Birthday Fever

On The Needles:
--Hermione's Everyday Socks in Regia Sock Yarn
--Think Pink Socks in Brown Sheep Nature Spun Fingering  (Ribbed Ribbons pattern from Socks From The Toe Up by Wendy Knits

LOVE the way my Hermione (top) socks are coming out.  The pattern is so so easy, and it's beautiful.  Very simple, but interestingly textured.  I've actually done more since I took that picture, but those socks are on-the-go-knitting, so I keep them in my car and I keep forgetting to bring them in to take pictures.  I seem to spend a lot of time waiting in my car.  Don't know why, but at least I can just whip Hermione out and do a few rows here and there.
My Think Pink socks are also stealing my heart.  I absolutely love them.  I love the toe-up method, love the double circs method...just love them.  I'm about to create the gusset on the first one, as soon as I have ten seconds to just SIT.
I ordered this skein of yarn off of eBay a few weeks ago.  It's beautiful, dark grey heather laceweight, 800 yards, wool, silk, and cashmere.  I'm going to cast on for the Haruni shawl on Ravelry today....I can't wait!  My very first shawl!

So my kids' birthdays are coming up...April 5th and April 12th.  I'm doing a circus-themed birthday party, and I am SO excited.  It's so hard to believe that they're gonna be four and six.  That just blows my mind.  For the next two weeks, I'm not going to be doing anything that's NOT related to the party or the actual days.  Birthday fever indeed.  The only thing that's niggling at my brain is the fact that both my boyfriend and my ex-husband are going to be at the party....at the same time......

Spring has sprung....back under a rock

Okay.  Seriously, enough with the wind.  It's getting ridiculous.  I am so unbelievable sick and tired of the crazy crazy wind.  It would be so nice and warm outside if the wind weren't blowing at three hundred flippin' miles an hour.  Yesterday Nolan and I were leaving the library, when I opened my mouth to say something to him....and promptly got a mouthful of dirt.  Thank you SO much.

I've discovered something amazing.  Yarnbombing!  I've been hearing about it off and on for a few months now, and yesterday I finally found a book on it.  I was so intrigued, and so inspired.  My MOTHER even wants to go yarnbombing with me, and she doesn't even knit/crochet!  I'm going to make a little rectangular tag and put some pom-poms or bobbles dangling off of it today, and tonight when she gets home we're going to drive to Corrales and find somewhere to leave it.  She's excited and she thinks its so cool, which makes me happy that our relationship has gotten back to the point where we can go and do fun things together like this.

I have a job interview at Starbucks today.  YAY!

On The Needles:
--Hermione's Everyday Socks in Regia Sock Yarn
--Think Pink Socks in Brown Sheep Nature Spun Fingering  (Ribbed Ribbons pattern from Socks From The Toe Up by Wendy Knits
--My little turquoise rectangle tag

I'm about to turn the heel on both pairs of socks, just coming from different directions.  I actually am really loving the toe up method.  It's really cool being able to try the damn thing on my foot to make sure it fits and all that jazz.  Will post pictures after I take my daughter to school.