Tuesday, October 17
be it ever a hovel, there's no place like home
We got home Saturday night to our little house. While we had a fantastic trip (and my work conference before that was great), it really is nice to get home. Going back to work today - meh, not so much! Sunday and yesterday were spent cleaning, doing laundry, getting settled back in after three weeks away. I finished off some other little chores tonight after work. Now I hope to get back into a new and improved daily routine.
The princess sleeps. She was no doubt overwrought by the downturn in her circumstances, going from our fabulous five-star accommodation in Vancouver to a double bed at the Accent Inn in Kelowna. Poor thing. She was, however, such a great little traveler and did so very well. I would take her anywhere. Today, however, she was a little whiney as I went back to work and the big fella (while off the rest of the week) had some things to do away from the house and she pouted. She'll get back into her routine as well.
The yarn I acquired at The Loom in Duncan, BC. Man, I love that store. Oh, the Bernat camouflage is not from there. I got that at the Ucluelet Co-op. I love the colours. I'll figure out something to make with it (they only had five balls of it). And in the lower right is the beautiful turquoise SandnesGarn "Alfa" chunky weight. The photo doesn't do the colour justice. And I bought enough of that for a beautiful sweater for me. And all those glorious skeins of sock yarn.
As I always do, coming back from vacation, I have a new outlook on what's important to me, I reorganize my priorities and commitments, and also figure out what do I want to do around the house, etc. I bought a couple of neat plastic tub storage systems to store some of my yarn. And in the coming weeks I'll have to get down to the yarn room in the basement and tidy and organize that. It's in disarray. I have two banker boxes of sock yarn (mostly) sitting in a corner in my computer room and can't remember what's in there. So the clear plastic tubs will help me with that - and they're nice to look at!
I spent most of today going through my email at work. By the end of the day I had tamed it somewhat and while it was a little overwhelming when I logged on, it is completely manageable now.
Weather is quite a bit cooler here than on our vacation. I have been trying to find the right combination of wardrobe pieces for Sabrina. Last night she didn't want to walk very far; I put her red fleece sweater on her and she was warm in her core, but her ears were very cold. Tonight I put on her head muff and her heavy fleece jacket and that was too warm. Tomorrow I'll try the red sweater and the head muff and see how she likes that. Last night was windy and about -4°C; tonight calmer but still about -5C. I can only imagine when it's 30 below and the wind is howling. I predict she'll be very prompt about taking care of business and scurrying back into the house.
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