Any Sock KAL 2

jess_hawk · May 20, 2009, 9:06pm

Christine reading this made me cry, what a sad, beautiful thing. That scene belongs at the end of a beautiful love story, and I imagine that it was.
Great socks, btw!

Gina - saying prayers for you. What a nasty situation. I hope it improves for you soon.

We’re going to pick my brother up tomorrow :woohoo: . I also switch all my insurance so I’m carrying myself… eek! So tomorrow is a big day.

I found out last night that I am scheduled to work at the fabric store on Sunday, which wouldn’t be a problem (even though I talked to Nancy about not working weekends this summer, and she has a note stuck to her computer nicely reminding her of this) except that, SINCE I had discussed with her and she agreed no weekends, I already told my old boss at the hardware store that I would work there this Sunday. So gues who is now scheduled to work 9-4 in town, and 1-5 in the QC (45 minutes away)? And Nancy is out of town so I can’t take it up with her, and none of my coworkers so far can work for me (I have one more I can ask, but I’m not optimistic). And Kathy wouldn’t have called me in if she had alternatives.
Life is so frustrating sometimes.

knitgal · May 21, 2009, 6:50am

Gina- That’s awesome!!! I think that is a great decision. You weren’t being appreciated and you were unhappy. I know you will find something better suited to your skills where they will love you and respect you! :woot:

Emily- Uh oh…Hope you find a way to cover one of those shifts. We have so many problems at work with people not covering their shifts or just not showing up- Can you imagine just not calling or anything? But that’s a different rant!

Christine- Sounds like a lovely service. At my mom’s funeral we didn’t carry the urn out at all. We haven’t actually done the interment yet, but hopefully soon. We got two urns- a big one and a small one. The big one is being buried next to her dad and the little one up at the cottage- no one will mind since it’s a family owned island.

Julie- Excited for the wedding? Hope you had fun at your sister’s birthday- did she wear the crown? Can’t wait to see the hemlock.

Dotty- Wow! Big grandbaby! I was a little teeny baby (6 pounds), but Josh was big (10 pounds). I’m scared to have his baby!

Sue- Feeling any better? Enjoying this weather?

Dustina- How’s the wrap coming? Any more done? Do you have gorgeous weather today like us?

Chris- Where are you??

I have been working a bit more lately because of two things. Our assistant manager threw her back out while moving and Josh’s sister is mysteriously ill. She had to be taken away in an ambulance from work on tuesday. She’s okay thankfully, but gave us a scare. I have a day off today though and my friend Laura and I are going to go for a walk and knit. We’re also going to have lunch at this restaurant that has the BEST food. They have their own bakery, so it’s all fresh homemade bread and most of the ingredients are local. I had the BATH sandwich last time- Bacon, Avacado, Tomato and Havarti. SO GOOD.

Have a great day everyone!

cacunn · May 21, 2009, 7:57am

Preparing for and going to arbitration. Went Friday and got the decision last night. Neither party owes the other anything and court costs are split. I figure they spent at least $5,000 to argue about $2,000 and I had offered them the $2,000 trying to settle. Go figure.

Maybe, since this is a three day weekend, I can bring the second hoe to fulfillment and have a hoe + hoe beginning of the week.

1to1 · May 21, 2009, 8:40am

WTG Gina!!!

dustinac · May 21, 2009, 11:38am

I agree way to go, Gina!!

Chris~I’m glad it came to that you guys don’t owe them anything…sorry ya’ll had to go through that

Emily~That stinks hopefully someone can fill in for a bit or something

Ann~Its very pretty here today, sounds like you got a great day planned…I hope Josh’s sister feels better soon! …the wrap is coming but I’ve hit the boring back part and gotta make myself work on it…that’s another reason I’ve never done a sweater…I gotta knit quick stuff or I get bored:rofl:

Christine~I agree with Emily, how sad for him! Great job on the sock :yay:

Hi everyone!

Anyone wanna come help me pack? Please? I knew we had stuff from my crafting hobbies and JD’s books/plane hobby…then the kids stuff…then clothes and all the other housewares stuff…but OH MY WORD when you start pulling stuff out it’s shocking…

It is very pretty here but I’ve been packing away the living room is completely full with one small pathway :teehee:. Hopefully we can get this stuff moved down to the garage…I’m done packing for today so now going to head outside and work on a bookmark for Isaiah’s teacher. It should go quick I hope :teehee:

We had dance pictures today that was funny…trying to get all the little ones for the group shot…it took a long time. Tonight is Roo’s last soccer practice…she told me after Saturday she was taking off her soccer shoes and was never ever going to wear them again! :teehee:

I hope you all have a great day of knitting :sun:

G_J · May 21, 2009, 12:49pm

Jess, Hmmm, you’re a scientist…Quick! Clone yourself!:roflhard:

Ann, you’re right, something better will come along. In fact, I got another job offer TODAY! It would be assisting in the home-schooling of a six-year-old with autism. I’m not sure I’m the best person for that, though… It DOES give me hope, however!

