Stash Wars

… seems to be one of life’s golden rules which is really difficult for me to understand. Just an example: I want to plant a cherry tree this weekend. I went to the nursery yesterday, found a nice tree and tucked it in for the night immediately on coming home, ready to be planted today. So this morning, when the sun was shining brightly, I

• shopped
• took pictures of my latest knitting project
• took pictures of my latest yarn purchase
• posted said pictures on ravelry
• and, as it usually happens when I hit ravelry, spent oodles of time looking at other people’s projects and planning my next endeavours.

Of course, and I should have expected this, by the time I had finished dawdling, the weather had changed. Right now it’s gray and rainy outside, pretty beastly and the perfect excuse for spending the weekend cuddled up on the sofa, knitting away to your heart’s content. Which I plan to do, working on the Rogue hoodie I started last week. So you could argue that, figuratively speaking, I am making hay, only who’s going to finish my chores for the weekend is completely beyond me…