*Sigh*

It seems I have good intentions on keeping up with my blog.  I'm fairly regular journalling each night before bed, but I totally forget about my blogs.
I've been working for FICOSA North America since January.  I started as permanent part time in injection molding as a mold press operator.  I enjoyed it because I worked 12 hours a day Saturday and Sunday and picked up extra hours through the week when I wanted.  Our department went to full 12-hour shifts so all of us who were part-time were made full-time.  No more part-time employees.  It's a rough row to hoe sometimes.  I work 2 days, off 2 days, work 3, off 2, work 2, off 3.  The upside is I get to go to church every other weekend.
As for my crocheting-I'm still crocheting as much as possible, but with my days off chopped up instead of all at once like before, it's hard to get all my housework done so I can sit and crochet and not be distracted by things needing to be done.
I'm making myself spend time on my crochet which means I'm making myself take some down-time on my days off.

I've taught myself to "knook".  It's knitting with a crochet hook and is really easy and much faster than knitting.  Knitting can be so slow for me.  I tried to teach myself to knit, did a pretty good job, but it was so much slower than crochet I gave up on it!  I have since finished a scarf for myself and started one in a self-striping baby yarn.

I finished a beautiful granny afghan (one big square) in shades of teal and purple.  I found the yarn at Wal-Mart and bought it with no particular project in mind.  This just sort of happened-I'm really proud of it!
Right now I'm working on an afghan for some friends who are getting married in August.  I thought I had it done, but wasn't happy with the size so I frogged the last couple rounds and have increased it by several rounds.  I have about 3 or 4 more rounds left and I'll consider it completed!  I'll post a pic when I have it done!