Happy Anniversary!

My TYPoE has been going for a year (one year and two days to be exact). Holy cow.

I have a burning desire to tell you about my weekend. But given that I just discovered I'd hit the one year mark I think it's important I spend a moment reflecting on my goals and my advances.

I shall edit my "Things still to do" list:

• Learn about goats - done. They are not related to cats or dogs. They are browsers not grazers
• Learn about organic stuff - Definitely need to learn more about this!
• Learn how to knit - I think I've got it. I want to get better though.. but I certainly have the basics down.
• Learn how to milk a goat - yes! I'm looking forward to this lesson.
• Learn how to card and spin wool - Have a book. Just got some beautiful wool - Found a place in Lincoln City that will teach me - if I can get over there mid-week. I'm ready to learn!
• Learn about necessary business license - oh yeah.. I've made NO progress on this.
• Learn more about goats - Absolutely need to learn more. For one thing I need to finish the book Peter got me. And I will - as soon as I can put the knitting down. I've found I can not knit and read at the same time. darn it.
• Learn how to make better goat cheese - I think "more exciting" would be a better goal. Apparently my goat cheese is just fine, I just need to learn how to add herbs and flavors.
• Learn how to make goat soap - I want to do this. It involves lye. I'm scared.
• Get my kids through High School and Independent - You know.. this may not happen for a very long time. But Jill's graduation from High School remains the target date.
• Get my house ready to sell - On going and still has to stay on the list. I have a new floor. That's a start.
• Sell my house - Can't even START this until next spring. I'll put it at the bottom.
• Buy a funky pink bicycle - I shall wait until I move. There is no place suitable around here for riding a funky pink bicycle.
• Find someplace for me and my goats - Peters house. He said I could. But you guys already knew that.. didn't you?

The past year has gone quickly. It's been exciting to learn new things. Something I think I should continue doing even after this set of goals has been reached. I look forward eagerly to see what the next 15 months brings.

I'm such a sucker

My vegetable garden is sooooo tiny I bought one of those upside down tomato plant pots to make the most of the room I have. Afterall.. I have one of these in the photo below..

It may work. I hope it works. The commercials indicate it will work. Then again, according to commercials, eating Dorito's will make me sexy and a G.I. Joe Action figure can actually rescue Barbie from an alien invasion...

I'm working on a bag for Jill. I wasn't going to show it to you.. but I'm afraid you won't believe I'm working on something. I really am. I'm knitting. and knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting. . . I may actually get sick of knitting before I'm done with this thing (probably not.. but maybe!) Keep in mind that the squares on the floor are 12 inches. That makes this thing already about 18 inches long.. and I have SOOOOOOO much more to go. Then I will felt it.. then it will be much smaller with some shape and style. So I hope.. felting is such a big unknown...

The good news.. I think I have the knitting thing down. At least the basics. I'm already researching my next project. Peters mother gave me a bunch of wool to do with what I want.. but I can't decide what.. and Peter gave me yarn to knit him a hat.

I'm a visionary...

Today was all about prepping the garden for summer. I dug up old plants, dug dirt and tilled. This is what it looks like now..

But in a few months I hope it will look like this:

Septorhinoplasty

Today was "the" big day for Kyle. He had a Septorhinoplasty with a cartiledge graft from one of his ribs.

He was such a trooper! His nose already looks better.

And now.. I'm tired.. he got to sleep the day away, I was awake and pacing.. or wait.. I wasn't pacing.. I was KNITTING.. I'm making a really large bag for Jill and made significant progress. YAY! I'll show it off when I'm done knitting and ready to felt it.