Priorities

Sadly, knitting is high on my Want To Do list, but after I finish all my Have To Do's for the day, I have little time to indulge. So far I have managed a few rows every day, but not as much as I'd like. To that end, I am revising my schedule. Some things can sit while the other things get more love, until I get a few things finished.
So, the blue Vermont sock, while an enjoyable knit, has no deadline (and really, I couldn't wear 100% wool socks in the summer here anyway).
Sidelined.
Faina has a mid-August deadline, but it's a loose one. Sidelined.
The former argyle has an early July deadline. Still in the lineup.
Shrek lace is supposed to be a gift for a friend who just had a hysterectomy. Still in the lineup, although I reserve the right to can the attempt at knitting my own pattern if I find something else suitable. Still in the lineup.
The eyelet sweater is slow going. It's supposed to go with a halter dress, so I can wear the dress to work. At the rate I'm going, it's not going to be done this summer, but I could finish it in time to wear it for the fall. I might continue to work on that in fits and starts.
What I really need is my Ravelry invite, so I can catalog my sh...shtuff.

Oh yeah, and I joined


Oy. Gotta knit faster...

Bug says:

Dude.

Defeat or Impasse?

At what point do you admit that the cool idea you had isn't working out?


[sigh] Argyles.

I love the idea of the Gryffindor argyles, and I can scarcely stand to make striped socks like everyone else, but really, they weren't working out. I haven't given up on argyles in general, but at this time, they're too complex, and I have too many other complex things to finish. [sigh again]
So, any ideas for maroon and gold socks that aren't horizontally striped? I have considered checkerboard, checkboard-on-point, and barberpole stripes, all of which would be stranded and therefore a helluva lot easier to do. Should I just suck it up and do plain ol' stripes and quit being s'damn picky?
As for the rest of my projects on the schedule, I had a modicum of success. I actually did knit a few rows on the eyelet sweater, I knit quite a bit on the blue Vermont socks (they're my work knitting too), and actually picked Faina up, although I didn't knit on her any. I would feel better about all of it if I could FIND the shrek lace. Dammit. I might actually have to clean or tidy something to find it, which is drastic measures indeed.
And now for the requisite bug picture:


Box-o-Bug