Month: May 2010

Today was a wonderful, wonderful day spent doing something I enjoy with a truly special (wink) bunch of ladies.  I just adore them.

We met at Diane’s at 8:00 AM and hit the road to Kingston.  Diane drove while Reina, Bonnie and I knit.  How often do you find four knitters in one car???

First we hit the Wilton Road Custom Fibre Mill – a brother & sister operation (forgive me for I can’t remember their names – it’s been that kind of day).  They gave us a tour of the mill and explained what each machine does.  It was wonderful and made me want to start a mill.  Don’t laugh… I have the room!!!  I just have to build a barn, get some sheep, build a mill and buy all the equipment.  Maybe I’ll put that on my 2011 to-do list!  Haha.  At the Wilton Mill, I bought myself some Alpaca roving and some Llama/Wool roving.

We hit the Wool Tyme in Kingston (sorry, they don’t have a website).  Here I purchased some Sugar & Spice cotton to make more Beanies for Preemies (that’s what I’m calling it).

After that, we went to the Kingston Brewing Company for a wonderful leisurely lunch (where people stared at us because all four of us were knitting).

Lastly, we hit Woolly Acres farm where we checked out some Shetlands.  I ended up with this in my garage…

Now tomorrow, I have to get some lingerie bags to wash all this stuff.  Oh, wait, first I have to skirt it.  I’m wondering if I should build a rack like they had at the farm…  It’s essentially a big rectangle made of wood (2×4’s maybe?) with some wire mesh on top to sit the fleece on.

Anyway, that was today’s adventure.  I can’t wait for the next!

It’s been a long day so far.

Jacob had a hair appointment at 8:00 a.m.  Then I dropped him off at school and went to Canadian Tire for some salt (water softener) and some caulking for the A/C.  Then I went to the grocery store to get the ingredients to make some gazpacho.

When I got home, I started on the grass… again.  Is it just me?  Or is it really growing at an alarming rate?  I got it all done though and it looks great.  I now have two black-fly bites on my face though.  Not attractive!

I dropped a few $$$ on some planters last week.  They look pretty nice.  Pictures don’t really do it justice but… you get the idea.

I also watered my little garden… don’t laugh at how small it is.  I had it full one year with all sorts of tomates, salad, cucumbers, herbs, beans and everything rotted because I was never around to pick them.  This year, even though I’m around a lot more (little happy dance), I wanted to start small… just in case I forget.  Haha.

After all that though, I had to take a nap.  I was totally pooped!!!!  Maybe it’s the coming off of night shift of because I was up too late/up too early.  Maybe it’s mowing the ditch that did it.. up, down, up, down.  I see body aches in my future.

After my nap (by the way, can someone explain why I can’t nap before a night shift but I did today???), I made my gazpacho.

Ok.  It looks sort of yucky on the pics but believe me, IT’S AWESOME.

Gazpacho: is a cold Spanish tomato-based raw vegetable soup, originating in the southern region of Andalusia. Gazpacho is widely consumed throughout Spain, neighboring Portugal (where it is known as gaspacho) and parts of Latin America. Gazpacho is mostly consumed during the summer months, due to its refreshing qualities.

Last night was knit-night.  We started our first knit-along.  One of our girls had made the suggestion for the preemie hats (see yesterday’s post).  Everyone made a little beanie.  Here are mine.

They’re very small.  I guess preemies are very small too.  I’ll make a few more.

The spinning girls (and my Mom) are coming here tomorrow.  Clean?  Nah… they’ll understand.  I might just do the toilet.  It’s not bad… would just be nice to have a fresh bowl for the ladies.  Haha.

My March Socks that Rock are coming along just great.  I’ll post pics when I’m finished.  Don’t want to spoil the surprise! Haha.  (I’m lying.  I’m just too lazy to get up and take more pictures.  Maybe tomorrow.)

I’m craving coffee…

I can’t say that I’ve been knitting or spinning a lot in the last week.  I’ve been working a lot though, which is really good!!!  I was worried I wouldn’t have enough hours once my training in records was done but, so far so good!

It’s 85° F (that’s 29.4° C) in the house right now.  The sun hasn’t even made it’s way to the West yet, which is where all my windows are.

I was contemplating some grass-cutting today but got up at 1:00 (pm, I worked nights) and looks really hot outside.  My little thermometer says that it’s 36.5° in the shade!  I think I’ll pass on that and watch some Knittingdaily TV instead.

It’s knitting tonight and we’re starting knit-alongs (KAL’s).  I’m pretty excited about that.  I know it’s not that exciting but, it really doesn’t take me much.  We’re staring with this:

http://20hatsproject.blogspot.com/2008/02/presto-baby-hat.html

It’s a cute little hat for preemies that we’ll then pass on to the neo-natal unit at the children’s hospital in Ottawa.  Cool ha?

Isn’t this baby the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?

So, that’s pretty much it for my exciting news.

Scott will help me put in my window A/C tomorrow so that I don’t melt.  I guess that’s pretty exciting.

Knit Night tonight and Spin Day on Friday (at my house so I have to clean tomorrow too)!  Woohoo.

I’ve been busy trying to finish this and that.  Here are the photos of what I’ve been up to.

I’ve been busy…

I managed to get in two days of spinning with the girls this week.  I just love them too.  They encourage me , teach me, inspire me, lend me books and fix my wheel.

What next?