

Bad Blogger Me

I am a bad blogger. I have been told by my brother - who is blogless. How dare I not post every 3 days? My only explanation is that I haven't had anything blogworthy lately. Not much knitting, not much to report about work.

Tommy came home last Wednesday night. Last weekend, I went down to States for the baseball game. It was a heartbreaker. Up 4-3 going into the bottom of the 7th, and the guys lost 5-4. It was very sad, and disappointing, but there's always next year - as any Cleveland sports fan knows.

On my way home on Saturday, I had a bit of car trouble. A new light started blinking. We all know how much I love to see an odd light on in my dashboard. It was the "Check Transaxle" light. So I called home from a rest area and was told to add transmission fluid. Okay. Mile and a half down the highway is the first exit. Okay. Four different gas stations. Okay. The Shell has transmission fluid. Okay.

And an hour and a half later, the fluid was finally added. I won't go into the details. It would take too long. I just have to say thank goodness for Steve at the tractor/riding lawn mower service station who came to my rescue.

Saturday was Mom's birthday, so we went out to dinner at Smoky Bones and then had ice cream cake. Had a cookout on Sunday and Tuesday nights so people could come over and spend some time with Tommy.

Yesterday, I went to the Riverfront Irish Fest with Bridget Chris and Kaylee. No pictures - I took my camera, but managed to forget my memory card. But it was good to get out for some Guinness and good music. Can't wait for Berea.

And now for the lackluster knitting content. I finally managed to finish plying up the "Mother of Pearl" roving. Here it is.270 yards of fingering weight-ish yarn. I haven't done the wraps/inch so I'm not entirely sure on the weight yet.

At some point in the last couple of weeks, I managed to finish spinning up the first 2 oz. of the "Wander" Corriedale roving. This is what it looks like.
I prepped the second half of the roving today, and now just need to wait until it's cool enough so I don't felt it while spinning.

And here's the only knitting progress I've got to show. I've passed the heels on the Noro socks.

See, no longer Hokie like. Alright, that's it. Just wanted to drop a note in case anyone was worried.