Collected by my sister today…

Not all those who wander are lost, right Jenny?

Every now and then I entertain some little fantasies. The big three lately have been:

• 46 million dollars
• Moving to Hawaii
• Second kid

In the money one, I was in the tub one day, and it’s a testament to my Germanic heritage that I first thought how I could go about endowing my current position at work so that it could be full-time someday. Um, 46 million dollars? You want to pay yourself to work? Also, needle scratching across record moment: we have no rich relations, and you have to play the lottery to win the lottery.

Moving to Hawaii… sounds great from the temperate 90% of the year, flip flops every day, puu puu platter angle, but the everything must be shipped there and everyone you know is a billion miles away side of that coin, plus JELLYFISH, bring an end to that line of thought.

Second kid. Easy to consider while the first one is having a great run of good health, there’s tons of fun stuff to do, we’re mostly getting along, and there is almost reliable, decent sleep every night. But, would the second one need eye surgery as a baby too? (Crossed eyes are in the genes.) And two sick kids, and two to feed/clothe/educate/shuttle around/etc. And, house with only two bedrooms. It makes the mind tired.

Anyway we’ve been married five years as of Friday. Five is my lucky number!

So, thanks to some Flickr inspiration from the other Heidi, I have added stencils to my front steps. I like how it turned out. It’s not done yet though. I have to find a font I like and add some house numbers.

Craftwise, I have hit a dead end now twice on some major knitting projects, but I think I may finally be back on track. Now I’m making Arbor, and I think it’s going to work out. I’ve read about issues with finishing the neck edge, but it’s top-down, so I have plenty of time to figure out a strategy. As always there are tons of things I want to sew, but I just haven’t had time. We have so many great friends and things to do, especially now that the weather is nice…

This picture pretty much sums up the current mood in these parts. It’s a combination of spring allergies, pleasant breezes and open windows, and having just done the half-marathon/5K walk/kids fun run (one for each of us). Also I am preliminarily tired due to the already bloated nature of our social calendar. Is it Michigan? Is it just that the spring involves way more birthdays? I can’t see a free weekend until like November. I really just want to take a nap.