Living the Home Life

More Socks and Sicky

Well, I've been knitting while I lay around, and am proud to say that I'm almost done with my first pair of socks.  I got one alpaca sock done, and am past the heel on the second.  They are nice and warm and fuzzy, oatmeal colored with brown heel, cuff, and toe, and ds has already claimed them.  I need to finish up my other pair, and then I'm going to start on some handspun fall colored New Zealand wool pair.  My aunt has already hit me up to do a pair for her, so I'm excited to see what yarn she brings.  I gave her a copy of the pattern to take to the yarn store with her so the people there can help her pick something appropriate.

On the sicky front, I'm starting to feel better enough that I'm getting restless, and I can't stay in bed all the time; I'll go nuts!  Plus, now I can't, because it looks like ds is also coming down with the mono.  He started a few days ago complaining of fatigue, throat discomfort, etc.  He has been running fevers, and as of last night, he's growing some impressive lymph nodes on the back of his neck.  He's been in bed for two days, and if he's still sick on Monday, I'll take him to the doctor.

Today, we have to clean the barn out, or at least at some point this weekend.  The poor geeps (collective goats and sheep) have been stuck in the barn for awhile with the bad weather, and it's getting kind of gross in there.  The sheep probably wouldn't care about being out, but the goats hate any precipitation or wetness, so they need to be in, and you can't seperate them.

The good news is, dh said he'd do the shoveling, so we just need to find somewhere for the geeps to hand while we clean.  I'm thinking the dog run, if we can slog the critters back there.  Maybe I'll just halter everyone and tye them off with some feed somewhere.