On the road with Jim and the Gnome

We enjoyed our weekend with Ben. Gosh, I miss him...but I'm glad he's doing well in school and loves college. It rained a bit and was chilly, but we did have a good evening on Saturday for the football game and casino night. Gnome began his adventures on campus and will go to Ireland with us. He particularly enjoyed meeting the "laughing Lincoln" statue.
Today I have lots to do in prep for our trip. I finished the Baktus scarf on the road and have almost a pair of socks finished. Now to choose needles and some starter yarn for the trip...

Ahhh...September

Friedrich is ready for the trip to college!

I love this time of year. Autumn is approaching, school supplies in the stores, etc. We've had a lovely summer with some really nice weather, which helped! Oh, I can't forget...the Ohio State Buckeyes are playing today. I have my new flag flying! Go Bucks!
Ben is back at college. We drove him over on Tuesday and came back Wednesday. It was great to move him in early before the rush and before his roommate! He's on the orientation team for incoming Freshmen and on student government this year. Swim practice begins earlier this year.
I got quite a bit accomplished this summer with sweaters! The latest is the Fair Isle collared jacket. Also, I decided to frog the single socks I have going and use the yarn for other projects like hats and scarves instead of socks. I'm just not feeling the love for knitting socks on toothpicks. I still love to knit the bed socks--much faster and mindless for me.
I'm recycling one of my sweaters--the Amherst. It's cotton, and was getting a bit droopy. I'm knitting from the knitted pieces. It's like Flat Feet for sweaters!
We have a long weekend and I believe we're just going to relax and enjoy it. Jim's on a time-trial bike ride today. I'm doing laundry and surveying the mess in my office. It's more paper work (not my favorite thing) that I have to file for my mother, but can't shred--yet (love the shredder!).The flowers on campus are lovely this year.

Two sleeves are better than one!

I'm finishing the second sleeve (yeaaa!). This will be a warm sweater, and using the Lite Lopi will make it not so heavy in weight. There is just enough white (I have a small checkerboard to do after this brown bit), and I have plenty of brown. I hope the green hold out for the collar and bands. I'm on the last bits of Fair Isle. From that point it's all go with GREEN!
Good news on the college front. Ben received a $1,000 Eagle Scout scholarship from the council, AND received a four-year 75% scholarship from his college! We are so proud. The latter one started out with 800 applicants, narrowed to 400 finalists (that's when we drove over to the school last month), and then 17 received scholarships. We are very proud of him. He deserves to be recognized for his hard work.
Spring break is going nicely. Ben's getting lots of rest and I'm getting some spring cleaning done. My office is the victim for today! There's so much paper work with Mom's stuff. The shredder is going to get a workout today!

Happy Easter, happy spring!