That Was The Plan

Yesterday was a bit of a bust.... I did try to get work done but really didn't manage anything until later in the day at which time Teapot announced that he was going to FSJ to pick up the truck from the dealership again. I got the brilliant idea that after selling our couch over the weekend I would go with him so that we could drop by The Brick and pick up the first installment on our furniture for the sunroom. This proved a bust too since the dealership gave us back our truck alright and even said that it was fixed... and we thought so too... that is until we got half way home. That's when we discovered that the transmission is still bucking when it goes into overdrive at about 62 kph. We have had the truck in to be fixed three times now and we can safely say that we are no further ahead than we were when we started. You can safely say that it will be the last Ford truck or Ford anything we buy since this is the second time that we bought Ford and were severely disappointed. It seems Ford sells nothing but lemons. Sucks to be us. Teapot will have to call again to let them know that the problem has not been fixed and something needs to be done.

Anyway, after we got to the Brick we decided against the apple green chair of our desires since it was not as comfortable as hoped. Instead we bought this one.... only in red....

It reclines... and is soooo comfortable.  I had a chance to really look around the store and I saw many things that I want.... I love furniture shopping. I wish for a whole lot of money so that I could go shopping and buy tons of stuff.... mind you I only have a wee house....so maybe lots of furniture is not such a good idea.

Meanwhile the level 5 homework is yes coming along... I did manage another sample yesterday... this time I have finished my 1 tpi question. I spun a 2 1/2 tpi but it wasn't consistent enough so I will give that a try again today. I started spinning another sample. It is my "design a yarn based on a picture. I am using turquiose bamboo and blue merino for one single... and rusty brown corriedale and flax for the other single and I will be dropping in a rainbow of bits of cotton and it is based on this picture...

I first saw the picture at the Blueberry retreat. It was an astounding 4ft by 6ft mosaic that the kids last summer must have put together to hang on the wall of the dining area... it was very eye catching and so I took a picture of it.... that night while I was lying in bed it suddenly dawned on me that I could design my yarn around that picture.  I will be carrying on with this today and trying to get some more of the bookwork caught up. So you see there is some progress... on all fronts.

Meanwhile Shadow Weave has been barking at my heels for weeks. I had joined the intermediary weaving group of our guild this year and they decided to do a Shadow Weave project.  I agreed to join in which I am now regretting... I might as well be honest. It's not that I don't want to join the people who are doing this project.... it's not that don't like the project... it has to do with the fact that I am short on time. I want to work on my two levels and I am feeling pressure on this project. It's not just put a warp on and weave... it is edges and perfect sizing and getting it right. So I am not as sure that I am going to enjoy it especially when every time I sit down to work on it, I am feeling guilty about not getting my homework for the levels done. Still it did force me to get my loom finally and fully put together and it is now in a place that is easy to get at and I can work freely. So I might try stringing the warp today and at least threading the reed.

Right now there are big flakes of snow falling.  I'm actually kind of glad about that since this has been a very dry winter and the snow will help make the ground a little wetter as spring comes along. Pop said that he passed by a construction site yesterday and the soil that they were digging out for the foundations was very dry and dusty. It is not a good sign. Still, yesterday an the way to FSJ I noticed that the water in the river is very high. when I mentioned this to Teapot he said that I guess all the Hydro people who work at the dam which controls the water levels are saying that the water is extremely high in the reservoir and there is a huge snow pack in the mountains... they are fearful of problems later in the spring when the runoff really begins. So they are running the water high right now. Evidently they will be running the water high all summer. This means that canoeing will be good for those shy of rolling waves but not so good for those who like the rolling waves. It certainly will be hard to find good camping places along the river. But then this is out of my control and so I will not worry about it at all.

And on that note I had better go get some work done since the day is passing and I don't want to wake tomorrow thinking that WAS the plan...