{"id":497,"date":"2007-01-16T12:26:46","date_gmt":"2007-01-16T19:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=497"},"modified":"2007-01-16T12:26:46","modified_gmt":"2007-01-16T19:26:46","slug":"slow-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=497","title":{"rendered":"SLOW DOWN!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man&#8230;life is just passing me by!  I feel I&#8217;m in slow motion and everyone else\/everything is going at lightspeed!  Sorry for not posting!  I&#8217;ve had things I wanted to share&#8230;and now that I have a minute I&#8217;m blanking! lol<\/p>\n<p>How about I just give you quick updates on what I&#8217;m up to!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cardigan<\/strong> &#8211;  Front sides, back and now sleeves are done.  And, I&#8217;m afraid that my seaming skills are not up to par so I&#8217;ve put it in a drawer until I find something to tell me how to do it best.  After seaming it up I&#8217;ve got the collar and two front bands to complete and it&#8217;s done!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purple Socks<\/strong> &#8211;  one is done through the heel\/gusset and the other I&#8217;m just starting the gusset.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Something Lace<\/strong> &#8211;  I have done about 18 inches (maybe less &#8211; I&#8217;m not good with measurements) of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.knitty.com\/issuespring05\/PATTbranchingout.html\">Knitty&#8217;s Branching Out<\/a> scarf for my Secret Sister at church.  I have not been able to knit anything for her because she knows I&#8217;m a knitter &#8211; and there are only a few of us.  But the &#8216;reveal&#8217; is coming up so I can now knit for her! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Tonight is Knit Night &#8211; Annika (my niece) is joining us for dinner and then we are going together.  I&#8217;m looking forward to sharing it with her.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a fun meme to do from Lorri at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themacandcheesechronicles.com\/\">MacandCheeseChronicles<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;ll do that next and then it&#8217;s back to work for me!!   Hope you are all having a good day!  Oh! 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