As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I've started another pair of socks for George.  I got the first one done and had to rip out the toe after George tried it on (it was too tight).  All the stitches are back on the needles, but the hot weather here in Seattle results in a suana in our living room (where I do most of my knitting) so I haven't felt like working with wool.

I also haven't made much progress on the seaman's style scarf that I am knitting continental method.  Again the heat issue, and the fact that I knit slower in the continental method so I get a little bored with it.

It's time for me to purchase some shelving for my studio-to-be in the basement so I can get all the boxes of knitting and sewing stuff off the floor, and have a comfortable and cool place to knit.  Also I need the space to sew up some curtains for our 1st floor guest room.

We made our 2nd annual move to the "summer palace" on Monday night as our master bedroom on the 2nd floor is stifling in hot weather.  The 1st floor is better, but if the summer heats up much more we'll be moving to the southern hemisphere (my basement office/studio-to-be); yet another reason to clean up all the boxes spread out across the basement floor.

I can't boot my main desktop so I've been unable to work on my Finished Projects gallery.  I will hopefully figure out what the problem is and get a few pictures of finished and in progress projects up along with details.

I think the problem with my desktop is the motherboard or CPU.  They're both over 5 years old.  My husband George has created a Linux boot CD for me so I can reach my data files and maybe figure out just where the problem is.  I'm not too worried as I'm used to recovering data files and re-installing operating systems if necessary.  If the problem is the motherboard or cpu, I'll be heading over to Fry's Electronics in Renton, WA to pick up new one(s).  I've built desktops before.  I even built one of George's desktops tho' he mostly uses his wireless laptop these days.  He only uses the desktop when he wants to do hard-core programming and wants an ergonomic keyboard.

For the past few days at work, I've been reading a book called Learn Microsoft VBScript in a Weekend.  I checked it out of the Seattle Public Library as it's out-of-print.  I really need to learn VBScript for use with Quick Test Pro (QTP); however, the book focuses on VBScript for HTML pages.  I wish there was a book out specifically about using VBScript with QTP, but no one has written one... yet.  Meanwhile, my website might get a little more interactive.<g>

I am having fun typing up and running the sample scripts in the book.  In a couple of days, I should be writing scripts from scratch.  That will be interesting.

I finished reknitting the "Lichen Rib" socks.  After washing, they're a little loose.  I'm still trying to figure out fit for my feet.  I've started another pair of socks in a lovely colour way with yarrow yellow, light green, medium green and medium grey.  George really likes the colour way also so these socks will be for him.  They're knitting up very loose as I'm knitting them continental style, my first real project using that technique rather than the throw (or English/American) style of knitting that I've been using for around 40 years.  Occasionally I forget and do a round in throw style and can then tell that continental is a lot easier on the tendons in my right wrist.