Little knitting involved

Photo of Missy in a sweater I knitted years ago.

Now on to the current stuff: No knitting involved
I have to be careful what I write as family and friends read this blog. But darn it, some day’s it just doesn’t seem worth it. And yesterday was one of those days.
You get up in the morning; go to work and some days it’s like beating your head against the wall. All for nothing! I hate to complain, but I’m so very good at complaining! Recently at work it seems that I spend weeks writing up pages and pages of system requirements (too technical for you?), do all the documentations, make screenshots, not to mention all the meetings to discuss the requirement. After all the work is done the submitter decides to withdraw it. UGH. What a waste of time!
Then there’s the “non-work” part of my life. We are still planning of moving to Germany, but there are so many set backs. Tom’s got some heath issues that need to be addressed first (nothing major). Then there’s the house, cars, camper and that darn BIRD. It’s like I take one step forward and two steps back. Moving at any time is stressful, but this move seems to be moving backward.
We spent last weekend empting the attic and throwing away stuff, but it doesn’t look like we’ve done anything. Tom did get the back of the house painted and he’s working of the front. The house is three sides’ brick, so mostly it’s just painting the trim around the windows. But still it’s a lot of work and I’m not a very good painter’s helper.
We spent days’ clearing out junk from the study, only to fill it back up. How is it that you throw away stuff only to have it reappearing within hours? Does this seem wrong to anyone else? I’ve just about given up on accomplishing anything.
Ok, a little knitting info: Last week end I placed an order with Yarn Barn Kansas. When I checked the status of the order yesterday it said “On permanent hold”. Crap, is there something wrong with my credit card? Yep, panic set in quickly. I called them yesterday morning, and talk about a friendly voice on the phone. The girl who answered was able to explain that “permanent hold” actually meant that they didn’t have enough of one dye lot needed to fill my order in the color I requested. She asked if I’d like to change the color and she walked me through their web site to select a different color yarn. Talk about customer service! I was impressed. And it made things a little brighter in my corner of the world. I’ll let you know as soon as I get the yarn and if their customer service lives up to the first impression.

Knitting continues

Wednesday knitting group met again this week. As usual we have some members that show up every week, and other's that can't make it each time we meet. They are all such a different lot.

In the past when teaching knitting, I've set out a schedule to ensure that the new knitters learn different techniques with each project. This group seems to want to walk before they can crawl. That's not a bad thing, but I sometimes feel I'm loosing control. They want to work on big and/or difficult projects before they learn the basics. I'm trying to keep up with the every changing needs of the group.

Marva is still the prize student. She's been knitting for almost 2 years and what a Gem she's become. I think she's already knows all I can teach her. Of course she's been with me the longest.

Deb is quickly becoming a designer. The baby blankets she's knitted are beautiful, and they are her own pattern.

The new girls have really kept me on my toes. I think I'm learning as much from them as they are learning from me. Every week is different and they make me smile with their enthusiasm.

Once again I'm photoless. My fault, I forgot the camera. Sorry. kd

I know I'm MIA

Yes, I know I've been missing in action lately. It's just been so "nutty" here. We are still on track to move to Germany. Looks like it will happen the end of January/first week of Feb. We haven't put the house on the market yet, as we are still trying to get it ready. Tom's got some medical appointments to finish. Then of course, I have to renew my passport and I can't do that without government orders. Time is just ticking away.....

But on the good side, I'm still teaching knitting. Our Wednesday group is still meeting. Funny, some of the "girls" are trying to jump ahead so quickly. I keep saying, you got to learn to knit and purl before you can do lace.

Just goes to show they are already loving knitting.

Oh my aching back

I forgot how much work just getting ready to move can be. Thursday we took the rugs up, moved the furniture in the family room. The kitchen really didn’t need much except cleaning the cabinets and putting stuff away. The dining room was the easiest, just had to shine the hardwood floors. The master bedroom just needed the windows cleaned and dusting. The guest bed room was easiest, just put a different quilt on the bed.
On Friday we had already scheduled to have a few cracked tiles replaced in the master bed room. The company did a great job, quick and they cleaned up when the finished. Tom spent most of the day doing the yard. I went to work.
Today we started on the garage. We took a pick up load of junk to the dump and we aren’t finished. Who knows what we’ll find in the attic. And I don’t even want to think about the craft/storage room or the study. Did I tell you how much my back hurts?
They did show the house yesterday. The real estate agent was nice and we may sign with her, but the guy looking at the house didn’t seem like a serious buyer. I could be wrong, but I don’t think so.
So far, our plans are to get rid of as much “stuff” as possible, get the study cleaned up, go through the craft room and turn it back into a bed room. Next week, Tom will talk to the real estate agent and probably put the house on the market. We can’t really do a lot of planning until Tom gets orders. I have to renew my passport and that can’t be started until we get the orders.
OH well, back to work. Tom is up from his power nap and wants to go back to cleaning the garage. Not me, I’m going to go through the paper stash in the study.

We're moving?

I expected it, but not this soon! Tom accepted a job in Germany. So it looks like we are on the move again. Not bad, we've been here over 6 years. Longest we've lived in one place EVER.

We contacted a real estate agent and she's showing the house on Friday... yes this Friday. It's not even listed yet.

So much to do and so little time. Exact date for moving is still being worked out, but it looks like we'll be spending the new year in Germany.

By the way, we did knit today.