Yay Anne!

This weekend was State Class B Boys Basketball Tournament. It is the hottest event in North Dakota. Really. Schools take spring break during it. The university gymnasium that it is played at is packed with spectators. It's broadcast on local TV all across the state. And who cares what shows are being preempted...it's Class B basketball for pete's sake!

With our state being so small in population, there is a pretty good chance that you'll know someone playing during the tournaments or know their parents or relatives or have driven through their hometown. And really you don't need to know someone to watch because invariably it will be excellent basketball.

But while visiting with my sister she offhandedly said, "Yeah, Anne is a cheerleader". I'm like really? Anne is my sister's granddaughter and my great niece and their team is in the state tourneys and undefeated! Now we absolutely had to watch.

And watch we did. And it was super basketball. And we saw Anne on tv. And yes their team took 1st place and were undefeated. And in addition to undefeated this year they had lost only 1 game in the last 50 games which includes this year and last year. Wow.

Yay Anne! And yay for your school's basketball team too!

Are you watching?

I'm at work paying bills but took a break to watch one of the Chile miners being rescued. It's amazing and touching and yes it brings tears to my eyes. One of the news reporters said it is equal to our walk on the moon and I think it is. The technology looks simple and complex at the same time. If you can see even one of them coming to the surface, it will probably be something that you'll always remember.

Hurray! They are all coming home!

It's windy and smelly here. augh

We have a wind from the south that is bringing in a wonderful smell from the city lagoon. I started out the day with a headache and it definitely got worse once I got to work. I think I'm going to throw down a couple Tylenol with my Diet Coke and hope it helps. And a clothespin for my nose might not be a bad idea either! o.0

There is slow progress on the Haruni shawl. A couple days I didn't knit at all. I didn't sleep that well those nights either. Connection? I don't know.... Anyway, I got a couple rows done last night. It took about an hour to do the pattern row. Of course DWTS sort of got in the way at times! There are over 400 stitches on the needles now and will be more before there are less. It is fun to watch the pretty lacyness (laciness, lacieness, laceness?? Is there someone who knows how to spell out there?? I sure don't! I don't always trust spell check either.) develop. The main reason I decided to do the Haruni was for the pretty edging on it. Blocking time might have me feeling differently!

Feels more like summer

It was a gorgeous day today. Mid 70's for temps, the lawnmowers are going next door, and it just seems more like summer than it did during the actual summer. The only thing that lets you know fall is here are the flies hanging around the doors and windows. Pesty things.

I'm still knitting on the Upstairs Shawl. I'm anxious to see it when it's blocked so I've been trying to push and do as much as possible each day. There are 2 hours of Grey's on tonight though so I'm afraid there won't be much knitting then! I can't watch that and count at the same time. I'll just knit during the commercials....

I need to mow again too. The grass here is the longest of all the neighbors. The apple tree is the main reason I haven't mowed lately. Wonderful apples for applesauce and pies and crisps but they fall on the ground. It has been raining apples. And I've been lazy and haven't done anything about it so they've laid there for days now. My new plan is to rake them all up and get rid of the ones on the ground. They are soft and full of ants and squirrel teeth marks anyway and then I'll get the ladder out and pick everything off the tree and be done with it. They'll keep for awhile if they aren't all bruised from falling on the ground. I canned a few pint jars of applesauce last year and should really do the same again. Someone told me to freeze the applesauce instead of canning it. I might try that. I freeze pies. Can't be much different.

I'm overthinking it...

I just can't seem to come to a decision on what color or brand of yarn to get for 2nd DDIL's Upstairs Shawl. I even emailed 2nd DS and asked about color but of course I haven't heard back from him. Good chance that I won't at all. Uff. I've gotta just pick something and get it. I'd love to go to Fargo so I could feel it and see the colors in person but I don't know when that would happen. I'm not totally sold on internet shopping. Especially if I get a brand that I've never had before. Okay enough with the whining!

It's raining now and has been since yesterday. We have about 1" in the rain gauge. This time of year rain is a mixed bag. We need rain for the row crops but with small grain harvest soon upon us we don't really need rain. Catch 22. DH got the winter wheat off by going late. We ate supper at about 1 am. And were in bed by maybe 1:30 or so. Yup. Late. Got it off before the rain came though. That's cool.

