1 blankie down!

Well, I finished the knit portion of my afghan tonight and started the crochet edging. Have I mentioned how much I hate to crochet onto things that are already knit, woven or sewn? My mom complained that the yarn isn't soft. Well, it's $3/pound acrylic - what do you want? I'm hoping that a trip thru the washer & dryer help soften it up, and if I need to steam the shit out of it, that's on the list as well. I feel a great sense of accomplishment just from the fact that I used up almost 3 pounds of yarn in a week and actually mostly finished something. Like that adjective phrase? Sorta like my saying that I was almost half done with the bottom of my daughter's sweater coat. Dh was like, "Only a knitter would describe progress like that... how much is that, exactly, 1/8th, 1/4th? You're almost part way done with one piece of a complete project?! And that's progress?"If he knew how painful 100 ridges of garter stitch with solid colored yarn was, he would appreciate my progress!

Anyway, since I'm loving this style of blanket so much, I think I might break out the 3 pounds of "Pound of Love" I got in denim, red & white and make another blanket. That yarn is considerably softer. Maybe the next one will be for my nephew, who is due to be born any day now.

I've been reading about Theresa's trip to Hawaii and her socks in all the pictures they took along the way, and it's been making me wish for an afterthought heel sock project to take along with me to work and wherever. I've never done one and need to look up a pattern. I certainly have enough sock yarn to start a pair.

Dh & I got into an argument over our computers and where they will reside when we move into our studio at some point early next year. My mom & I are of the opinion that we should get computer armoirs so that I can shut & lock the door so my kids can't get into my crap and it doesn't look like a mess when I'm not using it. Dh is of the opinion that the computers need to stay in the basement so that we aren't tempted to clutter the area around the computers upstairs. The options really boil down to him buying me a freaking laptop with wireless broadband access, or getting the armoir... I refuse to be stuck in the basement in the middle of the night trying to surf the web after the kids go to bed because that's the only time I can leave them unattended to come down here. I wish I could just throw out the computer and go back to the old days. I remember when I thought it was so special to get email, now I get zillions of messages, mostly junk, on an hourly basis. I was writing a weekly summary for my IS class and mentioned how people are getting away from sitting at their computers for some things, like we have mp3 players, phones that can keep your address book, schedule, pictures, music, video clips, internet access, instant messaging, etc right on them so you don't have to visit your computer frequently to check into things. I can't wait until I can upgrade to one of our newest phones with a qwerty keyboard so I can email from my phone when I have a chance.