Snow!?

[jennlk]

I mean, yes, it's April, but still. OTOH, it didn't accumulate, but there were some pretty intense flurries there for a while. We're currently under a break in the clouds and it's bright sun. With rain clouds looming off to the west, so I expect we'll get more precipitation today. The daffodils in the front garden were already fading, and the freeze overnight has pretty much finished them off. The salmony-peach quince by the garage is flowering, as are the fruit trees behind the garage. There are flowerbuds on the bleeding hearts, and the fancy daffs are just beginning to open.

My car is at the dealer in Saline for some recall work -- it's the nearest dealer that I trust to work on my car.

Bathroom is pretty much done. J has decided that his towel belongs on the hook, not the towel rack. Dunno where I'm supposed to put my towel when I shower, as I can't reach the rack from the bathmat. I swept and washed the bathroom floor - there was a residue of drywall dust that I could feel underfoot. J claimed he did it already, but if he actually did he's pretty horrible at sweeping. After another "that's not gonna work" for the closet, I've figured out what I need for the space. I'll stop and get it when I pick up my car. And then I can get Esme out and start practicing (the closet stuff was piled in the space where Esme needs to go).

DB got his 1st COVID jab on Tuesday. J is currently off taking K to the Big House for her first jab - the one he scheduled for Tuesday was the J&J one that they paused Tuesday AM. He was all concerned about finding the place. Dude, it's at the Big House. There are signs bigger than your car and 4' arrows. If you can't find it, I dismay.... (my second jab is next week. DBs second jab is the day after his birthday.)

In 'reading is hard', people are asking questions about a pattern. Dude, have you, like, actually *read* the pattern description? because all of those questions are answered (at least once) in it. I have taken to block-quoting from the pattern page when I answer, and there are at least two other people doing the same. Plus the designer (who has a full-time job and can't babysit the discussion).

I have a newsletter deadline set for today. I've gotten about half the articles I'm supposed to. The managing editor has sent out three reminders. Starting next week, I bet I'll start getting emails "where's the newsletter?" "It's at least three days from final article to distribution. Submissions are late."

Comments

[minnehaha]

We had snow here too.

Is K not in OZ? When did that happen?

K.

[jennlk]

Different K. Daughter K, usually referred to as EU (for Elder Urchin) and sometimes SR (Silly Rabbit was her swim team nickname), is still in OZ, survived the lockdowns (much harder, but much shorter than those in the US), and has got a "real" job doing reception/"triage" for a financial advising firm.

K, as referred to in my posts, is a fannish friend from the UP who frequently comes down to the AA area for medical reasons, and often borrows J for driving/company.

[mrs_sweetpeach]

I looks like my comment from last night did not make it through. What is this pattern that is giving poor readers so much trouble? Are you knitting it too? I figure you must be if you know people are having trouble knitting it.

[jennlk]

We haven't even started knitting it yet! It's a MKAL from Lyrical Knits called The Knights Who Say Knit, and people are asking all sorts of questions about yarn choices -- "can I use two CCs rather than 6 minis?" "how big are the minis?" "what does she mean by "full-size" skein?", etc -- which are clearly answered in the pattern description, sometimes more than once.

(There have been some other questions about the planning sheet (which you get when you buy the pattern) that are answered in the planning sheet, and they're nearly as annoying -- "how many stitch markers will I need", "what does 'five is right out' in italics mean?")

[mrs_sweetpeach]

I finally had a chance to check out the link. It looks like that is going to turn out to be gorgeous project.

[jennlk]

Her MKALs are usually gorgeous - I didn't finish the last one, because it turned out to be a style that I don't like, but it was very pretty.

The forums have gotten so noisy that I don't follow them other than to look at the pretty pictures, and let other people find the (very occasional) errors. I started mine last night, and cut the wrong yarn at the end of the first color change. :( So it went into time-out and I'll try again today.