August 25, 2003
08.25
A new week starts and life goes on. I am as happy as can be and blessed that we have two wonderfully polite and healthy kids. They really are precious, some days more than others. LOL! ;)
Our weekend was filled with enjoying the outdoors and walking 'til we dropped. Saturday we got the kids in our big mean red wagon, just to notice that a wheel was flat, it doesn't fill up with air anymore so it seems we will need to by a new wheel. The red wagon is great when we go garage sale shopping, it gives us somewhere to put our buys in. ;) So we went to check out 2 pretty lame yard sales, one had absolutely nothing interesting and the other one didn't have sales. LOL! The lady was charging twice as much as what we expected to pay. That's ok though, it gave Zoe the opportunity to start her Christmas gift list. LOL!
Sunday we went to a big 18th-Century Public Market in the Old Montreal. It was great, people in costumes and many products for sale BUT to pay 1$ to taste 2-3 pieces of bread or a dollar for half a slice of bread and homemade jam!? The tasting prices were ridiculous, we did survive 'cause we had left home prepared. We had brought all sorts of snacks with us. When we walked all around the market area, we found a park, ate our snacks and let the kids loose to play for a while. I did get to see a woman spin some yarn on a wheel, she was kinda old and didn't look friendly so I didn't talk to her. They has euroflax yarn and it was nice to touch it, not my kind of yarn but pretty neat I guess for vegan knitters. ;)
Ater all our walking we stop at a bookstore and I looked though a knitting book, of course I forgot the title. I've talked about this book before I think, it's a "choose a style to knit for your child", something similar to it. It's a basic book but I liked how the pattern in it were for classic sweaters. I could see myself knit some of the patterns for the kids. Well.... that's if I ever got over the sweater fear.
Talking about sweaters, the new Knitty issue should come out around middle of september, if I remember correctly this is the 1st anniversary issue and should include many sweaters. :) Fall is my favorite season, people finally cover up! LOL! I hate mini-skirts and too tiny tops that show every inch of skin possible, I'm just not that kind of person and it sure makes me feel self-conscious when I see people like that. I try to remember that they didn't have two kids nor have they breastfed for 4 years. LOL!
I started yet another Bucket-o-chic, this one is finally for me, will I dare post a pic of myself wearing it? ROFL! We'll see, we'll see. ;) I'm tempted to try and knit a felted version of the bucket-o-chic also, I think that would look neat. Good thing I LOVE hats, I can knit these over and over and over. :) I can't believe how easy the pattern is, I got to learn how to do the 3-needle bind off which I was eager to try and I'm getting pretty good at picking up stitches, you know after picking like a thousand, someone gets better. ;)
Now if only I could get mail today, I would finally start swatching for my shawl. My needles are either still in the air or about to hit home. I am so eager, this shawl will hopefully look so nice, at least it will be VERY soft. I love this baby alpaca, I'm going to call this Highland Triangle shawl my own comfort shawl. :)
hugs, wishing you all a great week.
OOPS, forgot to say that I got the forms to register Zoe to the english pre-kindergarden but now I don't know, is she ready!? ACK!? I'm gonna miss her SO much in the day, it's only 3 days a week but waaaaaaaaah! She's growing up too fast. ;)
Posted by Jo at August 25, 2003 09:01 AM