One of my best friends decided to go have one of the cutest babies I have seen! Well, technically I haven’t seen him in person since he and his parents live on the other side of the pond but I have seen pictures of the cute guy. So I am knitting a little gray sweater for the little guy so he can be warm when the fall comes around in England. I found this pattern on Ravelry, it is going well. I am almost finished with the main body part and getting ready to start the edging on the front.  I am excited to get it over to him.  The yarn is  Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran and I am knitting it on Addi Turbos.

In 4 days I will be able to have a clean kitchen, food left in the frig when I get home from work, my house will not smell like certain herbs and there will be no rodents running around.  I will be moving and I am looking forward to it so very much.   I will no longer have a view of the mountian but I will have a view of a nice stream and no sound of I-5 out my kitchen window.  This is good, so very good.

I am also feeling that I have a purpose at work, something that is mine and that I am working on.  This new project will be mine and I am super excited at the possibilities that could come from this.  So, in all this has been a good week even if the sun went away and we have the threat of rain again.   Things are looking up!

As I was leaving the office this evening I looked back at my desk and realized I might have a slight Post-It addiction. But they keep me on track and this system seems to be working for me.

Jennilyn and I went to Walla Walla to visit the family for not a very fun reason.  Our littlest sister was in a car accident and we went to spend some time with her so we could make sure that she was alright.  She was just fine, a few bruises but other than that good to go.  As it usually is when all three of us sister get together there was much silliness.  Mom was looking for a new bed frame for the new house that they have bought and are fixing up, so all four of us were at the furniture store.  Even though we are all adults (25, 23 and 18) we seem to revert to 5 years old when we are together.  Here is Jennilyn at the furniture store, in a small soccer chair.

In two days all of our snow melted and caused some muddy areas.  The poor horses next door get to be in a mud field for a few days.

But look how green the grass is…crazy!

Now all that I need is some soil and some plants but that will have to wait until next week when I get home. I am also thinking that I will need to have some sort of irrigation system that waters automatically as sometimes I forget or am not home. Also a very good friend came over to help with the outdoor faucets at the end of the season last year they were leaking so Chad replaced them with PVC faucets and now I can water both the front and the back yard at the same time! And do laundry at the same time. I guess that these are the simple pleasures in live in eastern Washington, hopefully this week I can get some knitting done this week while I am holed up in a hotel room in the big.

On my first Saturday of Winter Break I have been having a great relaxing time.  I can literally feel the stress leaving my shoulders.  I have also been having a great time with my husband and puppies.  I can always count on them for a good laugh, so I thought that I would share their antics from this morning. 

First the puppies; they have been chasing this squirrel around the backyard and have on numerous times cornered the squirrel in some part of the yard.  But, the squirrel always finds a way to get away.  Mostly in the tree or on the top of the fence.  But here is a picture of Hunter trying his hardest to get to that squirrel, Mac was also there when I first looked but when I got the camera he ran to door. 

The husband has been growing a beard for the last couple of weeks and chose to shave it off this morning.  He started before I got a picture of the whole beard.  But when I saw what he had done while using the trimmers I was literally on the floor laughing.  His facial hair grows in blond in some places so it is hard to see in this picture, but he had made a long handle bar mustache.  He also has bed head going on…this is why I love this man. 

On Saturday evening my mom and littlest sister were driving home from Walla Walla.  The roads were icy and someone had stopped in the road and not pulled completely off the road.  My mom had to swerve around them and hit some black ice, they spun around on the highway and went off of the road where they ended up rolling the truck twice.  They survived with no major injuries, only a few bruises.  They were very lucky and I am so glad that they are both alright.  Sadly, they did lose their youngest dog who got out onto the highway after the accident.  We are all grieving the loss but also very grateful that my mom and sister are alright. 

On a better note, Jason and I got the dining room painted and ready for the new floor this weekend.  We enjoyed having a three day weekend to work together and got some major home projects done.  It was very nice to have someone to talk to while I was painting, and we worked much better together than we have in the past. 

Our older dog has started to bring his blanket out from his crate to sleep in the living room.  I thought that it was pretty cute and had to share.