getting out of the house is good
Yesterday we took advantage of no school on Wednesdays and lovely weather, and went for a drive out the North Cascades highway. Which meant home-made raspberry chocolate chip ice cream at Cascadian Farm (oddly enough, they've gone from being a little organic farm stand to a division of General Mills which is the largest U.S. distributor of packaged organic stuffses like jam and granola bars and cookies. They still make their own ice cream at the farm stand, though). And lots of knitting time, during which I finished the shawl from Three-cornered and Long Shawls (about halfway down the page) that I've been working on for what seems like forever. I pulled the yarn through the last stitch of the crocheted loop edging just as we were crossing Rainy Pass.
On the far side of the mountains, we had a stop in Winthrop, the fake Western town, where we bought juice and stopped at the candy store. Then we followed the Columbia southwards and came back on highway 2, stopping for dinner at Cafe Mozart in Leavenworth, the fake Bavarian town. I'm not sure what the deal with theme towns on that eastern edge of the Cascades is, but I suppose they have a certain amount of kitschy charm. Then we got the excitement of playing Do Not Hit Deer In The Road for much of the trip up towards the pass. wrog spotted most of them on his own, but at one point I wasn't sure he'd seen them, so I yelled out DEER DEER DEER and he slammed on the brakes and the car went "squeeep" and Pip spent the next 10 minutes laughing like a maniac. Apparently it was the most fun thing he'd done all day.
Today I had lunch with kathrynt and saint_buddha and sadly we forgot to bring a camera, so we got no photo of the three of us looking cranky and holding knitting needles that we could caption "do not piss off the pregnant mods." However, it was lovely to finally meet saint_buddha and her little almost-three-year old guy, who is a huge flirt and a very happy boy. This was followed by a bead shop visit where Kathryn and I both managed to not spend very much money at all, but still came out with some cool stuff. Among other things, I got an octagonal slice of moss agate that's mostly clear, with green squiggles that remind me of seaweed and a little burst of orange. It reminds me either of koi in an overgrown pond or a butterfly through some branches. I also managed to not bust out laughing at the woman who nearly fell over when the total for her items was $80+ -- and yet they all fit in a Ziploc baggie. I know beads add up fast, but I usually have at least *some* idea of how much it's going to be when I reach the counter. She had to sit down afterwards to "analyse her spending habits." I would think the time to do that would be *before* cashing out...
Now at 31 weeks and counting. Whee.
On the far side of the mountains, we had a stop in Winthrop, the fake Western town, where we bought juice and stopped at the candy store. Then we followed the Columbia southwards and came back on highway 2, stopping for dinner at Cafe Mozart in Leavenworth, the fake Bavarian town. I'm not sure what the deal with theme towns on that eastern edge of the Cascades is, but I suppose they have a certain amount of kitschy charm. Then we got the excitement of playing Do Not Hit Deer In The Road for much of the trip up towards the pass. wrog spotted most of them on his own, but at one point I wasn't sure he'd seen them, so I yelled out DEER DEER DEER and he slammed on the brakes and the car went "squeeep" and Pip spent the next 10 minutes laughing like a maniac. Apparently it was the most fun thing he'd done all day.
Today I had lunch with kathrynt and saint_buddha and sadly we forgot to bring a camera, so we got no photo of the three of us looking cranky and holding knitting needles that we could caption "do not piss off the pregnant mods." However, it was lovely to finally meet saint_buddha and her little almost-three-year old guy, who is a huge flirt and a very happy boy. This was followed by a bead shop visit where Kathryn and I both managed to not spend very much money at all, but still came out with some cool stuff. Among other things, I got an octagonal slice of moss agate that's mostly clear, with green squiggles that remind me of seaweed and a little burst of orange. It reminds me either of koi in an overgrown pond or a butterfly through some branches. I also managed to not bust out laughing at the woman who nearly fell over when the total for her items was $80+ -- and yet they all fit in a Ziploc baggie. I know beads add up fast, but I usually have at least *some* idea of how much it's going to be when I reach the counter. She had to sit down afterwards to "analyse her spending habits." I would think the time to do that would be *before* cashing out...
Now at 31 weeks and counting. Whee.