Working on a Monkey

I've been working on my Monkey socks. They are time consuming, but pretty. I thought they would be WAY loose, but they aren't, because they ended up longer than I usually make my socks, and my calf is still plenty round to hold it up.



And that's the extent of my knitting--I am going to attempt an Illusion scarf and see how I do and if I can figure it out...I'd like to get some nice wool and make it for the "I Love My Library" silent auction...if it looks decent enough. I have such little self esteem about stuff like that.

Otherwise it's just COLD--it's -5 now (feels like -25) and tonight the air temperature alone will be -16. We thought tomorrow's temp was a good sign (4 degrees...like Brett Favre's number) but now it is down to 2. Let's hope it isn't a jinx.

I have been militant about not jinxing the Packers...we have a Packers flag on our flagpole, which is tearing in the trees. But I can't replace it--what if they lose because I replaced it? The kids? Well, they need to wear exactly what they wore last week. We are already going to my parent's house instead of here, and ordering pizza instead of cooking out, so I hope that isn't a problem.

Militant.