Very, one could say horribly, random Wednesday.

I'm not entirely sure how it happened but I am now convinced that summer has come and gone and it has done so with remarkable speed.  It seems like we just loaded up the van for the move to the Cape and now the kids are back in school, I'm back at work and Autumn is truly here.    I guess I was in denial.  Hey, I love the fall but am looking out at the cold, wet morning gloom and wishing it were a beach day.  We had many good beach days. Sniff.

I am nearly done with clue #1 of Secret of the Stole.  The KnitPicks Shadow (in Vineyard) looks lovely and the glass beads are fun.  The beads are nearly the same shade as the deep purple yarn and I have discovered I love beading, something I have avoided learning until now.  Having the deadline of the next clue hanging over my head has given me the motivation to work on the one project until it's done.  Well, work on it when I'm home and have some quiet time.  I can;t talk and do lace.  My travelling or tv watching (mostly House, I've started with season 1) knitting has been old UFOs, socks and the like.  I also need to finish the border and do the icord on the baby tulip cardigan.  I think I said this all just the other day.

O.K.  In reading news I am devouring Steve Almond's latest essay collection (subtitled: rants,exploits and obsessions),(Not That You Asked).  I'm loving it as much, if not more than CandyFreak and fully expect to finish it this morning.  Which means I won't be knitting lace this morning.  Or tonight because I have a board meeting and know better than to bring a lace project.  I'm also reading the latest trashy, werewolf/vampire romance, this one Keri Arthur's Embraced By Darkness (and how odd is it that there are several trashy werewolf/vampire romance series out there so one needs to be clear).  Finally, I picked up The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet.  So really, I'm poised for a nice, day off, cold fall morning after all. (and i'm sparing you all the boring I also have the visit with the specialist later today..blah, blah, tmi, blah)