Patricia
It¡¯s crazy here as well. ?Most contractors are months out. ?One is scheduled a year out, but he¡¯s really, really good. ? And winter will be her before we blink. ?Ohio winters are cold, wet, and snowy. ?
The painters started today and I found a company that resets pavers that should get to us in October. ?
All of the interior stuff, we will do ourselves. ?
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On Sep 5, 2021, at 2:39 PM, Texknitter via groups.io <texknitter@...> wrote:
?
Congrats to Ann on the fair results. My experience in viewing the knitted goods at the Texas State Fair over the years is that there is always some beautiful work displayed wrong side up.?
Connie, I am with you on the moving. With both of our grands in Colorado, and 1-2 years to expected retirement, we have started (casually) looking at places along the front range. ?Unfortunately this area is wildly popular just now. ?We also need more work done on the house we live in, and finding good contractors isn¡¯t easy. Out of three people I recently contacted about a bathroom remodel, the only one who responded was booking work 7 months out at insane prices. ?I see more DIY in our future. ?(This past year we have already redone a powder room and laundry room in his 1980¡¯s house).
Knitting is currently baby stuff.
Patricia on Austin
On Sep 5, 2021, at 11:29 AM, connie@... wrote:
?
What a haul!!! ? Congratulations!
My knitting/crafting mojo has left the building. ? Sigh. ?
We¡¯ve been so busy this summer that I haven¡¯t even had time to imagi-knit
Early this spring, we decided to look for a place in the country with acreage. ? DH wants a garden and room to build his workshop. ? I completely understand that. ? I¡¯m cool with it. ? But it¡¯s darn hard to find a place that will house my sewing machine collection, spinning wheels, weaving looms, and craft/fabric/yarn stash. ?
During our search, we found a place my daughter loved with 1.5 acres. ?She¡¯s wanted to get out of town as well. ?So, we spiffed it up and put the rental up for sale (sold in 3 days) and bought that. ?It needed work, so we¡¯ve been busting ourselves to get that done to get her moved in before the closing on our rental. ?Had to move grandsons Playset/jungle jim thing. Thank goodness my BIL has a trailer and equipment. ?
All during this process, I¡¯ve been looking for a place for us and setting up contractors to do stuff here like exterior paint, paver work, etc. ?
It¡¯s been a whirlwind but I think we have found the right place for us. Gotta start the negotiations. ?Cross your fingers for us! ?If we get it, it will be months of moving things, not a week like Katie. ?Don¡¯t think we have that in us again. Lol.?
On Sep 4, 2021, at 9:17 AM, Ann McManus <mcmanusab@...> wrote:
?
We went to t he fair on Thursday to check out how well (or not) I did. Very pleased to report that every single entry placed!
?
I got 22 first place, 12 second place, and 5 third place ribbons. Quite the haul.
?
As always, I was surprised by some of the places, like my felted purse. (It is a ¡°dumpling¡±¡ªa square with straps that through clever folding and strappage, becomes a small handbag. It was all opened up and displayed flat<?>. Placed 3rd). My infant blanket (Old Shale white baby shawl) was displayed wrong-side out. Whatever.
?
Anyway, that¡¯s the story on the competition.
?
We had planned to eat there, but the smells were overwhelming (and not in a good way). No one was eating. . . 2 bottles of water. $6. But the weather was beautiful. There were a couple of vendors at the far edges that were selling Confederate flags and such, and one that offered photos by what supposedly was the sign from a former Atlantic City casino and a cardboard cut-out of the former owner of said casino. We declined.
?
?
Ann in PA
?
