Over There, Over There!

I'm guest blogging about bread over at City Wife, Country Life today.

Too Sore to Knit Tonight

 So I'll blog instead.

We spent our weekend enjoying the gorgeous weather(high 60's!) and working on the new dining room.  We installed four new windows by ourselves and it really couldn't have been much easier.  Aside from the very last window, they slid in easily and, thanks to my Dad's expert framing job, were perfectly level both vertically and horizontally and required no shimming.

The first window went in on Saturday evening, the second had to wait until the next morning due to noise regulations.

 One side all done!  The big hole in the middle should be filled later this week by. . .

 This beauty that we picked up this afternoon, the glass is about 2/3 the height of the door.  The outside is going to be painted a gorgeous red, and the trim around the window will be the same tan as the siding.

The handsome husband nailing in the very last window, which was only trouble because the sheathing was cut badly and dipped down into the window opening.

All done with the windows!  This next week's challenge is going to be hanging the front door and a hanging the patio door on the back side of the dining room.  It's so nice to see this coming all together and starting to look like an actual room instead of just a weird porch.

Grey Monday

It's a lovely grey Monday here, not really the cheeriest way to start the week, and even more gloomy when the 10 day forecast expects rain for 8 out of the next 10 days.  But rainy days are also good for lots of coffee and knitting and soup.  Mind you my current knitting projects are at least as grey as the weather.

 My latest purchases at WEBS.

The Webs Anniversary Sale started this weekend and I headed up on Saturday to make sure I got the Cascade 220 I wanted before they ran out.  So the above is two sweater vests and some pima/silk for my sister - all greys.

Thankfully I also thought to get some color for myself.  A nice skein of clearance Sockin' Socks, which means I now just need to learn how to knit socks - just a small detail.  I'm waiting on a book on how to knit socks from the toe up, it looks like it will be more difficult initially, but I think it will be worth it to be able to just keep knitting the sock until I run out of yarn rather than ending up with leftovers once the foot is long enough.  If I can figure this out everyone may be getting socks for Christmas this year!