It's finally here - Vest-uary! I've been excited about this for a while now, and was thrilled to cast on for my February project - the Back-to-School U-Neck Vest, from Fitted Knits. I have also had a great deal of fun checking out all the other vest patterns out there, and adding new ones to my Ravelry queue, and reorganizing the queue, and searching through the stash... All kinds of great knitterly entertainment!
Here is my vest - I will admit, my enthusiasm was slightly dimmed when I thought about the inches and inches of 2x2 ribbing that I'm in the midst of now, but still. Lots of fun. If I manage to finish it in a reasonable amount of time, I just might cast on for another - I was thinking the Aleita shell from Interweave Knits. That's me - much happier planning all the wonderful things I could do, rather than actually doing them! As long as I'm having fun, right?
So, I have a question for you - how much water do you drink in a day? I've been thinking a lot about my water consumption, and have ramped it up somewhat. I definitely find that the more I drink, the better I feel all 'round - how about you? I think taking care of yourself is about making the small changes, and this is one that is working for me.
Do you ever get the feeling that someone is watching you? You know, you're working away on something, and suddenly, you feel eyes on you... I was shoveling the deck off yesterday (taking care of myself through daily exercise, dontcha know), leaving Stuart & Liam in the house, when I had that particular feeling, and looked up to see this:
Oh yes the planning is fun fun fun :o)
Good luck with the vest
Posted by: Sarah | February 03, 2009 at 08:57 AM
I have been drinking more water. I don't keep pop in the house any more (big diet Coke fan here). I may have one small bottle or can of diet Coke a week now compared to every day drinking it. One of my co-workers drank a 2L diet Coke every evening, and she hasn't touched it in probably three weeks now. Another co-worker hasn't drank pop in over a week. Lately for me it's water, orange juice, or milk.
Posted by: Sheri | February 03, 2009 at 09:56 AM
That photo of Liam just makes me smile!
I drink a lot of water, and really feel it when I slack off. I'm really bad at work, and sometimes go hours without anything to drink. I think a lot of the time when your brain is saying "hungry" it really means "thirsty".
Posted by: Lorette | February 03, 2009 at 11:34 AM
I must admit I hardly ever drink water in the winter. I never have pop in the house. The kids drink milk or water but Instant coffee with milk is my poison which I drink by the bucket load.
Posted by: Arianwen | February 03, 2009 at 12:34 PM
I usually drink a LOT of water; problem is, I like the carbonated, flavored water and it has artificial sweetener in it. I really should try to do more regular water.
What a sweet little face to find looking at you!
Posted by: Julie | February 03, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Oh what a sweet little face to be greeted by. I like planning my knits too but dont always end up knitting the ones in the queue. I think I end up just knitting what catches my fancy in a book I am looking through at the moment. I really should drink more water too as I always feel dehydrated. More so lately with this horrible heat.
Posted by: sue | February 03, 2009 at 03:49 PM
I drink a lot of water. I used to drink about a gallon a day (no joke) but now I always have a big glass next to me. In fact water is the only thing I drink besides a cup of coffee (decaf when I am preggers) in the morning. I believe it is one of the best things you can do for your body.
Posted by: SpiderWomanKnits | February 03, 2009 at 04:06 PM
Liam's got his eye on you......
I don't drink enough. Funny you ask, we just had water delivered to our office and the guy was installing it as I typed. I do feel better when I'm hydrated.
Posted by: Carrie K | February 03, 2009 at 04:32 PM
Aw Liam is so, so cute ; what a lovely smile he has too :)
I normally drink a lot of water as our water up here is lovely BUT over the last few weeks they are re-doing all the water pipes in our village and the water is often brown now :( Can't wait for them to finish digging all the roads up . In the meantime its bottled water and it just doesn't taste the same :(
Posted by: Anne | February 03, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Planning is always the fun part!
I drink a lot of water. I was already doing it before I got pregnant and have been trying to drink even more now! I hardly ever drink anything but water.
Liam is the cutest little thing!
Posted by: Hasbu | February 04, 2009 at 05:34 AM
Oooo, that is a very cute vest pattern! Vests are fun to knit.
Posted by: Jennifer | February 04, 2009 at 08:19 AM
Somebaby's watching you. Ahhh. Is he in that Mommy stage when you're the center of his universe?
It is harder to drink water in the winter. I tend to drink lots of hot tea (dark and green).
Posted by: Wanda J | February 04, 2009 at 07:53 PM
That sure is a pretty blue you're knitting your vest with!
Sweet, love the photo of Liam watching you ;^)
Oh yes, lots and lots of water here, although I may start off with my coffee in the morning, from there out it's water until my cuppa tea in the afternoon then more water. I dry out quickly, skin and everything else if I don't. and yes, I do feel better when hydrated, and really, nothing does it better.
XOX
Posted by: marianne | February 05, 2009 at 10:07 AM