Oh, It's So Personal

Today, several people were "let go" from my company. My own job is a little shaky, but I found myself more worried about the others than myself. Yes, the company has been having financial problems lately, but it's method of getting rid of employees bothers me more so than the fact that they had to let someone go. Having to implement a hard decision can be seen as just "business", but when you implement your decisions in ways that have the most negative impact to the lives of the employees, it SO becomes "personal".

Today's actions, although coming from a sound business decision were personal. Personal in it's implementation, personal in it's impact.

There is no business anymore.

Learning Something New

People always want to believe that because you're single and you own a home that you are some independent woman that doesn't need anyone and can do everything on her own. To an extent that is true, but there are times when you just need to have someone to help. Now is my time.

My heat pump has been out for a couple of weeks now so I've been force to use alternative heating method. Here enters the fire place that I've never used. I've been in my home for 3 years and I've never lit this thing. I've never had to before. We didn't have a fireplace growing up. Why would we? We lived in Mississippi. But here I am.

So I went and bought fire wood, loaded it up in the Jeep, unloaded it and piled it in the garage, consulted the internet on how to build a fire and off I was. I've still got a lot to learn about building and maintaining a fire but I did it! Ms Independent learned something new. And as much as I wish I had a husband that could do it for me, I am quite satisfied that I was able to do it myself. So to all my "independent" women out there (you know who you are), go out and learned something new. Give them another reason to believe we know it all. :)

What's on my needles?

I'm glad you asked!

At the moment I am knitting several projects. I alternate between them depending on the kind of mood I am in. If my week has been stressful, I try to put a little more time on the weekends into my knitting. This week was a doozie!

I've been working on the Isabeau purse for my little sister. Part of her growing but late birthday gift.
I've finally started one of the Schaefer scarves that I purchased yarn for. I think I will gift this to my older sister when I'm done. Her birthday is in 3 days. I think this will make a good, light scarf that can be warn throughout the spring. It will be pretty with a coordinating Easter outfit.



Two projects that I want to finish but I'm not necessarily enthused to knit are the knitted bag from Last Minute Gifts and some hats that I'm knitting up for charity. I pick these up when I'm wanting to keep my hands busy but I don't want to have to think about the stitches. I have no idea what I'm going to do with the bag when it's done.
My intent is to do at least nine of the charity hats, but I will go until I run out of wool. I think this will strictly be stash busting. If I go out to buy more yarn, I may go overboard and buy too much.

My absolute favorite but LONG project going at the moment is the simple cable hat and scarf sets from cables untangled. The hats are done and one scarf is still in the beginning stages as you can see. I figured out I could knit them both at the same time so I got the new one on the same pattern row as the one in progress, put them on the same needles and off I went. I'm not sure how long they'll both be when finished. I'm just going to keep going till I use up all the yarn that I have. They are knit with this very soft and luscious Malabrigo yarn.