Still knitting

It is 7:30p here, and I am still knitting!  I showed the Beaujolais hat to ABM and he felt  that my bunch of grapes looked more like flowers.  I had a huge leaf out to the side and I was going to stitch a vine from the grapes to the leaf, but he still thought it would look like a flower.  He suggested that I make a couple smaller leaves and tuck them under the grapes.  Normally, I would be insulted at his frankness; for some reason I expect him to love all of my work without reservation .  Today, however, I accepted his comments with the correct spirit.  Perhaps the fact that we were both working on creative projects at the same time today and exchanging suggestions enabled me to see that he doesn't hesitate to tell me when something doesn't look right because he is confident in my ability to make it better.  If only I could remember that six months from now!

Anyway, I still haven't even looked at C1's Kittyville hat today.  I probably won't even get to it until 9p.  This shouldn't be a problem since we won't even get around to putting out the kids' presents until 11p.  We haven't wrapped a single thing because we didn't even start shopping until Sunday.  I keep trying to get ABM to let  me put each kid's presents  in a trashbag with a big bow on it, but he isn't having it.  We're going to be up all night wrapping, as usual.  Think of me as you are tucked snugly in your beds .