It snowed again. I was royally freaking out because I needed Sam to go back to school. Working hard in class and playing hard with his friends wears him out, which is a fantastic thing. When he comes home, he’s nice and calm. As much as Claire and I try to keep him busy, we can’t compete with six hours of school and 30 kids.

Apparently the People in Charge also had enough of letting the snow interfere with what should be a regular old day and/or they couldn’t stomach the thought of spending all summer in school, so school was back in session and on time today…despite all the snow.

I’m looking forward to a few hours of quiet today in which I’ll take a look at some of my favorite websites, do some laundry, figure out what to cook for dinner and play a silly game or three with Claire.

The snow has added another element of excitement to our lives. It’s breaking things.

The tree next door lost a couple of large limbs, which are blocking our neighbor’s driveway. The snow has also caused our street light to tilt over at an alarming angle. I called the Street Light People, who are supposedly sending Street Light Engineers my way, but I haven’t yet seen hide nor hair of them. I hope it won’t take them the six to eight weeks they estimate for fixing street light outages…

On the crafting front, choosing which mitten to knit has turned out to be more difficult than my former plan made it seem. I initially tried Bella’s Mittens, but the yarn I was using was variegated and too busy for the pattern. Then, I started on Bird in the Hand, but had serious gauge issues. Using size 2 needles made a mitten that was so tight it could have been used as a tourniquet. Using size 3 needles resulted in a tube of fabric that could have comfortably encased my thigh.

It’s a pretty pattern, though, and someday I intend to try it again using a DK weight yarn. (Ooh, and working those braids was loads of fun. I say this even after it caused me to break one of my beloved birch DPNs).

Currently, I’m trying to knit one of the Selbuvotter mittens, but am feeling paranoid about sizing issues despite the fact that my gauge appears to be spot on–and continues to be correct even after checking it 5,629 times. I’d post a photo, but I don’t want to jinx myself yet.