home again

I am home- tired and missing J. had a GREAT dr. appt today- things are progressing well. more updates later, or if you are following that saga- check vox in about an hour :-) more news there.

xoxo
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Giants Win, Denay gets a great fitting hat!

but I did not finish clapotis- wtf was i thinking? I maybe got 5 rows done. at least i got to drop two columns. I hope the recipient forgives me if it's even later than I thought- I just don't know if I can finish it by Thursday. sigh.

Stitch and Pitch was fun, wish they had swivel seats so I could have seen and chatted with everyone- i felt kinda removed from everyone nearby, even just two seats away seemed awkward to try and chat. :-( nevertheless, I was happy to be there, and had fun. The OC has pics I hear, although I have not checked them out yet...I hope I look okay! perhaps on her blog? or on her ravelery?...you will have to find them yourself- links on the right to get you started.

There will be a garage sale in the near future, with lots of things going for great prices, we need to purge rather than drag stuff around the world with us. I will have a pre-sale sale for those near and dear to me- and there will be yarn.

Yarn.

I hate to part with it- but I see this move as an opportunity to free myself from things that anchor me, and a huge yarn stash keeps me from buying yarn I love AND have projects for...it's time to purge. so, if you have need of yarny goodness, I have some, and i am selling it at really reasonable prices. I will post details as they become firm.

more pictures of Dubai

some construction- if you click on the pic- you can see all the effing cranes- there was quite a bit of sand blowing, hence the distortion, plus- J was in a moving car. I believe the tallest building in the picture is the Burj Dubai - when finished it will be the tallest building in the world...
this picture is near the marina- I think -and shows some of downtown Dubai... I could be wrong- i guess i will find out soon and let you know. :-)

Moving

I hate moving.

You'd never guess that based on how many times I have moved in my life.

Lubbock TX
small town? KS
Guyman OK
Moore OK
Norman OK
Tulsa OK
San Antonio TX - 11 homes
Buffalo NY- 2 homes
Columbus OH
Louisville KY
Austin TX- 2 homes
Sacramento CA
Pacifica CA

that is 25 moves in 35 years.

I am excited about going to Dubai, but sick at the idea of all that has to be done to make it happen. Don't even mention to me the emotional side of it all- I am so sad to leave Pacifica and all the wonderful people I have met. I hope you all can come and visit!

whoa... I have accomplished NOTHING in the last week.

no knitting, no laundry, no packing, no crafting, no thrifting, nothing!

i think it's finally over. details later, I have to clean for the folks coming to look at the house tomorrow...

i guess I should officially announce here that we are moving- but I think everyone who reads this knows that already. Here's a picture of where we are going :-)

This is JVJ in Dubai.

progress on KAL

I finished clue 2 :-) It's looking pretty good, I think I am happy with this project as a whole, we shall see if that holds true as the clues continue. I expect another tomorrow.


I used the first two clues with a thicker yarn and larger needles, added ribbing and decreases at the end and made a hat! I need to block it to see if it works or not, but I think it does, a slouchy, tam-ish, lacy hat. I like it so far. no pics until blocked.

We are headed to a Bar Mitzvah tomorrow in the am, LA after that, back on Sunday night. Flea will be staying with Aunt Pearle, whom I am sure will spoil her rotten, lol. Cousin Radio is in for a long weekend!

housekeeping...

edited to add: please scroll to the bottom of this post- after the 4 pics- for a very important link.

no, I will not be posting any pictures of my actual housekeeping in progress, although that might make for a fascinating post later this week...

I finally got around to cleaning out my memory card from my camera... it's been a while:

the yarn harlot, The Sock, and me at Maker Fair- i was sick as a dog, I am trying really hard to not infect the sock nor the Harlot- she wasn't worried, but I was. My mood that day can only be described as pitiful, yet thankful...i got free tix to go the event, and was estatic to be there, but I was exhausted, sick, and way beyond needing a nap. I still had a good time :-) -Thanks PS.














I am not sure why they decided to use chain link fence to separate areas....it looks really bad in pics, quite industrial...

GEORGE MICHAEL! OMG! PONIES!1!!!!1!














beach photo from my mom & stepdad's visit in April-lovely day huh?
















I didn't want to double post this morning, in case it got lost in the shuffle... will repost next week probably. Here's the important edit I added:

Wrapped in Care
ravelry link for WiC
I am going to ask about making this local as well...

busy week!

I have been busy this last week, will do a better update later...

just want to say hello to all- thanks to the newlyweds for the postcard, and looking forward to hearing all about paris!

on the agenda tomorrow- penguin feeding in the am, then some one on one time with a baby penguin (!), laundry, then to San Jose for a concert :-)

sounds like a good day to me, we shall find out...