The long grey days of the Pacific Northwest march on, all of my senses are anticipating "that change" signaling that summer is on its way. In the meantime, I have rediscovered a longtime passion of crafting. Mostly knitting and crocheting. The weather combined with a ridiculous amount of yarn inherited from my grandmother has me searching for suitable projects. Jackpot was discovered with the "scrap" patterns and the shabby chic look of the finished projects fit well with the very casual dress code of WA. Socks and Birki's are alive and well here people. Currently, have started an scrap afgan and shawl. The shawl has been a challange so far. Its a pretty simple crochet pattern, but my tension is all off and I'm taking a break from a irksome craft hour. Oddly enough, I'm not stressing about my lack of progress. And come to think of it the cluster-stress-on-the-verge-of-being-a-migrane-headache that I've had for the past week is almost gone and thurned into a dull throb behind my right eye. I'm also thinking about changing the format of my blog. I might do that while on vacation in Austin. Hmmmm.....