And I have no idea where to begin!
The Stich'n Bitch (aka Craft Night) has continued on. This week we are meeting on Thursday night as Knitty Kitty's house. I plan on working on the baby sweater that I started the gauge for last night. Starting the matching blanket would be even better then, meaning that the sweater was already done, but I won't hold my breath. Life always has a way of changing the plans we make. I am not making it for any particular person. I just wanted to make something besides the several dishcloths I have made so far. I thought that making a full sized sweater (*cough, my size) would take a long, long time. So, making a smaller one still gets the process down with making the pieces and then putting them together.
*update on the sweater- the gauge is "close enough" and I have begun the first piece, the back of the sweater. I am also going to learn how to do both sleeves at once I think. *grin.
Our little private road has turned into quite a crew! We have spent many an evening or afternoon with our many neighbors. Cooking out, horseshoes, pool(s), wiffle ball. This year has been the best of them all. The kids were riding their bikes to each others' houses and having games of "Manhunt", wiffleball, kickball, and many more. It was neat to have so much going on. My two would complain about the busyness of the week only to ask on the Saturday, "Can _____ come over? Or can I go see what they are doing?" One day Knitty Kitty and I took 9 kids to Dundee Park. You should have seen the faces on the beach as they saw out huge group walk up. It was great. Hubby and I have other couples to hang out with.
We had our first successful yard sale. By successful I mean we made more than $20 after sitting out all day. This time we set up with two other neighbors. Which draws more people and makes the time pass by so quickly. DH and I took in about $56. And it cleaned out the house a bit. Now we will continue on. Cleaning things out and possibly have another sale. If not, Goodwill and the Salvation Army will make out very well.
Knitting news:
I have knitted up two practice dishcloths.(pink and red)
Then I played with some soft yarn with the same pattern. (in blues)
Then I bought some pretty cotton yarn and made this one. I think I will keep it for myself. I don't use them as dishcloths. Instead I use them as potholders, like for bowls of soup, to protect the table.
I ordered two books for my collection:
Crochet for Dummies
Knitting for Dummies
The crochet one was recommended by a fellow Craft Nighter. Just couldn't beat the price so I got the both.
Another I think on my to-get-in-the-near-future is one called Knitting for Peace. I took it out from the library and think I may "need" it for my collection. Yeah, I usually get things through the library first, then decide from there what I want to keep on hand or not.
~Now for the Van Rant:
I blew a tire Saturday night while in the Subway parking lot. It was about 6:30PM and I had both of the kids with me so they could use their free meal certificates for participating in the Summer Reading Program. Anywho, it blew, and I didn't have the cell phone on me, which I almost always have on me so it was odd. Never changed a tire in my life and as I was starting to tackle it, a passerby stopped and helped me. It wasn't long though before we realized my spare had rusted on the underside of the van! So by about dark I was able to reach DH and have him come down to tackle it. Still stuck. So DH took us home and drove out with a pump to get the tire inflated enough to get home.
Lucky for me, VIP was open on Labor Day. I didn't bother Sunday since I have been fighting this cold for about a week now. So I have a spiffy new rear driver side tire just in time to get down to get the can inspected and have it fail. Why you ask? It needed new tire rod(s) and stuff in the front. Bad, bad van.
Then tomorrow a.m. I have an appointment for the two new tires in the front, now that the original problem is fixed. *Sheesh!
So what does that bring me to? Um, $567 spent at a quick count on the van in under a week.
*sigh
~End Rant~
OH and 5 appointments this week between the van (four) and my dentist appointment. Yeehah!
And for fun, this is the sunflower I started from seed indoors. It's over my head now (which isn't saying much ;) )
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