My neice, Rachel, was just born! so new we don’t know weight or length yet. I’ll be visiting today I’m sure, and will update… I don’t know if I’ll post pics, because to me newborns are kinda creepy looking. She’ll get cute in a few months though, and then I get to play dress-up with her! muah hah hah….
Goodness gracious. I got back from vacation and hit the ground running.
But let’s back up a bit.
Before we left for the desert, as in, the day before, V-man noshed on a fork and broke four teeth. He ended up having to get some emergency dental work done. Two root canals and five caps later, he had a big, painful, totally re-set lower jaw. Mmm, painkillers before a long drive! Woot.
When we got back, I quit the Saturday market and I put all of my stuff in storage. There’s a lot of it actually…. and naturally, no fanfare or ‘sorry to see you go’ when I handed them my resignation slip. Who cares, right? But that’s over. My weekends are mine. (sorta) I applied for the Lake Oswego market that happens in early fall, but I got turned down. My business has enough to cover one more monthly payment on my credit card – that’s it. I don’t know what I’m going to do there. (anybody need some jewelry?)
Since the trip, I haven’t had time to knit. At all. I literally haven’t picked up needles besides for one swatch at work in the past two weeks.
So after we got back from the storage place, going to see a loan guy, and going to see a house, we settled in for the night. We apparently slept right through V-man’s car getting broken into in my parking lot. They got his iPod, luckily they didn’t notice the folders containing our credit reports and all our financial information. But they used a crowbar on the windowframe and bent it all crazy. His leather and the inside of the door were damaged. It’s been two weeks and he still doesn’t have his car back. He’s been in a gaz guzzling Focus, so I’ve been driving us around – over 600 miles since last Wednesday. See why nobody sees me anymore?
Work was a total bizznatch for a few weeks. Luckily, the panic has now subsided, but not before I put in 18 hours of unpaid overtime. I was so busy that during the speed knitter’s visit, I was only able to spare about three minutes to say hello and have a quick chat with her. I didn’t go to her event at the library or partake in any of the other things she did at KP because I was so busy I couldn’t spare even five more minutes. I didn’t even eat for most of the last week – I didn’t have time.
So that house we had looked at the day before V-man’s car got smashed? It was awesome. Huge, five bedrooms, big garage, amazing porch and backyard, even a workshop. We loved it. We were the first ones to inquire – I called them hours after they listed the house. We quickly scrambled to get our applications done and the application fee set aside – we were the first ones! We knew we had it!
So I called last Monday to make sure they’d received our apps.
“The owner has decided to let the previous tenants stay. Sorry, you’ll have to keep looking…”
So we lost the house. V-man’s teeth were busted. V-man’s car was busted. I lost my business. All in the span of a week.
But what can you do? We knew we had a limited time to get things in action. So within a half an hour of getting the rug pulled out from under us, we had an appointment to see another house. We saw it. There was nothing wrong with it, but it just wasn’t right. Out of desparation, we set up an application appointment. But the next morning, we both had reservations… so I asked if I could just give it one more try.
I pulled up Craigslist, and called a few places. Some totally turned out to be scams, some never got back to me. The one who did was in California. It totally sounded fake – but I decided to go look anyway. I liked what I saw in the photos and was intrigued. I went to see it last Wednesday night, alone. There was a for sale sign in the front yard and no one in the state to show me around inside. Totally sounds fake.
V-man was dubious too. It was out of our price range, and our scammy-senses were tingling. But we followed up anyway – it was such a pretty looking place. Since she was apparently trying to sell it, I decided on a good tactic to get us bumped in line – I told her we’d be interested in buying it. Not now, but once he’s done with school and we have the down payment. That piqued her interest.
A long, hectic and anxious weekend followed. I put in my 30 days’ notice at my apartment complex, because no matter what, we needed to move. Strange threads of communication with the owner of the house, nervousness about strange business practices and uncomfortable payment arrangements…. we were sick with nervousness. Not to mention Vic had a meeting scheduled with the head honcho of his company yesterday to talk about things, and immediately thereafter had to get the permanent caps put on his teeth. Monday came and the house owner was getting restless. did we want it or not? there’s a whole waiting list here… Our bank was not cooperating. More nervousness. More anxiety. Just sick with worry.
