07.29.08
Two new additions
Here are Luna (formally Fifi) and Jasper (formally Frenchy).
They are sisters and are still a bit skittish. They spend most of their days hidding under DJ’s bed.
I’m sure soon they will feel safe and venure out.
07.24.08
Organization makes my day!
Organization makes my day
I admit it. I am a slave to my surroundings. I must have things organized. It is necessary for my sanity to know where my stuff is. A place for everything and everything in it’s place. That could go on my headstone and sum up my adult life.
Here is my workroom with the orders in their cubbies all ready to knit up. If the orders come in as they did last Fall this will be not enough space.
And the corner office that I though would be more than big enough. Guess what? It’s not!
I love all the windows (sorry about the light through the windows). I thought there would be more than enough room for the sock stuff, apron and rag doll makings and tons of scrapbooking supplies. But, alas, no room for the scrapbooking stuff. So I’ll purchase some book cases and put it all in my very large bedroom with a work table and light. It is a goal of mine to get all the scrapbooking supplies out and, yes, organized. If you went by the documentation for the past 2 years, my kids have not existed. I really enjoy scrapbooking, it releases my inner creativity and face it. We all learned how to cut and paste in Kindergarten.
So today is more socks, a bit of planting and planning and laundry. Basically my normal day.
Enjoy yours!
07.22.08
Settling in
We’re settling in here and still unpacking. I’ve decided to unpack only what I need now and save the rest for the rainy days that will be comming this winter. We have to unload the storage space before the end of the month though so all that room I’ve made in the garage will again be taken up with boxes.
The dog has adjusted to sleeping in the garage. Actually, we don’t think she sleeps at night because here is what she does first thing in the morning when I let her out.
The kids are getting used to being outside more. The love to go to the neighbor’s house in the evening when we do a bit of garden chores and watch the sunset. It has become kind of a nightly ritual to drive the quads over, spend about an hour ‘helping’ and get back after the sun sets.
The Dh is building s teps for the house today. He is doing a good job and hopefully this project will give him the confidence working with wood to help me build the official chicken coupe’. You can go here to see what it will look like when I’m done.
Chocolate Cake for Breakfast? Yup, today is a coughing day. (I have a lung disease that requires me to cough about twice a week to clear everything out.) On these days I find my energy is drained and I sleep alot. So I’m starting the day off with a piece of Chocolate Bundt Cake and a glass of milk. Might as well get some ‘energy’ as I prepare do do battle with my body.
Enjoy YOUR day!
07.20.08
Timber
The Mother Tree is down.
We cannot really count her rings as the center of the tree was rotten. That was the main reason for cutting it.
We saved 4 little sprouts to plant in a pot in the house. We’ll transplant them next spring.
It was very foggy so there were times we could not actually see what was going on.
Walt is a magician with a chain saw. He fell the tree EXACTLY where he wanted it.
There she goes. As a side note, the guy in the foreground was one of the loggers. He was wearing sandles and shorts. I guess that is what REAL loggers wear.
Inspection and trying to count rings.
07.19.08
Unpacking and moving in
We’re in our new home and are semi-settled. That means most of the boxes have been unpacked, we found all the dishes (went for a week eating off 3 dishes until I found the rest in the freezer!), the kids rooms are set up and we’re sleeping in our own bed.
Some how this seems a bit anticlimactic. After all the planning, discussing, worrying and just plain stressing over the move is has come and gone and we’re down to the last two things to get our final ‘CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY’. This means our construction loan will be completed and we’ll officially owe the bank for the rest of our lives.
As a reminder, here is where we started in January of this year.
Here is where we are now with the garage complete, water system and septic hooked up and the house, sans gutters, complete.
I guess in the big scheme of things, this has gone rather quickly. I admit I’ve been a bit pushy toward contractors and builders. I even apologized the other day when shaking our main contractor’s hand as we said thanks and see-ya. His service is R & K Tractor and a wonderful guy. Honest, fair and efficient. I would recommend him to anyone in the Southern Oregon area who needs work done.
So the DH is on 3 weeks vacation and my honey-do list has a few items on it. He is moving right along and the kids are helping out greatly.
With the move complete it is time to get back to my business. Knitting socks from YOUR yarn. I have lined up 3 venues I will be vending at this year. Sister’s Harvest Festival in Sister’s Oregon, Sun River Traditions Fair, Thanksgiving weekend in Bend Oregon and the Brookings Christmas Festival sometime in November.
My schedule is as follows:
July – All 100 slots are taken for socks
August – I’ve put the 100 slots on my ETSY webshop today
September – Start knitting for vending and customer’s )125 slots available
October – Continue knitting for shows and customer’s; 125 slots available
November – Customer’s knitting, 125 slots available…last day for guaranteed delivery for Christmas is November 20th.
December – Finish up customer’s knitting and start baking for Christmas.
So, if you are considering socks for the Holidays, get your yarn organized and email me with the # of skeins so I can reserve your spot in the production line.
I am keeping strictly to the above knitting schedule as last year came and went and I didn’t even get to do many of the Holiday traditions we normally do because of sock knitting.
Remember, if you would like, you can request I knit the foot of your socks and leave live stitches for you to pick up and finish the leg with a fancy pattern. Lace, cables? Whatever you like. Just note that on your form.