Chris, enjoy your knitting time! You deserve it after all that stress!

Dustina, I’d LOVE to help you pack! Can you transport me over there?

I made scones today, watered the yard and garden, and wound the cotton yarn I got from ColourMart. I’ll have to knit double with it, but I think it’s lovely yarn. Unfortunately, my arm is sore today, so I’m trying not to knit. Now I have to get off the computer!

Hi to the rest of you!

The.Knitter · May 21, 2009, 5:13pm

[B]Gina:[/B] Congrats on your decision. I am glad you are relieved and happy! I KNOW you will get something else quickly.

[B]Ann:[/B] What a good idea about the two urns. Smart thinking. If she was happy at the cottage, then she will be pleased to be there.

[B]Dustina:[/B] Good luck with the packing.

[B]Dotty:[/B] hi hon!

[B]Chris:[/B] I am so glad that the court case is over with. I just can’t imagine any mother or sister doing that to her son or brother. Here’s a hug for you sweetie.

[B]Julie:[/B] Two more sleeps until the wedding. I hope all goes really well. Did the dresses get fixed? I bet you are really excited!

[B]Jess:[/B] Don’t cry, they were happily married for 63 1/2 years and still held hands! It was the perfect end to the perfectly wonderful relationship. I should tell you that this wonderful woman (my MIL) met her hubby on a blind date in Australia and married him in New Zeland two years later, while he was in the Canadian Merchant Marines. She moved away from her family and friends and came to live here in Canada in 1946. I can only hope that she was truly happy because she gave up everything to be with her man.

Speaking of… the funeral comittal service was in Quebec, not Pembroke. We were in the car at 5 a.m. and just got back home at 7:30 p.m. My car broke down in Belleville, roughly half the way there and we pushed it to get us there, so we were only 20 minutes late for the service, because the priest waited for us to show up. Tomorrow we have to take the car back to the people who to months ago put the new transmission in it, because it is stuck in third. It does drive, however if you have to stop and start, it takes a while (at least a mile or so) to get the car back up to third again, so it will run normally. It was a very long drive home. However, we did the last thing we could do for my beautiful MIL and neither of us regrets it at all.

Also, Frank’s sister has told him to tell me that I can have the shawl. She was waiting for the comittal to be over before getting rid of anything. So, soon I will have my beautiful MIL’s shawl back home where it began. My SIL says my MIL has used it every day since she got it a year and a half ago. It is going to be treasured once it arrives home again. Once again, Ann, thankyou for the yarn and pattern for the shawl that kept my MIL warm and happy during her last year of life.

Hello to anyone I might have missed. There was a lot to read and I am tired so please forgive me if I missed something.

Also, thanks once again for your support and kind words. I agree with Gina, you are all very dear friends.

dotty · May 21, 2009, 6:13pm

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=seagreen]Hi, [B]Christine[/B]…it sounds like the hardest part is over now, and you can settle down to treasuring memories of a wonderful woman. I know living without her will still be hard for quite awhile, but God will help with that…that shawl will do for you what it did for her…share the warmth of heart-felt love.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=royalblue][B]Gina[/B], I’m so glad that things are changing for the better…FAITH is a remarkable thing, sometimes so hard to hold onto, but only the size of a mustard seed is needed.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkorchid]Hello to everyone else…I don’t take time to answer everyday, but love reading about your comings and goings ! [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=orange][B]Dustina[/B], you are a powerhouse, as usual ![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

sue_in_canada · May 21, 2009, 7:54pm

Gina: I think you made the right decision. I hope that something better comes along soon.

Emily: Did you find someone to cover your shift?

Ann: That sandwich sounds wonderful. I hope Josh’s sister is feeling better soon.

Christine: That is a lot of driving for one day. So sorry to hear you had car trouble again. I hope things settle down again for you soon. The sock looks great by the way…

Dustina: Good luck with the packing. A friend of mine sold her house and bought a new one today. She has 59 days til closing.

Julie: Hope all goes well at the wedding. Did the dress turn out okay in the end?

Chris: I am so glad that the court case is over with.

I haven’t been doing too much, spent most of today doing laundry. Missed the beautiful weather but I can’t stay in the sun for long anyway. I still haven’t attempted to knit but I have spent some time making cards. I am reading your news even if I don’t post. I am not using the computer as much.

jess_hawk · May 21, 2009, 10:01pm

OMG no, my parents would kill me if I simply didn’t show up. Now, there have been times when I have read the schedule wrong (on a schedule made up of twenty or so 9pt font lines, with no spaces in between… its a wonder any of us read it right, ever), but the boss has my number and always calls within five minutes to say, “hey are you OK?”

