We spent a lovely NYE at my parents' house having a traditional Japanese celebration...sukiyaki, sake, mochi, sake, kameboko, sake...it was great and the kids loved having that experience. Maybe next year we'll do it with all our friends!
I've been spending so much time on holiday preparations that I am so happy to finally have life get back to normal. Today was spent in the attic, sanding the last of the drywall and getting it ready for paint. I've begun planning out the studio and temple areas - I can't wait to start moving up there.
I also took advantage of the nice weather last week to go out into the yard and measure everything so that we can make a master plan as to what we want to go where....I'm excited about building the raised veggie garden and I am hoping that I can convince everyone that a stone circle would be cool!
I've been busy knitting too! I've taken up the 12 in 2011 challenge (to knit at least 12 things in the next year) as well as the Stashdown challenge - using up my stash to make projects...we'll see how that goes LOL! I did manage to cast on and finish a pair of mittens on New Years' Day! Now the trick is to match the yarn that I have with the right project. I've cast on and frogged at least 3 now - a silk and merino shawl that I decided needs to have stitch markers so that I don't lose my mind and some handpainted merino that I just can't figure out the right thing to make with. GRRRRR!
I'm just not a hat girl
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