Good & Plenty

I love Good & Plenty.

Friday and Saturday were just burbling over with plenty of good news, which is what made me think of the candy.  In balance, I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised to wake up this morning with my head pounding, my throat scratchy, and my sinuses clogged.  DH has been miserably fighting this bug all week and finally succeeded in giving it to me.  Luckily, all the good news has kept me cheerful for now.

On Friday, we got the results from the home inspection and there's nothing expensive to fix.  While that's excellent news, the best part is that once we signed off on the amendment, the due diligence period ended!  I'm so tired of typing due diligence on here, you just don't know.  I bet you're probably tired of reading about it.  But barring anything catastrophic, the deal is locked in.  32 more days.

Saturday morning, DH tells me we've got our address.  I stared at him blankly.  Address?  Where?  Let me tell you, things in the army have changed since the last time we lived on post.  No more "sign in with the housing office when you arrive at your new duty station and you'll get a house in a week to 2 years."  Apparently the dingbat that DH talked to last week really did assign us the newer 4 bedroom house we requested.  I guess I better stop calling her names. 

Not only is our housing assignment confirmed, they have already assigned us to a specific house and given us our new address.  We can now do things like get our mail forwarded right away and make an appointment for cable & internet hookup.  Before we even get there.  We also won't have to stay in a hotel when we arrive because we'll get the keys to our house that day.  I am beyond astonished.  The housing office making a military move easier?  It's nothing short of madness!

We tried to Google Earth the house so we could check it out, but it was apparently built after the satellite snapped the picture.  There's nothing but a razed area of earth.  Even Mapquest doesn't have our street.  I'm trying to find someone from Ravelry or the homeschooling boards in the area who'll go drive by and take photos of our house for us.

On Saturday I bought a swimsuit that I don't hate.  Hey, that is considered good news, really.  It's not perfect because it has some sparkly bits on it, but I had to get something, since none of my old suits fit me anymore.  Stupid Lands End had the suit I wanted back ordered until July.  When summer would be half over.  At least now I don't have to go through any more soul-crushing experiences of badly lit dressing rooms and wriggling into ugly, ill-fitting suits.  Whose idea was it to make all the swimsuits halter tops this year?  Probably the same idiot who is putting puffy sleeves on all of this season's shirts.  Haaaate that.

As of Saturday night, the Dream in Color sweater is finished  After my anguish about the bottom rolling up, a few of you suggested that I block the border of the sweater before drastically ripping out the garter border.  I'd thought of that myself, but hadn't wanted to go through the whole thing with getting the sweater all wet.  Then I remembered that I'd bought a steamer thingy a while ago.  I'm not sure how I managed to forget buying this, especially since I'd bought it exactly for the purpose of blocking knits.

I blasted the front part of the bottom border with the steamer and let it dry for a bit.  Sure enough, it obediently lay flat, without any attempt at rolling.  So all that was left was to finish the last sleeve, work the neck border, and weave in the ends.  It's now hanging out blocking on towels after a nice full immersion soak.

Lastly, I gave in and pre-ordered Wii Fit.  I can't help it.  It looks like so much fun.  It'll be released a few days before we move, so I won't get to play with it until after we get settled in.  Let's hope I don't get a tour of our new hospital after breaking an ankle on that balance board. Because "Becca" and "balance" are not two words that really go well together.

Comments

[Renna]

Congratulations on all the good news! You may need to rename Dingbat, Angel of Mercy, though. ;-Þ

Sorry you're sick. :-(

[angelarae]

Excellent news all the way around! And your sweater looks really nice. I started Auburn Camp shirt over the weekend and have decided I don't like seaming the hem as I knit. Think I'll rip back and tack the hem up like a normal person after the sweater is seamed. Re: the puffy sleeves, that's the nice thing about knitting. It's easy to knit some nice things for yourself that fit your own body type when the latest fashions are silly looking, like, say, now...
Ang

[Tammy]

Congratulations!! I'm so glad things are coming together so smoothly for you.

I can't wait to see your new knit modeled!

[Carly]

Yay! (and yum . . .good & plenty's are one of my favorites, too!)

[KM]

The KP&S top looks great. I'll remember the garter at the bottom when I get mine back OTN.

[tiennie]

Congrats on selling your home and getting a new one!

[weezalana]

Whoo hooo! Congrats on the due diligence being over!

I'm intrigued by the Wii Fit. Can't wait to hear what you think of it! You know, so I can add it to the other fitness DVDs and paraphernalia gathering dust throughout the house.

[Mom2legomanacs]

Which ones are the "Good" and which are the "Plenty"? (if you didn't see that Everybody Loves Raymond episode, then this is totally lost)

Gorgeous sweater! So, when are you driving near me again? Soon? And congrats on the home sale and the new assignment. Nice to have some of the heavy loads removed, isn't it.

I have upped the ante lately with my knitting. I am doing a pair of ribbed lace socks. And I also CO to a lace weight shawl!

Happy "not" cleaning all the time!
melissa

[Valerie]

PRAISE THE LORD!

on all of it - just fantastic news all the way around.

And the sweater is gorgeous....

PLEASE VISIT GAINSVILLE BEFORE YOU MOVE!

[Belinda Giliberti (BelindaG - ravelry)]

So beautiful!