Nice Day for it

Picked up a sweater I put down in disgust about eight months ago. Its called "where's the opaque?" from Sally Melville's book The Knitting Experience: The Knit Stitch. This is a total beginners pattern which is why I'm disgusted. I started it at the beach last May with Jen and LLG. Its actually for LLG and she and Jen are meeting up in Washington DC this may instead of the beach - credit crunch stay-vacation at a friends house. I'm too cheap to fly over.

Anyway, LLG's sweater will not be finished because I cannot get the arms right they are too short and flare our to quickly from the wrist. they look silly, so I'll rip them out and start again on both sleeves. Its a good day for it because its supposed to rain.

May Bank Holiday

Now I'm just reveling in the heat and hot water. New boiler means FLAGRANT hot water abuse and the heat all the way up - sure its a nice day and you don't need heat - but I have heat and therefore I will abuse it.

Yay!

Sunday

OK two days into my attitude adjustment and this morning I was only partially adjusted. but it looks like a beautiful day and its before 10 am and I've almost finsihed with teh laundry at the laundry in the village so things are starting to look up. After two weeks with out heat or hot water; the new boiler is great. lovely heat no weird kettling noises and all the hot water U can make. starting to feel less crabby.

Had a visitor this week, Dr. Hand. She was in town to attend a hand surgeon's meeting. I think she enjoyed her London stay, especiallyas she got to visit the Royal College of Surgeons Museum. Oddly I had been there last year when another friend visited - she was not a surgeon just some one who liked odd Museums. There are lots of those in London.

Anyway, Dr. Hand rolled out this morning around 9:30 and Ben and Michelle should arrive this afternoon. Ben is celebrating his 50th Birthday with a surprise visit to Oxford, where his Dad did a sabbatical in the 1970s. Apparently May Day (his birthday) is celebrated quite lavishly in Oxford. So after five days in Oxfordshire, they are headed to Hampstead for a day before their return flight to ATL.

In other news I now have Skype - so all readers should get skype and lets get in touch.

bad bad bad week

I think i might just be permanently crabby these days. perhaps its to be expected but i am dis-satisfied with everything. work is dragging - Terrible economy is not helping; my boiler has failed and has just been replaced; obvisouly there's the surgery to recover from. crabby crabby crabby.

Will spend the next three days over the May Bank holiday weekend working on an attitude adjustment.