This is what I've been doing...

Instead of doing scrapbooking and card making, I've been busy knitting socks!  I was determined to knit a pair of socks that fit me.  I have a very small foot--I usually wear a child's size 3 but in dress shoes I wear a woman's size 5 that fits very loosely. 

Through a lot of perseverance and ripping out, I now have two pair of socks to wear in the cooler weather with my clogs.  I found sock knitting to be so relaxing, I'm investing in some more yarn and will continue to build up my foot wear wardrobe.

These socks have a lot of mistakes in them but I consider them to be a learning tool and as I make more of them, I think they will look a lot better.  In fact, the second pair already has less errors.

First pair knitting.  Note the diagonal lines where I pulled the stitches too tightly going from one double pointed needle to the next by knitting an extra stitch from the next needle.  I pulled the stitch tight to avoid ladders--knitters know what this is!

Second pair doesn't have the diagonal lines but the stripes don't match up.  However, I do see an improvement!

If there are any sock knitters out there reading this, please tell me how to get the stripes to be the same on both socks.   Is it my fault or how they were dyed?  They start out OK but after a few stripes they start to stray.  I don't think it's going to matter when they're on my foot but it would be nice to have a matched pair of socks.

What are the odds?

I'm not a Las Vegas bookmaker but I think the odds of staying married for 50 years are probably pretty slim.  Therefore, I am happy to report that on August 6, 2010, we celebrated 50 years of wedded bliss.
Oh, I'm not saying life has always been calm and serene.  We have had our ups and downs but neither one of us wanted out of the marriage enough to do anything about it. 
Our worst time was during our daughter's teen-aged years.  I don't think we are alone in feeling that when a child turns 13, they should be locked in a compound and only allowed to leave when they turn 21.   We alternated blaming her behavior on my upbringing and then on his.  Eventually she grew out of her teen years and became a normal person we got to know and even like quite a bit.
So here's to all those out there who wonder if they can or even if they should stay married for a long time.   All I can say is that somehow, over the years, we became friends.  Things are nice now in our later years.  We don't worry about money as much as when we were younger.  There isn't much we want or even need.  I have become too lazy to go shopping for clothes as often as I did.  My husband probably has all the tools he will even need to do any project he sets his mind to. 
Now for the ahhh moment.  This is a photo of us sitting in the back seat of the car after the ceremony but before going to the wedding reception.