I drove back to DC yesterday through the first snow storm of the season. It started snowing exactly at the Pennsylvania border and snowed all the way home. Road conditions and snow amounts varied greatly from spitting flurries, to slush, to 6 inches on the ground to wet roads and so on. Only a couple of accidents seen in the highlands of PA and they were just slide off the roads. It did add about an hour to my drive with slower speeds. I wonder if this was a first, though. It snowed in Virginia before it snowed in Detroit. Colder there, though.
In order to be able to come back home "to live" we got our son a new car. The HHR 
worked really well for him so I just did it again. My husband said I couldn't do it in a week, but I closed the deal on Friday, Mobility Works will put in the hand controls next week and he should be rolling again by Thursday or Friday. He will finish his classes in a couple of weeks and will graduate. He's going to take a couple more classes over the winter.
worked really well for him so I just did it again. My husband said I couldn't do it in a week, but I closed the deal on Friday, Mobility Works will put in the hand controls next week and he should be rolling again by Thursday or Friday. He will finish his classes in a couple of weeks and will graduate. He's going to take a couple more classes over the winter. We went to dinner in Old Town last night, but DH is sick today, so I'll probably go to the grocery store and then I think I'm going to walk down to the LYN: Fibre Space and see if it's friendlier than Skeins on Main . I'm done with my classes there. rather disappointing, as I have said, though I did learn some useful skills. I learned to cables last Wednesday night. And my son said he would LET me make him a scarf now that I can cable. How lucky am I? I'm sure Fibre Space can help me find some yarn for this privileged project. They're just down the street and I can walk. After yesterday's storm it's sunny and mid 40's today. I love the south.
I want to rework my bargello placemats, too. I need some more flannel to do this, JoAnn's has some "gingham" checks that make it easy to line up. A suggestion I had was to cut all my strips wider and then sew them to the desired width. So I wouldn't be struggling with trying to get straight seams on tiny, little 3/4" wide strips. That was my downfall. And right now the work I did is being used as a dust cover for my machine. Ah well.
Waiting for the next review on another local yarn shop :)
ReplyDeleteYou must be glad to be home again, with your DH and amoung your things. Good luck to you and your son. Maybe you can get back to your normal way of living now. I'm wanting to visit a yarn shop and see what's popular. I've been stuck on socks for a few months.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you're back "home". Congrats on your son's upcoming graduation.
ReplyDeleteBTW, those G street buttons are perfect on the final coat. I have gotten lots of compliments, now that it's cold enough to wear. THANKS FOR THE HELP!
Glad you're home safe and sound. We got a couple of inches, now it's mush. Is that the yarn store we peeped in? Looked good, lot of stuff, need review.
ReplyDeleteApparently we were on the road at the same time! On Saturday we left PA, where it was just starting to spit snow, and I felt quite smug that we were leaving bad weather behind as we headed to Annapolis. Guess what?! It got worse and worse and we pulled into the boatyard to about 40 knot winds! We winterized our boat (I have the black thumbnail to prove it) and got back to PA just a bit ago (Sunday night). Oh well, at least we had a much better trip home!
ReplyDeleteI sincerely hope you find a friendlier knitting store!
I love snow, but not driving in it! We had snow here on Sat. That's unusual in TN this early.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you are home and that things seem to be going well with your son's plans.