I’ve knit 4 hats since Christmas. I am in serious hat knitting mode. They are completely portable, non-thinking, yet creative projects!
Main color: My handspun from Funky Eclectic Superwash Merino in Nuclear
Contrast: Lamb’s Pride Worsted in Creme
Main color: Handspun yarn by Mamascrapalota won by me through a blog contest
Contrast: Lamb’s Pride Worsted in Creme
Main Color: Handspun yarn spun by Sara at Fyberduck won by me during a blog contest (I really really really LOVE this yarn!!!)
Contrast: Lamb’s Pride Worsted in Creme
Close-up:
Pattern: Amanda Hat by Gina House
Main color: A purple/pink colorway of Malabrigo Worsted
Contrast: Malabrigo Worsted in Pearl Ten
Well, now that I have the hats out of the way, I can get on the resolutions.
I always think that I great resolution for me would be to be a better Breakfast Mom. I should be the kind of mom that gets up and makes warm milk and pancakes for her agents before they travel on to school, shouldn’t I? But this would be a silly resolution for me as I can’t even seem to do it once to see if I would even be good at it. Let’s face it, I must be realistic with my resolutions and there is no way I’m ever going to be able to do Breakfast.
I supposed I can keep on listing what my resolutions are not going to be as that would be a lot easier, but that list would be never-ending so I will move on to My Major New Year Resolution:
I heaby resolve (and not revolve as Agent B keeps saying) to be a better 3 to 6 p.m. Mom and Person too. That means that I am going to get as much stuff done while staying sane at that time of day as humanly possible. Right now, as I write this, it is 3:12 so I am already sticking to it! Between 3 and 6 a lot of things happen in my house. At 3:30, Agent J arrives home. At 4:10 Agent B arrives home. At 5:15 Agent K arrives home (unless I am the carpool driver in which case I am out of the house from 4:45 to at least 5:15). At 6:00 IHA arrives home. I also have to serve snacks, make dinner, return phone calls, check my e-mail, sort the mail, and help with homework in that time. Usually what I do is surf Ravelry and Bloglines. Well, I do that in between the other stuff but I want to do more. I want that time to be more useful and fulfilling. I think that it means planning ahead with menus for dinner and spending less time surfing knitting sites and more time with the Agents. Don’t worry, I’m sure I will let you all know how this goes. Also, any ideas would be appreciated.
As to other resolutions, I have a lot. I need to exercise more, well actually, I need to actually be exercising to exercise more, right? I need to eat healthier and shop healthier. I want to buy less “stuff” and waste less “stuff.” I think it would be so cool to be the type of family where people say about us that we never waste anything. I need to spend more time with my parents. I need to be better at commenting on other people’s blogs and replying to comments made on my blog. I need to keep up with my Etsy shop more!
Ok, well you get the idea.
Off to get snack ready,
Have a great afternoon everyone!
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Great hats T!
Hats (or rather hat to start) are next on my knitting list. I just finished up my 5th pair of LTK’s Stripey Slippers since Friday. Good luck with the 3-6 stuff.
I think the bellydancing will be great for your exercise resolution. Best wishes with all of it. I think the efforts and changes will be well worth it.
Yay! I’m so glad you like the yarn
Surfing knitting site can be very worthwhile and fulfilling. No, seriously. I swear 
But, more time withe the Agents is always good!
(p.s. hot breakfasts are overrated)
The hats are gorgeous. Your 3-6pm schedule sounds like mine. I seem to get a schedule going like everyone does homework at the kitchen table with snacks while I make dinner, and just when I’m patting myself on the back for being such an organised Mom!!!! Soccer season starts and throughs me for a loop. I’m bad at breakfast too!
Ooooh! I love those hats! I am sure this is a very beginnerish question… so please forgive it, but did you knit those in the round? I love things I can knit in the round. I tried to pick my favorite hat and just love the colors on all of them.
I like your resolution! I think that between 3 and 6 all children are on meltdown mode and it takes a herculean effort to remain happy and calm (while whistling dixie, making dinner, unloading lunches, looking at papers, talking about the day, getting snacks, making dinner – needs repeating, answering phone calls which seem to come exponentially at that time, setting the table or organizing it being set, etc. etc. etc.) I know your kiddies are older then mine, so maybe it will be easier. I look forward to your reports on your great ideas and progress.
On that same note, I read a blog where the writer is from England. She (the mom) greatly recommends some hot tea (ie: tea time) and believes that the tea with the snack is calming and helps the ending of the day. It sounds so nice to have *tea time* instead of snack time that I am trying it. No caffiene in the tea for us… it sounds calming even typing about it. Oh and also we got a white board where I am writing the snack of the day down. So the kids (who come home at different times) can make it and it is reasonably healthy and balanced with the rest of their daily intake.
Oh, and I agree with Paula – soccer’ll get ya every time! Just take it from me Paula… avoid swimming in the “off” season because that one’s a time sucker too!!!
I love that Croppy just loves knitting in the round – never thought I’d read those words! Makes me happy that she is happy about it.
To add to Sara’s comment – Hot breakfast is over rated in the morning – but for dinner – yum!
Good luck with your “revolving”