Carpool line
August 28, 2008
Some people call it the carpool line. I think of it as 20 minutes of peace and productivity. Happy Thursday.
Some people call it the carpool line. I think of it as 20 minutes of peace and productivity. Happy Thursday.
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I'm with you on that...my mom is the same. In the 70's, during the oil embargo, I was in high school. I spent many hours in our station wagon with my mom waiting our turn to gas up at the pumps. My mom knit several afghans and I did macrame. We thought it was fun!
Posted by: Webajeb | August 28, 2008 at 01:14 PM
I work at my kids' school now, so we no longer sit through carpool. But I miss those days! I could always count on having just a little bit of knitting time each afternoon. So peaceful!
Posted by: Pam | August 28, 2008 at 01:15 PM
MMm...yes. I am looking forward to that same 20 minutes or so just as soon as we get ourselves back in school. Just a few more days of summer here.
Posted by: Eren | August 28, 2008 at 01:20 PM
Oh, yes! I'm looking forward to those couple of minutes too. These will be my last few months of waiting for the bus before my baby gets his driver's license and flies the coop. :-(
Posted by: Anina | August 28, 2008 at 01:27 PM
I'm sorry, but WHAT IS the carpool line? I don't think we have those here....do you just sit in your car waiting to pick up your kids? Is there some kind of orderly process? Please enlighten those of us whose kids walk to school. Thanks!
Posted by: Becky | August 28, 2008 at 01:34 PM
Oh yes, I do many activities while waiting in the carpool line. Reading, homework, knitting, embroidery. My hands just can't keep still that long!
Posted by: oliver rain | August 28, 2008 at 01:57 PM
oh, yes! even though my girls aren't in school yet, i do the same thing when they both fall asleep while we're out doing errands. 10 or so minutes of quiet time for me here and there along the way surely are welcomed. like so many others, i always have some sort of handwork w.i.p. stashed on the passenger's seat. i can't wait to see what you are working on. :)
Posted by: cathygaubert | August 28, 2008 at 02:06 PM
oh, yes! even though my girls aren't in school yet, i do the same thing when they both fall asleep while we're out doing errands. 10 or so minutes of quiet time for me here and there along the way surely are welcomed. like so many others, i always have some sort of handwork w.i.p. stashed on the passenger's seat. i can't wait to see what you are working on. :)
Posted by: cathygaubert | August 28, 2008 at 02:07 PM
yikes...sorry for the double post. i don't know how to get rid of it either.
Posted by: cathygaubert | August 28, 2008 at 02:08 PM
Oh, boy, you wouldn't believe the stuff I've made while sitting in the car waiting on kids or even while driving in traffic! I could get about 8 double crochets at the lights on the way to work way back when! I had a good car workshop set-up and strategy.
Posted by: Michele C | August 28, 2008 at 03:13 PM
I love your perspective. I'm trying to convince myself that my upcoming trip around the world is 26 hours of knitting time, not 26 hours of traveling time.
Posted by: Stephanie | August 28, 2008 at 03:14 PM
Love it!
Posted by: Stacey | August 28, 2008 at 03:20 PM
since my kids take the bus, i will just have to call mine the red light line. :)
can't wait to see what this is.
Posted by: leslie | August 28, 2008 at 04:17 PM
Amazing what you can get done in 20 minutes. Happy SEWING!
Posted by: aNa | August 28, 2008 at 04:36 PM
I have already told you I think about you when I am in my carpool line. I love it! I get to sit there and work on drawings or read a book before evening chaos starts!
Posted by: Rachel | August 28, 2008 at 06:16 PM
Oh, I can't wait to see what you are making!
Posted by: mary | August 28, 2008 at 06:51 PM
Totally with you, I try to squeak in any creating time I can anywhere I can.
Posted by: cottage45 | August 28, 2008 at 07:18 PM
Absolutely, you have to take the time when you can get it. What are you working on?
Posted by: Teresa | August 28, 2008 at 08:07 PM
Couldn't agree more! With my little ones buckled in and waking from naps, it's 20 minutes of knitting/stitching bliss.
Posted by: erika | August 28, 2008 at 08:12 PM
Hmmm...I bet THOSE scissors are PERFECT!
Posted by: caroline | August 28, 2008 at 08:49 PM
I love that time waiting for my kids when I can get some knitting and audiobook listening done!
Posted by: tiennie | August 28, 2008 at 11:14 PM
AMEN!!!
Posted by: Taryn | August 29, 2008 at 11:50 AM
mmm... love those fallish colors. What a great use of your time.
Posted by: Tamara | August 29, 2008 at 11:58 AM
yep.that's exactly what I think of my daily commute. i love my hour each day for crochet!
Posted by: charlotte | August 31, 2008 at 10:49 AM
we are walkers , so no "extra time" ! but whatcha makin'?? looks pretty!
Posted by: nicole | August 31, 2008 at 06:40 PM
Hey there: Your posting prompted me to get my totebags of yarn out again for this new school year of waiting on people. I just blogged about some crochet projects I've done this week and mentioned your carpool busy work, too. (09/18/08 posting). You'll have to stop by and see.
-- Michele
http://calicodaisy.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Michele C | September 18, 2008 at 01:16 PM