Life’s Journey – Choosing a New Direction
(There are pictures in this post, just scroll down)
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During the past few weeks, I knew Change was coming and boy has that happened.
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Work Change: I work for an insurance company and they just reorganized the part of the business that I work for. The department I worked for was disbanded and the team members were separated and put on new teams with other people. I have a new boss or maybe two and was told they were glad to have me, but did not know what I would be doing exactly yet. As I had surgery pending, their instructions were to leave, get better and then come back. That leads to another change…
Health Change/Life Decisions. I blogged several months about unfun female things and that I was possibly going to have a hysterectomy…..well that happened this past Monday. The change here is that I no longer have the choice to have children naturally. That is not such a big deal to me as I never planned on having kids. Having the choice taken away or that it is an ending of sorts is what saddens me. I can also choose to look at it as a positive and that new doors are opening.
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Actually, new doors are opening for work and in my personal life due to this change. I am excited about the opportunity to do something different and work on a great team where there are several successful people who I can learn a lot from.
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One such positive is a friend that I know from ‘Blogland’ named Robin. You can find Robin’s blog at For the Love of Fiber. Robin sent the sweetest Get Well box and it had all kinds of things in there. Robin has been making bunnies and ducks for Easter and I got my very own bunny. How cool is that?!!! Included in the box was one of Robin’s handmade soaps (lavender that includes patchouli and real pieces of lavender). She has tvery nice little boxes that the soap goes in and the box is labeled to tell you what the soap is. She even put in a ball of cotton yarn in there so I could do some mindless knitting like a dish cloth.
To see the pictures better, click the picture and it will become bigger.
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What do you call a Bunch of Rabbits ?
Besides CUTE? 
notice the purple ribbon, LOL
Well, I wanted to know what you called a bunch of rabbits. Here is the answer:
Male Rabbits = Bucks; Female Rabbits = Does; Newborn Rabbits = Kits; Young Rabbits are called Bunnies; and most important A Whole Bunch of Rabbits = Herd. So there you have it.
So, I have the next two weeks off from work and have spent the majority of the last three days sleeping. As you may know, I have a firm rule against knitting and drinking. It takes a lot longer the next day to fix what I messed up. So, new lesson here is that you cannot take pain meds and knit without the same effect. I cast on for the same sock three times before getting it right. So, I flushed those pain meds down the toilet….no more for me. I will stick to Advil or Motrin. Plus that, the sooner I get those meds out of my system, the sooner I can drive. I don’t necessarily Want to drive somewhere, it is knowing I don’t have the choice.
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Also, talking about Purple, I was gifted with some really cool purple Tulips and they still have their bulbs (see, even flowers can have hysterectomies or Not). Aren’t they pretty?!
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Now for the fun part….fiber!
I have several things that I am working on to share with you. First off, I scored some really cool gadgets from Yarny Goodness. The little sock bobbins are used to tie your sock tail on when you are knitting your sock. You could also just put it on your keychain or on your rear view mirror. The llama or alpaca (not sure which) is a WPI tool.
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At Haus of Yarn each month we host a Sock Knit Night and it is a LOT of fun. We have new sock yarns to share and we work on a pattern as a group. Working on the same pattern is not mandatory, but it is fun to work on the same pattern and see how different each and ever sock turns out. This month, we will be beginning the Fiber Trends Raindrop Lace socks. Using US size 2 needles and fingering weight, we will learn to knit (or brush up on your lace skills) socks, how to read a chart for knitting in the round and how to convert a pattern written for DPNS to knit socks on two circs. Because I am the hostest with the mostest, I knit one sock so everyone can see what the finished sock looks like. Mind you, I said I knit ONE sock, so the mate is an altogether different matter, LOL.
Rio de la Plata handpainted yarn 
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This sock was so much fun, I decided to make another in a different color altogether just to how different they look. This is the yarn I will be using for a different pair:
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Speaking of patterns and such, there is a shawl I haved wanted to make for a LONG time. It is the Peacock Feather Shawl and can be found here: Fiddlesticks Knitting
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You know how it is, you find the perfect pattern or perfect yarn, but not usually both at the same time. Well, I broke down and ordered the pattern and now am on the hunt for the perfect Peacock yarn. I ordered three hanks of yarn just for that purpose. I cannot tell how close the yarn is on the computer to the color I am searching for, so it was easier to buy the yarn (yea, that was a real hardship, LOL) and then decided in person which yarn is the winner. Here are three candidates….which one do you think is the most Peacocky?
To hanks are from Ball and Skein and the other is from Miss Babs
What is your vote?
On the agility front, I took Gracie and Jake to Harriman, Tennessee for a dog agility event this weekend. I had it figured out to run all the way up to the last minute, compete and come in screeching sideways into the hospital for my surgery and said “Damn, that was fun” and that is exactly what I did!
We had a great weekend and brought a few toys and ribbons home.
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I have this remainder of this week and all of next week to recover…which means, eating, sleeping, walking, knitting, etc. Unfortunately no spinning because I am not allowed to lift more than 10 pounds and my wheel weighs about 14#. So, I plan on enjoying this new phase.
Ah oh, the UPS man just delivered….some shirts I ordered for work AND, most importantly, a big box from Jen at Wool Girl. I will share pics of that later!
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Have a great one!
Leah
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