Is it insane to cast on a second Sitcom Chic before the first is finished? I swatched the red Softball today and it's just too lovely - I hit gauge with a size 8 needle, which is sort of weird because I normally have to go down a needle size - and now I'm thinking I need to start MY sweater and make some progress on the body today. Hugs to Anonymous Benefactor! I never used this yarn before, it's so nifty and pebbly, it reminds me a bit of Mission Falls 1824 Cotton but the structure looks different. Fear not Sorority Girl, I'm on a 3 week timetable with your sweater. I promise to finish the white one long before this one so I can bring it up to your new house, I just need to do something that is NOT WHITE when my brain starts to freeze.


I think I'm having a twinge of post-traumatic stress - I cannot friggin' sit still. This is supposed to be one of my lazy days but I have bagged more junk, did laundry, assembled a rack to hold linens, tried to call the disability carrier to stop payments but couldn't get through because they were having some unspecified "situation" and hung up on me. Oh well, if they launch another check I'll send it back, no biggie. I'm so not used to having a relaxing weekend I actually do not know how to behave by now. I need to discipline myself to be self-indulgent, strange as that concept sounds, so tonight I will give myself a pedicure. I'm not quite indulgent enough to PAY somebody else to do it, not until the financial dust settles. I'm so used to living under fire and waiting for the next bad news, it may take a while before I feel confident enough to be frivolous.


A poster on Knitter's Review shared this fabulous button site: Button Shoppe. I hadn't seen this one before and I'm already hooked, they have some really funky, fun stuff. I'm now picturing a pink Sitcom Chic with that pink flamingos button.... or maybe Sorority Girl needs one with a STOP sign button, to fend off losers in clubs. I was disappointed in the Yorkie button (under "Fun Pictures") it's not as cute as it could be, but the raccoon button is cute.