There are a lot of WIPs at my house lately. The house is the biggest work in progress, still. They’ve gotten a lot done but I’m guessing we still have at least a week of work left, if not more. I’m hoping they finish the deck stairs today, and they’ve started putting up the new clapboard siding.
I’m totally in love with my new deck. It’s 12′ deep and there’s going to be plenty of room for the grill and a table and chairs, and maybe even a lounging chair for napping in the sun, plus three dogs. I’m so glad we decided to splurge on a huge deck, since sitting out back with the dogs is my favorite part of this house. Who knows, maybe we’ll decide to stay here after all!
Of course I’ve got my knitting WIPs too. Even though I have probably six things on my needles, I’m still only working on one or two projects at a time. One is a sock and one is a bigger project. I just finished my Walls wrap, which I’ll share Friday, so right now, these are the two.
I’ve got maybe four or five rows left on the sweater before I get to join in the round. I’m still totally in love with this yarn and I think I’m going to love wearing it. And my Twilight sock is growing nicely and look, I even managed to match the stripes! It totally doesn’t bother me when they don’t match, but it does tickle me when they do.
The last bit of news is that we got the boy a car on Monday! He’d had a 1963 Mercury Comet for a couple of years, but they never really got it running, so he wasn’t able to drive it. With us working from home so much, it was no problem for him to just use one of our cars. But things are starting to open up, I might be going back to work at least part-time this summer, and he’s graduating high school this month. It was time to get him some reliable transportation of his own. We found a nice used car with super low mileage, and though it’s not the cutest car, it’s got space in the back for him to lug around his guitars and amps and other music gear.
He seems thrilled with it and I’m glad we’re in a position to be able to help him with this — though it might have been nice if it hadn’t been at the same time as needing to pay for the renovation, haha!
Happy Wednesday, friends!
bonnyknits 
The house is looking fantastic. My favorite thing to do is sit out on my deck with knitting and dog-dog, too. Summer is my season!
Your son looks sooooo happy! What kind of guitar does he play? I have an Epiphone Riviera.
Thanks! I agree, summer is the best! I’m not really a guitar expert, but I know his favorite is his purple Telecaster.
That is a nice guitar. I love that it is purple!!
Your house is looking wonderful so far, especially the deck! Love your WIPs – your sweater is so bright and beautiful, and the socks are lovely too š Looks like the boy has a good car now – that will be a big help for him!
And a big help for us too, now that he’s not using our cars all the time! š
The house and knitting are all looking fantastic! And a car with space to lug stuff around is a huge help for a musician. I remember when I was dating my bass-playing boyfriend I could never drive my car if he was going to a gig, because the amp was too big to fit in my car.
Ah, the hazards of dating a musician! lol
Right? š At least his car was big enough.