Wound Up

When we got home last night, William Henry was Wound Up. He ran back and forth between the den and the sun parlor (it’s a straight shot between opposite ends of the house) for at least 20 minutes while we unloaded the car. Every now and then he would slide to a stop (or crash into another cat) and look around. This got everyone else worked up and they stayed that way for quite a while.

Here is the knitting I did in the car last night in the dark:

kitty kitty kitty

That’s the light-up nativity through the window.

While taking this picture just now, I had a Startling Revelation: I bought this yarn before Blue Moon added the extra yardage to the Socks That Rock skeins. I have been knitting with it like it had the extra yardage (the sock leg is longer than I would have made it otherwise). I am not going to have enough to finish the second sock. I’ve weighed both the sock I finished on Friday (2 1/4 oz.) and the unfinished sock and rest of the yarn (2 1/8 oz. including needles). Sigh. I hope I can make them match by doing the toes in another color.

I haven’t made the macaroni yet, but Michael has just gotten up so it’s time for the Sweepstakes drawing! Everyone is in the hat that I made for M on Saturday/Sunday (Yay! I finished him one new thing to wear on Christmas). And here he is drawing a name:

names scrunched in a hat

And the Winner is…

blurry name

Hrm. That says “Beth” – you’ll just have to trust me.

Yay! Congratulations, Beth! And on the baby, too, if it’s here! I’ll email you to get your address.

To everyone else, have a Very Merry Christmas! I am off to make macaroni and last minute cookies for my Aunt’s family (they said they weren’t coming!).

Christmas-8, Emily-3 (I got a point for finishing the hat and one for having the ingredients for last minute cookies). I beat the spread!

Note: I forgot to add that if you aren’t Beth – Shear Panic can be ordered from:
Mayfair Games (the folks who made it)
Cardhaus Games
and Amazon (but it’s from one of their associates)
Thanks, Cindy! I forgot to mention that part!

12 thoughts on “Wound Up”

  3. Paula

    Dear Emily, hope you and yours have a great holiday. Your post about WH being Wound Up reminded me of my 4 1/2 year old nephew, William Henry, who was rambunctious at times during his recent visit.

  4. KT

    If that STR is 24 Karat I can help you out. I think mine is heavy weight though. You could have Extra Padded Toes that way! Merry Christmas!

  7. Teyani

    I think that you get another point for making more cookies (for the Aunt’s family who said they weren’t coming 😉
    And even perhaps yet another for being a good sport.

    WH sure likes to stir thing up doesn’t he? I notice that he didn’t appear to be sleeping in the last post with all the rest of the group…He must have been up galavanting about again.

  9. Rachel

    Merry Christmas to you and Michael! I hope you had a wonderful celebration. (It sounds like your cats missed you, though!)

    May 2007 bring wonderful things for you!

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