May 3, 2013

Well the month of May has arrived! Whew, where did the month of April go?
It is a month ago today that we left for a vacation south.  We have had some sunny weather here, bbq'ing, clothesline washed, and some yard work done.  It will soon be time to hang out socks on the line instead of letting them dry by the fire.  Our wood stove fires are slowly diminishing and will be back in the swing of things come FALL again.  We will be off to the market next Saturday, not this Saturday. To be honest we have not spent a great deal of time within Socks Made On 88 this past week, but I did get 4 pairs of socks kitchenered, washed, dried and tagged, so at least I have accomplished something!  This is our slower time of year.  Our minds wander to the outdoors, and the sunshine takes our bodies there too. 

We are starting to relish the anticipations of driving to Maine next month to the Good Karma Crank-in.  This will be, year #2.  It will be awesome to see all the crankers we met last year at sock-school and renew and strengthen those friendships, we made. We always look forward to making new ones too this year, and learning new things also. I think it may be a good time to go shopping again afterwards, but this time just head into Bangor and see what we can find.  I think some baby looking maybe on the agenda for future baby-to-be junior, Granna miles well check out possibilities for Christmas while I am there.

I hope MrB, sees someone cranking little socks on a small cylinder while at Good Karma, and gets that itch!  I think it would be a great way to use up some  more of our left-overs and junior 's parents would appreciate the little tike socks that can be created.  His little feet will surely always be toasty warm once he comes into this world early September 2013.  That seems so far away, being 4 more months and all, but gives us all time to prepare for his arrival.  He already has booties, and a hat waiting for him.

As I am writing this blog post, something reminded me that I need to type out some more intended appearance dates on small slips of paper for the next market.  We do not frequent every week, so it has proven to be very convenient to show potential and returning customers the dates we do intend to be there each month.  I must go do that right now so I do not forget.  When I open my small storage box that I keep in the drawer in the Cranking Cave, I am sure that other little to-dos will also jolt my mind.

MsB from Socks Made On 88