I could give you the full scientific discussion of why this would not work, even barring the ethical dilema of human cloning… but I will spare you that.
Suffice to say, the decision was made that my brother is a perfectly fine replacement for me at the hardware store, and everyone will be glad to see him. He can do anything I can do, just a little slower on the register, and he knows everything about the lawn and garden section (which I know nothing of).
Gina - I second everyone’s applause for your decision.

So we picked my brother up from O’Hare (that’s Chicago) today, and his friend Jeff decided that he had time to come out to hug his “other family” so we got a few stories from the two of them together.
I ought to see if I can get Jeff moved out of second-favorite position by pointing out that he went hang gliding with my brother, and then they rented mopeds, both of fall under the heading of “stupid stuff” according to my mom. She expressly forbid them from doing “stupid stuff.”
The joke is that (because of a comment I made about how my roommates both got big finals-week care packages via the university from their parents, when two weeks before my mom gave me a loaf of bread that lasted two days…) I’m my mom’s fourth-favorite of her children. I have one brother and no sisters (or half-siblings). When I mentioned this to my dad, he asked “Who’s third?” because apparently everyone knows that Jeff ranks second. Third is Cyrus, and I am in danger of being knocked to fifth by the third of mom’s “other sons,” Remo. In case anyone is concerned, remember that my mommy loves me very very much, she just has love to share with the other boys.
I spent most of the morning with my dad, arranging insurance and switching title on my car. He kept coming up with other things that he’s wondering why I haven’t done yet. Umm, dad, seriously, you were the one who put all that stuff in the garage and are now grumbling about how it isn’t back inside yet… and yet you want me to spend tomorrow night washing my car and deciphering the SYNC system?

Keep :knitting: , all…

G_J · May 22, 2009, 10:48am

Christine, I’m SO GLAD you get the shawl! It will warm and comfort you!

Dotty, you’re SO right about faith! You are a testament to it! How’s Mike doing?

Sue, thanks! I think so too. No more stomach aches!

Jess, glad you have ethical issues with human cloning! Hope you move up on the list of faves soon! I always tell my nieces and nephews when I call that it’s their favorite aunt on the phone. I also tell my parents that their favorite daughter is calling. Of course, my three sisters do too…

I tutored for two hours this morning and I have another two this afternoon. I love it.

My Amused is currently stuck. I got the cable section on the front off by half a stitch and thought I’d just rip that section back a couple of rows to fix it, but now I’ve got it ripped and can’t fix it. :wall: So I’m swatching for the February Lady sweater.
Julie, didn’t you start that and frog it? Was it a gauge issue? I like how the fabric looks on size 8 needles, but my gauge is off. On size 9s I get gauge, but it’s a little too floppy. I’m thinking of making the size L and doing it on 8s. What do you think?

jberry16 · May 22, 2009, 10:51am

just a quickie here y’all I have TONS to do.
The dress is better, and I have a brooch that I’ll use to keep the satin shawl closed in the front boob area that was my great grandmothers. I dont feel like I’m wearing a tent anymore & I think I have the bra thing done. I need to press Jacob’s and Brian’s shirts & pants, and get Bailey’s dress pressed a bit, mine’s ok I suppose. I have to find Katie’s pair of hose, think they’re inthe dresser but not 100% sure. THings are so out of wack here this last 2 weeks that I’m not sure I’d know where my head was if it wasn’t attached. I’m charging the camcorder batteries now & the camera is ready too; though I’m not taking pics.
Last night was the bachlorette party and that was fun, the grooms sister didn’t show up but that’s fine it was her little brother’s graduation party last night too. We had mango margaritias, yummy & a x-rated cake…just think of the saying that was put ontop and you’ll get the picture. "Tricia here’s to many hard nights."
Tonight’s the rehersal & dinner & then hopefully home early, last night I got home at midnight, not like me. I’m so ready for this to be over & for life to go back to ‘normal.’

The hemlock is done, was on wednesday but I have to figure out how to block bamboo and probably will need to startch it too.
ttyl

[B]gina[/B] congrats!!! :grouphug:

jberry16 · May 22, 2009, 10:52am

gina mine was frogged because it was too floopy, keep in mind cotton stretches out a bit because it’s heavy and so I’d knit a bigger size on smaller needles for tighter gauge. just mho.

cacunn · May 22, 2009, 11:04am

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dustinac · May 22, 2009, 3:51pm

Hi Socksters!

