Batter, batter, batter...

listen to me chatter! OMG I have pre-teen softball chants rolling around in my head this morning! Last night was softball, knitting and the last regular season Deadliest Catch. We won by 2, and The Girl pitched and played a beautiful last inning. And the timing was even right. Game ended; I got home and washed off part of the DEET and settled down in front of the tv. I'm going to miss those guys! One sock is down to the toes now and the yarn is probably infused with bug repellent. Hey a new catch? Tofu, chitlin, and DEET. Why not???

Ohhhhh and some big news while I was offline. The Girl's dad came home from Afghanistan!!!! Woohooooo! She knew he was on his way back but they didn't tell her the actual day until 2 days before he arrived. Not to be mean...just to save her a bit of anxiety, I think. She scared me half to death. I'd talked to her just a few minutes earlier and she was rather cranky as she'd planned on babysitting and it had been nixed. She thought they were saying they didn't trust her, so they finally told her it was because her daddy would be getting home. So I'm sitting here knitting and I hear her flipflops pounding up my steps; she runs in the door just screaming Susu, Susu! and crying. It took a few moments to figure out that they were happy tears.

So, he got home and all is well. They get along great. TG, Dad, stepmom and stepsibs are definitely a family too. She went home with them but they were all back the next day as she had a game so everyone came to watch and we all went out for pizza afterwards. It was so amazing to watch all the girls interacting with him. I liked him a lot from what little time we got to visit. And somehow so far he's managed to be Dad but not overpowering or spoiling. Hard to do, I would think. And definitely kudos to the stepmom who seems to be the axle that keeps everything spinning in the right direction.

During the game last night, I heard some mom telling another person this story. Needless to say, TG had introduced him to all her teammates and anyone else she could find. The other person says "Wow it's like a tv movie...except he isn't a secret criminal". Too funny!

Softball Socks

Two of them to be exact...just barely begun but that's the plan. For, once again, it's softball season and The Girl seems to think I need to be at all her games. And I get fiddly just sitting there so...I need to knit, right? And I need to knit something simple so there you have it. I'm thinking though that until the evenings warm up, I might just spend the evening shivering. 40 degrees with wind. Ack! At least I won't be wearing a cute softball uniform and trying to look really good out on the field *G*

Specs: (because I'll forget later and can come back and look)
Yarn: Dancing from Knit Picks 41% cotton, 39% wool, 13% nylon and 7% elastic. I'm liking using it and I'm thinking they'll be a lot more comfy to wear in an Oklahoma summer than all wool. Of course, it's not in my catalog so I guess I'll have to Google more cotton sock yarns.
Pattern: 3x3 plain rib on US 1 dpns.

Began last night, and partially knitted during Wind in the Willows. It was excellent, and I'm afraid knitting was in my lap much of the time. I adored Matt Lucas who played Toad. He was just perfect!