I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity

The post title is a quotation attributed to Tom Stoppard. He's the British dramatist and screenwriter who wrote, among other things, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead". I must say that today, I agree with him whole-heartedly. I have officially had to succumb to my somewhat advancing years. You read me correctly. A mere 4 days into being age 41, I have found that I need...

READING GLASSES!!!!

That's right. I'm going cross-eyed trying to work on a pair of socks for my niece and had the bright idea to try my hubby's reading glasses. Of course, I tried them just KNOWING that they wouldn't help. I wouldn't be able to see any better and, in fact, they'd make it worse.

I was wrong.

I'm sure some of you are surprised by that, but it's true. I can see the socks better with the glasses. I am crushed. It's official. I am old!

Stuff, Junk & Whatnot

Hey all. Sorry I have been gone so long. Not that anyone regularly reads this blog. At least I realize that this is my own painfully pathetic attempt at getting attention and recognition. Whatev...

Anyway, been busy and stuff. Unfortunately, it hasn't been with crocheting. Very sad. I know. It just seems like I get very little time to do all I want to. I've been very addicted to Facebook lately. If any of you are on there, please feel free to find me and be my friend. I'm on that at least once a day.

I have completely ignored Ravelry and LinkdIn. I should really be on LinkdIn at least once a day in order to network for job finding purposes. Especially since it doesn't look like I'll be winning that Powerball any time soon.

I did manage to read a book. God knows that doesn't happen nearly as much as I'd like. I read this:
in just 2 days. That may not seem like a big deal to some of you but I was sneaking pages at work because I REALLY wanted to find out what was going to happen! I absolutely loved it and immediately bought the rest of the books in the series.

I also managed to make a little toy for the babies.

Cute, no? Ben has beat that thing to death. Jerry plays with it occasionally but Ben LOVES it. Well, I don't know if love is the right word. He loves pretending to hunt and kill it. I know. He's a charmer. Actually, it is really cute to watch him toss it up in the air with his mouth and bat it into the next room with his paw. If he had opposible thumbs and could hold a bat, the Red Sox might want him.

I've also been working on a pair of socks for the niece. This is my first pair of socks and I've kinda been stalling. I don't love working with the thin yarn. It makes me cross-eyed. They are coming cute. Check 'em out:

I'm using Berroco Comfort Sock in a real pretty, dark red. She'll wear these to school with her uniform.

Last weekend I organized the craft area downstairs. I just kinda threw stuff in the corner of the room when we moved and I finally got around to making look a bit better.

So, not only can I now get to all my supplies, I can actually sit at my table to work on stuff. Of course, this morning, the only one using the craft table was Ben who was sleeping in this little box that he likes to snack on.

Weird baby! Jerry just wanted a little spot in the sun.