in limbo

so i have one or maybe two weeks left of my job.  the house is almost completely cleaned out- i have 3 bags of clothes to be deposited at the goodwill today and i'm tired.  tired of feeling like i made a crazy decision.

tell me it's not a crazy decision.

in other news- not having tv or a whole lot of responsibility, i've been knitting like a crazy woman... i started drew's vest, the same i'm making for my dad, but a smaller version... i just finished my first ball of yarn, which took a while, but you are right, you get used to the pattern and pretty much all i have to do now is keep track of where i am in the middle section and trot on from there...

i also have photos of the munchkin in her birthday dress :) which fit so perfectly and she was so darn cute in it!!!

front...

 and back!

I'm also going to make one more of those cute baby boy bumps for another friend who just adopted a little man who they named george :)  sooooo cute!!!!  and he will be so much more delicious in a precious sweater from me :)  Mom also bought me some gorgeous fingerweight yarn from webs- i have to look up what it is- for me to make a shawl... it was on sale in their super summer sale and is like 900 yards!!  F was a trooper and helped me wind it by hand.. and then asked if there was a machine that could do this... haha.

But backtracking a bit now...  the move was fast and the visit home was super short.  Drove wed to ohio, dropped the stuff at the G parents and then to VT with the dog on thursday.  Home friday for the day, to mass for the baby birthday sat and sunday (we stayed in the dorm with the family, ha!) and then back to VT sunday night, home for the day monday and back to ohio on tuesday.  stayed the night in cleveland and took a short detour to get wings on our way at the official home of buffalo wings and a few beers, cause let's be honest, that was one hell of a long drive... once we were in cleveland, we went to an old market- which was amazing.  they had isles and isles of vendors and michael symon's pick for "best thing i ever ate" - beef jerkey.  seriously.  it was amazing.  

speaking of michael symon- we went to his restaurant Lolita for a treat for dinner that night.  it was amaaaazing.  we started with beet and feta salad and bruchetta for an appetizer... then i had the salmon special and f got the hanger steak.  it was all so good, i was so stuffed!!  But of course we had dessert- i had the vanilla gelato and f had the lemon panna cotta.  Our waiter was amazing- he was very informative and funny- giving interesting tidbits about the restaurant and food we were eating. a great experience!

then we drove to Nashville and stayed there (no bed in the house didn't sound like fun for two nights).  We ended up going to the Chihuly exhibit at the Frist and F totally loved it.  They had a video that explained everything about the process of making the sculptures, which was fascinating- totally collaborative!  We also at out quite a bit and walked a little bit too :)

Then i dropped him off at the airport on Saturday pm and drove home to start the big cleanup in Kentucky.  It's a good feeling to be almost finished, but as I mentioned before.  I'm teetering on terrified at not having a job...

off to do a bit more work :)  talk soon?