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The checkbook says "OUCH"
It's been an expensive weekend, totalled.
Ran to Lawrence yesterday and bought a new hot water heater, since By didn't think he could fix the old one a second time. Ended up getting a 50-gal tank, rather than 40-gal, because it wasn't that much more expensive. And we scored a box of 5, 16x16" square travartine marble tiles on clearance for $14.74. By thinks they're going to grow up to be side tables. Then a quick trip through Hastings for magazines, and the Merc for Frankenfood, and home.
We've been all ove the place today. To the courthouse annex in Tongie, to register to vote. To Vetvax, also in Tongie, for conditioner. They're not carrying our shampoo and conditioner in gallons anymore, so we got a quart and had them order us a gallon of each. Bummer. Now we'll have to plan ahead. From there to Walmart in Bonner for a skein of purple yarn (Bernat Boa, the last purple one they had), and a couple of movies. Then to Tandy Leather in Raytown ('cuz the one in Topeka closed a while back). By got two large chunks of leather for his project for the show, and plans to have some left over for braiding whips and other things. I got a couple pounds of scraps, and two small embossed pigskins, all lightweight stuff for bookbinding. And all on sale, but still enough that the guy who rang it up was very friendly. Then back to Overland Park for a stocking-up run at Sam's Club, which did cost more than the leather, but not that much more, and to our grocery store in Bonner, for the couple of small items that Sams doesn't carry, and home. Whew.
By & Frank are out wrestling the hot water heater into place. I plan to celebrate tomorrow with a long bath.
And, to all who asked, I still haven't scanned the books I've been making. Been busy doing (did a nice little cloth-spined book with linen-texture pages last night). I'll try to work on it tomorrow, when no one else needs the computer. Promise.
The UnSock Report: Got another two or three rows done on the lily of the valley shawl last night, and a couple of inches done on the latest faroese shawl in the car today. Bigger yarn, simpler pattern. Looks like the lace pattern I designed for it is working the way I intended. I plan to finish the second Vegan Fox scarf tonight, since I got the yarn today, and then work on shawls.
Ran to Lawrence yesterday and bought a new hot water heater, since By didn't think he could fix the old one a second time. Ended up getting a 50-gal tank, rather than 40-gal, because it wasn't that much more expensive. And we scored a box of 5, 16x16" square travartine marble tiles on clearance for $14.74. By thinks they're going to grow up to be side tables. Then a quick trip through Hastings for magazines, and the Merc for Frankenfood, and home.
We've been all ove the place today. To the courthouse annex in Tongie, to register to vote. To Vetvax, also in Tongie, for conditioner. They're not carrying our shampoo and conditioner in gallons anymore, so we got a quart and had them order us a gallon of each. Bummer. Now we'll have to plan ahead. From there to Walmart in Bonner for a skein of purple yarn (Bernat Boa, the last purple one they had), and a couple of movies. Then to Tandy Leather in Raytown ('cuz the one in Topeka closed a while back). By got two large chunks of leather for his project for the show, and plans to have some left over for braiding whips and other things. I got a couple pounds of scraps, and two small embossed pigskins, all lightweight stuff for bookbinding. And all on sale, but still enough that the guy who rang it up was very friendly. Then back to Overland Park for a stocking-up run at Sam's Club, which did cost more than the leather, but not that much more, and to our grocery store in Bonner, for the couple of small items that Sams doesn't carry, and home. Whew.
By & Frank are out wrestling the hot water heater into place. I plan to celebrate tomorrow with a long bath.
And, to all who asked, I still haven't scanned the books I've been making. Been busy doing (did a nice little cloth-spined book with linen-texture pages last night). I'll try to work on it tomorrow, when no one else needs the computer. Promise.
The UnSock Report: Got another two or three rows done on the lily of the valley shawl last night, and a couple of inches done on the latest faroese shawl in the car today. Bigger yarn, simpler pattern. Looks like the lace pattern I designed for it is working the way I intended. I plan to finish the second Vegan Fox scarf tonight, since I got the yarn today, and then work on shawls.
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(evil I know, but you'll be much happier when it's no longer hanging over your head)
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Sounds good, doesn't it? I really do plan to have it finished by Thanksgiving, since it looks like we're not going to have time to visit family before that. All else fails, I'm taking a bunch of time off around Turkey Day, and I can spend two or three days doing nothing but, and have it done in time.
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