All the things we've missed

Now that we are getting closer to our move date we are starting to get excited about the things that we will be able to get again once we are back on the mainland.

Here is what we have come up with so far:

Grandma Brown's Baked Beans
Real Bologna from the deli case (hubby keeps talking about bolonie hats but I think that might be more of a "good ole memory" type of thing.
Molson's Beer
Jeremiah Weed
(Can you tell what we think about most of the time time? :) )
Saranac Beer
Pete's Wicked Ale
Real bacon
Mustard from Oscar's Smoke House in Warrensburg, NY
Good Music... yeah for weqx in Manchester Vermont... boy have I missed you!

That is all I can think of for now.

We haven't made much progress on getting rid of the kitties. I was hopeful last Sunday when I took one of them to be "interviewed" by a couple looking for a new kitty. I knew it wasn't going to work as soon as he answered the door. They were both in their 70's and Lei'a is comparable to a two year old. She wanted to jump on the piano, the tables, knock over the pictures, and generally be herself. I had to hold on to her real tight until we left. It was probably for the best as I had to take her to the vet Tuesday morning because she had gotten bit (unbeknownst to us) and her toe was abscessed. $165 later... she doesn't look too bad this time, they only shaved her toe instead of her whole foot and leg like last time. The local humane society now has a website where they post pictues of pets that need a home so I sent them all the info on the girls; one of them is listed already so here's hoping someone will see them on there and give me a call.

We now have both vehicles up for sale and I only have 6 more days of work. Yeah!!! I will be talking to Matson tomorrow getting a quote to ship all the junk door to door.

I have been doing a little spindle spinning, not much the last few days but some. I seem to do the packing on the weekends and just deal with the day-to-day stuff during the week. I think that is it for now; I'm falling asleep.

Until next time, happy spinning....

I'm going to be a Vermonter and some pretty yarn.

Isn't this yarn wonderful!? I decided that I couldn't part with the green and red roving that I featured a few weeks ago, see here, and started spinning it up myself. I just love the way it turned out. Everyone that I have shown it to says that it reminds them of candy canes; which means it came out the way I intended. Scary.... that hasn't happened before.

This will most likely be my last post for awhile as we are indeed moving to Vermont in a month. Eep... So many things to do. I gave notice this week. We won't go there but I think things will be a bit chaotic after I am gone. I booked our flight the same night that I gave notice; we fly out of here on Tuesday, October 2nd. Good bye Hawaii... hello Vermont. We will be arriving in prime leave peeking season. At least I get to see the colors this year; first time in six years.

I have some new ideas for my etsy shops; yes I have two of them, so look for some changes once I get settled in somewhere around the middle/end of October. I don't know yet when our container will ship out of here so don't know when I will have all my furniture etc. on the other end. Seems like it took 10 - 14 days when we shipped our things over here. There is a very active quilt guild in Bennington, lots of potential customers for hand spun surface embellishments and felting materials. I wonder if there is a spinning guild in the area? Any one know; feel free to contact me or leave a comment here.

So long for now... I look forward to the time when my thoughts are occupied with things other than what to mail ahead of time, what to carry on the plane, what to check in, who is going to adopt the cats, where are we going to stay when we first get there, will I be able to find a job within an hour of home, will he find a doctor who will help him to feel better and care about his quality of life ... and I wonder why I am wide awake at 3 am every day. Thank goodness for yoga or I would be totally insane by now.