The countdown has begun and I’m right on target. Yay!!! I have now finished all but the largest gift. I’ve turned the corner on that one and the end is in sight. The finished ones are calmly waiting for me to either box them up and ship them off or stuff them into my suitcase. I’m waffling on that, since together they don’t take up very much space. The very few purchased ones are either already at their destination or on their way. Check this holiday off as non-stressful.
We survived the company holiday party and had a great time. I met several significant others that I was interested in getting to know. One is a knitter too, when she can sneak in some mommy rejuvenation time after the little ones go to bed. I’m hoping that she and I will be able to get to know each other better through one of the local knit groups. Crossing fingers!
I have acquired supplies to make the annual batch of peanut brittle. Now if it’ll just stop raining long enough for it to set up correctly…
I also grabbed the ingredients (not very much different from the brittle) for attempting some bacon caramels. We’ll see if those turn out well enough for sharing. I tried these once at a bacon-themed knit night, made by one of the knit girls in the group, and have been wanting to try making them ever since. Yes, the combination of bacon and caramel sounds strange, but is extremely delicious! Hopefully they will turn out and I’ll get to spread the experience.
I’m also attempting to keep calm. There are a couple of realizations coming to knock me in the head today:
- The first is that 2011 is shaping up to be the year of the weddings. One of my best girlfriends got engaged this weekend and asked me to be a bridesmaid. I’m so excited for her! Then there are the friends who were coming to visit this month, but got engaged and had to put it off until next month. And then there’s my own wedding. Yikes! Who else?
- Second, I am getting old. I found my first gray hair today. It’s official. I know, some people find them much earlier. My own guy and my younger brother have had gray at the temples since their late 20’s. I won’t get any sympathy there. At least I noted that it is thicker than my regular very fine hair (yay!) and is that lovely silver-white color that everyone wishes for (yay again!). It was also very stubbornly kinked, while the rest had been tamed into orderly straightness. I’m going to have curly, wiry, thick, silvery hair. Dunno what to think about that.
I think some ice cream is in order. Unlike my friends and family in the eastern half of the country, we’re warm today. Nah nah! Then it’s head down and back to knitting.