I haven't done any knitting for a couple days now and I'm starting to get a little twitchy. I've either got to do a little or start another book.

I bought the book "Julie and Julia". I would like to see the movie but I'm not sure that DH would be up for another chick flick so soon. We saw "The Proposal" when we were in Fargo. Actually it doesn't have great reviews but we both thought it was a pretty good movie. And I also got the book "Made in the USA". It starts out in SD and I get a kick out of books that are based in our area of the country. Any books that are about the tri state area usually get my attention. Anyway these books were buy 1 get 1 for 1/2 off and the clerk was good enough to do a override on the ticket and took $$ off both books because I have their store card (Borders). I'd be a really happy camper if there was a library in town so I wouldn't have to buy the books I read. Either that or if the books by mail through the state is still available. I've tried finding it on the internet with no success.

I've got vacuuming, clothes washing, dish washing, cat waterer cleaning and some cooking to do so maybe I should get off the computer and get on with it.

Oh yeah, the tv in the living room crapped out and we will need to replace that ASAP. DH is seriously tv addicted.

ETA: 3:15 pm. I just ordered Dream in Color Smooshy in Blue Lagoon. 2 skeins. For 2nd DDIL's shawl. I made a decision!!! Absolutely amazing.

Sweater finished and living with a TV star

I got the pink baby sweater finished on Friday evening. I'll try to get a picture of it soon. It's cloudy today and it wouldn't be a good pic. But it is done!! Now I have plans for maybe as many as 3 little hats. I've got 2 different yarns that are 50 grams each. One of the patterns calls for 2 ounces. 50 grams = 1.7 ounce. Uff. I'm going to just give it a go and hope for the best. The owner of the yarn shop said 50 grams should be enough for a little hat and I would think so too. crossing fingers

DH was on the news last night. He got a call in the afternoon from a local station asking if he'd like to discuss scab (wheat disease). He said he didn't know if he knew enough about it but he'd give it a try. (He does you know, he was just being humble.) The reporter and cameraman came out from Grand Forks and did the interview in a wheat field by town here. It was on the 10 pm news last night. There have been a couple people who've called him a TV star today. He did a good job and the reporter had told him that he might be back in the fall during harvest to visit with him again. Hoot!

Random wanderings

The weather is cloudy, grey, cold. The temperature for tonight is forecast for 31. Yes. Freezing. And, there is a wind chill factor in the forecast off and on for the next few days. This is May? Or maybe it is November. I'm starting to think Mother Nature is going through menopause and doesn't know spring from winter! :)

The new grandbaby will be a girl. WooHoo! So the pink Lullaby afghan is the one that I need to be working on. I think I'm over 1/2 done now. I also am planning on a sweater and a hat so will have to check out Ravelry for patterns and yarn choices. Since the baby is due at the end of September, I'd like to use a superwash wool, but I sure don't want to make 1st DDIL be careful when washing it. She will have 3 kids under 5 years old when the new one comes. Busy, do you think?

Work has started hopping even if the weather isn't conductive to farming. Everyone is getting things lined up so they can just get out there as soon as the fields are ready. Which at this rate may be awhile. The 10 day forecast doesn't break into the 70s even. Uff. Come on Mother Nature if you are in menopause, where are the hot flashes???

Well, I cried at the end of Grey's Anatomy last night. I always feel foolish doing that. It is just a TV show for Pete's sake! I always have been an easy crier though. Anyway, I think it was good enough that it could have been the season ending. I wonder if they can top it next week when it is the end for the year....

Out my back window

This is the view now from my back window. There is more snow forecast for tonight and for Monday night. We definitely are having a real winter again. That patio set won't see any use for a LONG time. :)





I haven't finished the other Fuzzy Foot for 3rd DS but maybe later today or tonight. I'll take a picture when I get it done and them both felted. 2nd DS said his fit and they are nice. Cool.

Actually what I should be working on is Christmas cards. I have pictures to put in them now and I have stamps and I maybe have time.....? It'll be a new years card or something. There are a bunch of movies that I like on TNT today though....they could distract me from accomplishing anything!