We had AR this morning only had 2 test, today was the last day for it…and then I had to hit the store…and also stopped in the LYS for help on the crochet coaster…Hopefully now I can do it :oo:…I think it would be faster to come up with a knit one! I also asked if next fall could I have knit lessons with me being the teacher…they said yes :woot:…so I told mom I have to teach her to knit continental this summer so we can work out the kinks.

Then I came home put away all the groceries…and then packed up a few more boxes…you can no longer walk in our living room so JD asked if I would stop packing till we knew for sure when closing was

During the dance recital they will have a part for the dads…they will be presenting their little girl to “Cinderella” and I asked a few times and got no they won’t need to know a routine…well they learned a routine so JD isn’t very happy about it…but it will be a great memory for Roo :oo: (we had first practice tonight)

Tomorrow we have soccer games…Roo’s game is at 9 and Isaiah’s is at 12…

:teehee:

Julie~can’t wait to see it :yay:

Gina~I’m so glad your stomach ache has went away…and you are happy!

Christine~That will be wonderful getting the shawl back

Sue~YAY for her selling the house…is she freaking out yet over packing? :teehee:…

Emily~Yay on picking up your brother…boo on talking insurance over with dad :teehee:…I’m glad my mom handled all that it would have been a real treat discussing all that with my dad…

Dotty~:teehee: I wish I was a power house I’d get more done…

HI everyone!!

Ok so now I’m off to make some dinner hot dogs and chilli…I forgot coleslaw though :wall:…then I’m going to switch clothes around…move the boxes out of my living room to somewhere 'cause I can’t take it anymore…and then hopefully KNIT! :teehee:

I hope you guys have a great evening/day/afternoon of knitting :sun:

Lieke · May 24, 2009, 1:59pm

Just checking in to say hi. I’ve been busy and will be busy for the next couple of days. It’s past bedtime already, so I don’t have time to catch up with you all, just wanted to let you know I didn’t fall from the earth and I’m still alive. Not much knitting going on lately due to lack of time.

cacunn · May 24, 2009, 3:06pm

This is a quiet weekend. Yesterday we did a road trip to no where. DSWMBO&A is into scrap booking and there is a cottage over near Berkley Springs, WV that has space of nine and is set up for a scrap book outings. We drove over to there to look at it and see how far it was off the beaten path. It looks like it could be nice place. From there we drove into Berkley Springs and turned left. We spent the rest of the day driving looking and enjoying.

I hope everyone has a relaxing weekend.

G_J · May 25, 2009, 9:18am

Julie, by now the wedding is over and you’re enjoying a much-needed break! Can’t wait to see the Hemlock Ring. As far as blocking bamboo, I know it can stretch considerably when wet,so handle with care. Thanks for the input on the FLS. I think I’ll start it on size 8 needles and knit a larger size if needed.

Dustina, you’ll be a wonderful knitting teacher. Watch some of Cat Bhordi’s knitting videos on YouTube. SHe’s a great teacher who sometimes puts things into stories to make them more memorable. I can’t believe you have so much packing done already and no closing date yet! Slow down! You’re making me tired!

Lieke, are you busy b/c of your new job?

Chris, your road trip sounds nice. I’m guessing you drove so you didn’t get to knit in the car?

Hope the rest of you are doing well. Happy Memorial Day! Hats off to all the Veterans!

Lieke · May 25, 2009, 11:16am

Kind of. I didn’t start yet, but I still have to graduate so I’ve got a lot to do before I can start. Tomorrow, I’ll get my mark for my masterpaper and then I have to get University to work fast so I can get a prove of graduation (I’ll get my diploma later). Next weekend, I’ll be going to pinkpop (www.pinkpop.nl), so that’s fun and after that, I hope I can start my new job, so I think I won’t be around as much as I used to for a while.

Abbily · May 26, 2009, 11:10am

Hi everyone!! Geez, I haven’t posted in forever… I just spent 20 minutes catching up on all the posts I hadn’t read. I missed you all!

Gina, I’m so glad you are HAPPY with your decision about work, and so glad you faced it head on! Good for you! I was thinking about you and praying for you while I was away from the board.

Dustina, what’s going on with the house? Good luck with the packing!

Well, I have been swamped at work lately, and swamped at home, too. Then the family and I took off for the lake for the holiday weekend, and had a blast! But I’m back in town now and back at work, and things have slowed down a tiny bit. This is the last week of school, so the girls are pretty excited. They’ll be at the same place for the summer, but doing more fun things.

The Yarn Harlot is coming to Austin on Thursday! I’m so excited! I didn’t see her the last time she was here because I hadn’t picked up knitting then, so didn’t know who she was. My friend and I are going out to dinner then heading to the bookstore to see her. Guess I better start a pair of socks to show her!

OK, better get back to work. Take care, all!