Next week...

Our DSL service will be active at the new place next week! I had no idea how spoiled I was, until it was gone...

This weekend is major sorting and putting away - there is light at the end of the tunnel! We got screens for the doors and windows today - that is major. Tile guy comes on Monday to get the knitting studio tiled - yeah! Then I can really settle in...

Back to the great clothing sort - see ya soon...

And the work begins...

They guy that we bought our house from was a SLOB! How in the world do you have beautiful wood floors and you tape on them, slop paint everywhere because you are an "artist" then just carpet over it for 23 years - this does not even take into account what the cats did...

Sunday, I spent my day gently removing paint and tape and cat stuff - this is a sample typical before and after. Coit is doing restoration on the house for one more day and the movers come on Thursday... Its nice to have all the elbow grease be worth it - the floors look beautiful... This house really just needed some love!

Since the new house is becoming a reality - here is one thing that I will miss about the old house. I had painted poetry on walls, here and there... I can do this in the new house, but it will need to have a little more thought and purpose... Mr.sunneshine has given his permission, as long as we discuss it first - ideas for favorite poetry/quotes/sayings suggestions are running wild... Stay tuned... The quote below is a favorite from the book Ahab's Wife by Sana Jeter Nasland...

And once again, there is no knitting - I can't seem to coordinate the camera and the yarn - it will happen soon, really!!

Happy KNitting!!

Knitting Studio

The best part of the new house - and the one that really made us love it (keep in mind we had been looking for over four years without ever making an offer...) - is THE KNITTING STUDIO!!
Mr.Sunneshine could not be happier - the knitting will now be contained in one room - and I am so excited to have a dedicated art space that is beautiful! Well, except for the floor...
The Studio will be the first room to get some love - our hand tile mosaic dining room table will be deconstructed to become the center piece of the floor with white tile around - new shelving and cedar yarn cabinets have been ordered - 6 weeks on the cabinets...
Here are the photos of the knitting studio, in its current state - and a photo of my view out the windows into the back yard.
There really is knitting to show - maybe tomorrow with more house progress photos... We have been working very hard...

Happy Knitting!!

We Got It!!

We got our house!! Woot!!

Now it is the fixing up - removing carpet, bright colored paint and cat bi-products (on that note, you really don't want to know!@!)

However, we LOVE our new house and as it progresses, we will keep showing you photos... Right now I am gracing you with some lovely photos of mr.sunneshine in work mode. I love the fact that I have the camera - so you can't see how wonderful I look in the white suit with the mask!!

There is knitting - more then I would expect actually - so I will update on progress in the next day or so...
Happy Knitting!!

Midnight Diamond Socks

Wheeeee.... There is finally a finished object here! The Midnight Diamond yarn with silver in it from Crash into Ewe has morphed into the Reverse Psockology Socks from the Stitch'nBitch calendar from this year. They were super boring to knit. I lost the first sock twice - and they were hard to block to get the lace to even up. However, I think they are wonderful! And just because there is a lot of stress on the home stretch... I cast on two new pairs of socks on Monday - the Monkey Socks (yes, I realize that I am the only sock knitter in America who has not made a pair of these yet!), and the Salto from knitty this spring - just for a little challenge - mostly since I have no attention span. The Naive socks are coming along well... I am going to need more space in my sock drawer...

Happy KNitting!!