I may be over it but it is not done with me. This weekend was the culmination of a week of chaos. Too much! We were able to get some yard work done on Saturday because I was sure that the suburban yard police were going to give us a ticket for burying our Sunset garden in weeds. Oy. Weeding was like an elephant in the room...I think that I can see the gigantic flowers again! Sunday, we got into the Red Rocket and purred up highway 50 to visit The Daughter and her little family. Her MIL was up from Orange County and so it was a veritable love fest for little Shnicklefritz, getting to be the center of attention of so many doting grandparents. If he turns into a pill, we will nip that nonsense in the bud! Both families were young parents and because we were both stay-at-home moms, we know what it is to be poor but happy. Our kids have great families to both fall back on and to help. I got a great snap of Shnicklefritz and his mama. I think that he looks like somebody out of The Little Rascals in that hat. The little dude! I just don't know how his mama is so skinny, so fast but she is back to being the slender girl that I knew. Now why couldn't I have done that? POUT!
Yesterday, the little family came DOWN highway 50 to help US. We were down to the wire to get my MIL's stuff out of her little apartment in the assisted living place and so The Daughter and SIL brought their muscles and helped The Husband move the furniture into the BAV and over here. I had the baby duty...tough, I know. Now that I was finally able to get rid of the couple of old desks that the husband and I had since we were kids, THIS happens. I am trying not to freak out or cry but you realize that I live and work in a house (not counting the Dye-raj) that is less than 1400 square feet. Stuff like this can throw me over the edge of sanity.
I am lucky that my old pal Karen is coming today, just to tell me that it will be alright and that she does not see anything chaotic around here, whatsoever. We Librans can white lie to each other...
I need some beauty and so do you. Here is my latest handspun. I finished what I was working on at the TKGA, finally giving my Rose some of my attention. This is Tencel dyed in the Earth Metal colorway along with some superfine merino in a nice muted version of Wild Things. I love the effect. It makes me happy. Gotta keep Lisa happy so that she can create, darn it!
Oh, right about the time that The Husband and I will be heading east to Michigan for Convergence, there is going to be a Spin-out in NYC, put together by Cara. I hope that if you are in the area that you will check it out. Oh yes and if you donate to one of my favorite charities through Cara, (The Heifer Foundation...buy a chicken or part of a goat for a family) you can be part of the raffle that includes lots of cool stuff, including cool stuff from your's truly. This is a good way to get spinning AND support a great cause.
Time to comb my hair and wash my face so that I don't scare my buddy and her dog. Yeah, Meatball is a minature version of Sasha and Tank. Three black blurs running after tennis balls in the lower property...dog park! (good thing that the husband whacked those weeds!) That'll make me happy!
Your grandson is absolutely ADORABLE!! (We won't discuss The Slender Mom. Not fair. Give that girl some Krispy Kremes.)
Posted by: Sheri in St. Louis | May 30, 2006 at 11:14 AM
You've got to plead with DD to tell her secret on becoming thin again! And share it with us! And maybe you can pawn off a bunch of stuff on DD...
Posted by: Nancy J | May 30, 2006 at 11:19 AM
omg, is it possible that schnitzlefritz is getting even more adorable!!!! thanks for the lab photo :-)
Posted by: vanessa | May 30, 2006 at 02:23 PM
What a picture of schnicklefritz! I can't believe he is so big:-) Breathe and close your eyes. imagine no boxes or mattresses...
Posted by: elizabeth | May 30, 2006 at 03:58 PM
She and he are both adorably cute; thank you for sharing them! As for the mattress etc--stuff is just stuff, it comes and goes. (Go Craigslist.) Our loved ones are what it's all about.
And yet I gotta add, I love that yarn. Gorgeous. Yarn isn't in the "just stuff" category; it's in the, let's make something beautiful and get to see someone's face light up. Way cool. Saturday, I blocked my Blue Skies Sock! Merino shawl, and *my* face is the one that was lighting up. So much more interesting than the plain-jane white one that I originally knitted that pattern up in. Ya done good.
Posted by: AlisonH | May 30, 2006 at 04:39 PM
Thank you thank you thank you!!! And what a cutie pie your grandson is! Love his robeez!
Posted by: Cara | May 30, 2006 at 06:39 PM
Boy, some folks have all the good genes. ;-) DD and Bambino Magnifico are both looking fabulous, as is the yarn! I'll repeat what everyone else says about the "stuff" - breathe. Get that Anna Nalick song in your head and roll with it. Heh - maybe the Steve Winwood song instead, eh? ;-) Freecycle and Craig's List can be real sanity savers!
Posted by: Sam | May 31, 2006 at 07:39 AM
Hehe....and you are to much a chicken, to post a pic of you, with hair who are NOT COMBED......*GRIN*
Posted by: Helle from Denmark | May 31, 2006 at 09:19 AM
I'm glad things are going well for you! I've been thinking about you and sending good thoughts your way. Adorable little dude!
Posted by: Lisak | May 31, 2006 at 09:55 AM
Your daughter and grandson look great!
Posted by: Monica | June 01, 2006 at 11:38 AM
Aw, Snicklefritz gets more handsome every day, and his mamma looks so happy. The handspun is just the icing on the cake!
Posted by: Melanie | June 01, 2006 at 01:00 PM