So I've been working on a family afghan for what seems like an eternity.  I fooled around with patterns and had created one when I first started crocheting.  The stitches were even, tight, and there was precious little wrong with it - save my choice of yarn, which I will not name even if it rhymes with Said Fart.  The yarn disintigrated in little over a year, which means I put a month of work into it and got exactly 12 months out of it before it fell apart.  Even with repairs, the yarn snapped at random points.

I decided it probably wasn't Red - I mean SAID - Fart's fault, but possibly mine in that the afghan (couch size) was too heavy for the hook size.  I created this new one with an I hook (first one was a J in DC) in SC.  The pattern was SC, ch 1 repeat, ch2 turn.  The edging I took from a stitch pattern book, and wasn't exactly complicated, but looks fancy - a huge plus.

I haven't taken pics of it, because I can't stand it yet.  I have been hounded by this project since before Christmas (it's July in a few days, mind you!).  I hate looking at it.  I hate the fact it's been staring at me, like some huge albatross around my neck, sitting on the couch with it's ends not woven in, and it's general randomness of color patterns... I hate it.  I want it gone.

I will have to look up how to join some sort of sharing/selling site.  I would not want this in my house.  I can't believe how much hate I have for an afghan - does that make me crazy, or do other crafters have projects they end up hating?

I'm going to bed - perhaps my hate is fueled by lack of sleep.

What a week!  I still have to go to work today yet.  I normally work Wed, Th, Sa, but my boss asked me to work Friday.  They brought this up on Thursday, and I swear I heard NEXT Friday, or next week or something.  I got a call about a half hour into the shift I was supposed to work, "Aren't you supposed to be at work?"  OMGoodness! I told my boss I thought she was talking about next week, but if she'd give me some time to get ready, I'd be there as soon as I could.

My poor boss was all stressed out because of a large party coming to the hotel, and an assumed large response for a job ad in the papers.  The room we use is a hotel room next to the elevator (who could sleep with that noise? LOL) and it was almost cleared of all the junk we normally toss in there, but was just dirty from neglect.  Since it's not usually any sort of show room, it needed a lot of attention to push it to our normal room standards.  It took me nearly 2 hours to get that room looking nice.  I set out tables, I cleaned everything from top to bottom - cabinets, walls, mirrors, floors, everything.

I also set up the interview room for her so she didn't have to do too much this morning.  I hope it works for her.  I like making things easier for others at work, it makes me feel good.

I have to cut this short, I just remembered I have to wash my work slacks! Yikes!

Till next time!