Waiting 'til midnight.....

Hey there, hi there, ho there! Busy busy around chez Gowey these days. Between work and the training schedule for the 3-day walk, there isn't much extra time. I visited my new podiatrist last week, and he said when people train as much as I am, it's really just like a part time job. I heartily agree! Tomorrow, I will be doing another 10-mile trek and I figure it will take me around 3 hours. Whew! I am getting in shape, and I have the motivation, which for me is one of the hardest things.

Doug and I won't be going to Ohio after all - Patrick doesn't want us to go because of the money mostly, so we hope we can do something fun as a family instead. He leaves next Wednesday night (last day of finals for him, yeah!) and comes back late Monday. Hops on another plane sometime around noon or so on Tuesday, because he is supposed to be in Spokane to work on building houses for Habitat for Humanity all week for school. The school he goes to is called a "choice" school in our district - 7-12th grade, parents put in 30 hours minimum per year, and the students basically have 6 core subjects they work on for those 6 years - Humanities, International Studies, Art, Spanish, Science and Math. It's a very small school, but public - 360 students. His graduating class is around 55 kids, Sara had 32 in hers. One week a year, the teachers plan week-long outings for the kids, they sign up and off they go. Sara went to Greece and Italy one year, but for the most part, our kids pick the ones that aren't quite so pricey.

Why the reference to midnight in the title of this post?? Well, besides knitting I also do other crafty-like things. One of this is mosaics. About two years ago, I picked up this cabinet at a second hand store:

This is basically what the structure of the cabinet looks like - of course it wasn't all cute and painted, it was basically a wreck! It had been a high kitchen cabinet that I assume was attached to the ceiling. I painted the inside of the cabinet and drawers green, and then the outside sort of a softened white. The best part of all is what has taken so long - mosaic!

I can't get the whole top in this picture, but I did mosaic tiles on the top, using hydrangea leaves as a template. (There are five leaves total - there is one more to the right in this picture) Then there is a purple and copper border along the two side edges and the front. I think it's quite pretty! So why midnight? Because I put the sealer on at 4 pm, and it will be dry and ready to move into our dining room then! Well, we will wait until tomorrow, but I am so relieved to be done with this project! Off to crate and barrel soon to get some cool glassware.....

On the knitting front - I've done these and these:

Finished the lifestyle socks (not sure I like the non-matchyness) and an elephant from the Knitting @Knoon pattern. Currently working on (Naomi will love this) Pomatomus socks from knitty.com, in yes, Fleece Artist. Naomi and I laugh because we very often pick the same patterns - she is currently on vacation in Bonaire, and started these socks. I had no idea she was even considering them, and I know she didn't know I was starting them. Too funny.

If you aren't doing anything tomorrow night, VYT is hosting a Dulaan-a-Than from 6 pm to 6 am. Find out more here. I think I'll go for a bit, but I do have a family extravaganza all day and then work all day Sunday. I'm thinking show up when I can, and leave around midnight or so.


I hope to post more regularly - have a great weekend!