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Winter concert

The concert was great. The choir is coed and they sounded FANTASTIC! Christopher did such a great job. I am really happy with the schools my kids ended up with when we moved. I think it is closest to what we came from but they are both excelling and that makes me happy.

Tomorrow is Christopher's next wrestling match. The first one was so hard to watch. I imagine tomorrow will be just as difficult. I will be a nervous wreck AGAIN.

No more progress on Christopher's hat. Not sure what it is but just no motivation to finish it. Maybe cause Nicholas won't wear his hat and scarf that I made him when it was 24 degrees today. We are currently under a Winter Weather Advisory for lake effect snow. We shall see if it snows.

Also meeting up with a friend from a group I was a part of tomorrow for some much needed grown up time with someone other than my family! YAY! I may not have money to really shop but I can certainly use the friend time.

Slow going.

I am working on Chris' striped hat but it has been slow going. I am not sure why. It is fairly simple rib pattern. I have a lot of other projects lined up after this hat. I have another striped scarf and hat (Pink & Brown) for my bestie in Ohio. Two simple scarfs for her two boys and hats if I have enough yarn leftover. A scarf and hat for her daughter in soft pink and white. I have a scarf for my stepdaughter (pink with black accents) and a hat for her bf (red & black). Then there is the hat for my dear friend's daughter which will prove to be the hardest thing that I have ever made but I am up for the challenge. Also a stuffed ladybug pillow for her mom. I want to also make my mom something but I haven't decided yet. Oh yea and her boyfriend wants a hat too. And lastly something for my grandmother. I am thinking some kind of shawl. Oh and then there is me. I want to make myself a scarf and hat too. Whew.

There is no way I will finish all of that by Christmas and at this rate, I don't see it happening. We shall see. In other news, still trying to find a job with no luck. We need it so bad. Struggling in a new place is hard. Especially when you don't know a soul. Anyhoo... back to it. Tonight is Christopher's choir concert and he has a cold. :( Last night was his first wrestling match and he did well but lost and he took it hard. Didn't help that he was feeling bad.

I want.

What a cool idea this is. I want one!! It is not only cute but what a simple method to help count rows. I have been using an app on my phone called County to help me. Very simple as well but eats up the battery.

If you are a knitter too and want to check it out, they have a video on the page here.

New hat

So after taking a couple days off from knitting, I started on Chris' hat and Brian's. I ended up finishing Brian's hat first cause it is the easiest hat ever to make. It is the same pattern as the one I used for Nick's hat. Here is the work in progress:

It only took me a day this time to complete it. Here is Brian modeling the hat. Granted he looks like a tired beast cause it was bout 2AM when I took the pictures after watching a movie. Poor guy works two jobs and is beat.