School Vacation: Day 1

Some people use their vacation time to travel to exotic locales, meet interesting people, drink high octane beverages out of coconuts and make memories that they can never share with friends and family being as they are out of character or immoral/illegal. Not The Sheep.

I much prefer "puttering." You know, waking up, thinking about what you feel like doing, making a wildly tight schedule of events then actually doing about three things. Couldn't think of a better way to spend a day!

Today, I decided to head out to Michael's. Once there, I discovered that, while they have a rather impressive supply of needles, there is little if one is seeking something under a size 3. Oh well. I then headed over to the quilting supplies. I found a larger hoop upon which to hook this rug masterpiece/ever-expanding nightmare that I'm working on:

Big enough? Only time will tell...

I also purchased a different type of quilting frame as part of my never-ending experimentation with this craft. As I hook with yarn rather than wool strips I have learned (the painful way) that the gripper strips on regular frames are vicious little yarn-eaters that live to tear out meticulously placed loops that have been worked over a period of months. I'll report out on these test runs later. You know...when I've come up with a way to explain how the disaster that I have caused was all part of the creative process and what I knew was going to happen all along.

I also managed to fit in some coffee-drinking, cartoon-watching, napping and even a workout. The workout was actually not on the schedule for the day, but while I was out I happened to find these:

You can see why the schedule was changed a bit...

Quite a full day and it's only 4:00! I still have hours and hours ahead in which to get in some more "sock-time," and other snacking activities. I was born to be on vacation. Is there anyone out there willing to pay a good salary for The Sheep to put this God-given skill to use?

Anyone?

SA