Furniture is placed in rooms again -- thanks to my friend Suvi, who is just Type A enough to understand that I really wanted it DONE and did not want to wait for either the weekend or a night when Craig came home before 9pm to haul this stuff around. She helped me move the things out of their piles and into rooms when picking Zoe up for a playdate. Thanks to her, we now have a table and chairs in the dining room and sofas and a TV in the living room.
Today both my kids are in school for a full 3 hours. I'm not entirely sure why school districts feel the need to "ease" them back into the routine, since I really don't need to be "eased" out of mine and have a lot of painting and unpacking and knitting that could be getting done. But, a break is a break, and I plan to spend mine doing this little update, going off to buy paint for later in the week, and going to the dump.
Yep, the dump. In our new town, there is no trash pickup. You load up your car and bring your crap on down. One day I'll blog properly about this whole adventure, as it does deserve a proper description, but for now just know that the dump has a silver lining in the form of a swap shop. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! It's actually just a big tent where you put anything someone might want, and there are more than a few sketchy items in it, but when it's good, it's good. Really good :-)
But, even better than the swap shop ...... is my new punch bowl!
I've been wanting to tell you all about this since the beginning of summer, but the bowl was properly packed and safely tucked away, so I couldn't show it off. Some of you may remember that I was looking for one last spring and had miserable luck on Ebay finding something - which really means that I was too cheap and kept getting outbid. BUT, right about when I gave up, I got an email from a lovely reader named Barbara, who had this amazingly cool bowl, and she thought I could get more use out of it than she currently did! ( there are way more cups, don't worry. These are for showing you.)
Seriously, I like this one better than any of the others I'd bid on. The swirls and the orange glass are kind of unusual and look awesome when the light hits them. She was kind enough to pack it up and ship it off to our new house, and it's now unpacked and awaiting gobs of sherbert and champagne and cider and rum. I think I have a week or so before I can manage it, but I'm DYIN G to use this puppy.
The beauty of the blogosphere, right? Thanks again Barbara, I love, love, love it.
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Other news from around the blogosphere that's kind of exciting is that Sandy (Spikeysandy on Ravelry), of Spirit Lake, Idaho won a BLUE RIBBON at her State Fair for her Dark and Stormy!! Really!!! How cool is that? She knit it out of Mad Tosh MCN in Cousteau, and it really is gorgeous. The lady deserves a drink, right?
Yay Sandy!
I'll save my knitting news for later on, as the dump and paint store beckons, and maybe I'll swing by that yarn shop again now that I am showered and without children....
Yep, the dump. In our new town, there is no trash pickup. You load up your car and bring your crap on down. One day I'll blog properly about this whole adventure, as it does deserve a proper description, but for now just know that the dump has a silver lining in the form of a swap shop. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! It's actually just a big tent where you put anything someone might want, and there are more than a few sketchy items in it, but when it's good, it's good. Really good :-)
But, even better than the swap shop ...... is my new punch bowl!
I've been wanting to tell you all about this since the beginning of summer, but the bowl was properly packed and safely tucked away, so I couldn't show it off. Some of you may remember that I was looking for one last spring and had miserable luck on Ebay finding something - which really means that I was too cheap and kept getting outbid. BUT, right about when I gave up, I got an email from a lovely reader named Barbara, who had this amazingly cool bowl, and she thought I could get more use out of it than she currently did! ( there are way more cups, don't worry. These are for showing you.)
The beauty of the blogosphere, right? Thanks again Barbara, I love, love, love it.
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Other news from around the blogosphere that's kind of exciting is that Sandy (Spikeysandy on Ravelry), of Spirit Lake, Idaho won a BLUE RIBBON at her State Fair for her Dark and Stormy!! Really!!! How cool is that? She knit it out of Mad Tosh MCN in Cousteau, and it really is gorgeous. The lady deserves a drink, right?

Yay Sandy!
I'll save my knitting news for later on, as the dump and paint store beckons, and maybe I'll swing by that yarn shop again now that I am showered and without children....