Running
So yeah, I’m still working on building myself back up. I’m slower than hell and don’t get very far, but there you have it. During my 4 miler last week, I ran into a gentleman walking a dog that stopped me to chat. He was very nice & just needed to talk, I think. His long time canine companion had died 3 weeks earlier from cancer, so he was telling me all about him. I know that he was hurting & wanting to talk, but he was very sweet & complimentary about me getting out there running.

I had planned to run today again, but at the moment, it looks like we will be socked in most of the day with thunderstorms. Hopefully there will be a break at some point during the day when I can sneak in a run!

Knitting
I finally got moving on knitting up the stunning yarn that is the first installment of the Mean Girls Club. The colorway is wonderful!! I tried many different things with it & finally settled on Posey socks.  They are really fun & different to knit!  :)  The one downside is that there really isn’t a way to do any shaping on the leg & mine are a bit too big.  I’m not sure that knitting them with size 0 would have fixed that either…  perhaps making the squares just a couple stitches less would be just the ticket.  I might knit the pattern again & try that.  Other than being too big, the socks are GORGEOUS!!  :)

I’ve also spent a bit of time experimenting with dyeing yarn this past week.  I’ve gotten several skeins dyed for various projects now & put in an order for more bare sock yarn.  I really love it & might make the final leap towards using real dyes at some point.  So far, I have found that I LOVE the Kool-Aid dyeing & Wilton’s takes a bit of playing with, but I’ve really liked that too.

HBP & Doctor Who
So I did go see HP & the Half-Blood Prince last week with the manlets & the IRL BFF.  Sadly, I found myself cataloging the various missing scenes, so I missed out on quite a bit as far as enjoying the movie version goes.  I am going again this week so that I can just sit & relax while watching it to see what I really think.  I do know for a fact that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince just did NOT have enough of the Half-Blood Prince!!  ;)

So I’ve made it through all the new Doctor Who episodes a couple times now.  Totally, completely & irrevocably addicted now.  I am purposely avoiding all photos/videos of the guy that is going to be the 11th Doctor.  I don’t want to have my opinion influenced by speculating what sort of Doctor he’s going to be!

At the moment, I just cannot fathom anyone replacing David Tennant, as he is the BEST Doctor of all.  I’ve heard it said that your first Doctor is your favorite, but I can say that does not apply to me at all.  My first Doctor is my 5th favorite, actually.  LOL  My list goes like this (most favorite to least):  10, 5, 9, 8, 4, 3, 7, 6.  I haven’t seen 1 or 2 yet, so I don’t know where they fall on the list.  I’ve also only seen one episode each of 7 & 6, so the tail of my list will shift a bit.  I’m pretty confident that the first 5 will not be changing, though.  ;)

I cannot tell you how often I’ve been asked “any relation?” over the year or two as Mr. Tennant has become more & more popular.  It has been a new experience for me, actually.  Not terribly surprising though, as Tennant is certainly not a common name.  Now that I’ve done a bit of reading, I can officially say “No, no relation at all”.  ;)

Today’s Ravelry Search
So, what to search for today?  Hmm, how about this?  As always, clicking a photo will take you to the pattern page.

Elegance Socks - very pretty!

* Lovely little crochet shell!

* Elegant drinking scarf! Very nice. :)

Wow, this blanket is awesome! :)

So pretty, these socks!

* I love to see dainty, delicate & feminine crochet wraps/shawls! :)

* I really wish the pictures were bigger, this is a terrific set!!

Definitely a shawl that can be classified as elegant! :)

I love this top! I really, really do.

*Free pattern

Happy Monday, all!