The Warehouse

Here are the promised pictures of items from my warehouse .

We found Jimmy in a large box away from his base. When we mated them up he really looked great. He alone is taller than I am. This is a mannequin wearing a suit that a prop maker finished to look like this. His is in perfect shape and looks like the real thing until you touch him. I would like to meet the artist who made him. We all kind of love him.

The motorcycles are really cool. They spit exhaust and light up. I bet they work great on stage.
Someone put in a lot of time on these.

The Dragon puppet is a really cool thing. I wish I had a better photo, but I can not lift it by myself. It is the type used for Chinese New Year. It has places inside for 4 plus someone with the head. The fabric is all silk and in great shape. Not in the picture is a 2nd puppet. A tiger of the same size. What a crazy thing to find.

There is these gems and so much more. Some items of note:
The Wells Fargo wagon...This prop is driven on stage by the actor.
A player piano
A bust of Abe Lincoln, and a small cow.
It just keeps getting better and better!

Quick

Just a quick one today. GAL comes tomorrow! Yeah we are all very excited for her visit. She will be here for the long weekend. There will be knitting and yarn shopping I am sure.

I have been without my computer at work for 3 weeks, however today I arrived to find a brand new Dell on my desk with all my files restored! I am a very happy Rental Manager. The warehouse sale prep is going well. I will have some photos next week of some of the more interesting things. I found a Chinese dragon yesterday as well as a fake dead body, a bike taxi and a giant(5'tall) light bulb. Do I have the coolest job or what?

Update

So the camera needs batteries and its pouring outside so you will just have to take my word for it but there has been progress on the Tomten sweater. I should finish the hood tonight and maybe pick up for the first sleeve. I am very excited. I have yet to cast on for the second bubble wrap sock. I have been working away on the Tomten. I am right now pondering buttons for this sweater. I have looked a tons but can not seem to find what I am looking for. Truth be told I have no idea what I am looking for as I can't seem to make up my mind... Oh well I still have time
I should be getting my match for HSKS3 anytime now. Yeah! This should be a fun way to celebrate the end of the series. Hello swap pal!
I am dyeing some yarn for my SP11 pal tonight. I hope she likes it! Hello SP11 pals! I love doing the swaps. It is really cool to meet new knitters. It reminds me of the swaps we did in Girl Scout's at National Center West in WY. ( anyone else get the chance to go there?) There were girls there from all over the country and we all brought patches and little things we had made to trade with the other scouts. I still have one of the swaps I got in the summer of '87... a little lump of coal with gogglie eyes and foam feet. On the bottom it says NCW '87.

Moms visit recap

Well Mom made it home last night. We had a great time while she was here. There was fun with the Grand Monsters and time to just hang out. I loved seeing her with my little ones. They are a bit of a handful right now. MB likes to act like he is a pinball machine. Mom was not really sure to do when he does this. But all in all I think she loves spending time with her Grand Monsters. Jan (moms guide dog) and Winston get along well. The first day of the visit they spent a good amount of time trying to get it on but after that it was all good. Jan loves Hubby, she loves the MK's too but was ready to go home by the end of the week. MG's first grade class got to learn all about guide dogs last week. The teacher thought it was a great chance for the kids to learn about guides. It also made MG very poplar with her class.

There was knitting too. Mom made me a scarf out of the softest yarn. I can not find the ball band (it may be in Moms bag) but I think is is Misti International Hand Dyed Alpaca. The color is Spanish Rose. I love it! It feels so good around my neck. I gave her the rest of the yarn from her Rib warmer and she knit a hat. She will also start MG's poncho. I gave her my copy of Knitters Workshop by Elizabeth Zimmerman (Do I love my Mom or what?) She is planing a sweater. I also gave her my KnitPicks catalog so she is all set. I am glad she started knitting again. She was really enjoying it. We had time while she was here to just sit and knit. It was really great to share this with her. I did not get a picture of her in the gift I made. It is EZ's rib warmer in KnitPicks Adean silk in Hollyberry. I gave her the vest and the 4 balls of yarn I had left. I guessed well on the fit too.

Bye Mom, we miss you all ready. I don't get to spend enough time with you so the time we do get is really special too me. I love you and will see you soon.

Bit of a rambling post toady...coming up... the finished WCEP hat! and a visit from GAL! Oh I will have to visit the LYS with her...oh darn a trip to the yarn store... Whats a girl to do? hehehe.

I can't wait...

The Yarn

Here is the yarn Mom and I dyed for MG's poncho. Mom says it looks like the Mediterranean ocean so that's what we will call it. The color is close. there is a wide range of blues here. Mom has started already.

Mom goes home tomorrow. We will all miss her.

The first bubble wrap sock is done. I mangled the toe grafting so I will have to redo it. I should never try to graft toes with the MK's running around.

First day of school

Well the first day of school was today. MK was so excited she got up and dressed by 6:45 am. School starts at 8:50 so she had to wait a bit. In a stroke of luck her teacher from last year is now teaching first grade and MG is in her class again.(along with 16 of her classmates) MG is very happy about this because her best friend is in the other class.

MG picked the outfit you see her in. A leopard print top and black skirt. If she picks an outfit like this for the first day of 10th grade I might get worried. She had a great day and is looking forward to tomorrow. On Friday Mom and Jan will be going to the school to teach the first graders all about guide dogs. Mrs B asked us to do this last year but we could not work it out. I am so glad she can do it this year.

While MG was at school Mom and I went to another of my LYS (I only go to 2). We did not buy any yarn but Mom got me Ann Budd's new book. This book has everything you need to know to knit socks. I love it! I have a feeling it will be well loved. We also dyed the yarn for the poncho project. I will post some pictures of it when it is dry.

Hey GAL and GAH

You know who you are... Mom and I are going to dye some yarn tomorrow for MG's poncho. I am going to keep some of this yarn and Mom is going to take some home so she and GAL can both knit on one half while I work on the other half for a while. My plan is to send my half to GAH when I am about half way done and ask her to knit the rest. Then MK will have a Christmas gift from all the knitters in her life and no one has to knit the whole thing. I have not yet asked GAL and GAH about this plan but I have a feeling they will say yes. If they don't Mom and I have to knit the whole thing and they will miss all the fun. I am hoping GAL will do the edge as I suck at it.
Mom and I are having a great time. The MK's are being as cute as they can be. School starts tommrow. I will be back with a full report on that. BTW Mom and Jan are going to teach the kiddos all about guide dogs. Should be fun.