So I got my bike out the other day and after I took it into the bike shop and they cleaned it all up for me I had a stunning realization. I have mostly forgotten how to ride a bike! Ok, so I've mostly remembered now, but the first 6 blocks after I got it off the bus on my way to work were really shaky. I almost felt like I needed training wheels at first. So over the weekend I went a got myself a new helmet (after realizing that I didn't actually own one) and a headlight and taillight for my bike. Because in theory at least I only live 2 miles from the downtown bus station and could indeed ride home on nights that I have schedules that don't quite mesh with bus schedules. I might not test this the next couple of days because a) i have them off of work and b) it's supposed to be rainy and unpleasant. So here's to a better commute for the summer and hopefully not breaking myself!
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Ah lazy(ish) days off! Today was the rare day that I have the same day off as DW so we got to spend the whole day together. Got up and had a great batch of corned beef hash (gotta love the perks of working at a deli that's world renowned for it's corned beef!) and eggs, and then we had to go and do a bit of grocery shopping. I've currently got load 8 for the day of laundry in the washing machine and with this load I do believe there will be no dirty clothes in my house except a few bits here and there and then the stuff that I'm still wearing!! Dudes, my mother has been waiting for years to hear/read that sentence coming from me. Hahaha. Slowly but surely chipping away at getting boxes unpacked and getting things put in place. I rearranged/reworked the fridge so that things fit a bit better. All of my appliances are now installed and running properly so I have been finding excuses to cook and clean up after myself. The spurt of laundry productivity came from the fact that Ash is starting to move in this weekend and I had to get the load of crap that got dumped in that room cleaned up and moved into other rooms. And the three baskets of dirty laundry that I had left from the apartment got shoved into that room while I waited for the washer and dryer to get situated. But there is now beeping from the other room so I'm going to fold and switch this load and get myself off to bed. mmmm.... sleep...
P.S. - It's my Dad's birthday tomorrow!!! Wish him a great birthday and another year of fun times!
P.S. - It's my Dad's birthday tomorrow!!! Wish him a great birthday and another year of fun times!
So mother nature is playing the cruel trick of snow in April on the lower state of Michigan right now. I woke up with 3 inches (ish) of snow on the ground! And it's still coming down.
We got everything moved to the new house except for a few stragglers that I'm headed to take care of shortly. Other then doing a once over and vacuuming at the apartment we are all moved, including a slightly unhappy kitty. The cat is actually doing pretty well all things considered. She stayed in the bedroom the first day, but last night as I was doing things in the kitchen and living room she started to venture out and explore her new world. Once we get a chance to start getting boxes unpacked and furniture moved and such I think she'll settle in even more.
As for settling in, I got to sleep in my house two nights and even take a shower this morning! After two days of fiddling and prodding the hot water heater obligingly gave up hot water for our consumption. I'm cleaning at the apartment and then I'm going into work for a bit and then back to the house to start getting the kitchen unpacked... With any luck I'll have enough unpacked and out of the way that there will be room for the appliances that are being delivered tomorrow. DW and I went out and picked out a washer, dryer, stove, and dishwasher at ABC Warehouse yesterday so by the end of the week I should be able to cook and clean :)
Off to go and muck the last of my stuff from the apartment. Wish me luck!
We got everything moved to the new house except for a few stragglers that I'm headed to take care of shortly. Other then doing a once over and vacuuming at the apartment we are all moved, including a slightly unhappy kitty. The cat is actually doing pretty well all things considered. She stayed in the bedroom the first day, but last night as I was doing things in the kitchen and living room she started to venture out and explore her new world. Once we get a chance to start getting boxes unpacked and furniture moved and such I think she'll settle in even more.
As for settling in, I got to sleep in my house two nights and even take a shower this morning! After two days of fiddling and prodding the hot water heater obligingly gave up hot water for our consumption. I'm cleaning at the apartment and then I'm going into work for a bit and then back to the house to start getting the kitchen unpacked... With any luck I'll have enough unpacked and out of the way that there will be room for the appliances that are being delivered tomorrow. DW and I went out and picked out a washer, dryer, stove, and dishwasher at ABC Warehouse yesterday so by the end of the week I should be able to cook and clean :)
Off to go and muck the last of my stuff from the apartment. Wish me luck!
My life is being reduced to a collection of cardboard and plastic boxes filled with the physical things. I really like the process of moving (once banks stop being jerks) because it gives me a chance to clear out the clutter. All of the misc paper and junk that a person accumulates in only a few short years can go in the trash... Oh god... that was way too philosophical. Ok.. so I am packing boxes and getting ready for the move this weekend. I am hoping that I will be moving into my house and not into my in-laws or a storage unit! Loaded up the iPod with podcasts and I think I'm ready to do some more.
Finally! We have a closing date on our house! Tomorrow around noon DW and I will be signing papers on our house! I am in total cleaning and packing mode right now. I have to make a real effort to make sure I don't pack anything that I'm going to need in the next few days. My first instinct is to just pack it all and needs be damned.. but that isn't such a good idea for my sanity. I'm going to take the camera with me to the house after we sign all the papers so I'll get some inside shots posted up here so everyone can see.
