I am always happy to see Friday come, but this one is especially welcome. The Mister has been on two work trips this week, which means more school runs for me, and we've had frigid temperatures and some snow to boot. I do not like driving in winter conditions at the best of times, but it's even more scary when I have a not-fully-healed broken foot! Thankfully Molly's school isn't far and I don't have to worry about coming home and walking into the office after I drop her off.
The week's been fairly quiet as far as work is concerned, but my boss let me know yesterday that another magazine just arrived, so I imagine that it will take up all of my remaining work days until our winter break (don't you just love it when other people want to clear off their desks before a break and push all their work on you?). I'm sure she'll tell me that I don't have to get it all done before the break, but who wants to think about the work they still have to do the whole time they're on vacation? At least it will make the break feel even better, and as this week has given me lots of knitting and reading time, I can't complain too much.
Here's a very bad, very early morning photo of my nephew's hat as it is currently:
That marker in the middle was placed Wednesday evening, so you can see that in about 24 hours, I knit up about five or six inches. I weighed my remaining yarn last night before I put the project away and it's around 50 g, so I'm past the halfway mark. It would be great if I could wrap up this project by the end of the weekend, not least because we need to wrap all the holiday gifts for the niblings soon!
Today's to-do list includes baking challah, which I haven't done in a while. One loaf will come with us to dinner tonight and one will go in the freezer for a future dinner. My father and brother have a client holiday party to go to this evening, so the rest of us will be taking dinner over to my sister-in-law (much easier for her to deal with two small children at her own house!). This weekend we'll be celebrating Molly's 15th birthday (can you believe this tiny thing is going to be 15?!) with a family brunch on Sunday morning.
Have a wonderful weekend, and please take a moment to go congratulate Vera on the arrival of her granddaughter!
Happy birthday to Molly. I bet you are wearing woolly socks inside that boot! Happy Friday.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Molly!! Have a great Friday and an even better weekend!
ReplyDeleteOh! Happy Birthday wishes to Molly! Enjoy your evening celebration, Sarah. And sorry about that last-minute magazine project . . . XO
ReplyDeleteYou do have a thoughtful family, taking dinner to your SiL's house. I remember feeling exhausted and frazzled trying to get the boys bundled up and into car seats to go anywhere in the winter. Your hat looks great and you really are flying on it. Wishing Molly a very Happy Birthday and a wonderful year ahead!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to Molly - have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to Molly.
ReplyDeleteYay freezer challah! Happy Birthday to Molly!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Molly. Time does go by all too quickly. The hat looks terrific. Here's to getting it wrapped up soon. For me, striped stockinette works up faster than a solid color. The incentive to knit to the end of a stripe is a good one. Enjoy your weekend.
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