Now What?

It's interesting when a lot of focus is put towards achieving a single goal. It seems inevitable that once said goal is achieved the next obvious question is, "Now What?" I know I've wondering this about things my life a few times along the way. This time I'm not asking the question in regards to my life. It's more regarding the state of politics and the world. We have spent SO much time over the past several years looking forward to this weeks election, focusing our energy and time on all drama and now that it's over I have to ask - Now what?

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A conversation I had with my mom yesterday has me anticipating the arrival of some mail... mainly because she won't tell me what it is she's mailing me. The part of all this that makes me laugh so much is that she wouldn't even out right tell me she was going to mail me something. The first call was made by her. It went something like this:

Froggie: Hi

Froggie's Mom: Your address is - x xxxxxx xxxxxx, right!?
(What did you think I was actually going to give everyone who reads my blog my home address?)

Froggie: Hello to you too. Yes, that is my address.

Froggie's Mom: Ok.

Froggie: Why did you want to know?

Froggie's Mom: Oh, no reason really. Ok, I have to go. I'll talk to you later. Love you.

Froggie: Love you too.


Now how could this conversation not make me wonder what I was getting in the mail from her? Six/seven hours later, after wondering all night long what was so important I have that she was compelled to mail it to me rather just wait until we see each other again - it's not like we never see each other. So I had to give her a call -

Froggie: So, what did you send me?
(Yes, yes, I didn't say hi first)

Froggie's Mom: Oh, it's nothing.

Froggie: Surely it has to be something if you feel the need to mail it to me.

Froggie's Mom: Don't worry, it's ok.

Finally I had to leave it alone because she wouldn't tell me what was being sent. Now I have all these ideas of what it "might" be, but won't know until it gets to me. I was hoping it would have been in yesterday's mail, but no such luck. I find it funny that it takes two days for a letter to make it between two locations within the same metropolitan area. All in all, she's got me wondering what it could be.

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The HFCS challenge is going well. Thursday really showed me how much I rely on candy to give me an extra boost during the day when I am very tired. This challenge has also made me more label conscious which I know I should be all the time. When I was looking for an afternoon snack at work yesterday I actually got online to find out if goldfish crackers had the forbidden ingredient. For those that would like to know - it doesn't. I feel the need to mention that it's really hard to find an actual list of ingredients online for any given food. Yes, you can find the nutrition information for most items without any problems, but the actual ingredient isn't as easy. I finally found the info I was looking for on goldfish crackers off the Walgreens website of all place.

I know for a fact that as the end of this challenge near I will be asking myself "Now what?" in terms of what I want, and plan, to take from this experience.

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I finished up two dish rags for the swap partner I'm sending a box of goodies too. There was just one small problem. My second dish rag didn't turn out anything like it should have. So, I think I need to make another one.

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This a cool charity knitting project that I'm going to participate in this winter. It's a project through Save the Children, an organization that works to change the lives of children around the world by helping them and their families help themselves. This particular program revolves around knitting/crocheting caps for babies to keep them warm during the winter.

Here's more about the initiative:



If you are a knitter, or crocheter, I encourage you to consider participating in this worthwhile project.

For knitters and crocheters in the Chicagoland area, Chix with Stix in Forrest Park is offering a free skein of yarn to use for the Knit One, Save One hat project. Check out info on this by clicking on this link: Chix with Stix - Knit One, Save One

On that note, I think believe this post is complete. Until later. . .