I Give, I Give

At the start of the school year, we were faced with the challenge of being a family while living 3 hours apart during the week. No problem, I thought to myself. I'm a strong German-Russian woman (German-Russian women are known for their fiestiness, I think it's a proven fact. If you don't believe me, I'll get cranky and verbally beat you into submission) I can handle this challenge. I grew up in a single parent home, and if my mother could do it, I surely could.

I give. It's hard. It's January and the house has been cleaned twice since September (and neither of these cleanings was around a holiday), the laundry is only barely caught up, and I awake every morning to look foggy-brained at my list of things to do. Things to do AFTER WORK, of course. I plop my body into bed at midnight and fight for six hours of sleep only to do it again.

I GIVE!

My hat's off to you women who live this life for years and years. I don't have the energy to get through the week, and I'm counting the days until summer vacation when there are two adults in the house again. Maybe I can take a nap!

So, with all that has been going on, the blog has sat in the corner waiting for my attention. I'm doing my best!

Most days I sit and think about the things that I hate most. This


My husband leaving on Sunday afternoons to go back to work for the week.

And this:


It looks like our cat doesn't like it much, either.



Knitting News

I'm working on the first pair of socks that I have ever made for myself. Oh, joy! I love them!

I have figured out what I'm going to make for the 2006 Knitting Olympics
I'm going to kool-aid dye some wool, design and knit a pair of mittens for my daughter. And now guilt is also overcoming me and I'm thinking of adding a pair of mittens and a hat for Max, who grows bigger everyday without the handmade knitting that he deserves!