Stinky knitting...

Today is the first time we have hade to stop and breath.   We are stayinf with friends while our insurance company finds us an apartment.    Our hostess is at work, the boys are at school are at school and Hubby had to run into the office for s bit.    I have been knitting and dozing between laundry loads.  I was reading but the I realized that the book I am reading is called "Inferno".    I've put it aside for now.

We were able to recover a couple of knitting projects.   I call these my stinky knitting and only work on them outside.  We meet with the insurance guy whose job it is to put a price on my knitting and stash tomorrow.   No doubt I will have more to say on that subject next week. 

Fireplace + Knitting = Love

Inspired by another blogger, I have decided to do a series of "Things That I Love" posts.   It is so easy to get caught up in the things that weight us down and/or make us crazy, but so much nicer to focus on the little things that make our day better and/or easier.

Today I am feeling pretty fond of fireplaces.   I don't think the subject even came up while we were hunting for a house in FL.   We were lucky enough to have them in almost every home we lived in, in NJ, but I guess we took them for granted because fireplace did not make our "must have" list once we moved South.   Of course, now we all (including Jack the dog) miss having one.   It is not so much the practical warmth (we have a space heater for the short "cold" season) but for the other kind of warmth.   The kind that makes you feel snugly, and comforted.

Consequently, I am really appreciative when I go someplace on a cold day like today (44 degrees, brrr!), and find a roaring fireplace.   I am meeting some knitting friends at our local Panera, and as the first one here, I got to pick the table.   Guess which table I picked?   The one next to the fireplace, of course :-)