I got back to some “me” knitting, well sort of. Here’s the progress I have made on my swap stocking so far. I know, not alot more than last time, but I just picked it back up today. It’s going great, looking good so far, but daggumit fairisle is sloooooooooow! I only until the 15 of November to get it done, stuffed, and mailed. So family, friends, and commissioned knitting is set aside for the moment. (But only for the moment!)


We went and checked the mail today, and inside the PO Box was locker key. So I trudged around the corner to the lockers and opened it up. Inside was my substitute Whenever Group’s Bottle Swap package! Kim spioled me wrotten indeed!

Starting at the 12 o’clock postion, and going clockwise, there is: Sockblocker keychain, will hold in reserve incase anything happens to the one holding my keys; postit notes, looks like the front pocket of jeans with a dainty bandana tucked inside pocket; a Mary Englebreit magnetic note pad, which I will hide so my family won’t use it; several sock patterns purchased in pdf form online, cool socks that look fun and interesting to make; little baggie with two sock shaped point protectors & two sheep stitch/place markers, these are sooo adorable I can hardly beleive they aren’t jewlry; and finally two skeins of wonderful sock yarn in my favorite color of purples, and each skein comes with it’s own card of matchin reinforcement thread. (Note while a differant fiber content and a differant yarn, it’s the same identica; color of the yarn I am using to make purpy’s complementary socks!)

I deleated most of the blogthings I had obsessively posted the other night. Even I thought I had gone overboard, and since this is my blog, I deleated them.

It is the end of the month, and food is running out in this house. I very likely will have to go ask a charity for help tomorrow. I hate doing that, but don’t know what else to do. (By the way, we aren’t out of food and won’t starve. It’s just we are getting low enough that I am panicking.)

I have signed up again for Whenever’s next bottle swap. I have been picking up little items along the way as I can afford them. I have some little charms, some adorable kiche notepads, and misc other items that I have collected. I even have a holliday tee shirt which, if my partner is accepting of such things, that I got on sale in January and have held on to for just such a swap!