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Jul. 2nd, 2015 11:12 amTopsy Turvy Few Weeks
Last week was a bit nutz at work. We have a huge program review in a foreign country coming up, lots of people going on PTO and lots of things just coming to ahead all at once. Its long days and not a lot of progress. I have say, we are still discussing a part mark. The waste of time that has been has made my head ache. Oh, well, I now have a much better understanding of reading a specification than I did beforehand.
Ben was okay at school…not his best week but by far not his worst. We left Thursday AM to head to the retreat Griffin Dyeworks Fiber and Dye Retreat by way of phx to pick up![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
corinnemacleod. The trip was good. We stopped off in Blythe at the Courtesy Café which is unchanged since it was built in 1964. Tasty, quick food and off we went. Benton did not nap but colored almost the whole way out on a dry erase board on a lap desk. Best purchases for us, definitely. I had bought Crayola wash out dry erase markers and he cleaned up with a baby wipe easily.
We made it into Cali and then up the mountain to Lake Arrowhead Ranch. Mel was driving and took the mountain curves very fast. We did not let him drive us down the mountain. I didn’t want to get almost car sick again and neither did Corynne. We only got mildly lost due to a change in the roads compared to the maps but all good. Got to site about 345pm, checked in, unloaded and helped set things up. The next while was spent getting to know new people, meeting folks we’ve known for years, having dinner and then putting the boyo to bed before sitting down at spinning circle. Unlike previous years, the spinning circles were indoors and that was nice. Plenty of light, no bugs and just happy. I ended up finishing off my yak/merino/silk and then setting everything else up for plying on Friday night. Which I did.
( Intensive pictures behind here )
You can see more photos of the whole trip: The Kemp Family Trip to GDWR2015.
Mel played with the dye pots and Ben was out and about with the kids or hanging out with us. He was so tired he put himself to a nap for most of the afternoon and went swimming with his dad later. We had dinner and put him to bed and went back for spinning circle where I plyed up all of the yarn.
A three yarns I plyed.
We got back to the cabin and Benton was whimpering in his sleep. He woke up with a huge Charlie horse in his left leg quad and we finally had to get him a ¼ of a ibuprofen tablet since it would not relax. He ended up chewing the pill which was nasty and gross but it hit his system quick for him to snuggle down to sleep.
Saturday was another busy day of classes. I learned to make a rope bowl, Taught crochet , took a painting class and a shibori class. Mel was awesome and took care of dyeing my shibori stuff and they turned out great. Saturday night we had dinner, got Ben to bed (he was tired) and then sat and listened to a presentation on Viking stuff and spinning stuff. We went back to spinning circle and I got things packed up. I was tired and had finished off a few projects (bunny foreilina and MIL socks (except for Kitchner)) and just wound off some handspinning onto bobbins for plying on the wheel when we got home. We headed to bed not too late after packing things up. We all were tired when we woke up but got things going quickly to pack up and be ready to leave by 11am. We left about 1030 after lots of hugs and pictures and more hugs from our fiber Friends. Oh, one thing at the raffle, mel won a 36” loom. Sighs. Luckily it packs in pieces.
The trip home was long and we were a bit cranky when we stopped for food in Indio. We were much happier after that. Made it to phx and dropped corynne off without much issue and then home by 730pm. It was a longer trip back since lunch took quite a bit longer but it was good.
The week on work was crazy, see the first item. I had to pick Ben up from school early on Monday and on Tuesday evening I was told that we would not be welcomed back on Monday. Basically, unenrolled. Sighs. I’m better now but I can tell you I was angry and frustrated and sad. After chatting with Mary and Theresa at knit night we have a plan for kiddo care. Just need to work out the schedule for July. After chatting with the ingress teacher, who had no idea Benton had been kicked out, she stated she was leaving for a new job and hadn’t told them yet. So, again, weirdness at the school insn’t helping. They’ve had a large turnover in staff, a change in management and the class sizes are way large compared to what we had started with 18 months ago. Miss Judy said she thought Ben would do good in a much smaller class setting which is what we will see at TCDS. We did get accepted into the Pre-K program and we start August 6. This makes me happy and I think a few weeks with close friends and not school environments will help get him back on track for proper behavior.
( FOs )
Everything will go out in the mail Monday since things need to be washed up. I cast on for THE LAST baby gift of the summer which is another little bunnie blanket for Mary (of Joe’s Pancake House)’s little girl. AND THEN IT WILL SHAWLS, SHAWLS AND MORE SHAWLS!!!!!
