Life is what happens when you're trying to finish things

So, I suppose it's time for my monthly post (giggle giggle), I should have been posting more, then maybe more would have gotten done. In the past month I have: Set up a class to teach the Hobby Horse, Written out my first pattern (I did the project then wrote the pattern out which wasn't that bad cause it's simple), started to try to do my second pattern, both are crochet scarves, I'm working on a scarf for Jordan that will in essence be my own pattern (seeing as I'm not looking at anything to do it, just winged it and am liking it so far), I completed two hobby horses (the lonely pink one in Judith shop for a look into the class and another blue one personalized for a friend of the family but will explain that in a bit), am trying to start a Christmas present for Jordan's sister but have found out that apparently my gauge is way off so I don't know what to do about that but will go in more detail in a bit, I celebrated my 22nd birthday and my dad's wedding anniversary, I'm about to house sit while my parent's go see my sister in Hawaii (lucky them), then there's cleaning house, dealing with ranch work, our truck needing to be fixed and having to drive the car (oh but thank goodness we went and got the truck today, after over a week in the car), realizing this is a complete ramble by now so I should insert a period. WOW. Then there's always the baby, who has gotten more and more aggressive over the past couple of months but I guess it's about time. He's just too much, but in a semi good way. He's a flirt and just too darn cute for words. Trying to potty train himself (kinda) so we need to get on that ship too. Oh boy, just when I thought life was settling down. And we started the knitting guild for San Angelo the other day, which will be my saving grace. All the women that I've talked to in the group have just been wonderful I don't have an unkind word against any of them. Anywho, the hobby horse I did for the friend I personalized by putting the grandson's initials on the back of the head and it turned out darling. I'm just so impressed with that pattern. I did that one using magic loop, my first time, and didn't even use a stitch holder or anything (I needed the challenge at that time). I am now a HUGE fan of the magic loop method just FYI. But then to make things weird I try to gauge swatch the gift and it says with a sport weight yarn on size three needles I need 24 sts and 36 rounds for 4", well that should even out to about 6 sts an inch right? Well I was coming up with 9 but I, for some reason, could not come up with this gauge to save my life. I guess I knit WAY too tight. I wonder how big the horse would be if I check my gauge and adjusted my needle accordingly because I'm using the size it calls for in the pattern and never checked it (why would I it's a horse). Now that I finally got the first pattern written out I can now finally start working on my second crochet scarf project, do the scarf for Jordan, make some soap for a woman I met, clean the house, watch the kid, juggle three chainsaws while riding a unicycle playing the violin. But I am not complaining, I need the extra motivation and this is definitely not boring so I love it. For those interested in the class it'll start the 26th of September and there will be three classes, you can call Judith at Wool 'n' Cotton for more information. Her number is on her website which is linked to a couple of blogs back. Enjoy your day!