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January 27, 2005

Home Sweet Home

Trav and I came home yesterday afternoon and I gotta tell ya - there's nothing like being at home.  I know, it makes me sound like an old fuddy duddy, but I like to be at my house.  I think it's comfy and I can relax there.  Don't get me wrong, I like to visit my in-laws and my dad and step-mom (my mom lives in the same town I do so not a lot of overnight stays at her house!), but I'm always so glad to be home.

Step-mom is doing fabulous and is coming home from the hospital today.  Miraculous really.  She's going to take it easy for a couple of weeks and then do some stuff around the house.  She has some time off from work to recuperate (she says 4 weeks, Dad says 6 - like that's going to happen!) so she's got big plans for her down time.

Work on Travis' sweater was going along quite nicely (did you notice the past tense?) until I got almost done with the first sleeve and noticed that despite my meticulous following of the pattern, the sleeve was getting too long and not wide enough.  So, I had to call the Yarn Co. and they said "Oops, it should read increase every 6 rows, not every 10."  Oh goody.  That little piece of wisdom resulted in ripping out the entire sleeve because it was easier to redo 6 rows than worry about whether or not I had the stitches picked up correctly.  The good news is that I got a good start on the sleeve last night while I watched my favorite show (Alias).

Being gone from work for three days is always a nightmare.  I have piles of e-mail and mail to go through and voice mails to return so I'd better get busy.  Have a good day.