About Half-Dozen to go.
I've been trying to empty out the overflowing knitting basket by finishing up some of the WIP's in there. But there's not been much knitting going on at Random House. With trucking kids to various educational opportunities, going to work, trying to keep the house from degenerating into a health hazard, I've not done much.
But I have finished the Edgeblad Doily. For your viewing pleasure, a poorly lit, indoor, with flash shot.
Its been blocked, starched, pressed. Maybe I'll even weave in the ends someday. This is a pretty decent sized doily, measuring 18" in diameter.
I did discover something about myself during the process. I can't crochet worth a damn. The simple crochet cast-off took me hours and hours. My hands cramped, I have a permanent crease between my eyebrows from scowling, and I managed to alienate my family by snarling at them whenever they had the audacity to interrupt me.
We had our first homeowner disaster. See this,
Its a load of clean dishes. How did they get that way? With a sink full of hot soapy water. Yeah. That sucked. So I went shopping. Picked up a new one yesterday. And just for giggles, I had them throw in a smooth top radiant range.
So, how are we going to pay for all of this? Why, with good ole Yankee thriftyness, of course. We'll just turn down the heat. Our thermostat:
The top is the thermostat, set at 50 degrees. The bottom is the thermometer. Its now 60 degrees in my downstairs. Yikes. Its going to be a long, cold winter.
And finally, as if I'm not busy enough, we're in the process of adopting a dog from a rescue organization here in New Hampshire, called Puppy Angels. Go on over, and check out the darlings. We're probably getting a little pup called Keller. He's taken off the website right now, but he looks a lot like his brother, Whitman. I'm so excited! He's pretty young, and I'll probably leave him at the foster home for an extra week, just to make sure he's healthy and hasn't caught anything on his ride up from Kentucky (that's where most of their pups come from).
Puppy!!!
Fifty to 60 degs is pretty cold - when I was in MA, our rental home had no insulation, and it was about 42 F indoors (plus the heating bills were $600/mo to keep it at that temp). Our landlord provided a few oil-based radiators (they turn on/off, but the oil stays warm and radiates heat well) to prevent us from completely freezing. Don't know how much it cost to run them (we have a high electric bill in general b/c of the computers), but it might be worth considering if you want to heat 1 or 2 rooms?
Posted by: June | October 29, 2006 at 11:42 AM