Thesockladyspins

Starting mid January we had a real nasty stretch of arctic air blast thru here, got down to -40°, even with my furnace and two baseboard heaters going full blast was happy to wear lots of my woollies.     Working on the last finger of the orangerino gloves. Am enjoying something different than socks, although I'm sure that I'll go back to making more soon.  The orangerino gloves were started after a friend dared me to make a pair only using leftover bits of Koigu yarn, yeah I can do that, so I did. Pretty sure I have enuff bits to make another pair. Am pleased with the Koigu yarn, even my gloves being many years old I haven't had any pills on them.            Even tho its relatively early in this winter I am having troubles (minor) with running out of veggies, guess my favourite being spinach so when I have it I try and eat it before any gets slimy. Best way IMHO is scrambled with eggs. The roads will soon be good again so I'll li...

Finally got myself to town Dec. 27-28. Prescriptions, haircut, groceries, and most important getting bank Visa problems straightened out. Tried dealing with bank via telephone and both times I connected got someone that wouldn't acknowledge that I was hard of hearing, heavy accents didn't help. Had 7 charges for Play Station almost $1000, since I've never even seen one, wasn't me . Because of all the weird charges they wouldn't activate the new Visa card. A good weather window opened so in I went, took almost an hour getting everything straightened out. Meanwhile when I did get to the grocery store almost filled my buggy with produce and fruit. Had help unloading the car when I got home Thursday 3 ish. Did bring a nasty bout of the local crud home with me, first time in several years that a cold hit me so hard.  One of the first pair of Koigu gloves I did were for me, but last winter I snagged middle finger on a nail on my handrail, brought them up front, cut off da...