Is it Christmas yet? And exactly how lazy am I?
But the exciting part of that photo ... I finished the first Christmas sock! What is it about socks? It takes me FOREVER to knit the first one, then the second one practically knits itself. I started these socks in November of 2019 and just finished the first one 48, no, actually about 56 hours ago. As soon as I finished the first, I started the second and am already working on the heel gusset!
And during those 56 hours, I've done a lot of other stuff too! I've made three hats on the Sentro machine, I knit a chicken, I've cleaned the house, done many, many loads of laundry, meal planned, gone grocery shopping, cooked, eaten and cleaned up afer a few meals and I've even gotten some yard work done.
Can you tell I'm enjoying retirement? I really am. It is so incredibly nice to feel like I have time to clean the house and do the yardwork and all the other adulty/housewifey stuff, and,that time spent doing those things is not taking away precious crafting time. I actually feel like I have time to do everything I want to. It's awesome!
I've even sarted an exercise program, if you can call it that. I'm making sure I go for a walk every single day. Even when it's 1,000 degrees outside and I don't want to go for a walk, I make myself go. And, I bought myself a weighted hula hoop. No affiliate and that's not even the one I bought. The one I got doesn't even seem to be listed anymore. If I get the nerve up, I'll video myself trying to use it. It is HILARIOUS! I have not been able to hula hoop since I was about 8 years old, I'm ridiculously uncoordinated, and now as an overweight 62 year old.... It's pretty damned funny! I think I probably burn more calories laughing at my patheticness than I do from hula hooping but at least I'm having fun. I do feel sorry for the poor Amazon guy who showed up while I was on the porch trying to hula hoop though. I think he may be scared for life.
And now, I'm going to wind this up and go finish that sock so I can get busy working on craft fair items. I've applied for quite a few fairs, mostly in the fall. I'm not sure I'll be accepted to any of them though since I had pretty much abandoned my knitting business and social media for the past few years. If you look me up online, things aren't looking too impressive. Thankfully, retirement has given me the time and motivation to get it going again. Wish me luck.
Happy knitting!
Congrats on the first sock finish! I really like those stripes. Retirement is nice, isn't it? I was just reading some comments online where folks were discussing how bad retirement is for you. It can kill you they say. Ha. They are just jealous. I've been retired since I was 55. I'm now 70 and I can tell you LIFE IS GOOD.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck with the craft fairs! I'm glad to hear retirement is agreeing with you. And I'm sure the hula hoop is good fun, even if you look a bit silly when doing it -- as long as you're having fun, who cares?! I started walking every day in the early days of the pandemic to relieve stress and anxiety, and now I walk or run an hour to an hour and a half every day. It's good exercise, but it's also great for my mental health.
ReplyDeletehurray for retirement and for exercising! I went out super early for my walk today.
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