See the ice cream cone is almost done.  This was my progress as of Monday.  I'm going to go look for the missing color today.  Do you like my pin stitch markers?

I made a bunch of swatches yesterday. I found out that to get gauge I need to use a size 6 (US) needle.  The problem with that is I'm using my 6 for the shawl.  Since they are interchangeable I can switch them but I think I may need to finish the shawl before I start the sweater.  Well I can start the sweater because it starts with ribbing on smaller needles.  The cabling wasn't really hard either but just "fiddly" for lack of a better word.  Today I will work probably work on the shawl unless I can get the color for Amey's ice cream.

I listened to podcasts yesterday.  I'm caught up on my regular ones and am working on Knitting in Circles.  The sound she adds at the end of "ing" words isn't bothering me so much now.  I love all her geeky shirts. I have some errands so if I have time I'll play WOW.

Tonight we are going back to the SCA.  In the effort to recreate the time periods they do fight. They armor themselves with aluminum, plastic and/or leather and hit each other with big sticks made of rattan (yes the stuff they make furniture out of).  I have been told that it feel like getting hit with a baseball bat, I have no desire to find out myself.  About a year ago the armor on my husband's elbow slipped and he got hit hard.  He is stubborn and didn't get it checked out for a long time so I'm not sure if it ever healed right or completely.   He didn't feel like going for a wile but now he wants to so it looks like we will be busy on Wednesdays again.

I saw and owl yesterday!  It's the first one I have ever seen outside of a zoo.  I wouldn't have seen it because I was driving but my passenger did.  I backed the car up since no one was behind and got a better look.  It was brown and white with a round face.  I though that maybe it was juvenile since it seemed small to me.  It was sitting on a pile of dirty snow next to the road and the brown and white blended in really well (more than you would think).  After I backed the car up it kind of gave an annoyed look and flew off.  When I got home I looked it up and is seemed to be a Barred owl. I hope I get to see more nature things as it gets warmer.

Ok that's all the news for now.  I'll try and write tomorrow.