Back At It On Monday

Good Morning All,


It was a pretty mucky (humid) weekend, but a fun one!  Many of you have already seen Dee's Blog and know that we met up for some fun on Saturday.  First of all, her new house is just wonderful!  I absolutely love it and one of the best things is that it is only about 35 minutes from my house!!


We set off and ended up in our old stomping grounds (Abington, Jenkintown, Glenside, North Hills area for anyone familiar).  So ironic that we grew up only miles from each other and yet only met (for real) last Fall when she and Steve were moving up from FL.  We went to a (new to me) yarn shop in Jenkintown.  Dee's enhancement is over on her blog.  I was rather restrained.  This is what I came home with:

Oh my gosh, the colors in this yarn are just so gorgeous.  It reminds me of some of the river rocks I used to find in the West River (across the street from my Grandparent's home in Vermont).  It is Manos Del Uruguay and the color is "Nostalgia."  It is 100% superwash wool and is 814 yards!  I'm thinking a nice, big shawl for the Fall.


From there we headed to Union Jacks a great pub in the North Hills area which did not disappoint.  After that we ended up in a coffee shop in Glenside to sip and knit.  I managed to get two rows done on the Juniper Top sweater, but I'm getting pretty bored with it.....


Sunday was a nice relaxing day for me (including a 2 hour nap in the afternoon!!).  We did some grocery shopping and I did a little laundry.  I found a container of home-made chicken soup in the freezer and since it was much milder, decided that would be dinner.  I baked up some cornbread to go with the soup.

I usually bake it in two small pie plates...one with jalapenos (for moi) and one without (for Fletch).


Since I am getting bored with the sweater, I pulled out the green dragonfly socks to work on.  Oy vey!  It seems as though every few rows I was somehow managing to drop a stitch.  I'd be knitting along happily and look down to see a hole!  I almost ripped the whole thing out last night, but decided to just put it away and look at it again (maybe tonight?)...thinking I managed to pick everything up ok and hoping it does not look too awful.


I probably should pick a new project to take to Hilton Head since the socks and the sweater are just annoying me...lol.


Still quite grey here, but thankfully much less humid.  I'm expecting a much easier week (at least the first few days) - one boss is in Charlotte, one is in Charleston and the third is moving his son into an apartment for his junior year in college.  Hoping to get out at lunchtime to run a few errands.