It's been a long week, and it's only Wednesday!! I started work on another scarf over the weekend. . . but then I realized I was doing it in short stripes and I meant to do the long ones. So, it's put aside until I have time to look at it again. Work is really busy, the kids schedules are busy, and I'm just trying to fit everything in. The month of April is going to be nuts (starting this week), and I'm just going to have to get through it until early May. But, by Mother's Day things should be calm and nice. . . and since there is an end in sight (and not too far away), I will make it! Not to mention I'm going on a weekend trip in two weeks to unwind as well. . .!!

I guess it's just a scarf kind of month because I started yet another one! Or maybe, it's just that it's an easy project and I have a lot of leftover yarn to make some nice ones! Either which way, I've started a really pretty green scarf :-)

Oh yeah, and my oldest daughter and I did the 10k for my birthday!! It was great. My other daughter and husband came along to cheer us on :-)

I finished my scarf!!! Not too long this time, and not too short. And different colors than I had before. . .
Now do I want to start a new sweater, or another frilly scarf that is not too long?!

(Sub title: Thanks, Andi & Amanda)

THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. heels
2. brown pants
3. a hand knit sweater (I made it!)
4. my glasses (my eyes needed a break from my contacts!)

THREE THINGS ON MY DESK
1. many pictures of my kids
2. work stuff
3. a cup of decaf coffee (I've already had my allowed 2 cups of regular coffee!)

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
1. run a half-marathon
2. see Italy
3. go up in a hot air balloon.

THREE GOOD WAYS TO DESCRIBE MY PERSONALITY:
1. anal
2. creative
3. quiet

THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY:
1. quick temper (it's the mix of Italian & Irish!)
2. anal
3. quiet

THREE PARTS OF MY HERITAGE:
1. Italian
2. Irish
3. English

THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME:
***I can't think of anything - I guess I'm rather apparent!

THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST:
1. Hello, department of engineering
2. Yeah
3.

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO:
1. Italy
2. Hawaii
3. New York

THREE NAMES I GO BY:
1. Sue (just regular. . .)
2. Mom
3. KnitWitSL (all my mailing lists. . .)

NAME FOUR THINGS YOU WISH YOU HAD:
1. a street bike
2. a kayak
3. a spa
4. a BBQ

NAME FOUR SCENTS YOU LOVE:
1. rose
2. gardenia
3. cashmere mist (perfume)
4. outdoors in the fall/spring/rain

NAME FOUR PEOPLE YOU KNOW BEST:
1. my daughter, Dee
2. my daughter, Heather
3. my husband, Jim
4. my friend, Bev

NAME FOUR THINGS YOU'D NEVER WEAR:
1. g-string bikini
2. disco clothes
3. polyester pant suit
4. my birthday suit outside the house :-)

NAME FOUR THINGS YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW:
1. My daughter and getting her to clean the bathroom
2. What I am going to do for lunch
3. Joining a running blog site
4. Seeing if my youngest still wants to go on my running trip next week (she has a new job).

NAME FOUR THINGS YOU DID TODAY:
1. Went to Starbucks
2. Entered all my exercise in my on-line databases from the weekend!
3. Finished a project for my boss
4. **I will be going to the gym after work**

NAME FOUR THINGS YOU BOUGHT RECENTLY:
1. a book
2. breakfast items
3. Starbucks
4. Easter basket stuff for my girls

NAME FOUR PEOPLE YOU'D LIKE TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH:
**I'd probably change this to four people I do like to spend time with - because I'm pretty happy right now**
1. Jim
2. Heather
3. Dee
4. Bev

NAME THREE BANDS/SINGERS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW YOU LIKE:
1. John Denver
2. Metallica
3. Peter Cincotti

NAME THE LAST FOUR BOOKS YOU READ:
1. "Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter)" by Laurell K. Hamilton
2. "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh
3. "Candide" by Voltiare
4. "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere" by ZZ Packer

And not the bike kind (although, I have done some more of that lately as well)! But I actually got out my spinning wheel last night and sat down to practice again. At first I was frustrated that the wool kept breaking and I couldn't get it to go on the spool. Then I broke down and used the good wool that I've been *saving* (for the last 3 years) until I could spin better. Well, better materials makes a world of difference! Not only did I spin half of it up last night, but it let me figure out how to get the wool to *slide* from my hand into the yarn, and how if it got too thin I would let it wrap around more before letting go! Now, the yarn is not really consistant, but that's okay!! I'm going to finish it up, figure out how to block it, and then I'm going to make a hat or scarf out of it!! And then I'm going to buy more wool!! Woo-hoo I had fun!!