Archive for May, 2008

Aha!

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Remember yesterday I mentioned the voles in our attic and how I’d nipped that problem right in the bud and cleared them all out? Found out where they came from. Seems the cow next door has decided that four animals isn’t enough. Seems she decided to adopt a herd of voles, too. [...]

Excuses, excuses

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Damn.  Where to start?  Things have been busy around here.  The Girl is finally out of school.  The last couple of weeks of the school year keep me running crazy - there is so much to do.  But it’s over.  We can relax.  Sort of.  We’ve still been running.
I’ve been in the yard as much [...]

For cryin’ out loud

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Why?  Why do they do this?  For the second RSC shipment month in a row the pattern designer’s “where the idea came from” post shows up on the club blog way before everyone has a chance to see the package.  This month’s showed up on the blog today.  Today.  Today the packages left BMFA so [...]

I do still knit

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

A couple of things I have recently finished. First are the pedicure socks I did out of Austermann Step. The colorway is #18/Vulkan which is grey, charcoal, red and a tiny bit of purple. Love this yarn!

I figure the aloe and jojoba oil will only enhance all the greazing up [...]