Opinions needed

This morning I've been thinking. I could either -

A) Suck it up and put 2 more coats of Mango on the walls, with no guarantee that it will work

OR

B) Paint over the current fiasco with a white primer and start over.

Thoughts?

When in doubt, drink a beer

Today that's my motto and I'm sticking to it.

I'm very very distressed about the kitchen painting. Coat #2 is not covering the grey primer completely. I'm almost in tears over the thought it may take 4 coats to finish this project (thanks, hormones and paint store lady who I really really hope is not there tomorrow when I take back the second can of primer!)



Sock-It-To-Me is done. The green buttons I bought? Way too big. The white buttons I found in my sewing box? Perfect size. The white thread to sew on said buttons? Disappeared. So I used green thread which made the "X" in the 4 holes of the button decorative. Right? I SAID RIGHT??



Alrighty then, the CatMan should be back in a minute with the Corona and I'm going to limit myself to just rolling up some stash skeins into balls. I think it's safer than my needles.

Spring on the farm

Some Project Spectrum daffodils -

The girls out for a morning stroll -

Meet Elvis, the newest member of the farm (and Punkin, his mom).

Unfortunately, I haven't finished Sock-It-To-Me - I still have the button band and a bootie. But Baby Micah hasn't made his appearance, so I'm not officially late.

Today was spent priming and first-coating Tropical Mango in the kitchen. I'm a little upset the 'light gray' primer recommended by the woman at the paint store wasn't light. At all. Unless you consider the color of the USS Nimitz 'light'. So I'll be returning the unopened container for what I wanted in the first place.

Feeling tropical in Project Spectrum way

I have a vision in my head -

- and this is part of it. I'm wrapping up the Sock-It-To-Me cardi set this weekend and then onward to a tote for my beach trip this summer.

The thing about serious, indepth cleaning is finding those items you thought you 1.) lost, 2.) got rid of eons ago, or 3.) now have a use for. I'm an organized soul, so there haven't been too many "oh my dog how did THAT get HERE" moments, however there has been purging - mainly accumulated documents and some yarn remnants which really are too small for any useful purpose. What can I say, I'm a remnant stasher.

Cocktails and yummy Italian foodstuffs were consumed on Saturday, and the hotel was showing one of the CatMan's favorite movies The Bourne Identity. I started on the Sock It To Me cardi set and seemed to be having issues on the counting front (which became apparent when I tried to match up the left front panel to 3-needle bind off with the back panel). All is remedied now and I'm cruising through the right front panel.

Here's a pic of the Pink Piggie socks artfully arranged against the new kitchen drywall.

Project Specs: Plymouth Encore Colorspun, color #7990 (think pink ragg wool) knit up on #8 Brittany DPNs. I didn't mean to use the #8s, but grabbed them by mistake on my way out the door to teach my friend sock knitting. These anklets are destined to be next winter's bed socks. But given the Vermit weather of the past few days, I'll be getting some use out of them now!

A little break

The messy parts of the renovations are supposed to be done today. So the Catman and I are going to treat ourselves to an overnight vacation tomorrow. There will be some of this -

and a little of this -

and definitely some of this!

This old house

Note to self - it's very hard to knit when there is drywall dust floating around. Ayep, the CattyAbode is getting a not-so-extreme makeover. The CatMan and I have lived in this apartment for 10 years and we are finally getting some new flooring. Woot! And drywall in the kitchen and upstairs! Rootie toot woot! I've picked out my paint colors: Serengeti Plain for the upstairs and Tropical Mango for the kitchen. (Pics forthcoming once I feel safe in uncovering the computer.)

Maybe I've had a little too much Vermit winter, eh?

On the knitting front , I'm almost done with Pink Piggie sock #2; my coworker is just about to start the heel flap on #1. The baby knitting is flying along - I've got 8 hats, 2 pairs of baby socks, and a serious dent in the baby yarn stash.

Not just rain showers!

It's time!

However, April has other plans for me. Besides the fact I haven't finished Ed or Eyre, I've got some charity knitting due this month. The Women for Missions at my church are throwing a baby shower for a newborn hospital in Mali and have asked if I can organize some knitting projects. Hmmmm...let me think about that....use up stash yarn...small, instant gratification projects....enjoy pretty spring colors? Oh yeah, baby! (pun intended)

I do have some other little projects on the April May PS docket: a pair of pink bedsocks for me and this cardi set for a friend who is due at the end of the month.

If you are local to the Burlington area, come on down for the baby knitting - April 17 from 6:30 - 8PM at the Essex Community Center. You can email me at themusemedusa AT yahoo DOT com for patterns, info, and directions.