Better; Better; Best!

First off, I am feeling better just have a bit of a cough...

Yesterday the KTK Yarn Mavens took a road trip to Springville, CA (just a bit north of Bakersfield) to Dulitz Tree Farm. During the winter Carole and her husband operate a Christmas Tree Farm and Gift Shop. But during the summer Carole has a wonderful yarn shop.

I was trying to be very good with the finances but when one is surrounded by so many great fibers it really is hard. I came away with a red bag overfilled with goodies.

There were 14 ladies who gathered from Bakersfield, Hanford, Porterville and I think Lemoore including Carole. Carole was a wonderful hostess providing refreshments. We went through the shop, made purchases and then sat under the trees. Those who brought finished items shared and let me tell you there were plenty of great items...puts mine to shame...I came away with some ideas though....thanks ladies. We knit and chatted and knit some more.

My purchaes:

Some wonderful hand dyed sock yarn...enough for two pairs of socks although today my daughter saw it and "I'd love a scarf" so we'll see...maybe a scarf and socks...

A kit of Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece and beads to make a beautiful scarf...

Another kit of various red fibers that I just couldn't resist...this will make a Luscious Throw...

I also picked up some Unger cotton which will make a great Market Bag and enough Schaffhauser wool/alpaca that hasn't talked to me yet...so we'll see what that ends up as...

Last night my daughter called to say that she was making a trip to Trona...would I like to tag along...well if you know me well enough you know I'm always up for a road trip...so at 3:00 a.m. I'm up getting ready to meet her at 4:30...

We saw the sun come up

As I understand it the movies "Planet of the Apes"; and "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" were shot in the area of the Trona Pinnacles.

Upon entering the town we saw piles of lime dust...; evidently the town was set up as a self contained company town...if you want to know check out the Wikipedia page on Trona, CA...I found it to be a bit interesting although during our drive this morning we thought we were out in the middle of the desert...guess we were...

Not Well!

Last night we were at our daughter's and all of a sudden my throat hurt so bad I had a hard time swallowing...snuck up on me so fast I never saw it coming

A short time later my head hurt so bad

Then sport that I am, daughter asked me to walk with her...sure...well let me say...that 2.5 mile walked kicked me but good!

While walking throat and head didn't hurt so bad...but as soon as we got back to her home they were worse...we just chalked it up to allergies as she had three labs...

By the time we arrived home I was so nauseated and freezing...put on a sweater...then said the heck with this...took a couple Aleve and hit my bed

This morning I was woke up (we are sitting three little ones plus grandson came home with us)...did I want to move...no..not an inch...

Hubby is such a great guy...he took over caring for the four kidlets (10, 10, 5 and 3)...it was 103 degrees outside today so staying inside was a must...

I slept most of the day...hubby will make me a hot toddy and off to bed I'll be...he won't be too far behind...

Hubby will stay up and watch the Olympics for a bit though...we usually always watch the Olympics and this year we've been able to catch a bit here and there...so he'll watch some and fill me in tomorrow...

Summer flu is not good but we will live through this as always...

I wish everyone the best day possible...Take care

Elderly....

Last evening hubby and I embarked on our usual daily evening walk around the neighborhood park and school. About a quarter of the way around we noticed a sprinkler that was definitely broken in the front yard of a home...looked a bit like a small fire hydrant that shot straight up

Being the nice people that we are hubby went to the front door...opened by a girl about 17...she didn't ask who was there...just opened the door!

She was alone and had no idea where the sprinkler controls in the garage were but opened the garage for hubby to go find the control box. He found it and turned it off...during which time she called her mom..."Mom, one of the sprinklers is broken and an ELDERLY couple stopped..."

ELDERLY!!!!! I am but 55 years old...and I might add that I don't look like whatever 55 is supposed to look like! But now, out of the blue, I am elderly.

Guess I'll take my elderly keister over to the recliner and knit...

Boy, this weekend went by fast! BUT...FOOTBALL is here! Today was the Hall of Fame game in my hometown of Canton, Ohio...watched a bit of it while getting laundry taken care of amoung other household chores.

This week is the start of something "new". We'll be sitting for a neighbors little ones as she has gone to work out of the home. Okay this means no more afternoon nap (or does it!)...little ones need to rest too...so what do we do...take walks, feed the ducks at the local park, color, watch movies (Land Before Time is a particular favorite for the two littlest)...

It's hard trying to figure how to keep them busy...guess we'll learn as we go.

10,000 California State Employees have been laid off...I think this is outrageous. The governor evidently feels that laying off employees and paying the rest the minimum wage (a little over 6 dollars) is going to help the budget. Hello, take a good look at that budget...how much are the big guns getting paid...cut their wages! and their bonuses! and their "expense accounts"...I could really get riled up about this...CEO's of private companies get paid millions of dollars in bonuses and wages and the little guys get their wages cut or get laid off...and this is supposed to be the land of opportunity...I think not!

On the knitting front...I worked a bit on the February Lady Sweater last night and today...making progress slow but sure...

I do miss my knitting meetups with the KTK Yarn Mavens. Some meet tomorrow morning; Wednesday evenings and Thursday mornings...and of course one Saturday a month. I'm looking forward to the next meetup that I will be able to attend, until then I'll keep the needles moving as much as possible.

Hope everyone has a great week...supposed to be hot, hot, hot here....Take Care