POD People
They're coming tomorrow.
We received a cryptic phone call alerting us that between 6am - 9am
the PODS will arrive.
They're coming.
Be afraid, be very afraid...
Fear #1 - The Pods Won't Fit Down Our Driveway
If the dumpster guys could get down the driveway, then the PODS folks should be able to. Should. Operative word here is should. They say they need 12' - we're giving them that plus a trifle more. We'll see...
Fear #2 - The Pods Won't Fit & They Park Them on the Driveway in FRONT of the house (with my car in the back) without waking me up.
Although, fat chance that ANYONE could get near the house without Atticus going absolutely NUTS with the barking and the fretting. Poodles bark.
Fear #3 - So Where Will We Put The Dumpster?
Yes, we're getting another one. Life is a casting off, Willy.
Freaky Coincidences
For as many years as they've held the Knit Out in NYC I haven't been able to make it. I want to go, I'd like to go, but every year it's held on the day of Hannah's birthday party (can't miss that!) And speaking of parties, we just arranged Max's birthday party - bittersweet, his last one here - at a Roller Rink. Heaven help me.
At any rate, I've not been able to make it to the Knit Out and always felt a little bit like I'd missed a grass routes knitting event. But never fear, we'll be arriving in Minnesota just in time for the Great American Knit Out at the Mall of America.
Our PODS are supposed to arrive on the 19th, so we won't have a heck of a lot to empty and unpack until they get there. So now we have something to do! I'll go do a book signing on Sunday (details to come - probably at 2:00 at Barnes & Noble) and Gerry will take the kids for some shopping and ride fun. Welcome to Minnesota!
PODS Fear #4 - We won't get the permit to park them in front of our St. Paul home
We have folks hot on the trail of the elusive St. Paul PODS permit AT THIS MOMENT - Calm down, Annie. Sheesh.
My packing hasn't been going as quickly as I'd like - work getting in the way, projects to finish, and Gerry's been suffering with a bad back for about 3 weeks now so today he finally went to the back doctor and then had some Xrays. He's tight - that's the official, initial diagnosis. So he's supposed to do physical therapy 2-3 times a week, and he wants to see an acupuncturist. Fine by me!
But having the PODS right in the back yard will provide the impetus I need to get my requisite 10 boxes per day packed and ready to go.
Fear #5 - How will I keep Gerry from being "brave" and trying to pack stuff while I'm away in Chicago? Actually - not a problem...
DRESS LETDOWN
I wasn't thrilled with the crocheted dress I'm working on now, but when I put it on the mannequin (I'm just about at waist level) it looks nicer than I thought it would. I have to do more waist decreasing, but I'm working it into a wave pattern so it's kind of cool the decreasing making the waves shorter - amost like a demonstration of the speed of sound. I think I'm tired. I'm debating whether a zipper will be necessary for this dress - lots of stuff to think about...
WHERE HAS DAVE BEEN?
I'm watching David Letterman. He seems perplexed and flummoxed that a person can actually get custom made socks. Where the heck has HE been the past 9 years during the prolonged and well-enjoyed sock mania - obviously NOT in a yarn shop. He needs a Men Who Knit book!
Tomorrow I scour East Orange for wire. Don't ask.
We received a cryptic phone call alerting us that between 6am - 9amthe PODS will arrive.
They're coming.
Be afraid, be very afraid...
Fear #1 - The Pods Won't Fit Down Our DrivewayIf the dumpster guys could get down the driveway, then the PODS folks should be able to. Should. Operative word here is should. They say they need 12' - we're giving them that plus a trifle more. We'll see...
Fear #2 - The Pods Won't Fit & They Park Them on the Driveway in FRONT of the house (with my car in the back) without waking me up.
Although, fat chance that ANYONE could get near the house without Atticus going absolutely NUTS with the barking and the fretting. Poodles bark.
Fear #3 - So Where Will We Put The Dumpster?
Yes, we're getting another one. Life is a casting off, Willy.
