A Weekend of "Ands".....

And it rains! And the snow and ice will go away. And the frost will come out of the roads. And maybe, just maybe I can find my garden and get some dirt to start seeds. The world is good.

And the 120 Days Ago Sweater is almost done. The knitting is done and the seaming is almost done. One seam left, crochet a shell edge around the neck, weave in ends and say "Good Bye" to this bad boy!

Then I'll work on finishing Granddaughter's spring birthday sweater. That one will be quick and easy. It's almost mindless, which is good during a thunderstorm. Thunderstorms are soooo awe-inspiring. Another favorite thing to do is sit out on the porch with a cup of coffee, blanket and knitting and watch and listen as nature throws it's very cool temper tantrum!
Very cool!

When the snow and ice and frost are gone, and the mud dries up just a bit (Michigan's 5th season is mud!) I can start to ride my bike again. Yay!! I can also get out to get fences fixed, tree limbs hauled to the wood pile, scrap metal hauled to the scrap yard, barn cleaned out.. all those things that snow and ice seem to make just about impossible. 18" of snow is how much we lost this past few days. Because underneath it was a pile of lumber that was about that high, and now it's all visible. Probably still frozen to the ground but it's totally visible. Another project that got waylaid.

And I found a green thing in the yard today. Usually there is so much green that it's really not noticeable, but there, in the middle of a HUGE patch of brown dirt (yay for dirt!) was this little mullein plant. Gotta get rid of those, they are truly pesty. Those and the burdocks. But if it weren't for these weeds, we wouldn't have much of a lawn at all. One of these days I'll have time to properly "do" a lawn.

And I found another turkey egg, so we're holding at 8. I'm not counting on anything, but I got 2 eggs in 2 days. Dare I hope for another today?

And "Cat" came back. "Cat" is my infamous barn cat. Always scratched up, always with fur missing and the fact that he has come back time and time again for going on 3 years now is a testament to his immortality. Around here, barn cats become coyote food in short order. But he's a vicious one, although very very loving. He'll cuddle and purr and get all his loving and then go out to fight more unknown intruders. This time he was gone for probably a month, I really didn't ever hope to see him again, but then this morning in the barn, there he was, in all his scratched up, fur missing glory. Yay Cat!

Red Wings won AGAIN!! No surprise there. It was a great game, against Nashville's always tough Predators. 3 periods of no score, and then well into the first 4 minute sudden death overtime, they pulled it off again.



Yay rain! Yay thunderstorms! Yay dirt! Yay Cat! Yay Wings.

When Work Gets in the Way of Life!

This morning I was handed a Total Shift In The Way I'd Been Thinking About My Newest Project. This is all fine and good, unless you know me. I don't do change. Ever. I avoid it. Religiously.

The first thing this change requires is for me to bring my Little Brain to a screeching halt! This is never good. At some point Little Brain will be expected to run yelling and screaming in a different direction. Forge a new path if you will. As a person who doesn't do change, you can imagine the stress that this involves. Just pulling in the reins on Little Brain is enough to derail me for an hour or so, but then to set off in a totally different direction, and expect to be productive? Ok then!

Not that this new direction isn't best. Actually it will be better for all involved (except for Little Brain), it's really a better way to go, and the masses seem to agree, so all the distress sounds you hear in the background is Little Brain trying to accept the inevitable with grace and dignity. We don't generally do grace and dignity either, but sometimes drastic measures must be taken.

I think I need another cup of coffee.

So, in my knitting world not much is happening. I have 2 sweaters that have to be done, 1 that should have been done about 120 yesterdays ago and another that needs to be finished in another week. Ugh. Ok, we have Knit Night tonight and the 120 Yesterdays Ago sweater will be tackled with vim and vigor (but probably not grace and dignity). It is after all a sweater! And there will probably be a beer or two involved. This is all well and good. A beer or two will be just what Little Brain needs to switch directions on this project too. And there you have it. Not only is Little Brain being deluged with changes on the work project, but also on the knitting front.

Turkey egg count is still at 6. I posted yesterday that I was getting a turkey egg every other day, but I forgot to lock the door to the house and the turkeys evidently got hold of my computer and read that post. Because.... no egg yesterday. I was all set to have 1 egg every other day, or roughly 150 eggs per year and now even the turkeys are conspiring against Little Brain. How much more can she take?

Must. Have. Coffee..... Beer