Technically a Saturday Post

It is so stinking hot. I honestly thought I would have a couple more weeks before it hit above 90. This is full sun too, it has rained twice since I have been here, but not heavy rain, just enough to wash the layer of dust off the car. I can’t believe I spent Friday at the ballpark and lived to blog about it. It was a good thing that it was a night game but those first couple of hours were miserable hot. I had a blast though. It was my first time to see the Durham Bulls play (AAA baseball) and it was a good game and it was fun spending time outside the office with my new co-workers.
I heard from the movers this past week. They pack on Monday, load on Thursday and my stuff will allegedly be out here on the 16th but that won’t be confirmed until they load my stuff up. It’s mixed feelings because I will be glad to have my stuff again but the whole unpacking process is going to potentially suck a lot and poor Sunshine will be here that week. I am apologizing in advance for the box pile. It’s a small price to pay for living in such a nice area and having a job that I love now.
Today I ventured out and discovered Whole Foods and the yarn store that is like a mile from my house. Karma has been very good to me lately. Whole Foods was fun. I didn’t realize that you could actually eat there. You can buy chocolate in like pound bricks. I didn’t buy any because it would’ve melted in the car on my errands.
The yarn store was probably the best part of the day. They carry hooks!!! Like Addi hooks and Brittany hooks and a few aluminum hooks. I was slap-happy because a lot of yarn stores only have knitting needles and the lone hook for weaving in ends. So I replaced the Brittany size H hook that was stolen over Christmas and I bought two skeins of Patagonia Nature Cotton color 212 to use for a swap and then I bought a skein of Colinette JitterBug in Kingfisher. The Patagonia is a aqua/seafoam blend and the Kingfisher is a black/purple/blue/green mix that just popped out at me. They even sell back issues of Vogue Knitting (some from the early 90s even) and it was so tempting to buy a bunch but I am supposed to be saving money so I resisted. Anyways, the store is in an old house and it is covered from floor to ceiling in yarn and it is a small square of heaven. I walked in the front door and I was like damn, this is better than an old lady’s attic! I spent an hour there and I know I only saw about ¼ of the yarn there. They even carry tatting supplies and they have a couple of spinning wheels in the back. I was in a major crafty mood today because I used my 15% off coupon at BN to buy Amy Butler’s Sew-It Kit. It has some really cool patterns and I am a huge fan of her fabric.
I am still working on the shawl for my mom’s prayer shawl ministry at her church. I think I have finished about a foot so far. I would be making faster progress but I was dumb and started this in single crochet and it’s some Red Heart Plush that was donated to the group so it doesn’t frog easily, so I decided to just keep going with the single crochet. Their goal is to have 59 shawls completed by Christmas so that they can give one to each resident of a local nursing home that her church has adopted. It’s a nice summer project because it doesn’t cover your whole entire lap so you don’t get as hot but you can finish them a lot quicker than an afghan.
Hell also froze over for a little bit because I bought a pair of pedal-pushers at Lane Bryant that cost more than my jeans. The problem was that I wanted long shorts made out of a reasonable quality material that were plain and did not have a bunch of wild colors, sequins, embroidery or weird washes. Anyways, they are the perfect fit and a nice shade of khaki and now I won’t sweat to death going to the beach and baseball games this summer. I looked at swimsuits and said hell no. Anything that was remotely cute was a bikini and you couldn’t pay me enough to go out in public in a bikini or even a tankini for that matter. I also found a waterproof wristlet that I can snap on to my pants when I am at the beach or the amusement park because I am not taking my beloved Coach purse to the beach and get sand all over it. It’s really cute and it’s big enough to fit my chapstick, cell phone, keys and chapstick in. Plus it was 50% off at Aeropostale so it was only $5 which made it even better.