WIP, Queens, MKP, Travel, Children

Slowly progressing on the sleeves for the 2-color jacket. Slow because every once in a while I pause to weave in all the ends on the solid color, as a result of changing skeins every row due to the color difference in the Manos :(

Slow progress on Level II of the TKGA Master Knitter’s Program also. Presently working on getting my binder in order, and rearranging all the updated changes since I originally started.

The 4 swatches that I did before are no longer required. Figures I worked on those that would be eliminated! I am left with 1 Lace swatch - unfinished and unblocked, out of the 22 required!

Participated in my first judging event for this year's Shad Derby Queen last night. Social hour followed by kick off speeches and then a 1 minute speech by each of the 12 girls. As each one finished each of the 4 judges had to score them: 1 - 15 - speech 1 - 10 poise 1 - 5 appearance

It was a lot harder than I thought. The girls presented in order of height, from shortest to tallest. I was quite impressed with the poise and personalities, let alone the accomplishments of these high school senior young ladies! This event counts as 15% of their total score. This was a “by invitation only” event.

The next judging event, the Secondary Judging, will be private and a little less formal, yet represents 60% of their score, on Tuesday April 3, 2007. As I understand it, the 4 judges along with the Judge’s Chair will formulate 4 questions to present to the young ladies. Each of us will present the same question to each of the Candidates.

"Each candidate will be evaluated based on: Involvement - community and schoolOutside interestsKnowledge of current eventsAppearancePoisePersonalityAttitude in answer to question "Why do you want to be the Shad Derby Queen?" It should be noted, the judges determine the questions and content of the interviews."

The last event is the Coronation Ball on May 5, 2007.

III. Final Judging Coronation Ball - 25% Each candidate will be judged on: EssayPoise Appearance “Coronation Ball - 25% Each candidate will be judged on: EssayPoise Appearance”

Still working on processing our trip to China this summer. So excited! I finally was able to get the invoice, cc authorization and visa documents last night, so we can fax the deposit in hopefully today. We just realized that we need passport photos (2 since we will have a double entry visa - from US and Hong Kong). So we need to get to AAA for those. Thankfully we both have current passports.

Child #2 is moving closer! Yes, after almost 3 years on the West Coast, in SF, she is moving to NYC. She is in the process of working with travel nursing agencies. It seems that with her experience at UCSF she should have no problem finding work at a large teaching hospital. And they find her housing, a fully furnished one bedroom apartment in NYC. We have friends who have purchase a studio apartment for $250,000!

I’ll visit with Child #1, wife and grandson tomorrow. I need more pictures!