It was way past time for a photo album update and it turns out that I failed to take photos of my recent finished objects which are now on the hands and feet of the recipients. Both Helen's socks and the Jacob wool mittens for Henry and Anne went on their way without documentation. Bummer. I am especially disappointed about the mittens - I had been working on them since October. I spun the wool (a nice Jacob sliver from Meridian Jacobs, and a beautiful heathered red merino from MdS&W) and designed the mittens myself, based on basic instructions here. So it goes.
I should get Super Dude's hat 
done today - I had promised completion by the post-Christmas back to school day, but I was sick over the holiday weekend, and that really cut into my knitting time. The shawl in the WIPs will be a long-term project. I am not a fast knitter, but I really enjoy having a lace project on the go for whenever the mood hits, and I really love lace shawls.
I have to figure out how to make the photos larger when inserting them into the text.
I have recently discovered StuntMother's blog which I really enjoy. She poses an interesting thought - what would you do if you were rich? Hmmm.....If I were rich I would:
- Give more money away - not just to significant charities, but to individuals in need.
- Help my mom out financially on a monthly basis.
- Have college funds set up for both of my kids.
- Have a house at the beach, that I would use all summer and for vacations. It would be big enough (note that this does not have to mean brand new) to host family Thanksgiving. It would have a big hot tub.
- Not worry when expensive stuff breaks.
- Buy organic groceries all the time. Maybe even have the regular items delivered.
- Go away on a "Girls Only" long weekend with my sister or a girlfriend a couple of times a year. Preferably to a destination spa. Oooooh ahhhhhh.
- Buy my husband the classical guitar of his dreams.
- Have a mini-tummy tuck to correct the c-section scar left behind after Sugar Plum was born. I would have to get over the whole anesthesia fear thing for this one, not just be rich.
- See more of the world.
- Open a yarn and wool craft shop.
I would not:
- Accumulate more "stuff." Enough is enough already. Except for yarn, I might have to make something cashmere.
- Quit my job. It makes me happy and I feel good when I go to work. I also think it makes me a more interesting person. Unless, of course, the yarn shop thing works out. Then I would be too busy at the shop to continue my regular job.
- Drive a really expensive car. You don't get there any sooner.
- Move. I really like my house, and the school system is doing right by my kids. Why mess with that?
- Put TVs or computers in the kid's rooms. Or buy them every little techno-gadget that they want. There is no incentive to come out and interact if they have all that stuff in their rooms.
There are probably lots more things for both lists, but that is what comes to mind right now. What would you do, or not do?
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