Friday, May 21, 2010

Sweet sweaters, thoughts on Italy and Greece and my little athelete...

It has been a very busy week and a half.  Good and bad stuff has happened and today I am having a talk with myself about life, raising kids, the way to feel when they let you down and being happy they are alive.  
Yesterday was a bummer of a day for my oldest son.  He was in a car accident.  He is OK.  That is what is important.  He rear ended a friend from school.  It was a lousy situation that unfortunately ended with him being the at fault party even though the person in front of his friend chose not to use their blinker, causing a brake slamming situation and a rear ending!  OK.  With all that said, all the kids are OK.  The cars are damaged, tickets are involved and points are on drivers licenses.  In the end - it is all about MONEY and that is it so life will go on...
Knitting has not been very productive lately, due to a lot of factors, but mainly because baseball season has started and our 10 year old decided this year that he was going to become a baseball star.  A star has been born.  He is doing fantastically.  He is pitching (in the first game the first inning out of three, the second game he pitched two innings out of three).  He finally got a pretty good hit the other night and has stolen quite a few bases!  I think he understands how the game works!
Here is Elliot proudly displaying his Scrappers Uniform and also one of him on the pitchers mound before his FIRST PITCH, in his FIRST GAME OF HIS LIFE!
My newest knitting project is a cute little lacy sweater to wear in Italy and Greece (that is if I get in gear and put some inches onto it).  The yarn I found is really soft and it is called Mirasol Cotanani.  It is 50% Cotton/50% Merino.  It might be a little warm but I am counting on the lacy-ness of it to keep it sort of cool.  It should be nice over a cute sun dress.  The pattern is "A Little Something" and can be purchased here on Ravelry.  Below is my progress so far...
Italy and Greece is quickly approaching so we have been dieting, walking, doing planks and working on our beach bodies, just in time to eat glorious Italian and Greek Cuisine.  I guess I will repeat when I get home!  I can't wait to explore and see the beautiful scenery!  More on my upcoming vacation later!

1 comment:

  1. I'm sorry about your son's accident. You're right though - no one is hurt except maybe their prides and your pocketbook. Not looking forward to THOSE years....

    Love the first pitch!

    Looking forward to hearing about your vacation.

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