Oh Boy...

I just can't wait to get out of here! My job has become so old and redundant and the weather hasn't changed all winter. We made our travel plans MONTHS ago and just this month, 3 of our friends have left on ventures of their own. So now we wait... and wait... and do the same things day after day until FINALLY, HOPEFULLY, the day will come for us to venture. And I know when it does it will be alot sooner than I expected. But right now, I just feel like it couldn't come fast enough.

I guess I just need to find something to keep me occupied and saving the $$$ for just a few months longer. Maybe if it would just snow...

Spinneriffic

I finally figured out the tension on my spinning wheel, after repairing a part that's been out of service for almost a year. It is SO MUCH FUN!!! I have been just whipping out the yarn like it's nobody's business. It started out a little rough, but just in the past three days, I have become much better and my yarn has gone from good to great! (Still not quite perfect though.) I am having a lot of fun finally being able to use some fibers that I've had for quite a few years. Consequentially, all the yarn that I've made so far contains multitudes of different colors and color combinations.

We managed to get a ton of work done on the Horse Shed yesterday. It still needs quite a good deal to make it liveable, but we are making progress. Slowly...






It actually has windows now...



Mystery photo!




And for a sweet reward, Amber made cornbread!



And the Cutest Puppy of the Day Award goes to Jefe! (Wow...for once it's not Suka!)
Poor little Jefe broke his leg and spent most of the 7th and 8th months of his life locked up in the house, not allowed to play with the other dogs. He's almost all better now, but still can't go out to play. Does he look sad?

Tradgedy Strikes

I am really coming along on my arm warmers/sleeves. I haven't been working on them too much because I was starting to get pretty frustrated there for a while. But I have overcome my frustration and figured out what the hell I'm doing and have been knitting strong for at least the past week. The pattern is beautiful!

After 12 years of crocheting and 5 years of knitting, I have just now experienced my first ever broken knitting needle. I realize this occurrence is somewhat common and it happens to everyone at some point in time. I am a little bit sad that it has finally happened to me, but fortunately it was a cheap needle and I wasn't very attached to it.
Still sad though...

Horse-less Shed

Well, today I dragged Shaun begrudgingly out to the farm to start some serious work on the shed. We move in there the end of February. It's already the end of January, and February is a short month. I was starting to have quite a bit of anxiety about it because I have gone out there to work on it 3 or 4 times and haven't actually done anything besides tear down the vines.
So today we worked. We started by measuring some stuff and going to the hardwood store to buy log chinking and some putty for the windows and stuff. By the time we returned to the farm, my parents, my sister, and another friend had all showed up and started throwing out their helpful ideas.
Consequentially, tomorrow we will return all the stuff we bought at the hardware store today because we really do not need it.
We cleaned out the wood stove that lives in the shed and started up a nice little fire. The stove is actually very large, but it is also very old and was designed for cooking. So of all the empty space in the stove, only a very small chamber of it can actually contain a burning fire. I was pretty put out when I discovered this today and had visions of freezing to death under 50 pounds of blankets.
But, after getting a fire going in there the cabin warmed up pretty nicely. I decided if it could get that warm in there with no windows, no insulation in the roof, and the wind blowing through the holes in the walls like it was a cheese grater, we will be fine when it's all sealed up.
If not, I will move into the sauna in the house. And then I'll be fine.
We also succeeded in moving all of the horse tack out of there and into it's new home in the Cow Shed. Now that the cabin is empty, we can get to cleaning it and efficiently stuffing all the holes with insulation.
WoooHooo! My anxiety has lessened significantly. I now have a little bit of faith that our Horse Shed will be livable in less than 28 days.

Cleaning Up the Shed

I started work on our horse shed today. I started by measuring the windows to replace and tearing down the dried up hops vines. What a difference it made!

Before

After

Next step is cleaning out all the useless stuff on the inside.

There's some horse tack under there somewhere...

The summer inhabitants left some of their stuff.

Hopefully the wood stove will be all set to go when all this stuff is cleared off.


WoooHOOO! I am so excited! This shed is bigger than our room now... And there's a wood stove!! And it will get us prepared for living without electricity or running water for a while. After that, a month of road tripping should be great!
I am counting down the days till we move in.

The A-Team Cabin

Formerly known as the Horse Tack Shed. This cute little cabin is where Shaun, Suka, Harvey, and I will be living starting at the end of February. It is in a little bit of rough shape, but I am VERY excited to fix it up. It has been lived in before, I do believe...

We even have a couple of really cute neighbors!


This is Pepper.


This is Bob.

In other news... We went climbing in Revenue Flats Sunday. A little rock called 'The Nugget'. It was a little bit cool, but a lot of fun.



Shaun belaying Pav on Evolution of Dance.



Pav spotting Shaun on a boulder problem.



Shaun chillin at the t0p of Evolution of Dance.



This is me cleaning the route.



And for once, Suka didn't want his picture taken!

Merry Christmas Sushi People

Well... we survived it. Last night was the Dave's Sushi annual 'Christmas' party.
There were about 25 of us there. We drank one bottle of whiskey, 32 bottles of beer, and 42 bottles of wine. Each. Just kidding.
That's a lot of alcohol. And we all survived, thank god. A couple people were looking pretty rough today. Kara had some rashes on her neck from being towed around with a collar and chain all night. A few people's asses were bit, apparently. But most of the damage came from wine...wine stains...enough for everyone. We only broke 6 glasses. Last year we broke 12.

Overall... a very impressive party. Good work Sushi folk!!!

Pictures soon?