Taking the Scenic Route

Good, Good news!  Zach got a call back for an interview for a part-time job as an in house tech support for a law firm.  The job is really close (almost walking distance….could be walked, but probably not a great idea in dressy clothes).   It seems like they would be willing to work around dh’s school schedule and since he has to put a salery expectation on the application, we assume it pays decent.  It might not be what he is “worth”, but we didn’t want to get knocked out of the running by putting the requirements too high.  It is going to be difficult enough finding a job that will work around school, we knew we needed to give a little on the salery to even be considered.   They wanted to do an interview next Wednesday afternnoon (afternoon is a GOOD thing for Zach….am interviews put him at a disadvantage big time)  Say some prayers for us..this looks like it would be a good thing.

I am still fighting whatever it is that I have…I don’t feel as bad as I did, but dang, I want to feel better already.  I can tell I still have a low grade fever and feel really irritated by that. 

I did email Jess at Fabric Connection about having some yarn custom colored to make some LTK pumpkin hats (scroll down for picture)  for all the cousins in the family….Zane is the oldest, down to a 5-6 month old.  It is small and I can make it for both boys and girls without having to hawk my jewelry to buy the yarn.  lol.  I will probably be able to make all  of them for between $20-30 with custom dyed yarn.  (well. plus shipping)  I have SO many people to knit for.  I still haven’t decided what to do for Christmas, but they will probably be scarves and/or hats since I don’t have time or money to make everybody sweaters, especially considering there isn’t a single person in our families that wears a size smaller than a large….most of the men are well over 6 ft, and almost all the women are plus size, or near plus size.  I don’t know how to do sox yet, so that doesn’t seem like a good idea since it is a skill all on it’s own.  Oh, and that doesn’t include knitting anything for Zane, Zach, or myself.  lol.  I at least want to make a sweater for Zane since he is a little guy.  I don’t want to make a sweater for myself…my gosh, the amount of yarn I would need is astronomical!

eta:  well, the yarn is going to be $8/skein, and at a skein a hat (plus 1 more skein for the embellishments), it will be a tad bit more than $20-30, but I really want to do it anyway.  I haven’t been able to make anything for Zane’s cousins yet because I haven’t even been able to afford to send a card, much less a knitted item.  These hats sell for a minimum of $18, so it will be worth it…I hope (I really hope they like them).  It just kills me to not be able to do anything.  I haven’t even been able to send out Zane’s Easter pictures yet because we have never had the funds for postage until now.   I will be heading to the post office as soon as I feel better.