{"id":3795,"date":"2018-02-27T15:54:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T21:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=3795"},"modified":"2018-02-27T15:56:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T21:56:34","slug":"not-so-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=3795","title":{"rendered":"Not so new"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good grief!\u00a0 Another month has slipped away and other than noticing the vast amount of rain we’ve received, it seems it successfully snuck right on by!<\/p>\n

This week, I had the ‘pleasure’ of getting my car inspected.\u00a0 In Texas, when one purchases a new car, it comes with a 2 year license\/inspection sticker.\u00a0 It appears my ‘new’ car has now celebrated it’s second birthday and requires a new sticker.\u00a0 My car CAN’T be this old…. it still looks and smells new and only has 10,200 miles!<\/p>\n

For the past 40 years, hubby or son has taken care of this chore but this time, it’s was up to me to decide when\/where\/how to handle it.<\/p>\n

Sadly, in my tiny town, there is just one inspector and he’s only available on the weekends.\u00a0 Since I was required to renew my sticker before March 1 and it was already the 26th, I had to drive to a neighboring larger tiny town to have it done.\u00a0 Thankfully, I found a friendly (though a little kooky) inspector able to do the job immediately.\u00a0 $7 later, I had the required paperwork to take to the Tax Assessor’s office (with parking over 1\/2 block away!) to purchase the license\/inspection sticker; all done while dodging raindrops and road flooding.\u00a0 At the TA’s office, I handed her the inspection paperwork, the registration renewal, proof of insurance and $74 and in less than 30 seconds I had my license\/inspection sticker.\u00a0 Why isn’t there a drive-thru for this?\u00a0 This is way more hassle than it needs to be!<\/p>\n

With all the nasty, grey weather we’ve experienced (today\"\"<\/a> included!), I’ve spent some time watching out the window, hoping Spring will soon arrive.\u00a0 I noticed a black cat\u00a0 hanging around and since I’d like a cat to stay near to control rodents and other vermin, I put some meat scraps and trimmings in a bowl and put them outside.\u00a0 I called ‘kitty, kitty’ and came back inside.\u00a0 The poor thing was starving and quickly overcame its shyness and ate its fill.<\/p>\n

Every couple of days, I spot the cat and with the same routine, it has eaten more kitchen scraps.\u00a0 Because of the solid black coat with a hint of brown on the end of its tail, I’ve name it Scorch because it looks like the tail got a little close to a fire.\u00a0 Today when Scorch came looking for food, I noticed a fat tummy.\u00a0 It looks like a female and I may end up feeding a whole passel of\"\"<\/a> kitten hatchlings.\u00a0 The last time this happened, after re-homing several cats (including the mama), we ended up with 3 house cats.\u00a0 I hope that doesn’t happen again!\u00a0 A cat or two is a blessing out in the country but a flock is much more than I need!<\/p>\n

I’ve had plenty of time to knit.\u00a0 First, I made rainbow socks to replace the originals that did not fit Stormy.\u00a0 These were made of self-striping Biscotte<\/a> yarn in colorway ‘Rainbow’ (a little ‘spendy’ but a wonderful yarn!) on size US 2 needles using My Knitted Heart Vanilla Socks<\/a> pattern.\u00a0 The extra ribbing on each side gave the needed width for a good fit.\u00a0 The pattern was super easy to follow and I will knit it again (maybe for me!!).\u00a0 The black toes and heels were made using Knit Pick’s Stroll<\/a> yarn from my stash.\u00a0 I never try matching stripes on one sock to the other but accidentally these match perfectly.\u00a0 The socks are super-bright and I hope Stormy likes them.<\/p>\n

I also finished a pair of socks for Jacob made using Valley Yarns Leyden (no longer available) on US 1.5 needles using Petty Harbour<\/a> pattern.\u00a0 These socks disappointed me in two ways.\u00a0 First, I was absolutely taken by the photo of the yarn when I ordered it.\u00a0 In my opinion, though it is really nice yarn, the color knitted up a bit muddy.\u00a0 Second, the pattern makes a thick fabric so it was slow to knit and in my opinion, too thick for the foot of the socks.\u00a0 I made those in plain stockinette stitch instead.\u00a0 The socks are OK, but nothing that excites me.<\/p>\n

After knitting 14 pairs of socks for others,\"\"<\/a> I’ve decided to make some for myself.\u00a0 Thus far, I’m about halfway finished the first sock of a pair of anklets using a self-striping yarn in purples and blues.\u00a0 I like them a lot and know they will be nice to wear on the last of this winter’s cool days.<\/p>\n

I have a stack of new fabric with lots of plans for sewing.\u00a0 Hopefully, the urge will strike.\u00a0 I NEED some new things for spring.<\/p>\n

If you don’t do anything else in the coming days, HAVE FUN!<\/p>\n

Shirl<\/p>\n

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