i've chosen...

I will knit the lovely Storm yarn in the Fawkes pattern by Monkey Toes. :)

It's Spring

Our town is fully in the grip of Spring. It's really gorgeous, all the trees are flowering, the bulbs have popped up through the earth, and people are out in droves to get their yards in order for the first time of the season. We mowed the front and back yards yesterday, cleaned out some flower beds, and also did a little cosmetic mulch work around a tree base.

I received my yarns from Deb of Fearless Fibers a week or so ago. I ordered Another Wildflower

and Storm.

Not sure if I want to knit just straight stockinette or do something lacy or cable-y. I'll probably end up doing one color in one method and the other in the other, if you know what I mean.

Our kitties have been with us for three months now. Thomas is the more social of the two by far, although neither of them will sleep on our laps or allow us to cuddle them for any length of time. He does curl up with us every night on the bed, though, and gets very distraught when Sally tries to join us. The bed and its contents are HIS, not to be shared. lol

Sally is our problem child. We actually think she is related to Dr. Jeckell and Mr. Hyde. You can pick her up and she'll just purr up a storm, but if you feel her tense or she turns her head and looks at you just so, be ready to put her down --- she's going to turn inside out and be nothing but teeth and claws. It has been so bad at times that I've seriously thought of taking her back to the rescue organization. It came to a head yesterday when she gutted my wrist again. If they had been open, she would have been gone. But, after a day of considering, and today was very good, too, Hubby and I decided to keep trying.

The other day I felt like doing some mindless knitting, so I grabbed two colors of worsted weight organic cotton, my size 9 Fiddlesticks, cast on about 30 stitches, and garter stitched myself a dishcloth. It gave me a weeks worth of gentle knitting without any worries, and I'm really very pleased. Just what I needed to get back in the saddle.

Of course, there's always this sock I started from stash before my yarn from Deb came in:

Been a long long time.....

Wow, it's been awhile. What's happened, you might ask. Well, we moved into our house over Thanksgiving, and unpacked most boxes, except for those in the basement, garage, and the room we've designated as the office. Our son came to visit us over Christmas, and we took him into DC to see some of the sights and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.

I looked for work, and was lucky enough to land a contract job as a Concierge Desktop Support Analyst at the VW headquarters. I've been there almost three months now, and I think I'm finally beginning to find my place.

Richard's new job (the one we moved here for) is going very well. He's also finding his place in the new company and we enjoy meeting up with his co-workers every week or so after hours at the local pubs for food, drink, and trivia night. They are really good people.

Our daughter got to come visit us for a long weekend. We also took her into DC to see her museum of choice: the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. We really enjoyed seeing our kids, and can't wait to have them visit again!!

I've been doing some knitting all this time. I finished the socks I had started when we went to England last September, and mailed them off to my SIL. I hope she likes them and that they fit.

Life is pretty good here, but I do miss my friends back in Broken Arrow and my job there..... things will work out .

Happy New Year!!

Welcome, 2012. You promise to be a bright and shiny new start to a whole new year of opportunities. I'm rather pumped about it all.

Today Hubby and I visited our favorite breakfast place in our new hometown: Virginia Kitchen. They already know us and what we like to drink, and usually what we want to eat. Then we went to Lowe's to pick up a few items to install new wood blinds in our bedroom. We made one more stop after that. One that changed a lot of things.

We stopped at PetsMart to look at the adoptable kitties. We've moved into our house enough to be ready for new family members. We found a brother/sister pair, and brought them home. The boy is a sweety and very vocal, adventurous, and seems like he'll fit in well. The girl is still under the couch. We did extract her once, and she lacerated me before going back to hide again. It's early days, she's scared, and we understand that she isn't at all sure about this place, nor the big black dog who just wants to sniff her up one side and down the other. Hopefully she'll come out in the next day or so, and prove to be a good fit.

Both the kids enjoyed their New Year's, Roger with his girlfriend Chelsea and their group of friends call the Pent (there are five of them, plus the newly added two husbands of two of the gals), and Katie with her boyfriend Dillon and his family. So happy they all had a safe and happy new year's celebration. Hubby and I spent a quiet evening in, watching the DIY Disaster Renovation Realities marathon, eating pizza, and drinking various beers.

May 2012 be good to us all, and good to the earth.

Mojo - wherefore art thou?

Can't seem to generate any interest in my knitting, haven't been able to since we got back from the UK. Maybe it's because I'm so stressed about selling/buying/moving homes. I really need to just pick up my sock and knit a few stitches. My mojo is gone for the moment.

Overwhelmed

Moving - synonymous for torture. We've been in the house for about a week and a half, and right now it's disorganized chaos. Well, maybe not as much as it was a week ago. I have unpacked all the boxes for the master bedroom (Yay, I have clothes again!), and that room looks pretty normal. Still need to put the pictures up on the wall in there. What I don't understand is why the packers would put the bag that goes on the leaf sucker machine in a box that was marked for the "master br". No wonder we couldn't find it in the garage. lol

The kitchen is also just about done. It would be more done if I could find the box that has the silverware and plates in it. I have glasses and bowls, and most utensils, but the drawer at the old house that had the silverware in it has not yet shown up in any box marked "kitchen". We'll probably find it in about six months in a box labeled "garage". Oy.

So far I'd say we've had more issues than we should have had with the house, and that's not very thrilling. But I do believe it will all work out in the end, I just have to get through these birthing pains.

We've met the neighbors on both sides of us, and two folks across from us. Got an invite to a Christmas tree decorating gathering from the lady across the street this Saturday evening. :) I'm taking cookies. :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I really love this holiday, because it's all about family and being thankful for the good things in your life.

This one is a little different though, since the Hubby and I have moved to Virginia now we're not with our children who are still in Oklahoma. Circumstances being what they are, they are unable to join us here and we can't go back there.

I am thankful that both their SO's have invited them to join in festivities with their families for the day, so neither are alone. It's kind of a weird feeling to just have the day with Hubby, but it's nice we have each other. Hubby's a good egg, I'll keep him around, lol.

We closed on the house in VA, and our stuff arrives this Sunday. Yay!! One less stresser on my plate. On this Thanksgiving day I'm giving much thanks for this, and for the love of friends and family. I hope that everyone out there stops for a moment to appreciate their loved ones, and to give thanks.