Grandmotherly Habits

Book: Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
Feeling: wet

Wow, I haven't posted in a really long time... tomorrow it would be s month since I posted last. Wow. What is with  me and posting at the end of the month? I don't know. Well I am again going to talk about my apparently Grandmotherly habit of knitting. As I said last month I knit really, really, painstakingly slow. Like, well my Grandmother can knit faster than I can and she is like three times my age, I find that really embarrassing. A friend of mine pointed out that knitting is something only 80 year old Grandmothers do. Which most of my other friends agree with. But I know there are some young knitters out there! Young Knitters of the World Unite!!! So, I am going to bore you to death and probably loose any chance i had at getting a follower by listing all the projects I am working on at once.

• My best friends Christmas gift, consisting of, a hat, a scarf and arm warmers that I call Wristies because she wanted them short so as to only cover her wrist which I promised for last x-mas so I am going to give them to her the next time I see her. And just to make you even more out of your mind bored, they are black and off white, off white trim on everything (garter stitch) and black everything else (stockinet stitch). They are really cute but i didn't realize the hat pattern called for double pointed needles to finish the decreasing which irks me because I can't use them yet and the hat will have to be put on hold which puts everything on hold. 
• My other best friends Christmas gift, also consisting of hat, scarf, and Wristies. This one is in a variegated green, teal, lilac, and navy yarn all in stockinet stitch. This is a lot shorter than my first bullet point so I am going to babble a little bit. Done!
• A purple sweater for moi. Not very far along with that, I started in January and its August and all I have done is  20 in of the back... humm a testament to my short attention span and slow knitting skills.... SQUIRREL! Sorry, what was I saying.
• And squares for my giant patch work knit quilt. I still have 154 4in x 4in squares left to knit. A LONG way to go.

So now that I have bored my readers to death, I am very sorry for you loss, not I cannot come to your funeral. I  will kill you again with the list of my summer reads. I have added about 10 more, but with three days... well I guess only two i am far, far away from my goal of 60.

1. The Espressologist by Kristina Springer
2. Beauty Shop for Rent by Laura Bowers
3. Sweets, Treats, and Secret Crushes by Lisa Greenwald
4. Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby
5. How My Personal, Private Journal Became a Bestseller by Julia DeVillers
6. Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
7. Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras by Cathy Hopkins
8. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
9. Fins are Forever by Tera Lynn Childs
10. The Melting of Maggie Bean by Tricia Rayburn
11. Queen of the Dead by Stacy Kade
12. Iron King by Julie Kagawa
13. Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
14. Doomed Queen Anne by Carolyn Meyer
15. Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
16. Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
17. Mates, Dates and Cosmic Kisses by Cathy Hopkins
18. Mates, Dates and Designer Divas by Cathy Hopkins
19. Mates, Dates and Sleepover Secrets by Cathy Hopkins
20. Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have) by Sarah Mlynowski
21. Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
22. Maggie Bean Stays Afloat by Tricia Rayburn
23. Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa
24. Mates, Dates, and Sole Survivors by Cathy Hopkins
25. Mates, Dates, and Mad Mistakes by Cathy Hopkins
26. Mates, Dates, and Sequin Smiles by Cathy Hopkins
27. Maggie Bean in Love by Tricia Rayburn
28. The Royal Treatment by Lindsey Leavitt
29. A Tale of Two Castles by Gail Carson Levine
30. Mates, Dates, and Tempting Trouble by Cathy Hopkins
31. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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So, only 31 by the thirty-first which is when my goal ends it will probably be 32 which is some what depressing because I only made it half way through my goal. But it is kinda cool to see how I read at about a pace of 10 books a month. So that's all folks! ( I <3 Bugs Bunny)