Can I Interest You in a Drink?

Yesterday I completed Mill Hill's Martini kit. It's for my grandmother, who you may remember retired from her bartending job this year.

OMAG. I just realized I didn't sew on the damn button. Just imagine this with an olive star button sewn on with red thread somewhere. Aiaiai, I'm always jumping the gun. Still, I'm crossing it off my list.

Ah, Fall

Football and stitch-ass. They go hand in hand, just ask Rosey Grier.

I'm not sure I'm going to be able to handle the college football season this year. This new freshman QB for USC doesn't have much until the final minutes of each half. You can see why Coach Carroll--is there any cuter coach in college ball? I think he should headline the "coaches of the NCAA" calendar.

But I digress. You can see why Pete promoted this young man: anyone who can play that well under that kind of pressure? I don't think I can take the pressure of watching this season if all the games are going to be like that last minute dismantling of the superior Ohio State team. I could hardly watch, which is good because that meant I spent more time stitching. And I finished all the exes on Martini. Loads of beading left; got to get out the Tacky BOB.

I plan to stop by my alma mater's craft group today. And BIG EXCITEMENT! my LNS is starting a stitching night. The first one is this Friday. I think the Workbasket mermaids will get some attention this week.

Finally Catching Up

I have made it through the 525 posts I had in my blog reader after my short six day vacation. I think that some of my bloggers who hadn't blogged all summer waited for my vacation to return to blogland! You may notice a dearth of comments, and I do hope you will accept my apologies for that.

I have had some small good news on the job front. Although my unemployment has been extended 20 weeks, I have received and accepted an offer to do part-time, temporary, freelance* (could it be any less permanent?) writing for an old employer. I will probably make too much money to receive unemployment for a little while, and I bet it will screw up the whole unemployment offer because that's just how bureaucracies work. In the long run, however, it will be good to have a little work on the resume. I knew that if I put a ton of things on my to-do list for September something would come up to prevent me from achieving them. Fortunately, it's of the money-making variety. It is a good problem to have.

I've made a little progress on Martini while we all try to settle back into our routines.

*This is how universities get around hiring freezes.