Knitting, Football & The Admission

So, we'll start with Knitting...

Do Pedicure Socks count in Socktoberfest? I finished my first pair of them last night at our Wednesday Knitting Group at Panera. Yeah! Only October 3rd and 1 pair of socks for Socktoberfest! Like a big dork, I left my camera at home so I do not have pictures of them right now, but will post them next week. I love them and cannot wait to go and get a pedicure and wear my new socks. Of course, that means that the weather needs to cool off a bit first because right now it's still flip-flop weather.

On the Football front - Friend and I are struggling with our Fantasy Football team at the moment, but we are looking forward to hopefully some easy wins in the next few weeks so that we can move on up the leader board. Right now we are 1-3 but we have been hanging in there with the big boys who are leading the league and we are not getting smacked around like some of the other teams that they are beating. We have lost 2 games by less than 10 points each!

And now, real football - DH and I are going to see the Washington Redskins on Sunday when they play the Detroit Lions. Keep your fingers and toes crossed that the bye week has given them a chance to rest up and get ready for another win. Jason Campbell was looking great in their game against the NY Giants in the first half, but it just seemed like the whole team forgot that they were playing a football game when they came back after halftime.

And lastly, my admission...

I'm a chocoholic! There, I said it...I admit it. Unfortunately, there is not really a 12-step program for chocolate. There should be. Instead, I have found this and have been following it now for almost a week. I will tell you that it is very hard to find things in the grocery store that do not contain High Fructose Corn Syrup. It seems to be in EVERYTHING! They say that after a week or so without it, I will not miss it. I miss chocolate and will not totally forbid it, but at least for now I am considering it 'off limits'.

One of the hints regarding mindless snacking I really like - It says to play a video game to keep your hands occupied. I have changed it a little bit to - knit for a bit to keep your hands occupied. Hopefully that will prevent any mindless or boredom snacking.

So, Friend and I have been walking around the block aiming for twice a day and circling the block at least twice each time just to get moving...and I have gotten to where I am eating 3 meals a day with 2 snacks, a major change for me. I'm aiming for a change in lifestyle - I am NOT on a diet...I am working towards a new way of life. I can do this, I have to do this, and I will do this.

Whew - feels so good to get that out in the open! Of course now I feel totally exposed...best go and get a snack - apples, just plain, not dipped in chocolate.

Knitting and Football

Well, it was a busy weekend full of knitting, football and family. Unfortunately, my Washington Redskins lost after they failed to participate in the 2nd half of the game. And my Fantasy Football team with Friend, well, we were doing pretty good there and lost our match-up thanks to last night's game and TO. I am not a fan of the Dallas Cowboys - no self-respecting Redskins fan could be.

But Friend and I lost by 3 lousy points - 3!!! To the guy who is dominiating our league. We were hanging in there pretty good, too. Oh well, there's always next week when we are playing another boy that has a pretty good team. We have to pull out a win and put up a good showing for the women. It's either that, or we are going to have to teach some of our football players to knit because they certainly aren't helping us on the football field.

And on the knitting front - I had started some socks in the Nagini pattern but as I worked up the foot and turned the heel, well I just wasn't feeling it. I loved the yarn - it's STR Silkie and it's beautiful and soft and I liked the pattern on the foot...so the yarn is in a time-out once again until I find exactly what it is meant to be.

Then I started on a multi-directional scarf but the yarn that I was using just wasn't feeling it...

So, after frogging a sock and a scarf, I started The Magic Scarf from Crazy Aunt Purl. And I must say, I am liking it so far...at this point, I do not have to frog it...but it's still in the early stages. I will take pictures and post them soon.

Fantasy Football & Current Knitting

Yesterday was a wonderful day in our household - the Washington Redskins won their season opener at home in overtime, my fantasy football team is up by 40 points going into the games tonight, thanks in no small part to Plaxico Burress and his wonderful showing last night in their loss to Dallas.

And in the midst of all the football and other weekend activities, I did actually get some knitting done on my Slightly Felted Cable Shrug, this great pattern that I picked up at City Knits in Detroit, MI while Friend and I were on a road trip to a wedding. I am about 75% done with the knitting part of it, then I just have to seam the sleeves and 'slightly felt' it. This will be my first excursion into the world of felting, but I'm very excited about it.

Nothing else exciting and new happening at this point in time. Just same old, same old, same old, I'm afraid. It's really funny how when school starts the way that you look at time all changes. My schedules are now according to what is happening at the school, after school and on the weekends as related to school. At this rate Christmas will be here before I know it...I must get working on that knitting!