Freaky CoincidencesFor as many years as they've held the Knit Out in NYC I haven't been able to make it. I want to go, I'd like to go, but every year it's held on the day of Hannah's birthday party (can't miss that!) And speaking of parties, we just arranged Max's birthday party - bittersweet, his last one here - at a Roller Rink. Heaven help me.
At any rate, I've not been able to make it to the Knit Out and always felt a little bit like I'd missed a grass routes knitting event. But never fear, we'll be arriving in Minnesota just in time for the Great American Knit Out at the Mall of America.
Our PODS are supposed to arrive on the 19th, so we won't have a heck of a lot to empty and unpack until they get there. So now we have something to do! I'll go do a book signing on Sunday (details to come - probably at 2:00 at Barnes & Noble) and Gerry will take the kids for some shopping and ride fun. Welcome to Minnesota!
PODS Fear #4 - We won't get the permit to park them in front of our St. Paul home
We have folks hot on the trail of the elusive St. Paul PODS permit AT THIS MOMENT - Calm down, Annie. Sheesh.
My packing hasn't been going as quickly as I'd like - work getting in the way, projects to finish, and Gerry's been suffering with a bad back for about 3 weeks now so today he finally went to the back doctor and then had some Xrays. He's tight - that's the official, initial diagnosis. So he's supposed to do physical therapy 2-3 times a week, and he wants to see an acupuncturist. Fine by me!
But having the PODS right in the back yard will provide the impetus I need to get my requisite 10 boxes per day packed and ready to go.
Fear #5 - How will I keep Gerry from being "brave" and trying to pack stuff while I'm away in Chicago? Actually - not a problem...
DRESS LETDOWN
I wasn't thrilled with the crocheted dress I'm working on now, but when I put it on the mannequin (I'm just about at waist level) it looks nicer than I thought it would. I have to do more waist decreasing, but I'm working it into a wave pattern so it's kind of cool the decreasing making the waves shorter - amost like a demonstration of the speed of sound. I think I'm tired. I'm debating whether a zipper will be necessary for this dress - lots of stuff to think about...
WHERE HAS DAVE BEEN?
I'm watching David Letterman. He seems perplexed and flummoxed that a person can actually get custom made socks. Where the heck has HE been the past 9 years during the prolonged and well-enjoyed sock mania - obviously NOT in a yarn shop. He needs a Men Who Knit book!
Tomorrow I scour East Orange for wire. Don't ask.
6 Comments:
So it seems I'm not the only person on earth to stress over this kind of things!
And it seems I'm not the only designer on earth either, to think a design stinks until it's finished enough so I can really *see* how it works out. (Only this is the way I feel about every design. Hopefully, when I get more experience, it will only be from time to time!)
Ok.. You sooo need to knit Dave some socks!! Do it!!!
(not that you need more to do right?)
Denise
knitchat.com
oooh - feel for Gerry - one word that helped me - CHIROPRACTOR
Annie, please do remember to remind Atticus that he is coming along. Otherwise, you might find yourself with a standard poodle flinging himself at you and holding you in a poodle death grip everytime you leave the house. They worry. Especially when stuff and people start to randomly leave the house and not come back.
As for Gerry's back, those heating pads that heat up in the microwave are great - you can't over heat your back. That, stretching and not worrying will help. 8-) My dad has been getting massage therapy for his back and that has helped more than anything in years.
I loved the story in Tracey Ullmann's knitting book about how she knitted a tie for Jay Leno...continue the talk show circuit with Dave's Gap Toothed Socks! (In your "spare" time.)
Good luck to you and your family with the big move. I've been reading for a few months but this is my first comment. Moving is so all-consuming, especially cross-country with kids--I've done cross-country, but not with kids. Shiver.
Unsolicited advice alert: pack one BIG box with bedding for everyone and open that first--then at least you'll have a place to sleep the first night. (My Aunt Mary's #1 moving tip--it's never let me down.) Good luck!
You so rock!! I love it that you worry about the same junk that I do!
Get that man a pair of socks! (along with some needles, yarn and instruction book, of course!)
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