Did you know...?

That you can take crochet hooks (and knitting needles) on airplanes?

I thought surely they would be prohibited.  While I think a crochet hook would make a pretty crappy weapon unless you had a tiny steel hook, knitting needles could be kind of dangerous.  I guess us crafty types aren't generally dangerous and those dangerous types look for better weapons than a G hook.

Anyway, just out of curiosity,  I looked it up on the TSA website and it clearly states you can bring them.  I might even print it out, just in case someone wants to give me lip.  =)  I'm sure that would get me a full body search, flapping a sheet of paper at them telling them they're wrong.

I've been asked if I would make a baby blanket to donate to a basket a friend of a friend is creating... it's for moms with babies who have Down's Syndrome.  I think that would be a good project for doing on a plane...  I have a soft spot in my heart for parents of special children like that.  I think God hand-picks some really amazing people for that job.

So... just a handful of days to go until we set sail.  I still can't really believe I'm getting to go.  I'm excited, of course, but I can feel the worry and anxiety over leaving my family creeping up.  My neck and shoulders are already bunching up.  I know everything will be fine.  I've tried to sit back a little more and watch my husband with the kids... he's so good at helping them with their homework and can somehow get them to pick up their messes better than I can.  I don't see that all that much since we work opposite shifts.  I know he's fully capable of keeping all four of them alive for a week, but it's hard to imagine that they won't suffer somehow without me to run the show.  LOL  I guess it's possible that they won't miss me nearly as much as I worry about... which is a whole other worry in and of itself.

I don't know how much of what I had planned to get done before my trip that will get done.  I'm just not feeling the whole sewing thing right now.  I was so excited to get back in front of the sewing machine and I just didn't feel it when I got there.  I'm sure it will come.  Crocheting is just easier to relax with.  I can watch TV and it's quieter.  Takes less space.  Blah, blah, blah...



However, I did wrap the cords on the ear buds to my MP3 player.  I saw a pin on Pinterest a long time ago of wrapped earbuds and decided to figure it out.  I don't think I did it the same way, but it worked and I like it.  It seemed a like an awful lot of work since I rarely use the thing and even then, I rarely have tangled cords.  But now my pink Sansa has pale green cords and it's pretty.  What else matters?  =)