Well, two weeks later, and wowzer, this shawl is just flying, huh? (grin)

There is actually some progress, though. In the last two nights, I’ve been able to get TWO rows knitted, rather than just one. I’m only on row 16, but still, that does mean that I should make slightly faster progress, right?

We’ve had my niece visiting this weekend. She came yesterday after she got off from work, and today, she, Mom, and Dad all went into the city to walk around a little, and see Grand Central Station (just because). They all got tired sooner than expected, though, and were home at about 2:30–while my cake was still in the oven, but before I had a chance to sort through some of the books in my library, like I was going to. Oh well! It was nice having the house to myself (and Chappy) for a while.

It’s also possible that I bought some new sneakers today. A pair of classic, black, low-rise Chuck Taylors. I blame this purchase on Wendy because she pointed out that they make CLEAR ones (available here), that are perfect for showing off handmade socks. I didn’t feel like spending $60, but it got me thinking that I really could use some new sneakers–and that footwear options during the summer, since I hate wearing sandals and finding shoes that are cool for hot days is well nigh impossible. So, I went to DSW this morning and, well, these kind of followed me home.

Oh, and the clear ones? Rumor has it that they glow in the dark. And, imagine my surprise at the store when I saw sequined Chuck Taylors. I had no idea. Lots of colors, yes, that I knew, but sequins? Glitter? It’s like a whole, new world…

Speaking of which, did you know that there are LOTS of different options for ways of lacing your shoes? I swear, I had no idea there were so many. For that matter, how about 17 possible options for tying your shoes? Including one you can do one-handed, and this very cool one that is about the fastest thing I’ve ever seen. (Well, you know, as regards shoe laces.)

This is strange–we had a 1-second power outage this morning. Literally, one or two seconds, and then it was back. But it knocked out clocks and things that can usually hold out for a brief outage without needing to be reset. But, whatever. The odd thing is that my television, which is a TV/VCR combo (1) doesn’t have the little light next to the power button any more and (2) the VCR keeps making noises like it’s trying to play the tape in there … even though the power is off. Weird! (And, of course, the time on my DVD recorder is an hour off, like it always is, and has been for years now.) At least the television still works, though, right?

Now, if only I could figure out why my Flickr plug-in keeps crashing Firefox every time I try to add a picture…

How is it possible that May is just about over already??

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