November 14-07

Good day, and how goes the battle...

We have had a cold rotten week so far, cold, rain and no sun...it was +8 but with a very cold wind... Spent yesterday working at the Food Bank... what a busy place, over 50 people came thru, and 3 new ones signed up... it is very sad, but i have met some very interesting folks... we have lots of laughs..
Larry is feeling better after his flu shot... he said it made him sick... what a whiner.. we are looking into a 'i walk free', it is a crutch free walking thingy... like a peg leg, i am waiting for them to call me back to see about the price, and then i will call WCB and see if they will buy him one.. cuz if it is like last time he will not be walking on it for 3 months..and he found it really hard on his good leg and hip... here's hoping...
I got the 'flower basket shawl' started, out of handspun PURPLE silk... i am working off a GRAPH, chart or what ever ya call it..very first time... i was having a problem with the repeats but i figured out that if i covered the rest of the chart and only concentrated on the repeat it works better...have to do 7 repeats of 10 rows, and am on 4th repeat... working very fast, i was surprised..a lace pattern but not too hard to follow as long as i count stitches to make sure i haven't missed one...
I am going to order some buffalo felt from Colleen at 'Wildrose', i am going to make Larry a boot to go over his foot, so he can go outside... should work to keep him warm, wish i could sew, but will do it by hand, i found an old pattern for one..bet i have had that pattern for 15 years, why i kept it i don't know, and the fact that i found it the very first time i went to look for it..is really beyond me... better go and get something done around here...
Larry is teaching the Yankee bird to say "so ya bought a truck, eh Stupid", friend of ours has just bought a highway truck.. right now he (the bird) is saying 'truck stupid' he will have it figured out real soon, he is just too smart for words... Larry taught him to sing 'i'm in the jail house now' in 5 days.. got any suggestions what we should teach him next... last year i taught him... Merry Christmas HO HO HO...we were afraid we would hear it all spring, but he only used it over Christmas.. hugs Silk