I have today off, in honor of Martin Luther King jr.'s birthday.

I have to admit I have mixed feelings about this - I've heard Coretta Scott King say that her husband wouldn't have wanted his birthday to have been a day off from work/school for so many people, and I'm inclined to agree. Because holidays that become "days off" seem to fast lose their meaning. People sleep in, watch tv, shop - that sort of thing. (I'd rather see an ordinary workday, maybe with a special assembly or something to honor Dr. King). At least I haven't seen any "Martin Luther King day sale!" ads yet. Though I am sure they are coming.

But anyway. I'm taking my day off like a "good American" and am relaxing a bit. I have the Opal 2002 socks nearly done, and I plan to read a few more journal articles for a paper on GIS that I am rewriting whilst I work on it. (it's all stockinette until I come to the round toe, so I can read and knit).

My next sock project is going to be something I found whilst stash-diving. I found two skeins (well, I found one and had to tear the place up to find the other) of Wildfoote in "Geranium" (red with black twist). As I seldom wear red, and my mother frequently does, I thought these might be idea for a pair of lace socks. I'm thinking of doing Judy's "Feather and Fan" lace socks from Socks^3 (and I maintain, because it's Socks, Socks, Socks, it should be "Socks to the third power" not "Socks times 3"). I think I'm going to make either two or three pairs of socks for her birthday in May - I've already planned on a pair of Opal Crocodiles (I bought both green and brown and will see which one I think is best for her when it comes), and then these lace socks, and maybe something else. I'm also going to do some stashdiving in the next few days and see if I can reorganize/find some stuff I had forgotten. I have tons of quilting fabric but none of it is organized, which prevents me from doing more quilting. I really would love to have it stacked by color out on open shelves (my stashroom is a back closet without windows so fading shouldn't be an issue, thought dust might).

What I really need to do is move the books off the shelves in my stashroom and put my stash up on them (but where the books will go, I don't know - I'm out of bookshelves and I should wait another month or so (till the next paycheck) to buy any more "non essentials".