I have the following items picked out to make:
La La’s Simple Shawl
Easy Peazy Shawlette
Spectra
Mossie
Last week was a bit nutz at work. We have a huge program review in a foreign country coming up, lots of people going on PTO and lots of things just coming to ahead all at once. Its long days and not a lot of progress. I have say, we are still discussing a part mark. The waste of time that has been has made my head ache. Oh, well, I now have a much better understanding of reading a specification than I did beforehand.
Ben was okay at school…not his best week but by far not his worst. We left Thursday AM to head to the retreat Griffin Dyeworks Fiber and Dye Retreat by way of phx to pick up
corinnemacleod. The trip was good. We stopped off in Blythe at the Courtesy Café which is unchanged since it was built in 1964. Tasty, quick food and off we went. Benton did not nap but colored almost the whole way out on a dry erase board on a lap desk. Best purchases for us, definitely. I had bought Crayola wash out dry erase markers and he cleaned up with a baby wipe easily.We made it into Cali and then up the mountain to Lake Arrowhead Ranch. Mel was driving and took the mountain curves very fast. We did not let him drive us down the mountain. I didn’t want to get almost car sick again and neither did Corynne. We only got mildly lost due to a change in the roads compared to the maps but all good. Got to site about 345pm, checked in, unloaded and helped set things up. The next while was spent getting to know new people, meeting folks we’ve known for years, having dinner and then putting the boyo to bed before sitting down at spinning circle. Unlike previous years, the spinning circles were indoors and that was nice. Plenty of light, no bugs and just happy. I ended up finishing off my yak/merino/silk and then setting everything else up for plying on Friday night. Which I did.
( Intensive pictures behind here )
You can see more photos of the whole trip: The Kemp Family Trip to GDWR2015.
Mel played with the dye pots and Ben was out and about with the kids or hanging out with us. He was so tired he put himself to a nap for most of the afternoon and went swimming with his dad later. We had dinner and put him to bed and went back for spinning circle where I plyed up all of the yarn.
A three yarns I plyed.
We got back to the cabin and Benton was whimpering in his sleep. He woke up with a huge Charlie horse in his left leg quad and we finally had to get him a ¼ of a ibuprofen tablet since it would not relax. He ended up chewing the pill which was nasty and gross but it hit his system quick for him to snuggle down to sleep.
Saturday was another busy day of classes. I learned to make a rope bowl, Taught crochet , took a painting class and a shibori class. Mel was awesome and took care of dyeing my shibori stuff and they turned out great. Saturday night we had dinner, got Ben to bed (he was tired) and then sat and listened to a presentation on Viking stuff and spinning stuff. We went back to spinning circle and I got things packed up. I was tired and had finished off a few projects (bunny for
eilina and MIL socks (except for Kitchner)) and just wound off some handspinning onto bobbins for plying on the wheel when we got home. We headed to bed not too late after packing things up. We all were tired when we woke up but got things going quickly to pack up and be ready to leave by 11am. We left about 1030 after lots of hugs and pictures and more hugs from our fiber Friends. Oh, one thing at the raffle, mel won a 36” loom. Sighs. Luckily it packs in pieces.The trip home was long and we were a bit cranky when we stopped for food in Indio. We were much happier after that. Made it to phx and dropped corynne off without much issue and then home by 730pm. It was a longer trip back since lunch took quite a bit longer but it was good.
The week on work was crazy, see the first item. I had to pick Ben up from school early on Monday and on Tuesday evening I was told that we would not be welcomed back on Monday. Basically, unenrolled. Sighs. I’m better now but I can tell you I was angry and frustrated and sad. After chatting with Mary and Theresa at knit night we have a plan for kiddo care. Just need to work out the schedule for July. After chatting with the ingress teacher, who had no idea Benton had been kicked out, she stated she was leaving for a new job and hadn’t told them yet. So, again, weirdness at the school insn’t helping. They’ve had a large turnover in staff, a change in management and the class sizes are way large compared to what we had started with 18 months ago. Miss Judy said she thought Ben would do good in a much smaller class setting which is what we will see at TCDS. We did get accepted into the Pre-K program and we start August 6. This makes me happy and I think a few weeks with close friends and not school environments will help get him back on track for proper behavior.
( FOs )
Everything will go out in the mail Monday since things need to be washed up. I cast on for THE LAST baby gift of the summer which is another little bunnie blanket for Mary (of Joe’s Pancake House)’s little girl. AND THEN IT WILL SHAWLS, SHAWLS AND MORE SHAWLS!!!!!
I have the following items picked out to make:
La La’s Simple Shawl
Easy Peazy Shawlette
Spectra
Mossie
