Renewal

It's so much fun when old pals show up out of the blue on the doorstep!! One I thought was gone forever, happily married & renovating a house with a new family, turned up a couple of weeks ago. He's single once more, broke & up to his eyeballs in debt but working on an idea for his next million. He's the smartest man I've ever met & we laughed & laughed when I asked for his autograph before he becomes famous. We used to have such fun in a gang working on ideas over coffee on Sunday afternoons .  .  .  .

My buddy Steve worked over my office several months ago - I've tried to keep it uncluttered - & he stuffed a lot of things into the closet. Well, I haven't used one single thing he stuffed in there so I think it's time to dump most of it. I will keep the tapestry loom & the good fleece in the vacuum bag but all the stacking file trays, plastic bins & other crap will go. I have an old scanner in a box that's never been opened, a really old Mita photocopier & a box full of cables, cords & hardware that I've collected over the years that will follow. It's time. It's amazing how you collect small electronics like keyboards, mice, cassette players, fans, clocks & small radios simply because it's a pain in the butt to drive across town to get rid of them. I think Steve stuffed it all into my closet & left the door off because he knew I'd get tired of looking at it & haul it away on my own instead of fighting about it. So I guess that's my job this coming week. At least two boxes of old electronics to the recycle joint & one of old office accessories to the Hospital Thrift Store.

The Second Goth Kitty Short Sock is ON the needles. Turning a heel while trying to yak over coffee in a cafe is tough so I cast on the second sock instead. It's so much easier to make ribbing or straight knit instead of working colored elastic markers & short rows in public. People like to stand around & ask silly questions while you're trying not to drop a stitch or elastic. I suppose I should learn to knit two socks at the same time on the same needles to simplify the process but I had a hard enough time learning THIS heel on the first two pairs of socks! I have the sort of brain that stays scrambled until the lemons line up & BING, it all drops into place. Sometimes my brain sorts the mess right away & sometimes it takes several lessons until the light comes on. I drove a couple of math teachers crazy because I have to understand what I'm doing before I can do it.

Pabaigh - The yarn has been wound into cakes & has been set out as my new TV project. Yes, I now have a new TV box. The knitting itself is all plain with nothing fancy at all. The body is almost straight with cap sleeves so it shouldn't take much work once it's on the needles. I suspect the worst part has been getting gauge & casting on since it's worked in one piece. Just give me a weekend of good dramas on Public TV or Knowledge & I'll be well on the way!