OMG!!!!

My aunt called me this morning to let me know that the house my grandmother lived in for almost 50yrs and that she only about 2 yrs ago sold blew up!!!
Check out the story.

This is the house I practically grew up in.
It's freakin' me out.

New Blogs and Updates

HBomb has a new blog like all his little blog buddies. It's called digger dude.

Chloe has been updating her blog Ghost Tiger lately too.

Now we're the blog family.

I wonder when the dog will get a blog?

A Bit O' Monday Joy

Knitted Golf Club Covers
Because everyone needs a set of these...

When will you die?

Well when will you?

Death Clock

Super Happy Terrific Computer Love

So we finally got cable internet today.

OMG

Can you be in love with your computer? Is there some kind of condition?

It's so fast and, almost anticipates my next click.

This must be love...

Super Happy Terrific Computer Love!!!!!!!!

Suess is Alive and Well in My Knitting

Even though I've been busy, I've gotten some knitting done this fall.

HBomb needed new slippers again this year. This is three years in a row now. I decided to make them the size larger in hopes that he can wear them again next year. I still have tons of felting stash yarn and was pleased that he found the colors he liked. This is the first pair that I've made with a different color for the bottom. I like the idea of using a darker color on the bottom.(now he can dust floor for me...hee hee)

Hell is paved with good intentions...well at least christmas gifts are thats for sure. I had planned on spinning up enough wool to knit my husband socks for the holidays.
Exhibit #1:

This is the roving I had picked out from a local woman who raises sheep. It is really fun to spin but this is all I have done as of now.
Exhibit #2:

Notice the very fine spinning I'm doing here. This is taking forever. Not to mention that I keep getting this pain in my back after about an hour of spinning this fine. The yarn is supposed to be 3ply and this is the first bobbin of wool I'm finishing. Maybe next year honey.

This is the yarn (middle and left) and knit up scarf from the yarn shown for Chloe for christmas.

It's so Dr. Suess colors to me. It's always fun to combine yarns and colors to see what you get. I wish they would let you do it in the store.

I've also gotten a paid knitting gig. I'm knitting up a quick scarf like the one above for a friend of my aunt. $20 and they buy the yarn. This is only my second paid knitting project. The first one was a repair on store bought gloves for a vet. They were her favorite pair and she wasn't ready to part with them.

Knitting for $ is cool.

Computer News

So, I finally get why people say they need more than one computer. Now that we have the nice new computer that works great and is really fast, EVERYONE in the family wants to use it all the time. So far, there has only been some squabbles between Chloe and Henry.(she tends to want to "help" him a lot) A new house rule: If a parent needs to use the computer, it has to be given up imediately. This may sound pretty bossy but hey, their schedule is much more flexible than mine. No abuse of power has been noted...as of yet.

Picture Update

I promised pictures and here they are.
These are from Anderson Island. It was so pretty there.

Troy, Chloe, and HBomb on the only dock on Anderson Island. It is actually a restricted dock but we were feeling dangerous so we walked on it anyway.


This is the Salamander HBomb found on one of our hikes. It was not happy that we were disturbing it's sunbathing session.


HBomb and Chloe walking together. And, in case your wondering, this photo was totally set up.

It's Here!!!

Our computer is here!!!!
(happy dance, happy dance, happy dance....woo hooo!!)

It came today.

It's so weird having a brand new computer. Everything has this "new" smell to it. One of the cool things about it is the really cool black keyboard and black mouse. Very Darth Vader looking.

So, this weekend, guess what I'm doing. Yup, getting everything set up on the computer. So, if you need me...you'll know why my phone line is busy.

My Computer Woes

So, my computer is a piece of crap. I'm very grateful to my mom who has given me her old computers when she upgrades. The only problem is that they are "Frankenputers". Bits and pieces of hardware from every place put together to resemble a functioning computer. It has served us well for about 2 and a half years or so but has seen it's final days. I am a computer illiterate. I don't know what rams or Gigs really are and quite frankly, my mind is full of other stuff that I don't want to replace with that information. I just want a computer that turns on, hooks up to the internet, and works. I don't need it to do special tricks because I probably wouldn't figure them out. I'd rather be doing other things.

The good thing to come of this is that my mother has offered us her DELL computer account so we can buy a computer on credit and make payments. This is what we're getting: New Computer. We have opted to get a 17inch flat screen monitor since we're already spending a ton we might as well get what we want. (rational at it's finest, don't you think?) It will be here some time next week so that is what I'll probably be doing all next week, working on the new computer.

I just hope that this one will last us for a while.

God I hate technology and it's fickle ways...

Aaaahhh....Vacation

We had a blast on vacation this week. Well, that's besides the fact that my husband was an ass for a chunk of it. He was yelling at everyone and just plain cranky despite the fact he wasn't at work. It made me begin to think he liked his co-workers more than he liked us. That is, until I figured it out. He drinks tons of coffee in the morning at work. While on vacation he didn't have any. When I figured this out, I immediately rushed to the store and bought him a coffee. It was like Hyde and Jekyll. He became the wonderful loving husband I knew was lurking in that cranky guy I was hanging out with on vacation.

The vacation itself was fun. I always stress though because I'm the one who is in charge of everything when we go. Menus, packing, directions....it's all my responsibility. Everyone else just shows up. Once we got there it was nice to be out of town. There was a television but no computer or access to a computer. The first day it was kinda weird. Then I started to get the hang of it. It was nice remembering what it was like before the computer. There were lots of deer on the island. Chloe counted about 14 we saw in the three days we were there. They wandered in our yard or were spotted on one of our long walks around the island. We also saw a racoon and HBomb spotted a salamander. (Photos to appear soon...I promise)

I was going to bring my spinning wheel but it didn't happen which turned out to be a good thing. The cabin has a big problem with pantry moths. I did bring knitting but didn't even take it out of the bag. Just what I need, a moth infestation in my house.

The ride home is always mixed with the joy of coming home to the familiar and the sadness of coming home to the familiar. It's warmer here than it was there but there is a lot of wind and dust here. The leaves are so beautiful right now and while driving home, it was like a art show around every turn.

Now that we're home, we've gotten wrapped back up into the rush, rush, rush mode of our life. I need to remind myself to say no more and to look for ways to return to simplicity.

On a side note, our computer is a piece of crap right now and we might be looking into getting a new one very soon. Well, as soon as we can afford it which means in about 6 months or so. Until then, we will be going to other places to use computers so it might take a while to update or respond. Ahhh...real life.