Good Intentions

 As the saying goes, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions".

I may not be on that road, but this past couple of weeks has been a challenge.  Today I just want to lay my head down for a tiny bit more after breakfast.  I'm coughing and I lost my voice.  My eyelids are drooping and my ribs hurt.  A tiny nap...

Things to do beckon.  I have a sweater to finish for Miss K, hopefully by her birthday in three weeks.  I'm on sleeve number 1, about halfway there.  She's a tall girl with slender limbs and a pretty smile.  I hope the calculations for the decreases to the wrist will fit her adequately.  I might have to ask her to measure her wrist for me before I'm finished.

Our quilt guild from church is making angel gowns. They are flannel gowns used for babies who don't survive birth or who die in the NICU at the hospital.  I ended up with the bag of extra small ones.  Yesterday using the assembly line method, I got six to the point of setting in the sleeves and realized that when I dropped supplies off at church, I forgot to take out ribbon for my own use.  Hopefully a short trip to pick up ribbon won't wear me out!

I also signed up for a knit-along at my local yarn shop.  The cast on party is tonight.  Of course, there are no penalties for not starting tonight, and I have NO business casting on another project at this point, but since it's for myself it won't be taking any type of priority in the works in process queue!

Yesterday it snowed all day in southeast Wisconsin.  Today the remnants of that storm are covering the corners of the grass and the areas where the sun doesn't reach.  We might have received an inch or two total, but since the ground isn't totally frozen due to the recent nice weather, it hasn't stuck.

This weekend there's a boatload of craft fairs in the area.  Since next week is Thanksgiving the holiday shopping season has begun in earnest.  I'm of course not ready for the holidays, although I DID make a Thanksgiving shopping list.  The last few days were spent organizing the chaos in my craft room and getting ready for our condo's Homeowner's Association meeting.  I'm secretary/treasurer, so I had a presentation to prepare.  Less than half the owners showed up.  <sigh> Lots of grumbling about things but no one ever volunteers to run for the board and do the work.  Situation normal, I guess!!

Gotta get to work... things to do, places to go, people to see.

I'll just close my eyes for a second.😴