this week's highlights

the weather has been gloomy, and most days i'd have been happy just staying in my pajamas eating soup and grilled cheese sandwiches and watching trash tv, but alas it was off to work for me and a few extras "events".  first up sophie's dog park incident-poor thing in the cone of shame. fortunately she seems to be in no pain, but the limited activity is wearing us all down. hopefully this weekend, we can find some low energy ways to entertain her.  she's really being a champ-despite being photographed at 5:20 this morning-this is her-i'd rather be sleeping than have my mother take AND post my photograph-look.

there has been some knitting- am nearly finished with the shawl i'm making to wear at katie's wedding. stockinette with short rows-how easy is that now that the lace portion is complete. also, am about half-way finished with the baby blanket i'm working on for co-worker whose wife is expecting any day now. LOVE LOVE the yarn-berroco vintage-i highly recommend this yarn. i have a couple other projects just waiting to be cast on once these are finished.

my project life kit came in-whoo! i've only use a copy of the cards and am so in love with this kit. am glad i took advantage of the awesome deal offered on home shopping network, even if it mean me setting my alarm clock so i could check it out. i'm NOT normally a HSN shopper BTW.

there's been some shopping for-i've got 2 bridal showers and an engagement party at the end of this month, and of course, the fun part for me, aside from picking out the gifts, was finding stemless champagne flutes-i didn't know these things existed (these are for me-can't wait to use them). i've even made some headway on the gifts that need to be bought in May!

other good things coming up- joining the ladies at cast on cottage for the new KAL, weekend of predicted nice weather. hopefully sophie and i can sit on the deck and enjoy the fresh air, and having an empty calendar. perhaps i'll have my long to do list wrapped up before sunday's season premier of mad men! what are your highlights?

currents.

celebrating ...getting things off my "to-do" list. this past weekend i was super productive, project life week 12-done, i made all the cards i need between now and the end of may, and tackled one of the biggest lingering projects.  i completed and ordered 3 photoboos (photo is of the first one arrived yesterday in the mail-LOVE it!), and i uploaded photos for the final two.  shutterfly makes these so easy, i've used premiere in the past, and was just so cumbersome. perhaps that's what was really my hold up in getting these finished.  books include paris, new orleans, rosemary beach, north carolina, and 4 work trips which i put into one album. i also finished the blocks i need for quilt day in june which included 100 4 patch, and 100 snowballs (squares with 2 1/2" in squares sewn on each corner, which means i had to cut 400 2 1/2" squares-yikes!). i have 2 large blocks to complete by june, but really for me that means April 15! hope to finish those this weekend. i'd say this alone is worth opening a bottle of champagne!

hoping for a sunny sunday morning, a warm sunny sunday morning would be really awesome.

planning all kinds of stuff-mostly food stuff for saturday and sunday. of course, this time of year, i'm always planning AND acting so that i don't get behind.

cycling- still sticking to riding inside, probably until april, it's been so easy to spend and 1 1/2 hour in the comfort of the basement AND watching shows on my ipad.

enjoying spending time in the kitchen with andrew

reading the greater journey: americans in paris.

knitting a lace shawl for katie's wedding, i have a pair of socks cast on, and the tulip tote.

watching vikings, walking dead, the bible, ripper street, and trying to find whitechapel on on-demand. looking forward to madmen and breaking bad starting again.

listening the heating vent at my desk, and co-workers down the hall.

eating oatmeal and granola for breakfast.

drinking coffee

wearing black skirt, black tights and shoes, and new silk floral print blouse from white house black market

wondering about the weather, what dessert to fix for easter dinner, what the fall is going to be like when andrew heads off to college.

what's current with you.