Holiday Weekend

Since my company is a gov't contractor and we follow the federal holiday schedule, that means we get this day off. Whee! I was just itching to get out of work Friday afternoon. Hubby and Mother went to the Orchid show at the National Arboreteum and we had a good time there. I bought two orchids - one that smells of cinnamon and the other one has nice bell shape. I'll have to take a photo and get the names for y'all later today.

And today I'm planning to drop in on my fav shop - Yarns International to see what's up there. Maybe even pick up a few books and fondle some yarn. I think I've finally broken my knitting slump - I've gotten back to the two socks on circ project and just one more inch to go before I start shaping the heel. When these socks are done, I'll promptly cast on another pair, especially since these are two different colors. But the side benefit is that I'll get two pairs finished off. One has to look on the positive side.

Russian is progressing very nicely, despite the mishap Hubby had with the tape recorder that resulted in most of the dialog we're supposed to practice being not recorded. Arrggghhh!!! On the plus side, I believe I've got most of the dialog memorized. I'm quite surprised, since memorization is my achilles heel when it comes to learning languages. Here's a few words for y'all (hope the cyrillic letters show up as readable on your page - tell me if these aren't):

Доброе утро - Good morning.

Здрасвуйте - Hello.

Очень приятно - Pleased to meet you.