Stalled Knitting

I've had a bit of a hiccup on the knitting front. It seems that in my zeal to finish the Ridged Lace socks I've overdone it. My hands ached and tingled (yup, I know) for two days. The first day I thought it was an all over kind of tired. So I popped some Advil and went back at it. The second day I had hand-falling-asleep syndrome when I woke up so I decided no more knitting activity for several days. *sniff* I was really on a role with those socks! Guess I really am older than I thought I was! Anyway, this will give me a chance to assess my stash and plan my next few projects. I think I'm going to approach it with a list. I'm going to gather my next few projects together with their yarn and appropriate accouterments and place them in a prominent section of my yarn case. (A book case I've appropriated and renamed for the new content!) I would like to be more goal oriented this year and have more time set aside for this year's Christmas gifts. Since we draw names in our family, I'll have to knit for both male and female possible recipients. Most likely...socks! My hands are feeling much better today and I was tempted to pull those socks out and get some more work done. I resisted with the thought that Wednesday night is my first night at a new knitting group and I don't want to have any problems with my hands that night. So...a temporary knitter's vacation - it'll do me a world of good I just know it. In any case, it will open up time for a couple of books to squeeze in!

I'm still working on the Tempe Brennan series by Kathy Reichs. Really, really good stuff and nothing like the TV show. For those of you who don't know, Bones is the TV version of books. Reichs is a producer on the show and I'm quite surprised she authorized the different version. It's so different there's almost nothing to compare the show with the books. I suspect it's what she wants. In any case, the show is one of my favorites and was before I started the series. So she's on the shelf. Mary Higgins Clark is also on my shelf, along with the latest from Sarah Graves. She's a Maine author who hit the big time with her Home Repair is Homicide series. I'm also still working on the Starting Point Bible Study and have 5 weeks left of that.

I'm in the process of trying to start a knitting group within my MOPs group. I've sent out the posting and several people have expressed an interest. If it floats, I'm hoping to host the group here starting next month. Would that be great???!!!

So, hubby is calling for me to come play with them in the other room. All I can hear are my son's giggles and screeches so I'm assuming they are having loads of fun!

My 365 Day Brighteners: Two are Better Than One is very profound for today:

"When one door of happiness closes,
another opens; but often we look so long
at the closed door that we do not see the
one which has been opened for us."

Helen Keller