Moving, Part 2 of 2

Kathleen-
We did it! On Saturday, with temperature hovering around -15, and wind chill closer to -30, we moved all of our stuff into the new house! We had 13 people show up (the advantage of having the minivan for so long, everyone owed us moving!)

So I took half the group and we went to J's, and loaded my stuff up, and then the other half took dollies and literally wheeled Mike's stuff down the street. Since it was only 1.5 blocks for him, this worked well (though seeing the coffee table and desk come down the street on dollies was surreal, At the end, we broke for hot chocolate (some people spiked theirs with Baileys), and then we were done. Literally 2 hours, start to finish, and no frostbite!

We're still working on setting up and finding things (cooking anything in the kitchen would still be a challenge). Yesterday we decided that we deserved to go to a Superbowl party after the week we'd had, and I finally got to knit! I have to say that the Superbowl is a really good knitting opportunity. I just sat there and knit on the back of Arwen for hours, a stretch interrupted only to stand up to find more food, and to play with one of the babies who was there. I can't find a tape measure yet, but I think I'm at about 10 inches or so.

Pictures when I unearth the camera as well!

This morning it was -20 before windchill, and my poor car thought long and hard before it started. I'm on cup #2 of hot cocoa, and just beginning to warm up!

Moving, Part 1 of 2

Katheen-
Tuesday evening there was a great influx of people to my apartment. Armed with warm clothes and large cars, we moved the entire contents of my apartment to our friend J's house. In the midst of this complicated moving thing, there was this great trickle down. Our friend H is taking over my apartment. She had to be out of her old place by noon on the 31st. So I had to be out by the morning of the 31st so they could check the apartment. Unfortunately, the people living in our new place were moving out at the same time, and the apartment complex needed time to repaint. Therefore, my stuff is living at J's this week, and I'm living at Mike's. Several hours of moving later, I came back and cleaned my place, so I finally finished early Wednesday morning (12:30ish?)

So moving, part 1 of 2 is complete. Moving, part 2 of 2 will happen tomorrow.

However, the title is actually a play on words. Today I moved the blog to new blogger, so you'll need to sign in with gmail. (FYI, I've made a g-mail account for just the blog, so that my personal account doesn't end up all over the place).

Last night during Grey's Anatomy I finally got to knit for the first time this week, but there's no measurable progress to report. I'm off to prepare for moving, part 2 of 2!

Kathleen-

I have no new pictures because for all intents and purposes, Arwen looks exactly the same now as it did in yesterday’s post. I’ve just worked the k2tog row to secure the hem, and I’m ready to embark on the big stockinette stitch rectangle that is the back of the sweater.

Jody at SavvanahChik Knits has declared that she’ll be changing this to raglan shaping, which I think looks better on me. Consequently, I have a plan. I’ll knit the back to the bottom of the armholes, and if Jody hasn’t posted direction for converting to a raglan at that point, I’ll put it on holders and cast on one of the sides. It’s just convenient that this means I might get to the pretty cables faster.

I think that as of this weekend, I may vanish somewhat from the blogosphere for a week or two. The packing is becoming overwhelming, and the knitting time nonexistent. I’ll try to post occasionally, but I can’t promise anything till all the moving is complete.