Back to the knitting

I am going to go back to work on my knitting and stay off the KNITTING BOARDS which can suck the life out of a day. I miss everyone when I don't go read there but, alas, to get any work done you just have to grit the teeth and stay off the boards!

My sister, who is struggling with Parkinson's Disease, came over today and we got out the beads. She and I had a good time putting together the colors to make a small pair of earrings to match a bracelet that she bought in what she calls a Sparkly Tinkly shop, New Age in other words. She can still work well enough with her right hand to use the tools of the trade. She makes better loops than I do since she has had a lot of training working with braces all these years. I gave her's an A+ but mine was definitely only a B+. heehee. Hope you read this, Sis. Sharing a craftday with you is truly a peaceful and lovely thing to do.

I have three wire wraps to finish this week, two old and one new. This could take awhile, and the Louet Wheel is on the way. It's a S-75DT... have I said that already. *Tries to think back about this.......* Anyway, I'm already trying to not get too skitterish about some posts in the Knitter's Review about Double treadle vs Single. Buyer's Remorse started creeping into the corner of my sight but I did a lot of research on this including some hand's on, so I'm hoping that it's not going to be something I regret. My DD's little wheel is a sweet wheel. And if I can take mine with me, we can spin together on them. Yeay! I am looking forward to spinning with my DD in the future.

DH's retirement is going well. We are getting used to his not having to leave the house in the wee hours to reboot someone's computer, or to fix a sick server or main frame or whatEVER! No more 3 am phone calls from the "Control Tower" to get some bank or Base computer up and running. Blessed Peace!

When Sis was here, DH got a call that I couldn't help hearing, and it was from the bank. They were asking about "unusual activity" on our card. Ya, it was me, buying something expensive. This is very unusual! Anyway, he had told me that I could order my wheel, but I waited til nearly midnight our time to do it. So the bank didn't like that, DH didn't know who the seller was, what was bought, and this almost brought the house down on our credit card. I yelled out, "Dear, that's my Spinning Wheel!" He did one of those cartoon heart pounding actions with both his hands on his chest, and laughed because he thought we had been ripped off. Poor DH. I am just more nocturnal than he is, He who must rise with the chickens.....