Vacation

Yesterday was the first day of my vacation week. I went to Church in the morning and then me, my Mom and 2 nieces that were at Church also went for lunch. Once home, I needed to make a trip to the grocery store. My son and nephew loaded up the car with the bags of soda bottles and cans that have been collecting in the garage. I hate returning the bottles and cans! However, with help, it does make it a little easier. We had about $25 worth hanging around. So I gave them each $5 and put the rest towards the grocery bill. When I got home, it was all ready mid-afternoon. I settled into my rocking chair and sort of watched the Patriots football game while knitting my oldest daughter's Christmas stocking. I finished it up after dinner. It came out pretty good. I still need to crochet the hanging loop for it though. It is supposed to be done with the Twirl yarn as well, but since the one hank should be enough to do 3 stockings, I want to finish the other 2 before making the hanging loops. This way if I do run short, I can use the yarn I used for the sock itself to make the loops instead. If I have time later I'll take a pic and post it. This morning we found the furnace had stopped working during the night. No hot water! So what if the house was a little chilly......I want hot water to take a shower! Initially the reset button didn't work, but after trying it again a short time later, it's working! So I'm waiting for some hot water so I can shower and then head off for some holiday shopping. ACMoore has a coupon for 30% OFF my complete regular price purchase good for today. My son wants me to pick up something he had seen when we were there once before for him to give his sister for Christmas. While there, of course I'll go check out what's new in the yarn section. Unfortunately, other than the Lion's brand sock yarn, there are no nice sock yarns......... and I'm not all that fond of the Lion brand one. It's somewhat limited to a few colors that are jacquard or self-striping. I may pick up a few "notions" that I can use in swaps with my internet groups that I belong to. Speaking of swaps. I mailed my first "bottle swap" on Friday. I was mailing out of the country and was required to mail with a way to track the package. Wow! it's costly mailing that way out of the country. I may have to ask for a domestic swap partner in the future just because of the cost of mailing packages this way. I do understand the importance of being able to track the package though. It protects me.....I have proof that I held up my end of swap by mailing, it's insured in case of loss or damage, and there is proof that the partner did indeed receive it. In the past, I belonged to some crochet groups where people did not hold up their end of the swaps. It's so disappointing when people do that. It may be a bit before I receive my swap though as the coordinator emailed me that the person sending to me was having some health issues and was going to be delayed in mailing to me. That I can understand, I hope for her it's nothing too serious and that she is feeling better soon. It's no fun being ill, especially with the approaching holidays and so much to do. Well, I think I'll go feed the dogs and check on the status of hot water so I can get on with the shopping and be back to pick my son up from school to take him to the dentist for a dental cleaning (knitting time for me in the waiting room hehe) TTFN