Monday Update

I had a very busy weekend with the garage sale and other activities. I am pleased with the way the sale went. Stuff was well organized and priced Friday by evening, and we had a constant flow of patrons from 7:30-ish until 1:30-ish Saturday, closing up about 2:00, being well picked over. We boxed and loaded up the remaining items for donating. A birthday dinner with Youngest Daughter and family, and a trip after to Barnes and Noble wrapped up the day.

I moved Betsy, the spinning wheel, to the garage during the sale, and spun during the slower times. I figured it would be easier to stop spinning than to stop in mid-row knitting to take someone’s money! The spinning generated interest, and I found myself giving tutorials, especially to young children. I felt a bit inadequate to the task, I will admit. However! Spinning Neighbor happened by, and found the wonderful Nora Gaughan book, Knitting Nature for $2 at a neighboring sale. Already having the book herself, she allowed me to buy it from her! And! I have discovered Scrapbooking Neighbor also is a Knitting Neighbor!

So while the proceeds, when amortized out over the sale organization, pricing, and time spent Saturday, probably do not reflect a great deal of money made for hours spent, the social aspect of the event justify the effort. It was a good motivation to get through and sort out collected debris in any case. And now I have my wool market funds! Generous wool market funds, I might add!

After the Sunday meeting and breakfast, Wonderful Guy, Best Dog Ever, and I intended to hike an open area around Lyons, but this open space didn’t allow dogs. A walk along the river, and through a new subdivision provided some exercise, but a poor substitute for a wildflower hike. Stupid rules. It was windy, too. We decided to drive to Estes Park for some pie and coffee through St. Vrain Canyon. The rivers are high with run-off and wild! And cold looking! Estes was very chilly. I must remember to bring a jacket for the wool market next Saturday.

While driving, I knitted. Well, while Wonderful Guy drove and I knitted. Out of some small quantities of handspun, I worked up another ‘GPS pocket’. Wonderful Guy purchased his Father’s Day gift this past week. We are the proud parents of a TomTom GPS thingey. Oldest Daughter and Significant Other each have one. Oldest said a little clutch pocket I knitted her for a stocking stuffer a couple years ago made a perfect pocket for her TomTom to ride around in her purse. She asked for one for the SO, which I was glad to whip up since he is such a nice guy. Well now, how could our new little addition not have its own protective little home?

We returned home in time for me to meet Youngest for Part II of the birthday celebration. She and I took in the ‘Sex and the City’ movie, relieving the hubsters (thankfully) of having to accompany us to a definite chick flick. The theatre was over half full, and I counted maybe 2 fellows. Poor fellows. Fun movie, and good times with the Youngest.