knitting: January 2009 Archives

Inertia. When I look this up in Dictionary.app, I see:

1 a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged : the bureaucratic inertia of government.

That is what I've been feeling for the past month or so. Of course, the fact that it was holiday season didn't help either. Oh, of course, there were some holiday stuff that had to be done (family get-togethers), plus the enthronement of our new Metropolitan Jonah, who is indeed someone we greatly need after the financial scandal that has affected OCA for the past few year. I will be blogging about His Beatitude as events warrant throughout the year.

Rather, it's that my work life has been at a standstill for far, far too long. So, I need to make a major push to change that. I need to be more, a lot more aggressive about it. I've got to be a pain in the butt, prodding folks into giving me useful job leads that will lead to actual job offers (and not depending too much on recruiters). I've got a LinkedIn account, so I need to really mine it.

  My knitting life is not quite at a sandstill. I had to make another Mr. Greenjeans cardigan, this time with Patons Wool which doesn't pill as much. I even have enough leftover yarn to make a cap, one which I did make but which doesn't cover my ear completely. So I'm making another one, going up one more size in needle. And I'm finally getting back to my other knitting projects, and of course, I need to get back to my spinning wheels. Need to take pictures which of course is a challenge with the kind of lighting that we get during the winter.

And, I've been giving my sewing machine a workout. I made Finn a car seat organizer. Those of you who have babies well know that there are times when you've got to change the diaper in the car, which can be tricky depending on how big your car is, whether there are lots of stuff, or the diaper bag is waaayyy over there. With this organizer, you can just strap it on to the back of the car, all filled with a couple of diapers, rash cream, wipes, a bottle, terry cloth, and maybe a favorite small stuffed toy. And you can fold it up and take it with you. Neat, eh?

I have an organizer for Kai as well. Speaking of which, I really need to get it finished off this week. Time to kick Inertia to the curb!