At the airport

It is 7:40 and we are sitting in the airport waiting for our flight.  I have been up since 4:30 but if you don’t count the half hour of sleep I had last night I have been up since 9:00am  yesterday.  Cory, Aaron and I watched "Under the Tuscan Sun" until 11:30 and then went to bed. At 2:00 am I was still awake.  I did fall asleep for about half an hour , then Cory came in saying it is time to get up......... I woke up from that dream and couldn’t get back to sleep.  Hopefully I can sleep 💤 on the plane.

I finally decided on what knitting to take and whether or not I would take a spindle or two.  So I have three knitting projects and one orgasm to spin.  I may not do any of them. But if I didn’t bring anything I would have needed something.

Aaron is supposed to text me the picture he took of Cory and I at the air port so I can post it here

Well that’s it for now. Cory is on a business call so I might knit or something.

4 days left

Friday, Cory and I leave for Ireland. Arrgggggghhhhh panic panic, where’s my list. What else do I have to do?  What else do I need to pack and which bag does it go in.  How much knitting do I need to take?  They have wool stores in Ireland I can buy some if I run out...... hmm maybe I won’t take very much yarn just enough to keep me busy on the plane and for the first day or two ... then I really will have to buy Irish yarn.
Haven’t figured out where exactly we are going.  Have some places in mind.  Cory wants to sleep in a castle one night so we need to find one that takes visitors.

Hurrah

i found the yarn shop in Mission.  It's a nice little shop and home to the Mission Spinners and Weavers guild.  The Guild is small and I am seriously thinking of joining.  It will be a good way to meet some people from here. Also it might be an incentive to do more spinning.  There is also a spin-in at the shop once a month so I put that on my calendar. Oh yes I had resolved not too buy more yarn but had to buy 2 skeins of lace yarn, after all you can't go into a new yarn shop and not buy anything.

The unpacking is almost finished , now to hang pictures on the walls.  Yesterday picked up the hooks so today I may hang a picture or two.  I need to figure out where I am going to put them all as we have so many.

I need to buy a zipper for Shelbys sweater and put buttons on the one for Elizabeth.  I did finish one sweater for me.  It is called "Amiga" and is a cardigan with 3/4 sleeves and no buttons. There is just one problem, I made it too big and it has stretched a little so is even bigger.  It is comfortable to wear but I may have to frog it and make it smaller.

That's all for now, I need another cup of coffee and should get to work doing something.

A sad time,

Yesterday we lost an amazing wonderful Lady.  Bill's Mother past away age 96.  She was my friend and the best Mother-in-Law anyone could want. We will all miss her very much.
Mum was born in England and trained as a teacher. She met and married Bill's Dad during WWII. They had three children, Bill, Karen and Mick (they were twins).  After the war they moved to Vancouver, Canada and then to Bridge Lake in the Caribou.  There she and Dad built and ran a guest ranch. She also taught school in the one room school there.  Later she taught school in Kamloops at Tranquil School. After they sold the ranch  they moved to Victoria and then Mill Bay.
I can't finish the story right now and there is so much I left out.

The MOVE

We are mostly moved into the new house.  There are still a few things at the old place and then it needs to be cleaned.
At the new house I am slowly unpacking boxes. The guys packed boxes to the ceiling in the dining room.  Not sure how I am going to get them down, even wth the step stool its to high for me.   The kitchen is getting there but haven't figured out where I am going to put every thing................ Also I seemed to have not packed the dishes or all the food.  How did that happen ............. Don't ask me, my brain is mush these days.  Mind you things are getting better as Bill is home and NOT using the walker he insisted I get from Lange,y Red Cross loans cupboard.
Yesterday was a party for the Allan's 50 th Wedding Anniversary.   I don't know how they can be married that long ......... I was a Bridesmaid and I am sure I am not THAT old.  It was a very nice party.

Back to the house I have unpacked about half the craft room boxes.  I have one, no make that 2 boxes that will go to the second hand shop.  I am trying to be realistic about what I keep. At this point I apparently have to live to 120 to use every thing in the ROOM and that is pre-supposing I don't buy any more fabric or yarn.............hmmmmmmmm

Boxes, boxes everywhere

. Yesterday Dottie and Cory came over to help me pack.  We did some in the kitchen and bathroom before we tackled the ROOM.  It now has some semblance of order and most of the books packed.  Cory and Dottie work like I used to, start in the morning and pack all day.  Now I am lucky if I last half a day.  They made me go sit down and rest the last half hour or more that they worked.  I really , really hate sitting while other people are working to help me.  I think it might be my age ..................
Anyway there are now 80 boxes packed and we are probably half way done.  I am going to try and pack a couple today before I go see Bill. Friday he was transferred to Holy Family Hospital for a week or two of rehab.
  I have been checking out various yarns shops either on my way to see Bill or on my way home. Have visited three shops I a hadn't seen before and had a little retail therapy at two of them.

The other day I ybought a couple of sweaters to recycle the yarn.  One was red as E wants a Red Riding Hood cape and the other was a green cotton.  I looked at the green one when I got home and liked the hood and the length so tried it on.  When I asked E what it looked like she said "it looks like grass"
I replied " yes it is green like the grass but what does it look like on me?"
Elizabeth "It looks good.............................. You look a little bit like the Incredible Hulk."
Needless to say I am frogging the sweater to re-knit into something that doesn't make me look like the Incredible Hulk.

Desert Mesa

It was a great weekend at Desert Mesa, saw lots of friends and did lots of laughing.  Came home with goodies to spin and goodies to read.   Thank you to Yarnfloozy.   Forgot to take Sheila her pattern but can mail that. All in all it was a fabulous  four days. I would post photos but my IPad and blogger don't get along.....

On the moving front I have two more boxes to go to the second hand shop and some yarn to go to knit night. Cory brought me a pick-up load of boxes yesterday and took a small load to the dump. I gave her one of my sewing machines as six is definitely more than I need ................. Yes honestly I really don't need six I can manage just fine with five.  Sorted throught the cedar Chest and took out all the spun wool so there is just fibre in there.  Now all my fibre does fit into the chest and two large totes.  I have a large tote of handspun yarn with very few ideas of what I am going to do with it.

Today I am going to pack the things on and in the side board.  Plus maybe the dragons and the sheep.
DH hasn't packed much of his stuff.  I packed one tote and he packed one so he better get on it.  He has his left knee surgery at the end of this month so won't be doing anything for at least a couple of weeks.  Oh yes I packed boxes in a small box.   Bill always natters at me about packing books in small boxes.  I guess the first time we moved the book boxes were a little heavy.................

Well I guess I had better get to it