I so suck at this waiting process. I wish I had more news for ya'll but I still don't have an actual closing! But the good news is that I did get the supervisor position at work that I applied for. That really excites me and slightly terrifies me all at the same time. I have to learn to live with the anxiety that other people are judging me constantly. Because they are, but it's ok, because I am still my own worst critic.
I went to Ikea today and it just made me more sad that we haven't closed on the house yet. Because now I have a whole bunch of ideas and nothing to apply them too *frown*. It was good hanging out with the girl though and I did end up getting a new toilet brush because I broke my old one cleaning too strenuously ;). Other then that there isn't much going on in my life. Work, sleep, and packing boxes are my only real priorities at the moment. I need to take my bike down the street to get everything cleaned up now that it is getting warmer out and I feel the need to be out and about in the sunshine. On that note though, I'm off to go get some laundry together and think about dinner so that when the boy gets home I can be ready.
I went to Ikea today and it just made me more sad that we haven't closed on the house yet. Because now I have a whole bunch of ideas and nothing to apply them too *frown*. It was good hanging out with the girl though and I did end up getting a new toilet brush because I broke my old one cleaning too strenuously ;). Other then that there isn't much going on in my life. Work, sleep, and packing boxes are my only real priorities at the moment. I need to take my bike down the street to get everything cleaned up now that it is getting warmer out and I feel the need to be out and about in the sunshine. On that note though, I'm off to go get some laundry together and think about dinner so that when the boy gets home I can be ready.
Super busy around Chez Wilson these days. We finally have a closing date!! Unless something else changes we are closing on March 17th. I'm hoping to get in there with my Realtor sometime this week to get measurements and take another hard look at the place to figure out what are the priorities as soon as we close and start the pre-move process. I've already started to pack up boxes of stuff that we don't necessarily use on an everyday basis. Yes folks, that means that other then one basket with my two current works in progress all of the rest of my yarn and fiber are packed into boxes and bags and they are headed to storage for the moment. I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do with myself if I finish them before I get everything moved over to the new house...but we'll cross that rickty rope bridge when we get there. The two projects that made it to my basket are a February Baby Sweater (aka. Baby Sweater on Two Needles) from Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac. When I first got this book I was super excited but only gave it a read through before it got relegated to the bookshelf. Upon hearing that a friend is having a baby I was looking through my stash trying to see if I had anything of appropiate baby-ness and I found a great skein of hand dyed sock yarn from Crafty Woman on Etsy. It's full of yellows and oranges and just about the best dose of sunshine ever. So I had this georgeus yarn and I went looking on Ravelry to see what I could find. I saw this sweater and it just clicked. Depending on how much yarn this eats I may have enough to make a hat to match. I also have a pair of socks on the needles right now that were originally destined for me, but I cast on too many stitches and it is a color that isn't totally girly so these ones are going to DW who is very excited to have socks. Hopefully I get a chance to enjoy some of the sun that we are supposed to be getting tomorrow and snap a couple of pictures of all of the things that have been coming off of the needles recently. But, it's getting late right now and the eight o'clock bus and I have a date. So pictures and other fun stuff will just have to wait until tomorow.
Well... Happy Valentines Day all... there is currently a light dusting on the ground and it looks like more headed behind it... I am just thankful that I don't really have to drive in it at all tomorrow. I finished the sweater, just need to block it out now. I'm going to try to convince DW to put on one of the kilts and model outside for me tomorrow if it isn't bucketing snow. The new issue of Spindlicity is out and it is making my fingers itch for my spinning.. My dad still has my bobbin so there is currently no spinning going on, which is probably just as well since I have no time right now what with work and house buying and such. But that really just makes me want it more because it is very calming for me and all the stuff going on right now are things that generally raise my stress level, not calm it down. Oh well....
The last couple of days have been kind of un-fair... It was sunny and upper 50's for the last couple of days and it made me realize how excited I was for warmer weather coming soon. It was really refreshing to walk outside and not have to wear 10 layers of handknits just to not have frostbite. I remember what the color green actually looks like in nature and it was sooo fun. I started on a pair of socks for the husbeast and that has replaced the endless sweater in my bag for bus knitting. Speaking of the endless sweater, it is still in pieces.... I haven't had the time to sit still and pay that much attention to anything in the last couple of days, much less seaming a sweater that I really have to pay attention to. But I am hopeful because Tuesday I have the day off and not much on my plate except for yoga that night, so I am hoping that it will be nice and quiet and the cat and I can have a finished sweater for DW by the time its time to go to yoga. I am a little nervous about setting in the sleeves, but I am going to try to have the same attitude that I did when I started to knit. I am just going to jump in with both feet, and use the resources that I have if I need them. Other then that though, I have a hat that just needs a button and another hat that just needs the crown of the hat to be knit... and I have the Fetching that I am working up for Ash that only need to be bound off at the top and have a thumb knit. I was supposed to have these done months ago but they just kind of fell off of my radar. I am hoping that as I am packing things into boxes I can finish a couple of these projects that are sooo close so that they can go to their recipients and be off my needles and out of my worry... I hope that everyone had a chance to enjoy the warm weather as it passed through the country, it's back to cold and windy winter as usual.. boo!
