It’s the first post of 2005!  (I don’t count those silly weekend fillers that I do).  I am jumping right in with a picture of poncho progress.  This poncho is knit top down, has shoulder shaping and is designed with a turtle neck.  The yarn is Farmhouse Yarns by Hopyard Spinnery and they are located in East Haddam CT.  It is a hand-dyed, three ply sport weight – the pattern calls for it to be double stranded.  I purhcased the yarn at Granny’s, with encouragement from Kathleen and Granny herself!  They say that pictures never lie, but it seems to me the color changes are much more subtle and everything less garish.  I am enjoying the pattern and the yarn and have been making good progress.  I have three more color changes to get through.  I am thinking that it might be time to start a sock project, since this poncho is becoming a bit unwieldy.

I have spent a good portion of this weekend trying to come up with a list of resolutions.  I know there is always room for improvement.  At the risk of sounding like a complete narcissist, I will tell you that I am having trouble with the list.  The old standards are always there – lose weight, quit smoking  blah,blah, blah.  Just thinking about these lists however, exhausts me .  So much energy goes into the making and declaration of resolutions.  It’s like climbing that giant ladder up to the high dive and then actually working up the gut to jump. 

I am resolving not to resolve. 

I will make changes this year.  Improvements. Rededications.  It will be a year of change for me – specifically Daughter #1 will graduate and go off to college. 

Here is my one and only resolution — This year, I will be open to change.

since blogging was light over the vacation — how about a little holiday pug?