She's gone

On Thursday, Aug 16, my mother-in-law quietly passed away. She's been my "other mom" for 12 years.

It's hard to believe it's been almost a week already. For the most part, we're still in the stunned stage, with moments of reality stabbing us unexpectedly.

On Sunday, her youngest son is getting married. On Monday, we have her funeral. These two events are now entwined. The joy and the sorrow.

When I'm stressed, I create.

Okay, when I'm relaxed, I like to create too. But that has nothing to do with my point. So, whatever.

During the first half-and-a-bit of the year, I've managed to finish quite a few projects. (We won't talk about the huge number of ones I've started.) Some of them are in my project flickr set. Most, I still need to take pictures of.

4 pairs of socks

4 baby blankets

1 pair of baby booties

2 dishcloths

2 summer tops for me

1 summer dress for monkey-girl

2 flowergirl dresses

2 bridesmaid dresses

That's pretty impressive for me. There may even be a couple more things that I've forgotten.

In the queue? Well, I don't know if I should go there...

In progress (meaning I've actually worked on them in the last month or so):

* Cardigan for monkey-girl

* Socks for TKHubband

* Socks for Monkey-girl

* Socks for my Mom

* Shawl for me (I'd like to finish this by TKHubband's brother's wedding in a week and a half...I'm not sure if I'm deluded about this being possible)

* 2 felted bags

And the rest...well, we'll just pretend they don't exist right now. ;)

Oh, and why am I stressed? This is why. There isn't much time left.