My weekend...

We have had a pretty low key yet successful weekend.

Friday night was game night where I made the yummy Spaghetti Carbonara with Josh and Vicki. The boys cheated and won. I almost won but I believe Josh put a stop at that. Vicki and I will beat them next time though we are playing a new game so who knows.

Saturday we:

• Went to Walmart to get new pots for my avocado trees as they out grew their current pots. I should not have to transplant them for a very long time. They look a bit ridiculous now but I am hoping it works.
• While at Walmart, and the only reason we went to that particular store, we picked up paint chips of the colors we are thinking of using to paint the inside of the house if we buy it. We even picked up a couple more I didn't see on the website. My friend Marc, who does the wine glasses, also paints houses and is able to do it for us very cheaply which we are excited about because the only painting company to get back in touch after we asked for quotes A) tried to rip us off we believe and B) cost about the same as the builder which is ridiculous. So now we have paint chips around the house. The dining room colors in the dining room, all the bedroom colors in the master (if we put the others in the other guest room we would never see it to tell), and the "office" colors are in the bedroom we currently use as an office. So far Brian and I are agreeing on colors.
• We watched more seasons from "Studio 60" which is my new favorite show. It is by Aaron Sorkin who did Sports Night (love that show) and stars Matthew Perry (Friends) and Amanda Peet (can't think of what else she is in). Unfortunately this show got cancelled after the first season so we only have 5 more episodes to watch :(
• Behaved and only ate out once 

Sunday:

• I went to work
• Brian playing his game
• When I got home from work I updated my blog and finished my current book. Caroline had to cancel so it is a low key night

Weekends are fun

Wednesdays and Thursdays are my weekends. I always look forward to them and especially this one as last weekend I was up early running errands both days. I am a home body by nature. If I do not get a chance to stay at home and do nothing....life becomes hard. I do feel the need to be social and active so it is always a fight within myself  about when to do something and when not to. I always have fun doing an activity but is it worth the energy needed to do it and how exhausted I will feel afterwards.

Today we both woke up late and went out to lunch at a nearby Mexican restaurant with a few friends. After lunch we both went home. Wednesdays are Brian's game days and has turned into my heavy(ier) knitting days. I finished a square last night so I was starting my 5th today and have knitted 4 inches since 1pm. I am not the fastest knitter. I do not think I am the slowest but I am not the fastest by far. If I stop working, I can do one every two days but with working I think a more accurate time-line is one every 3 days. I am still enjoying it...I can sit doing nothing in front of the TV and not feel so completely unproductive. I am also starting to see an actual glimpse of what my gifts will turn out like.

I do not know if I have mentioned this but my Gamma, my mom's mom, taught me how to knit when I was about 10 or so. I remember her needles and what I thought was a really not so fun color blue. (I really didn't like that shade of blue or at least didn't which is odd as there isn't usually a color blue that I don't enjoy. It is my favorite color.) I think I was making a scarf. I got bored with the scarf so I stopped. While I intellectually know that making scarves are not boring or unimpressive, I still feel that way hence why my gifts are not scarves. My fear, I guess, is that people (not my friends per say...) would think "oh a scarf? that's it, anyone could do that" so I have come up with something more complicated. My logical side realizes that, while a scarf is one of the easiest things to knit, knitting itself is not easy and not a lot of people can knit. I am grateful that my Gamma taught me and my mom how....even if I didn't actually pick it up in my late 20s. I remember the times I attempted to knit with her and helps me keep her close. I loved the fact that she didn't really care if I knitted or not and was happy to teach/re-teach me when I decided to learn or give it up when I deemed it boring. I think I tried to start up knitting at least three times and she never grumbled or did anything but give support each time I started and never got upset with me each time I stopped. I am grateful that my mom knows how as well since I still have someone to go to for questions since the real expert is no longer with us.

I have also always wanted to be crafty. I watch everyone else make so many cool things...and while I can make things they do not end up looking anything like I would like them too. What I see in my head never comes out in reality. I have a hard time pairing things together that would look cute. It just doesn't work for me like it does with everyone I am with. Knitting has become my craft. I can knit, I can make nice things with knitting. My idea's work and look good. I can create something that not a lot of people can which also gives me a boost.

I am not sure what we are doing tomorrow. I am going to continue knitting but other then that I am not sure. It is about 9pm and I am ending early tonight with the knitting. While I don't have to worry about finishing and not having anything to do, I do want to continue to enjoy it. At this point I am fighting the urge to do nothing else and knit just so I can get to the final product faster. I wish I could post pictures but the recipients read this blog :)