You Are Most Like Charlotte! You are the ultimate romantic idealist You’ve been hurt before, but that hasn’t caused you to give up on love. If anything, your resolve to fall in love is stronger than ever. And it’s this feminine optimism that men find most appealing about you. Romantic prediction: That guy you are seeing (or crushing on)? Could be very serious – if you play your cards right! Which Sex and the City Vixen Are You Most Like? Take This Quiz Right Now!

Thanks to KatyKnits!

I don’t know if I agree with the result — I think I am somewhere in between Charlotte & Miranda. not that I’ve thought about it all that much ;)

You Are Most Like Charlotte! You are the ultimate romantic idealist You’ve been hurt before, but that hasn’t caused you to give up on love. If anything, your resolve to fall in love is stronger than ever. And it’s this feminine optimism that men find most appealing about you. Romantic prediction: That guy you are seeing (or crushing on)? Could be very serious – if you play your cards right! Which Sex and the City Vixen Are You Most Like? Take This Quiz Right Now!

Thanks to KatyKnits!

I don’t know if I agree with the result — I think I am somewhere in between Charlotte & Miranda. not that I’ve thought about it all that much ;)

We are home from our first college visit!! What a long day! We took tootsie to see Skidmore College in Saratoga, NY. It is about a 3 &#189 hour car trip – which meant a 4:15 am wake up! ugh! The college is lovely. The campus is nicely thought out and the buildings are all kept up and wonderfully renovated. Even the dorm rooms were great! (like a palace compared to my dorm rooms!) They had a student panel for a Q & A session and I was impressed by how young, yet self-possessed they all are. Of course, Skidmore has a hefty price tag – good grief!!

The best thing about a 3 &#189 car ride is that means 7 hourse of knitting. I managed to knit away without getting car sick. I can’t figure out why sometimes I can and others, nothing doing. So loads of knitting time! Of course, I have to subtract about an hour’s worth of dozing. I took along The Vest – both armhole bands are done (not yet attached, but done) and the button band is well underway. This band goes up, around the neck and back down the other side, it is knit across 13 stitches. That may appear to be a very wide button band – however, it is turned over like a hem would be. This is also the case for the armhole bands. It means loads of seaming – first to attach it and then to tack down the ‘hem’. The shorter rows are great, but this constant turning of the work is getting to me — I know it is possible to knit backward (I have tried it myself), but has anyone perfected the technique??

When I turned eighteen, I remember getting a pearl ring for my birthday. This is what eighteen year olds get these days ….

Happy Birthday Miss X!! Miss X. is a wonderful girl – headed off for college in the fall sniff, sob, sniff and an avid reader of purlingswine. She is only one knitting lesson away from perfection! :)

Speaking of college – the Boar and I are taking daughter numero uno off for her first college visit. I am simultaneously excited and dismayed at the prospect. It is hard to believe that come September she will be in her senior year of high school. Why didn’t they tell us that these kids would grow up and leave us?? Why do they even want to leave us?? They have it so good at home — don’t they know??? I should never have given her so many fresh fruits and vegetables – maybe then I could have kept her small. damn it.

I hope to get some knitting done during the car ride. Sometimes I can do this and others it makes me nauseous. It is odd that there is no rhyme or reason.