Later this week I'll be moving into the "real" new apartment. In the meantime I have plenty to keep me busy. In fact, I don't know how I'm going to do everything. But I'm trying to have faith that it will all work out.
This weekend I had a whirlwind trip to Massachusetts to look at some houses with my dad. He has sold his house already, and was originally planning on renting an apartment until next year when Scott and I are ready to move up there, but is now thinking of buying immediately and having tenants until we move. We looked at two houses, one in my hometown of Lexington that we liked pretty well, and another in Wakefield, where my dad lives currently, an incredible house which we all fell in love with. We decided to make an offer on that one, but tragically, someone else beat us to it with an offer that was actually higher than the asking price. We were all very disappointed. We haven't yet decided how to proceed - make an offer on the Lexington house (a very nice place, just not as great as the Wakefield place, but it would be cool to be back in Lexington), or keep looking (necessitating more trips to MA, which I don't really have time for), or go back to the old plan where dad would rent for a year. A decision must be made soon, since dad has to be out of his house in a few short months.
Lots of good knitting going on at least. I did manage to dig out my Noro Silk Garden and start the Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf. It's very pretty. The yarn is variegated with browns, turquoise, fuschia, and gold, and looks lovely in the pattern. And as I'd anticipated, it's nice and mindless.
But since I wanted something else between mindless and Hank8, I also started a poncho in an alpaca, silk and wool blend from School Products. The poncho was a store pattern, but I adapted it to make it a little more interesting, with slightly fancier cables than the basic 4-stich cable in the pattern, and with the cables continuing up through the neck, rather than the plain ribbed neck of the original.
And I did work on Hank8 some last week... the end is in sight! Well, sort of. It's still gonna take a while. And I realized the other day that I've now been working on it on and off for a year. Pathetic.
Our internet access in the new apartment is supposed to be switched over along with the phones on Thursday, so I'll try and get some new pictures up soon.
Sorry to hear about your dad being outbid on the house, but glad you got in lots of knitting time! I really wish you weren't going to leave us!
Posted by: Ellen | March 30, 2004 at 06:41 AM
having to offer more than the asking price. welcome back to massachusetts
Posted by: maryse | March 31, 2004 at 11:19 AM
Patiently waiting for poncho pictures. :)
Posted by: Sharon | April 04, 2004 at 10:38 PM
Sadly, it will be a while for the pictures. Verizon screwed up the DSL order for my new apartment, and now we won't have it for another week or so. But when I do get hooked up again you'll get poncho FO pictures!
Posted by: Alison | April 05, 2004 at 10:57 AM