Life Changes

I've been taking a break from the blog and the computer in general this last week . Browsing and and ravelry have become such a time suck. I read more about knitting and adding to my ravelry queue , than actually knitting . I thought that during the break I would be more productive , that's so not the case . Even with the break , the orange baby blanket is still on the needles and I've added two more WIP . The problem with the baby blanket is that I'm sure that stitches are disappearing into some kind of black hole . Every time I measure it I'm still few inches short , I just don't get it . I knit and knit and I'm stuck at the same spot . I know , I'll blame it on the tape measure , it's the only logical explanation ! I swear on a stack of bibles that it WILL be done next week , no matter what the tape measure says or you all can give me twenty lashes with a wet noodle .

This week did bring some news of a life change . Mike came home on Tuesday with an offer of a retirement package . He'll be 60 next year on Feb. 1st , just writing that number throws me for a loop , and eligible for his Quebec pension . He'd planned on working for at least one more year after that . With these economic times the company is looking to cut some costs and is starting with those employees close to retirement . I really don't think that there's a question of staying on and the package seems to be a fair one . He'll get all the numbers at the end of next week and then we'll see exactly when and if this will all happen . So I it looks like he'll be retired sometime this year . I'm thrilled , happy and terrified all at the same time . Financially it might be a tight squeeze until his pension kicks in next year .There's Max's wedding in September and some more renovations on the house that need doing . But hey , that's happened before and we survived and really as everyone keeps telling us you only live once so you might as well enjoy it . I guess that I'll be knitting from stash for a bit ; I knew there was a reason for having one ....