Thank you for the Baby Borg - now knit me a sweater! I did cast on for the BSJ (baby surprise jacket) Sunday night, but apparently I have trouble counting up to 160 and had to frog it (rip it, rip it) after one row. I mean, dude! I was off by 19 stitches, what is that about? When I got ready to re-cast, I realized that I was using one needle size 5, the other size 6. What else could have gone wrong? It was a total do-ever. Apparently both love and knitting is better the second time around. I made lavish use of stitch markers to help me keep count, and I think this time I've got it. However, if you have ever knit anything created from the mind of the late, great Elizabeth Zimmermann, you know how loosey-goosey her instructions can be. I have been knitting long enough, I think - coming up on half a century - to figure it out. But if not, just remember that those anguished shrieks you are hearing coming from Orlando may NOT be people riding on Space Mountain for the first time.
I have never been accused of being a spontaneous person. Never. But I am here to tell you that I did something utterly spontaneous, without much forethought. Or maybe there was forethought but it was all subliminal. Or subcutaneous. Or subconscious. Yeah, that's the right word, subconscious. Most of the time the subconscious is an evil little parasite, but on Sunday night it made me happy.
I booked a cruise, just like that. Found it, liked it, ran it by Rob, and booked it online, all within the space of a half hour. Usually, I agonize for months, but this was absolutely serendipitous, meaning the dates, the price, the port, and the cruise line were all exactly what I would have wanted, had I gone on a long determined search for the perfect cruise. I know I've told you that I live from vacation to vacation, and this is going to be a goody. I would do the Happy Dance, but my knees are hurting and besides, I can't dance worth a damn.
Off and running now. I haven't forgotten the rest of the food tour of Panama City Beach.
I have never been accused of being a spontaneous person. Never. But I am here to tell you that I did something utterly spontaneous, without much forethought. Or maybe there was forethought but it was all subliminal. Or subcutaneous. Or subconscious. Yeah, that's the right word, subconscious. Most of the time the subconscious is an evil little parasite, but on Sunday night it made me happy.
I booked a cruise, just like that. Found it, liked it, ran it by Rob, and booked it online, all within the space of a half hour. Usually, I agonize for months, but this was absolutely serendipitous, meaning the dates, the price, the port, and the cruise line were all exactly what I would have wanted, had I gone on a long determined search for the perfect cruise. I know I've told you that I live from vacation to vacation, and this is going to be a goody. I would do the Happy Dance, but my knees are hurting and besides, I can't dance worth a damn.
Off and running now. I haven't forgotten the rest of the food tour of Panama City Beach.
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