Well, one thing to take off the project list. I finished the socks. Here's the embarrassing thing. I kept knitting socks and then sliding the toes off on to stitch holders or other knitting needles and then starting new socks rather than just finishing off the toes by doing the kitchener stitch.
Last weekend I sat down and finished the toes on 10 socks. I am now very comfortable doing the kitchener stitch.
The other thing that makes me laugh is that because I buy most of my clothing second hand, often the most expensive article of clothing I'm wearing are my socks!