It has been an extremely mild fall and winter thus far in our corner of Arizona. The weather is beautiful, but it doesn't even feel like an AZ Christmas. The cats and I continue to forge ahead on the holiday spirit as best we can. They spend most of the day sleeping under the tree, supervising online shopping and writing of the Christmas letter. Thursday I'm off to see my daughter and spend a day baking cooking and watching Christmas movies. Boxes are now winging their way to Iowa in preparation for a wrapping marathon once I get there.
I'm not having a great success with my Christmas knitting projects. I finished them some time ago, but just finished washing and blocking. The lace cowl is too small to go over the wearers head so I'm not going to seam it. Instead I bought a pin to close it. Ash's sweater is just weird. I don't like the collar and I think it is already too small for him. Not sure whether it is worth salvaging. That pattern won't be used again. Rowan's scarf isn't as soft as I hoped and I'm not thrilled with the way the sections look, but he won't care. I'm almost done with my son's socks but had to rip the second one back and order some additional yarn to finish the toe. Think that will be the end of my knitting projects for this year LOL
Last weekend we celebrated all of the donors in our community who helped raise over 2 million dollars to renovate a campus for Arizona State University to use here. Hard to believe that the first class is almost done with their first semester! I'm the president of the foundation that raised the money, coordinated the construction and provided over $100,000 in scholarships for the inaugural class. That's me giving a speech at the dedication of the donor wall, which was followed by a brunch at a local restaurant. I'm very proud to have been a part of this project, but am also really glad it is drawing to a close!
It has been a full day and I'm tired, so it's off to bed. Goodnight.
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You've done a wonderful job!
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