Some of us are having more fun than others

Hubband is still sickly. He is better part of the time but then gets terrible bouts of clogged up ears and room-spinning dizziness. He started a different antibiotic today in hopes of killing off some bugs that may be lingering around after the one he started on Monday. I guess the big decision on going overseas with DTE will have to be made by about 5 AM Sunday, since their plane leaves between 8 and 9 AM. Though I am guessing the decision will be made sometime by Saturday evening. I am really hoping he is better in the morning because the two of them have been looking forward to this trip and his friend is really wanting some folks to speak English with! Of course DTE is also hoping this trip will help her decide about spending five weeks studying in China come next spring.

 

Today I drove DTE out to my friend's house so she could play with fire. (Well, she could have driven herself, but I was happy to go too.)

 

She was a very happy camper for several hours.

 

Tomorrow she gets to go back out and clean up all her hard work. Never fear, you'll get to see the products of all her fun. I might even decide to show you what I did today.

Lace

Last night I went to a knitting group that I had never been to before. I had emailed with a lady here in town who is also signed up for MS3 and she told me about the group that meets on Wednesday nights. I had a great time and reconnected with an old friend of mine from the Zumbro River Fiber Arts Guild, which neither of us attend any more. It was great to see her again, and we are going to get together to make glass beads. DTE is hoping to come along as she and I both took a class last summer and had a blast playing with fire and melty glass. Hubband bought me a Hot Head torch last year as an anniversary present, but I still need to figure out a place to work without freezing or overheating too much, or catching something important in the house on fire. Fortunately, I think my friend might be willing to help me figure that out too. Maybe I can bribe her with food...
Another friend of mine from church and Prayer Shawl Ministry was there and she was able to tell me what size needles she had used on a Misty Alpaca Lace shawl she had made this past winter. (We have been playing phone tag for a couple of weeks to pass that information around.) So, I am about ready to start my MS3, now that the extra-large clue number four comes out tomorrow!
Speaking of lace, The Heathen Housewife is having a contest for lace yarn and a copy of Victorian Lace Today. Go check it out and if you decide to enter, please tell her I sent you along.

Pictures of the sweater will be up later today; DTE is off to work, leaving her camera in my babysitting care for the afternoon.