Life is funny sometimes… every time I think I’ve found my sanity, something comes along and sanity starts laughing at me! I always forget how incredibly busy summer can get no matter where I live at.

There have been weddings, family reunions, photography events, spending time with friends, and trips to Chicago.

This summer has been a fun one… but the blog has been neglected.

So Has My Knitting…

Unfortunately, with lots of things going on during the weekends and throughout the evenings, my knitting has been incredibly neglected. I’ve mainly been working on these two pairs of socks.

It has become a summer of socks

The one on the right is the Glynis socks from Cookie A’s Sock Innovation and the one on the left is the Slip Jig socks from March 2010 Blue Moon Fiber Arts Rockin’ Sock Club.

I did finally break back into my spinning wheel this weekend and hope to continue motivation with the beautiful roving I’m spinning from Intention Yarns.

Spending My Days Behind the Camera…

With winter over and everything in full bloom, I’ve been spending a number of days behind the camera, and I’m loving every minute of it! After purchasing my camera last summer and getting to know it through the winter I’ve been getting to spend a lot of time learning even more. There are a lot of shots that I’ve been pretty proud of this summer that I would’ve never gotten with a point and shoot.

Wrigley sleeping in her chair

Even tonight, Wrigley curled up in “her” chair next to me while I worked on the blog and I snapped this shot. Flash and I are slowly becoming friends and over time I’m sure I’ll get the hang of it.

Have no fear… I’ll be back…

When summer ends and life comes back down to earth, I plan on getting more back into the blog. It’s been far too long.

How has your summer been? Did anything exciting happen while I was gone?

(oh, and in case you didn’t notice, I have a new theme)

As of tonight I am at 47” on the blanket! I have a picture of 46.5” but i since have knit another half inch. Which  means i have 13” to go, which means i very easily could be done in the next two weeks with everything but the border!!!!! I’m so ready to move onto something else, the white is getting to me… lol

So progress is being made. I didn’t realize how long it had been since I took pictures… it’s  coming along!

(President Obama Photos Copyright AP)

I will not be afraid to say it… I wore my Obama shirt today and watched the historical day all day long. We welcome the new president of the United States. It was a great feeling to sit and watch and hear the promise of Change. He has a lot on his agenda and as we welcome for the next four years this amazing family as our ‘first family’. I’ll be the first to admit I was not a Bush fan… I was feeling like while he kept promising fixing other countries, he missed what was going on in ours… (yea i know terrorism, etc…) I feel like Obama has the promise that he’s going to be focusing on us… and cleaning up some of what is going on…

Okay I’m done with the politics… i promise, just had to share my quick opinion Welcome to our new first family, who as we can see by the pictures will definitely have a lot of the spotlight over the next four years!

Knitting? Where did I make it on the blanket? Well… 23” was my final count for the weekend. I was hoping I had made it farther (I knit 6” (according to rows) and somehow it only grew 4”… hmmm) Photo below.

I leave you with an adorable picture I saw from the AP from today’s inauguration… Take a guess whose REALLY in charge