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I'm fine, really I am good

I have people who care about me who don't really know what I am up to and are worried that I haven't been writing much on the blog.  How fortunate for me to have people from thousands of miles away checking in to make sure everything is OK.  I am doing very well.  There has been the much talked about furniture shopping and then another recent trip to my parents' place where internet connectivity has improved greatly in the last year, but it is difficult to write about knitting when there seems to have been little or no time free to knit.

So let me write about a few new developments.  My new chesterfield, couch arrived on Friday, August 15 first thing in the morning.  Let me show you how it looks.

Finally my living room is starting to look like something
I then rushed out that day to get some new lampshades that match said divan as well as some new pillows that you see above.  Why it is almost as if I have a plan here with things coming together.  It does appear that my living room is looking more and more like the real thing and less and less like a used furniture mini warehouse.  So that's all the news about the condo.  Except for the fact I took a dresser from Mom and Dad's that will work perfectly in my bedroom.

The Arches and Columns scarf was finished at my folks' place, wet blocked and pinned to get the full lace effect.  Here it is pinned on the half of the bed I was not using at the time; it did take a full 24 hours to dry (the humidity was low at the time and the temperature was high).  And below is a photo of how it looks now with the lace really shining through.

The process of measuring and pinning in progress.

It is happily drying here.  Yes I slept next to it one night.
It's lacy beauty is on display here
Oh, and should you wonder if I'm keeping myself occupied, here's a quick list of what was accomplished over the last week:
  1. The "place" for my parents' 65th wedding anniversary was located and a "save the date" postcard was ordered.  The notices should go out soon.
  2. I spent 1/2 a day with a friend at our new haunt catching up about all the things we missed in the last year and talking about our trip to Ireland and Scotland next year.
  3. Acupuncture treatments for my Dad were secured and he has a schedule set up.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed it works as well for him as it has for others.
  4. There was a 1/2 day visit with my Aunt at her new place.  And a dinner with her and one set of my brothers/sister-in-laws.  It was one of several meals eaten there.
  5. My other brother and sister-in-law took me back to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, my alma mater.  Luckily they took me because the place has really changed again.  (I get there every few years and it seems the place has something new going in every visit, which means a familiar landmark for me is now gone.)  We spent time in Babcock where the ice cream is made (yes we had one) and at the Union where beer is sold (again, yes, we had one).  We also visited my niece in her new apartment (it was very nice BTW) and walked State Street for dinner and finally caught the last song of the weekly Jazz Concert on The Square.  Needless to say I slept very well that night.
  6. Some of the Jewel Tea dishes I have inherited were sorted and repacked so I could bring them back to the condo.  Again one of my brothers and his wife were kind enough to helped me with this adventure.
  7. Some cleaning and sorting was done at my parent's place, some shopping around to fix the door on my shower (a totally unsuccessful adventure) and a good deal of time just enjoying family. 
  8.  And another 500 miles or 805 kilometers was added to my speedometer as well.
So dear friends and colleagues who checked in on me, thank you.  Rest assured if there is a break, and I can almost guarantee there will be another one coming up soon,  I really am quite fine.  There just doesn't seem to be much time to knit and so if one is writing a knitting blog, there isn't much to write about without knitting.  I'll see what I can do about the lack of knitting because we all know I get cranky without it.




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