the first day

this week marks the half way point for me for this summer's vacation.  i always get a bit scared at this point that the second half of the summer will go too quickly, and it usually does.  i will try to use it wisely.

i have another trip to my daughter's planned for the week of july 25th.  that will be very fun to spend some time with her little family, time with the grandson, and  another pottery lesson.

i have free tickets for Great America that need to be used!

the first week in august there is the possibility of a trip with a friend to New York City.  i've never been, and she has lived there in the past and has a work trip there that i may follow her on.  that would be so fun.  i will get to see the Statue of Liberty!!!! 

the middle of august will be a long weekend visit from my daughter and her family, they are coming here.  and my daughter and i will spend a day at Midwest Sitches. yarn, yarn, and more yarn!!!!

then the weekend that i head back to teaching is the Air Show here in Chicago, one of my favorite things to do, and my hubby and i are looking for a hotel downtown to spend the night. we will attend that on saturday and sunday of that weekend.

so, we still have some fun, summer things to look forward to!!!!!

in knitting news....i cast on for Soup Du Jour last night in Peace Fleece.  i'm using a dark carcoal color.  kind of boring but i think it will be a sweater that will get lots of use.  i was in that mood to make something for my wardrobe that would be an old favorite.  i think this will be it.

i've also pulled out a project that is a few months old.  i haven't worked on it for awhile.  it's the Lady Eleanor Entrelac Stole from Scarf Style.  i'm using Lorna's Lace's Shepherd's Bulky in colorway goldhill.  i'm about 1/3 done with the project. (it is actually going to be a lap blanket for my chair in the living room).  i forgot how much i enjoyed that project, and in looking through the book again, how much i love the patterns in this book!  so... i will work back and forth on those two projects.  (and i have the little grandson blanket project, that the yarn will be coming from Knitpix next week.)  i will also throw that into that mix.

i think i will start pouring thro books and magazines to start a wish list for my possible yarn shopping in NY and my Stitches yarn shopping in August.  i need to make a plan!  i think i will start my "post-it-noting" right here in this Scarf Style book!!!!