Feeling like a pioneer woman

Today I’m dealing with my farmer’s market purchases from yesterday.  The baby bok choy is chopped, rinsed and in the freezer.  The beets are roasting and the zucchini, yellow squash and tomatoes are next.  The basil will become pesto and the thyme and rosemary will be hung up to dry.

I finished two knitting projects which I’ll photograph later today.  Hopefully put a  good dent in the scarf I’m knitting for Mom.  I also plan on casting on a lace scarf.

All this is in preparation for next weekend.  It’s time to get back to work on the Condo.  I plan a major thrift store crawl, which hopefully will produce the perfect dining room table.  I’m sure I’ll find other treasures as well.  I plan on looking for an area rug for the living room, another light fixture for the laundry room, and paint samples to put on the wall.

Wish me luck!

Proof that I’m not waiting till the last minute to pack.  Something tells me I’m ready to get out of here.

Although a strange thing is happening, as I’m packing boxes I can feel the anger building up inside me.  I’ve finally decided it’s all the paper cuts from the packing paper.

Alright, time to get packin’.

A place I’d like to visit

Well while we’re waiting how about we watch a nice video I saw over on the Goodmorning Goodnight blog:

Sub City New York

Letters of transit

and wait, and wait…

So here I sit in Casablanca (South Park) waiting for my letters of transit to Lisbon (34th & Martha).

The inspection went very well, few minor things I need to fix.  The condo has good “bones”.

Now I’m waiting for the loan process and then the closing April 8th.

The bad news is I am not able to get out of my lease early.  I thought this may be the case, so I’m prepared.  Gives me plenty of time to get both places ready for the move.

In the meantime if you know of any good places that have nice area rugs for sale, let me know.  I’ve been informed I need an area rug

I am a homeowner

Well I was looking for something to blog about.

Mary becomes a home owner and can do anything she wants to the walls.

Seems ripe with opportunity.

The story thus far:  Smoker moved into the apartment below me, I now live with second hand smoke.  I decided it was time to get a place of my own.  So my friend ShellsSells gave me the name of her real estate agent and I was off.

I found a condo in a school that was built in 1892.  1666 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms & 5 closets. I put in an offer and after a brief negotiation, the deal was done.

Home inspection was done today and the place looks good.  So I guess it’s officially mine.

I don’t know if I should be freaked out or excited.  I seem to be both.

Well I guess I better start packing.  I’ll post pictures when I can!

RAGBRAI 2010 the bus

loading the bus in Napier, IA

Fate of the Frankensocks

No not Al Franken…Franken as in Frankenstein!

I knit these socks up using two different skeins of Noro Kureyon Sock.  They are based on Cat Bordhi’s Houdini socks.  Trouble is when I was knitting the foot, I was a bit tense,  so my gauge was way too tight!

I can get them on my feet, but it’s like trying to put on that old pair of pantyhose after you’ve gained a few pounds.  I can do it, but it ain’t pretty.

The worst part is where the leg joins the foot.  It cuts across the front of my ankle.  So these may end up in the back of the sock drawer.

Or…

The way these socks are constructed I could remove the leg, re-knit the foot then reattach it to the leg.  Then they truly would be Frankenstein socks!

Bwaahahaha!