Knitting for Christmas

I'm broke, and it's my own fault for not working. This I understand. Depending on my class schedule next spring, I may try to find a part time job working at a craft store of some sort. Why? I figure dealing with old ladies is better than dealing with screaming kids during seasonal work. I had mentioned to my Mom that maybe I should get a seasonal job during my long Christmas break, perhaps maybe at Target or something. She did it while she was in college, but then I remembered how bitchy holiday shoppers really can be. I'm one of those. I don't take it out on cashiers, but I'm always a woman on a mission. I know exactly what it is I'm looking for and where it's located in the store. Other shoppers get in my way, and this makes me cranky. Not even 24 hour stores like Wal-Mart or Meijer are immune to this even at midnight. So, since I have a slight "surplus" of yarn (not that would match to anyone's stash who may read this), I thought I would make gifts this year. I'm almost finished with Adam's scarf, and he already knows about it as it's a little hard to hide a 1000+ yard skein of blue yarn from him, and I admittedly knit in front of him. I'll probably be making hats for others (my Mom included), but I have no idea what to make for my Dad. He's a difficult man to even shop for, let alone knit something for. I asked him if he needed a new winter hat. Of course the answer was no, so now I'm stuck. Maybe I'll just make him some apple butter. He'd like that, but he never eats anything I make. I know it has a lot to do with only eating poultry and occasionally fish, but I don't see that apple butter would pose this problem. Who knows. It's only mid-October.

And my list from Friday is almost complete, almost...

clean - I got as much done as possible. It seems like I kept doing more dishes than anything.

study political science - This I am almost done with

put new tags on my car

go to goodwill

blanche and can tomatoes

get my oil changed on Monday - at 11

laundry?

shop for new living room chair?

transport Louie and Hope