April 29, 2007

A Good Year

While working on my sock yesterday, I watched my newest Netflix arrival, A Good Year. It was really an enjoyable movie. Over the years I've decided I really like Russell Crowe. He's not bad to look at, but I think he's a pretty good actor, too! Anyway, the movie isn't an emotional wrencher. However there are triumphs and let downs and I think it ends very well. I like movies that have endings. Not necessarily good endings, but endings. I really dislike movies that just quit filming and I'm left feeling robbed as there is no ending....

I made great progress on my sock...am past the heel decreases and beginning the foot. That's pretty good considering when I sat down yesterday morning, I had one inch of the "cuff" done.

I cast on a new hat when I finally moved "upstairs" last night. Got about two inches done of a simple wool hat. Four rows of garter stitch, then st st. Nothing special, but definitely warm.

Did a bit of obligatory housework...got the kitchen cleaned up and cleared up the back yard, too, as there was rumor of rain for yesterday. It was only a rumor, though. We did get a pretty good dry thunderstorm in the afternoon. The wind and cloud cover helped to cool things down, too.

I'm going to a concert today with F. His hubby, B, sings in one--and best--of the gay men's choruses in the area: Reveille <--click They have the best concerts! I look forward to their two or three performances a year.

And from surfing the blogs: These really cool recycled flip flops. <--click Now, me being me, knitting the tops would be way too much work, when I can crochet them much quicker. So....it's on my list of things to try out. I think it would be way cool to figure out a way to extend the tops up with cuffs. They would make really cool indoor/outdoor house shoes. And even extend to "run to the grocery store" shoes!