A finish!

Sunshiny Wednesday.  Finally.  We've had clouds and rain for many days in a row, and it's supposed to return soon, but for today the sun is shining and I'm going to enjoy it.

Because it's been so cloudy here it was hard to get a good photo of my finished Beachcomber shawl but here it is anyway.  It ended up over 5 feet long after blocking!  I didn't even stretch it out to it's full potential.

 I like the lace sections even though I misread the pattern and didn't do as many repeats as called for.  I discovered that AFTER finishing the picot bind-off and wasn't about to rip it all out.  I think it would have been too big if I had done them all anyway.  At least that's what I'm telling myself. :-)

 The colors still aren't "my" colors and even though I like it finished I know I would never wear it so it's being given as a birthday gift this weekend.  The Cotlin yarn from Knit Picks was very hard on my hands, even after using hand lotion constantly while knitting on it.  Both of my thumbs were bleeding before I finished it.  Although the fabric that results is beautiful, I don't think I'll be using this yarn again anytime soon.

 We had hail last weekend!  That's pretty rare for Spokane.  Especially hail that was almost nickle sized.  Now, when we lived in Omaha it wasn't unusual at all to have large hail and if your cars were outside  much, they usually has some hail damage on them.  That's not the norm here though.  It sounded like it was going to come right into the house it was so loud. 

 It looked almost like snow when it was done.  I didn't get a picture of the end of the storm when the grass was completely covered.

Here's my handsome Alex participating in a festival in Japan.  It's hard to believe that he's going to be 30 in December!  Do all of you Mom's feel that way?  He's the baby!  If he's 30 what does that make me?!  Well, actually it makes me 58 and I can't change that fact.
He's such a good guy.  He face-times several times a week and really seems to want us to retire to Japan and live with him.  That's not going to happen although I love to visit there.  It's nice that he wants us though isn't it?  I have promised him that if my back improves enough to fly that I'll go visit him this fall.  I want to see his new apartment and the town he lives in.  He spends two weeks a month in Tokyo and two weeks in Towada-shi and I've never been to Towada.

I need to clear up a little confusion about the camping trailers.  I think because of the information about the new lake rules and costs, some people thought we are selling our lake trailer. Nope.  We're keeping the big trailer at the lake at least for another season and hopefully longer.  We're selling the little one we bought last year for weekend trips because we've discovered we're just not using it.

So far the calls have been few and far between because the weather has been so yucky.  However, in the past few days we have had several calls from people who want to see it over the weekend.  Hopefully one will want it and we'll be able to  sell it soon.  We've talked to several RV dealers that we trust and all say our price is very good, even too cheap, so it should sell quickly when the weather breaks.

As for my chiropractor visits, I have have great hopes.  I see him again this morning.  I have muscles hurting that haven't hurt for years.  He says that's normal because everything is moving around in my back.  Monday when I woke up my stomach muscles felt like I had done 100 sit-ups.  Well obviously that hadn't happened!  He seems to know what he's doing and I will be so excited to actually be able to move around again without pain.  Thank you for all the sweet thoughts and prayers.  You are all the greatest!

We've had a houseful for over a week now.  After being empty-nesters for over 10 years it's strange to be doing school runs and fixing family dinners again.  It's been good though and everyone seems to be getting along well.  Chloe is exhausted from playing with them.  The house closing is supposed to be April 20 and then they will be here until around the 25th or so while the movers deliver their furniture.  Gosh, the house will seem huge and empty with just Dennis and I!

I almost forgot to tell you all about a fun giveaway Teresa is having on her blog.  She's giving away handmade beads and they are gorgeous. Pop on over an give her a visit.  It's Teresa Kasner on my sidebar.

I hope you all have a lovely day and are seeing some new spring growth in your area.

"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful." Colossians 3:15

Blessings,
Betsy