I finished my entry for Ashford's Shrek II contest. The challenge was to make something with wool from the runaway sheep, Shrek II. I bought 2 ounces of raw wool, but I didn't end up with a lot of usable yarn, so I decided to make Shrek's wool a "design feature" in a larger work. I made a pillow and the white sheep on it is made from Shrek's wool. 
I also finished my Fair Isle socks. These were really fun to make. I love Fair Isle and the self striping yarn makes changing colors unnecessary ... so you just have to worry about two balls of yarn instead of a dozen.
Miracle of miracles, I can actually wear them. I thought the Fair Isle around my calves would be too tight, but they fit!
Finishing these knitting projects is a ray of sunshine in an otherwise gloomy world. The combination of Jeff's work demands and Ally's broken leg made us cancel our summer vacation to England -- for the second year in a row. After all the time I spent making all the reservations, it was very disheartening to cancel all of them.
Then, this afternoon, Jeff blew a tire on his way to his after-Sunday-mass meeting. He didn't have time to deal with it, so he limped the car into his office parking lot and called me to deal with it. Now, at 11:30 p.m., I have to go to his office and pick him up -- since he doesn't have a car.
The girls and I recently saw the movie "Click" and I think Jeff would be very hurt to know how strongly the girls identify him with the father in the movie who loves his family, but always puts his job first.
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