Lately

Things are ticking along here, all boring-like. As you know, a boring life is not good blog fodder, which is why I’ve been silent lately.

However, there are some things happening that I can blather on about, so here goes:

1. I have fulfilled one of my New Year’s resolutions! Yes, I have learned how to knit socks. I figured that since I had conquered mittens, socks would be easy and I was right. I have made a pair of socks and have started my second pair. I’m ridiculously pleased with myself.

2. I am going deaf faster than I expected. This does not make me happy, but I don’t see that there’s anything I can do about it. Of course, it might just be due to the sinus infection I’ve been battling, but either way, I’m not a happy lady. I wonder what it will be like when I am truly completely deaf? That should be interesting.

3. Lost starts up again in January! Can’t come soon enough! I started watching the whole series online and today I finished Season Four. Now I have nothing to do while I knit! I might have to re-join Netflix. Hm.

4. I want a Wii Fit for Hanukkah. I also want some Harry Potter Sock Yarn, a ball-winder, Guitar Hero, six million dollars, and a weight-loss drug that won’t kill me, tastes like chocolate and has no side effects at all. I don’t think that’s too much to ask at all.

5. The Jillian is on her way to becoming potty-trained. It’s an interesting journey, to say the least. Right now she offers to sit on the potty to get out of doing other things. She spends a lot of time there, as you can imagine. But eventually, we’ll get the whole thing together and then diapers will be a memory. I cannot wait for that day!

6. I occasionally feel as though I am being taken for granted and that feeling is unpleasant.

7. A vacation would be nice. By myself. Somewhere warm. I love my family, but sometimes I want to run away and not come back for a couple of weeks.

8. I need a Hair Revolution. Not just a new cut, not just a new color (or two…or three…), but something completely different. Given that I have had many many different hair styles and colors over the years, finding something New To Me is going to be quite a challenge. But I think it’s time. The urge to shave my head is hitting with more and more frequency, and that is never a sign of good things. It usually leads to…. me shaving my head.