Well, it's 2006 already. Christmas was a blast and I did tons of knitting on my Mermaid sweater. I really gotta get the camera pix uploaded here soon. Anyway, I think it's time to try and join back to the knitting rings again. I haven't participated in those rings for several years and I feel a bit out of the loop.

Went through a massive layoff at work in early December...luckily I didn't get cut, but a good friend did. Quite an emotional time...very stressful...made me rethink the whole corporate world thing. Anyway...

Mermaid is an engaging knit, but it does seem to take forever with the tons of garter stitch. It's a fabulous mindless knitting project while I'm watching TV or watching Mike play XBOX360. Not a lot to remember either so I can put it down mid row without worry of forgetting where I am. Since it's knit from the left front all the way around to the right front, it DEFINITELY seems to take forever. Anyway, I'm almost to the mid back now...about 3/4 way from the left underarm to the mid back.

I managed to gain a pound over the holidays and saw my fat percentage go up some. It's been hard trying to get back into my workout routine. Setting those goals last summer really helped me keep laser focus and make progress and I'm really going to have to do that again. I did manage to get on the treadmill Tuesday night, but Kasie only let me stay on 10 minutes before she melted down into a "mama, mama" hold-me type fit. Ahhh, the joys of a 17 month old. I slept in so much over the holidays that it's been murder trying to get up in time to even make it to work fashionable late, much less getting up early enough to work out!