Look, Ma! No Holes!

So, we could sum up the last six weeks as: construction, car wreck, employee issues, sick grandma, major national conference, and way, way, way too much work. It has been chaotic and at times stressful, but there have been a few good things, too. Notice what's missing in the picture above? Anyone who has been in my backyard the last, oh, two years or so has seen the giant holes next to the foundation. There were another several days of muddy boots tramping through my house and loud noises sloshing the coffee right out of my cup. But in the end, they must have run out of ways to waste time and make messes, because they filled in the holes.

Does that mean the foundation is repaired? Uh. Maybe.

See what else is missing? No more bobcat! No more day-glo orange safety fence! No more lawn, either -- the damn thing was parked there so long, the grass has died and disintegrated.



















There hasn't been much knitting. Less than two pattern repeats for the front of St. Brigid, less than a gusset for one sock. But I did cheer myself up by breaking my yarn rules and splurging on some new sock yarn.





















That's Lorna's Laces Mixed Berries on top, some Regia on the left, and some Fortissima on the right. I picked them up at Ivelise's yarn shop in Benton Harbor, Michigan, during Memorial Day weekend. Isn't it pretty? I wonder if I'll ever get to knit it.