I finally got some crafts done.  I got really ambitious a little while back, and signed up for all manner of crafty things that needed to get done at about the same time.  Now, normally, I would have been able to get them all done in about a 2 week time span, which was what I was looking at.  Then I got sick, then my dog was a little shit, then I got sick again, then one thing after another happened… so on and so forth.  The crafts went unfinished.

I finally got a lot of them done and packaged tonight.  I have one box going to my friend Kiza (a pair of wool longies and a pair of baby legwarmers), one box going to my friend Brianna (two pair of longies and two hats), and a craft swap to my friend Laura.  I’m especially relieved about the craft swap — I was supposed to mail on/by the 10th, and that date came and went.  I went to mail it the following Friday, and while I went in to the store, my damn dog ate it since I had left it in the cab of the truck and she eats everything, the stupid mutt.  I was devastated (and more than a little mad at the dog) because it was a one-of-a-kind.  So I had to start over from scratch with new materials, new ideas, etc.  Well, it’s finally done, and going in the mail tomorrow.

I started a lime green hat for my friend Kalli.  The yarn is really squishy, and this will probably be the last time I ever work with it.  I’m hoping to have it done within a couple of days, so long as my hands cooperate.  I’m making it for her in exchange for this great box of colorful fabric she sent me, and since I received the box a little while back, I feel really bad that she doesn’t have her hat yet.  Soon, Kalli, soon.

I got the Christmas gifts done for my brothers-in-law and their kids.  I’ve started on the gifts for my sisters-in-law, though I’m still drawing a blank on my parents-in-law.  We’re going to TX in a couple of weeks, so I need to churn something out fairly quickly.  I need to ask Jenn also if we’re still doing a round robin winter solstice/Christmas gift swap… hm.

I also need to make a doll for my friend Trinity’s daughter, Annalie, though I really don’t know if I’m going to knock that out and get it to Germany before Christmas.  I’m hoping.  And there’s stuff I’m supposed to make for my other Germanita, Karo, but that too may have to wait until after Christmas.  I’m hoping I can get things done fairly soon though.

Then there are all the things I want to make for myself, for John, for JR, and of course for Milla since it really won’t be long before she’s here.

Anyway, first things first, I need to finish the laundry.