Moving into the final lap...I'm packing at work and packing at home. I wish I had a team of people to help put together a massive yard sale on Saturday. I have so much stuff. (And no, as far as I know, I'm not quite a hoarder, but I'm wondering if I was headed in that direction!) I'm going from a 2000 sq. ft house to a 1500 sq. ft. house. I actually love that part. I even look at our books and think that weeding most of them out would be a good thing. In a way, it's fun to purge. You start to ask yourself what is crucial and what you really use. Hard for us collectors! I'm still drawn to glassware and I have enough to host a rather large party!
Yesterday, the radiator in my car went south on me. I first pulled into a small two pump gas station. They gave it a quick look and said I needed water. So, I bought water and we filled it up. Within two miles, I was back on H and beginning to panic. Now, I pull into another service station. Apparently my radiator was cracked. So, I call AAA to get a tow to my regular mechanic. Well, they say between 30 minutes and 1 hour....4 hours later, I'm still there! Yes, I sat in my car for 4 solid hours looking at traffic! Did I have a book? Some needlework? A decent snack? NO! Finally, AAA told me I could go and they'd pick the car up without me. They did that at hour 5! I now know why air traffic controllers fall asleep on the job. I spent 4 hours watching traffic. Not real fun. My good BIL finally came and got me. Then he spent the afternoon shlepping me around to the bank and to fax documents for the house purchase.
Amid all this crazy stuff, I'm still actually trying to do some crafting. I started a little applique piece.
I've got it pinned downed. I work on this in the middle of the night when I can't sleep! It's comforting. I really love these penny rugs pieces. I need to work on the consistency of my stitches...but it's fun! I also dyed some wool. I needed to dye some wool for my flower pot rug. And I did, but I thought, while I'm at it, I'd try some from the Red Saltbox. The colors are so rich.
I feel like I should dye up as much as possible before I'm on well water. But, even then, I will figure out how to get good colors with the different water! I can't wait to use these colors. They are just wonderful...the pictures don't do them justice.
So, that's it for me today. I will try to post more regularly. It's been a crazy 6 weeks.
Have a good one everybody!
Courtney
