Dyed in the Wool Handmade

Check it out…THAT’S MY YARN!

This is the aftermath of the tree removal from last week. All the greenery that used to be here happened to be on the neighbour’s side of the fence, so he cleared it all away and then cut down a big, beautiful tree that happened to be dying. I just can’t get over it, I’m so upset, because this is what my deck used to look like:

We’re going to have to work out some kind of privacy lattice, hanging plants and things like that to make it look alive again.

This morning Jeremy and I took what’s becoming our usual morning walk around the neighbourhood. I’ve lived here for three years and I still see something new every day. I’m going to start bringing my camera with me so you can all, ahem, enjoy my neighbourhood too. And that’s all I’ll say about that until I have some photos.

Plans for today include getting the lawns mowed (Jeremy), organizing my massive fibre storage fiasco (me) and then heading to my parents’ for dinner, then SNB. I have no idea what to bring with me to knit. I need to finish the hood of Daisy, and then I guess I’m free to cast on something else!

Jeremy’s surgery was a pretty good experience overall. Everything happened exactly as scheduled. After Jeremy was admitted, we all went to the day surgery waiting room and they called him within five minutes for his pre-op prep. Then they told us they’d admit him to surgery in about an hour, and they did. They told me and my mom that we’d be able to see him again in about an hour and a half later; we came back from lunch and sure enough they brought him out within a few minutes. The nurse went over some post-op instruction and told us they’d release us in another hour, and they did. It was the easiest time I’d spent at a hospital, ever. We were home in time for dinner! And just like they said, he was in very little pain, nothing Advil couldn’t handle. He was even allowed to eat whatever he wanted. The only hardship associated with this surgery is that he has to be on voice rest (no talking!) for at least a week, so his larynx will heal properly. As a result, some activities have proven challenging.

We spent the night at my family’s house, and then on Saturday I spent the afternoon with Rochelle at the Purple Purl. What a nice shop! We just hung around and knit, and met the people that came in and out. I had a coffee and a carrot cake. I was going to buy More Big Girl Knits, but instead I left with two balls of Noro sock yarn (to match the one I bought at the Frolic, for a shawl) and some gorgeous Alpaca with a Twist Handspinner’s Dream in Brindle. The book will have to wait!

When I got back to my mom’s we had an early Mother’s Day dinner and some wine, then we drove home. It was a pretty nice weekend.

I thought I had posted about this but wasn’t sure, so if I’m repeating myself just ignore me. Jeremy was meant to have some minor surgery on his larynx at the end of February but we had to cancel it since he got sick. It was postponed to this morning, so we’re about to head out to pick up my mom and then spend the day at the hospital. He will be coming home with us tonight, but he’s under strict instruction not to talk for a week so his larynx can heal properly.

This is going to be very weird! Next week we’re going to see The Cure perform (also postponed - from last year), and it’s Alex’s 14th birthday next Friday…hopefully Jeremy will be allowed to speak for that.