crazy week

Where shall I begin really?

OK first off, a very exciting thing happened last week. I met Ilga Lega (a very cool knit wear designer) at Tangled Skeins; we had a great chat about knitting, dyeing wool and glass beads. AND she wrote about me in her blog! Here: http://ilgaleja.com/blog/index.php/P2/

So then it was the 4 Christmas Party's weekend, and somehow we all survived. Kids were great Friday night, Saturday night was my work party--and being on mat leave I wasn't going to pass up a free meal and wine. Oh yes, the wine.... after a few glasses at a friends house we cabbed it to the party, me in my red dress and sparkly shoes in hand. Our table continued the tradition of absonding with all the red wine at the half filled tables and from the white wine drinkers, and so several bottles later we danced, and danced and danced. It was a good time. Sunday morning was Kens work brunch, great food but kids were a little rowdy. Sunday afternoon should have been quiet time but turned into the kind of psychotic nightmare I'm sure you only get in mental institutions, i.e., kids were rotten. Then finally off to my sisters on Sunday night for dinner--cake was fantastic. So by Monday I was absolutely wiped.

And yet, I decided it would be a great time to melt some glass. All went well until I turned off the propane leaned over the torch (still a flame going) and nearly set myself on fire. Thanks to the self exstinguishing properties of wool, I only succeeded in putting a hole in my sweater. But I did make some more fish :) I'll post pictures as soon as I get them off the camera.

Finally, I had my second glass sale on Wednesday. Everybody loved the fish! Well, I don't blame them, I love them too. Thanks to everyone! Feed NS will be getting a great donation this Christmas.

This week I am knitting this hat http://www.helloyarn.com/wecallthempirates.htm
and watching more Deadwood, and hopefully making some more fish after the kids go to bed.

Phew, that's a lot of stuff.