Since Last We Met

I've been absent from the blog for a couple three days.

In that time I have had a 2-hour phone conversation with my Mom about home plans, exchanged several e-mails with realtors in two states plus innumerable with my Mom and various siblings, met with a realtor here at our island place who told us we should get our house on the market by the first (yes, of February) to beat the spring rush while the market here is still good but we do need, among other things, to replace the floor in the basement hall and bathroom first, forgot to take my 'A' photo while on the island, arranged for a contractor to fix the broken pipe there this week, found the battery in the Land Rover (needed now to move some stuff into storage to prep the house for sale) died again and vowed to sell the thing soon, had the house cleaners first say they couldn't come to the city place for two weeks then call and say someone canceled and they could come in two hours (ah, life is hard, isn't it, but we weren't completely unpacked and needed to meet the realtor), attended a Knitting Guild board meeting, learned how to put together the Guild newsletter file, discovered I'd left a set of symphony tickets off my calendar and had to fiddle the time for the newsletter, arranged a key for the California realtor to get into that house so he can price and list it (that's two houses on the market at once for those who are still with me and counting), sent long e-mails to contractor and window washer/pressure washer and garden help guy, scheduled and unscheduled tea with a friend I haven't seen for 2 months and now may not see for another 2 months, and got my hair cut noticeably shorter which sometime seems good and, then again, not.

Oh, and I finally cast off this friggin' hat. The cat's still weirded out by the road trip back to Seattle and constant in-and-out of humans since. She follows me around demanding a lap NOW and is jealous of the attention the finished hat gets. So, you get the photos you get.

And I'm going to bed. Plus I'm so looking forward to my appointment with my aesthetician tomorrow when I can relax and the world goes away for a while.

Sometimes life is too good. I'm really not complaining, despite how it may sound. I'm just tired.

May you live in interesting times.

PS Welcome RobinH to the world of blogs. Then note the blog roll that includes just me and The Yarn Harlot. Made my day.

Comments

[Janine]

Wait, what did I miss? Are you selling your island house? Your California house? (MY California house? that would be a nightmare of preparation for show....). I think you are very smart to knit a simple, small-gauge sweater--they are so much more wearable than heavier sweaters. I look forward to seeing this one.

[KarenJoSeattle]

Ah, Janine, I don't seem to have your e-mail address and TypePad didn't send me a comment notice to reply to.

We're 'rearranging' our additional houses to accomodate our parents needs, so yes, we're putting the California and the Bainbridge Island house up for sale to be replaced by two houses in California; one now and one at our leisure. They'll be shared homes and our way of supporting our parents. All very sudden; one due to need and one due to a decent market here now and good opportunities there.

[RobinH]

Thanks for the shoutout, Karen! And I'm loving the magic cast-on- much nicer than kitchenering!

Ow- the sell two-buy two plan sounds like an awful lot of work to me...hope it all goes smoothly.

And Janine.. light gauge sweaters may be more wearable in California *looks out at the nearly three feet of snow in my front yard...even after a week of 50-degree temps*, but heavy gauge has its place (NH, in fact- good region for heavy sweaters...) But I'm looking forward to seeing this sweater too- Karen has such exquisite taste in simple, classic sweaters.

[Karen B.]

That's an awful lot on one plate, Karen! You certainly do live in interesting times, don't you?

Here's hoping all goes smoothly. And here's a virtual lap for kitty.