Trish's World

I’m really really tired today. For some reason, I haven;t been able to sleep the last couple of nights, and it is starting to be a problem. I just lay there for hours, and then once I do finally get to sleep, I keep waking up and tossing & turning. I always toss & turn, but lately it’s way more than usual even.  I’m getting sick of it and I look forward to a decent night’s rest soon. I think I might have to try wine tonight. Maybe that will do the trick.

Yesterday we had a guy come over to fix the fireplace in the living room. The flue lever was rusted and it was stuck on open. The guy had to run outside to his truck to get a tool, and while he was outside, Nemo decided to inspect his work by getting inside the fireplace. So for the rest of the day, our white kitty was running around with black stuff all over his fur. He looked like a dirty hobo cat. It was actually pretty amusing. And our flue is fixed, so bonus! The guy also filled all the holes made by the dirty woodpeckers. Apparently, at the peak of the roof on BOTH sides of the house, the damn peckers had built nests!! I’m over the woodpeckers, dude. We need a better solution to keep them away from our crib.

Last night, my girlfriend Laura came over and we had a great time working on our knitting and hanging out. We had a yummy dinner out, then came back here to work on our projects. We also talked a lot about WoW, since Laura plays as well. It was really fun, and I enjoyed having a “girl’s night” since my evenings are free now. She tried to teach me Continental knitting but I need to work on it. I am a pretty fast knitter the way I knit now (English style), but I think knitting Continental would be easier on my back & shoulders, so I am willing to give it a go. And maybe I can end up being ambi-knit-dextrous. Or something like that.

Speaking of knitting, I’ve gotten a couple of custom mitten orders this week, so yay for cashflow! I put one in the mail today and I have to start the next pair this evening. I think this might be the last year for custom mittens. I am just not enjoying making them as much as I used to. I need to find my “next big thing”. Any suggestions??

Today was Mike’s first Friday off as part of his new 4 day work week schedule. He slept in, and then we had a fun lunch date. It was kind of awesome since I don’t get lunches out too often. Tonight we are thinking of seeing a movie, and I also want to hit some secondhand furniture stores to look for a cute little chair for my office. Not like an office chair, but like a nice sitting chair. My office is also my yarnery, so I find myself sitting here sometimes sifting through pattern books looking for inspiration, winding yarn for a project, or even just knitting. So I’d like a little place that is not my desk chair to do these things in. So hopefully I can find something cute and in the budget (DIRT CHEAP). I am also looking for a jinky footstool that I can knit a cover for. I have a couple of ideas that would work with either a round or square footstool, so hopefully I can find something suitable. I might be able to bust out my humungo US 50 needles I got at Stitches Midwest for this project! We’ll see.