Knitiot Savant

Breathless

We made it through the inspections last Tuesday then waited to hear from the buyers.  By Friday we'd heard nothing and were getting a tad twitchy.  Our Realtor assured us that, if the deal fell through he had at least 3 more sets of folks interested in our home.  Around noon on Friday I decided that the waiting was killing me so Boogie and I would head out for a run/walk.  I was getting Boogie into the stroller when our Realtor called. 

Gosh.  You know, the trouble with the written word is that I can't really draw out a pause here.  Sure, I can hope that you'll read my ramblings to build the suspense surrounding what I'm about to share.  But, in the end I know that you'll probably skip this part recognizing it for a really cheap ploy to buy time and thus heighten your anticipation of my news.  It was fun while it lasted.

The buyers accepted the inspection and we close on May 10th!!!!  Hot damn!  We're thrilled that we don't have to let folks view the house any more, (read:  I don't have to be as uptight about cleaning it) and we can really concentrate on finding a new home.  Yippee!

Gotta say that this stress has really taken a toll on my knitting.  I made a monumental error on my Koigu sock and need to do some serious frogging.

I managed to finish one sock and, although I like the yarn my tension changed as I knit so it's a tad snug.  I'm just uninspired to cast on the second sock.  I'm not sure if that qualifies as a bonk or just simple ambivalence with a dash of ADD.   And I still haven't seamed Boogie's sweater.  Instead of catching up on all those projects I find myself drawn to Glee.  It's simple and fairly easy to carry around right now.  I think simple is good.  Oh yeah.  I started some mitered squares.  They're simple too, right?

A contest, a contract and dogs

Thanks to everyone who entered my contest!  It's sort of a double-edged sword though 'cause now I found a whole wad of new blogs to read!  Very exciting.

Now for the big reveal.  Boogie chose:

That's right, the Regia!  Believe me, I was stunned too.  She can be VERY girly but, when it comes to her feet, she likes darker colors.

The lucky winner is....drumroll please...Julie from Noolie Knits.   Congrats Julie!  I'll drop you a line to get your mailing info.

The last few days around here have been hectic.  Big B really appreciated all the birthday wishes.  The celebration was really low-key because of some other stuff going on...house stuff. 

I hadn't wanted to say anything because I don't want to jinx it, (that's insane troll logic really) but our house is under contract.  If the inspection goes well and the buyers accept the inspection results, we close on May 10th.  It all seems so fast but the timing couldn't be better for us.  We signed the paperwork for all of this Friday, the day after Big B's birthday.  Having the house under contract was a pretty good gift for all of us.  Let's keep our fingers crossed that everything with the inspection goes well.

Emma went to doggy daycare Saturday morning and did a great job!  She didn't freak out and the staff said that she actually seemed to be enjoying herself at one point.  I'm so proud of her.  We're going to shoot for an overnight stay at the end of the month to prep her for the week-long stay she'll have in May.

I've got some knitting progress to share but no pics.  I'll try to snap some off over the next couple of days to share with y'all.

ETA:  The inspections are tomorrow!!  Wish us monsters!

Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!

Today is my Big B's birthday!  We won't discuss age here.  It's just not important.  What is important is that he's my favorite grown up in the whole world.  I love you, baby.  Happy Birthday.

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Better Late than Never Contest

We had a mellow, groovy weekend.  No one came to see the house because of the Easter holiday.  Emma made it 5 hours at Doggie Daycare before she began to get really freaked out.  Last Saturday she lost it, tried to chew through a chain link fence and managed to lose a tooth in the process.  Looking at that last sentence the whole 'Doggie Daycare' thing sounds like yuppy action so let me explain.

My dogs, Emma and Cecil, have never been in a kennel for any period of time.  Ever.  So, once a week I load them up and send them to Doggie Daycare which just happens to be the same kennel that they'll go to when we go on our house hunting trip.  Daycare gives the dogs and the staff a chance to get to know each other and, hopefully, make and extended stay for Emma and Cecil a whole lot easier on everyone.  Emma had made 2 visits and been fine.  Nervous but fine.  Last Saturday, however, followed on the heels of a whole lot of nasty weather down here.  Emma is terrified of thunderstorms and spent the days leading up to daycare following me around.  She never got more than about a foot away from me.  Sending her to daycare that Saturday was the straw that broke the puppy's back.  All that noise from barking dogs and being in a strange place was just too much for her.  When the kennel called about Emma's tooth I rushed her to the vet.  Fortunately the whole tooth came out, no cracking or breaking, and now Emma takes a homeopathic version of Prozac.  Puppy Prozac is how she was able to make it for 5 hours Saturday.  Yeah Emma!  We're gonna shoot for 6 hours this week with and overnight stay at the end of the month. 

Now that I've bored the shit out of you with my dog stories I need to explain the whole contest thing.  As we lay about this weekend being all mellow, groovy, cold and high on chocolate eggs it occurred to me that I didn't celebrate my blogiversary.  I went into my archives and realized I'd never celebrated!  My blogiversary falls on the Feast of Brigid which is celebrated in blog-land with a Blogger's Silent Poetry Reading.  Instead of celebrating all things Knitiot Savant, I slap up some poetry.  That's pretty cool, huh?  So, in honor of my blogiversary and passing the 1000th comment mark, I offer this contest.

Boogie likes it when I knit socks for her.  She also LOVES to choose the yarn.  This weekend she asked for a pair of socks.  These were the choices:

Regia and Claudia Hand Painted Yarns.  The Contest:  Which yarn did Boogie choose?  Please leave your answer in comments.  All correct answers will be placed in a hat and chosen at random.  The winner will receive the skeins that Boogie did not choose and a set of stitch-markers to match the yarn.  The contest will close April 15 at midnight, CST.

Shoulda, woulda, coulda

I shoulda sewn up Boogie's sweater by now.  It's blocked. I had the time to do it.  I shoulda made a better effort.  I woulda made a better effort too, if I hadn't been distracted.  What coulda distracted me from finishing my child's garment?  What was so important, so irresistible that I allowed her sweater to languish on the blocking board?  Koigu, baby.  Koigu.