I feel as if I have been wandering around in circles
Trying to figure which way I have gone
And which way that I am going.
The closer I seem to get to where I am going,
The farther away I become.
A bit of wandering
March 3rd, 2010Slight delay
March 2nd, 2010Today’s photo of the day as well as an update will be slightly delayed due to technical difficulties. I will say however, that the sojourn in sleeve island is almost over!
Monday Meanderings
March 1st, 2010Almost ten years ago, when my girls were much much younger, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a mastectomy. It was shortly after my youngest was weaned and she saw me as I emerged from the shower. As I remember it, the conversation between the two of us went something like this:
Shann: Mommy, you don’t have a nursing? It’s gone?
Me: Yes honey, it’s gone.
Shann: Will you get another one?
Me: No. I don’t think so.
Shann: That’s okay Mommy. Maybe tomorrow.
I have held that memory close throughout the years. That simple acceptance that no matter what, that I was still Mommy, still me was a gift beyond measure. It carried me through the physical healing process from surgery, the nausea and hair loss from chemotherapy. I don’t know if either girl understood then, or if they will ever know how much the simplicity of their acceptance helped carry me through that time in my life.
Maybe tomorrow. That tomorrow is almost here. Next Monday I will undergo the reconstruction phase of this journey. It seems weird to write of it but it is part of my cancer journey and recovery. It won’t be easy. But it is time.
60/365 Woolgirl Rocks!
eta 3/2/10: I apologize for my really awful editing last night when I posted this. Sorry!
Sunlit Sunday
February 28th, 2010Springtime came early this year.
59/365 Sunlit
We spent the afternoon out in the sun, enjoying the breeze off of Puget Sound. Frisbees and horseshoes were tossed, balls thrown and retrieved and a good time was had by all those involved.
In this case it was the Husbeast, the girls, a couple of the Husbeast’s sisters and a niece and nephew or two.
Saturday Sky
February 27th, 2010
58/365 Saturday Sky
A long day at a gymnastics meet. Unfortunately, I have mush for brains left, so there isn’t any cute banter to go with it. Also, I didn’t realize that the photo ended up being slightly fuzzy. Sorry bout that!
Spiralling
February 26th, 2010There are times that things just seem to spiral out of control. This next week may just be one of them. There are fairly benign instances of spiral such as this:
57/365 Spiral
And then there are those out of control spirals that tend to make me a bit more loopy than normal:
spiral...take two
Which is precisly whiy I prefer to knit socks (or anything else for that matter) with double point needles or using the magic loop method. I just spend way too much time trying to keep things under some semblance of detanglement.
Progress
February 25th, 2010I seem to have hit a dry spot in the creativity department lately. I am slogging away on the sleeves of this sweater, and haven’t felt like any of my photos have been much good either.
56/365 progress
I am finding that knitting both of the sleeves at the same time isn’t too bad. The good thing is that I am getting all the increases done evenly. The hard part is that it seems like sleeve island is lasting forever.
Signs of spring
February 24th, 2010It is amazing the difference in a few short weeks. This tree was just barely budding a couple of weeks ago, now look at it! Next time I take a look it will probably have leaves and everything.
54/365 Signs of spring
Speaking of spring green, after my failed attempt at the Skew sock, I am back to working on my Ginny sweater. Since the Olympics is all about the challenge for me and there is a very real possibility that I may not get all of the pieces done and put together by the time that the Olympic Flame is extinguished, I am attempting to knit both sleeves at the same time, in the round so that I have a few less seams to stitch together in the end.
sleeves in progresss
I hope that I can keep everything straight and not totally mess this up!
55/365 keely
Hitting the Frog Pond
February 23rd, 2010I really wanted this pattern to work. It has been fun to knit (at least it was once I got over my initial inability to read the directions) and despite the row upon row of stockinette stitch, it kept my attention.
Sadly it is not a match made in heaven. It might have worked with a different yarn choice or slightly larger needles. But it isn’t going to work with the yarn I started with. So it is off to the frog pond. I’m going back to the sweater project.
