Christmas

It's strange to think of Christmas plans when it's only March, but I spent half the day arranging our travel. It's a "my side of the family" get together this year with the 8 from Australia and the 12 from the USA all meeting in Hawaii. It was amazing to think that I booked 2 of the last 3 seats on our flights....glad I didn't procrastinate. Many more flights were available, but more expensive and with much worse flight times. When December rolls around I'll be glad to escape all the heavy traffic and know that I'll be able to spend 10 days with my sisters and all the extended offspring. We'll even have a relatively new baby to celebrate. Meanwhile I'm knitting up a storm and turning into a shawl nut. I'm also knitting socks where I have to provide the pattern instead of the yarn. I think my fingers are in really good shape!