Cool.
I'm a bit behind the times I supposed. Considering it is currently April 8, 2010 and we just had internet installed in our home yesterday. A tad old fashioned I'm afraid, but I rather enjoy it. I don't want my kids to grow up thinking that life revolves around computers and tv. There is so much more out there. So much to do and see, and learn!
I guess I also get my fill of the computer at work, since I sit behind one 12 hours out of the day. But alas, here I am, at home and on the computer once again. Today I blame it on work...I somehow managed to download some serious Malware to my office computer, and it won't let me do ANYTHING! So, like the dedicated (ha) employee that I am, I brought a few projects home that need drawings done. Figured while I was sitting here, I'd see what kind of trouble I can get into! :)
I wonder who reads these things? Anyone? Everyone?
I'm currently almost done knitting my very first successful sock. I won't call it a success until I'm finished with it...but considering I've never been able to figure out the damn heel thing before, I am quite proud of myself. I've finally learned how to juggle all those stinkin double pointed needles. I recently discovered that there is a yarn store just around the corner from my house. I'd love to go check it out, but my checkbook cringes every time I even think about knitting supplies! I think I'm going to go see if they offer any classes. I'm doing fairly well on the self teaching...it's just that I get kind of tired of having to try the same project over and over until I finally figure out what in the world the pattern is talking about. The abbreviations confuse me, and I just honestly don't have much knowledge on the techniques...but I AM learning.
Then again, maybe there is a greater sense of accomplishment attached to the idea of teaching myself, and actually mastering this stuff on my own than i would have if I attended a class? Who knows.
I am too much my father's daughter in that regard I'm afraid...not a huge fan of being told what to do. I like to solve problems on my own...the lessons are ingrained much deeper that way. I do fear getting bored with knitting though...i love it so much, I am terrified that someday I will not enjoy it anymore. this is also a trait passed down from my grandmother to my father, and my father to me...we have the collective attention span of a gnat. I pour my heart and soul into learning a new craft or skill...then once I have it mastered, I no longer have any desire to do that particular activity anymore, and it's on to learning something different.
Maybe this won't happen with knitting? Grammie has been a knitter for decades and hasn't lost the touch for it yet...but she sure does have a lot of unfinished projects around!
I suppose being like my Gram isnt a negative thing...she's different, but a kind of different that I wouldn't mind being. She is miserable yet loving, mean yet caring...she loses interest in things easily, but is the most talented person I know.
And don't forget...her house is "Clean enough to be healthy, but dirty enough to be happy."
That *might* just be the most influential thing anyone has said to me in my life, ever.