Tuesday I went down to LO after work to sign some papers and get some things settled.
V-man’s meeting with the boss-man? He got a promotion. Like a big promotion. Like an “I’m the boss now” promotion. His new teeth look perfect (they used to be crooked!) And the house?
We got our keys. We have our own house now!
we took our first step into our life together.
(awesome p.s….. V-man’s dad, as a housewarming gift, just bought us a big grill! Housewarming bbq party forthcoming 
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(pps – it’ll have to be soon, because only a couple weeks after we’re settled in, V-man is gone for two weeks in california to meet his new employees. Woo! House to myself! I will be having spinning/knitting parties – we have tons of room here! And my co-worker lives right across the street! Hah, sucker!)
Don’t believe it. I don’t care what they say about me. I’m a normal, modest, quiet and respectful person. Teh intarwebs, they lie! I never did anything to call attention to myself. As if! You can’t prove anything.
snicker snicker 
Not that I didn’t intrinsically know, I mean, it’s a woman thing. But I’m getting a niece! my very own little minion life to corrupt enrich. It’s a special job to be an auntie, and well, I’m …special. Now I can start making frilly, ruffly, girlie-tastic pink things – yay! I’ve been waiting for that signal to begin my knitting craze… and now I know, and I have 4 months or so to prepare. Geez, only four months! Aye carumba.
In other news, the PDXKB pins that I’d been working on came in today – and they look awesome! I took a picture, but I’ve been too busy to get it uploaded. I’ve been preparing for the Yarn Harlot’s visit tomorrow – making sure I’m bringing enough knitting, my camera is charged, and I’ve got a very flat friend to bring along. You’ll just have to wait and see!
Well, it’s nearly 1 am. I’m so damn tired. I need to start sleeping regularly.
What a day!
YarnHo has WHEELS!
My new Baby!
The man who conned me out of $28k…
And hey, screw the Hokey Pokey – THIS is what it’s all about!
CUSTOM LEATHER YEEAAAAAHHH!!
We’re such a happy family now…
Our kids get along great!
*sigh*
It only took three and a half years, right? Now I can finally really go ‘splorin.
You suck bigtime. You broke my blog, you big craphead. I ran to you in my time of need because you offered so much. And now you have taken it away. You are a steaming pile of asshat.
I hope god farts on you.
sincerely,
yarnho.
You are now talking to (er, reading?) the official Garment Designer for KnitPicks! I got the job! YEEEEHAH!
The last few days (in which I haven’t been posting) has been spent frantically finishing Shibui things in the event of me getting this job. And I did. I’ll tell the good folks of Shibui tomorrow. So what have I been doing for them? Here’s a clue:
It’s so telling, isn’t it? hehe. I can’t really go putting anything more than that out there. But that is a nifty toe-up gusset heel.
I have not had bacon since the last entry, but I have worked on those handspun gloves:
Woohoo! Just have the mitten tops to do.
Other than that, I haven’t made a stitch elsewhere for days. The boring charcoal socks and the chenille afghan are languishing; the two glove patterns, tam and cardigan patterns have not progressed (though I did buy the rest of the cardigan yarn). All of my energy and time has been spent gearing up for my interview this week, and darn if it didn’t go perfectly.
So, before next Wednesday I’m going to send the notices out to my agencies to un-list me, call my financial advisor, and get some other ducks in a row. I also have to read all of the employment papers and whatnot and get that all signed and good-to-go. And I’ll see if I can’t get some knitting done in there too.
What an eventful day. Got a job, made some great progress on Sharon’s design package, had disgusting greasy celebratin’ food with the V-man, and got to spend some Q-T with the lovely PDXknitbloggers this evening. I am completely, utterly, viciously exhausted. I am going to sleep. I deserve it.