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I had a little bit of no knitting time.  I think it was because I had so many projects going and was near the end of all but something was wrong with all of them.

 I finally finished the peapod and hat.  You can see I did the little bobbles differently from the directions, cause I didn’t like the way it looked.  These seem to be more pronounced.

Then my friend Martine came down from Canada and we went to Sit N Knit Too and started a sidewise sweater with Helen.  It seems simple, but the value of it is in learning the fit.  I had an AHA moment.  All the sweaters I knit were too small.  I thought I was knitting too tight, even though the guage was right on.  I even knit a swatch and bound it off and then measured.  The trick is to add inches to the bust measurement.  duh….

  I’m using Lily Chin  and Isager “scots pine heather” yarn and it very nice.  This is the left sleeve, but I’m no on to the front and back.

Golf starts up on April 20th and there is a meeting on 4/4 at Hawks Landing.  $19 walking for a round this year.

 We’ve been busy worring and meeting about the condo for the last month.  We went to a Town of Berlin Meeting to see if the SHADY DEVELOPER Nathan Kahn would get is builders permit renewed.  We also contacted a couple of lawyers to see what would be in our best interest - get the permit or not.  The town didn’t know how bad the situation was here and noted that he was in violation on many counts and ordered him to clean up the trash and put in street signs (safety issues).

We will never get the “punch list stuff” done.  I, for one, would just like to see the grounds cleaned up and topsoil applied and the rest of the shrubbery planted.  I guess we’ll have to wait for a new developer to take over.  We have taken dozens of pictures and presented them to the p and z commission and I think even the inland/wetlands commission and anyone else we can think of. 

One of the other defunct projects, who seem to have a far greater problem than we do, had their community featured on channel 30 news and Nathan Kahn declined to comment.  They only have 9 residents as where we have 22.  That makes it a log easier to share the cost of everything. 

 We eliminated mulching and fertalizing from the maintenance contract and one of our owners is going to spread the fertalizer if the owners but it.  We can maybe mulch next year.

 I have been reading up a storm and need to collect the names before I forget them - see them next post!

Let’s start with the new tricks.   I am teaching Beckett to sit on command and today we started with down.  He is a big cheese hound and learned quickly.   I was so happy I made my husband watch and asked what we should teach next and he said:said “teach him not to shit in the house”.  I’m working on that.  He’s small and quick  and our house has an open floor plan so I have a problem keeping an eye on him.   Just as we started a routine we had a snow stom that dropped more inches of snow than he could keep his head above.

Here’s a picture of my Granddog Murphy, who stayed the week with us and Beckett playing tug o war.

I updated Ravelry today with new pictures of some project  in the works and a couple of new ones.  I’m making a sweater for Melanie, Ryan’s American Doll.  Here’s a picture  And this is a picture of Ryan on her 8th birthday and her doll in matching outfits.

This is a picture of a sweater for Ryan:

This is a pair of toe up socks I’m working on :

I’m using Judy’s Magic Cast On and the short row tutorial listed on Lillian’s Facebook page

As long as I’m doing pictures here’s Becket after he tired himself out by helping me wind the yarn in the sock picture!!!!

Becket went to Rocky Hill Animal Hospital Tuesday and got a kennel cough treatment and made a pile in the lobby so they were able to do a fecal sample.  The glass is always half full!!!!   I think he is going to go to day care at River Run once a week for a while to socialize.  They have the cutest little guy area.  You should stop in and see it.

I finished “The Last Lecture” today and cried.  I missed the big U-Tube thing on it.  It’s a Berlin Book Club Book.

I’m supposed to be making plans for a trip to see my favorite sister, but haven’t done anything about it yet.  Too busy doing condo things and dog things.

 RANTING

What is wrong with people???  Today in the times a man had a house he bought and refinanced and too 1 Million $$$$ out and not his house is not worth what it was and wants a reduction on his loans.   Hey GUY what did you do with the CASH??

What makes people think they are entitled???  

It seems that people in power (think CEOs, TRADERS, Hedge Fund Manager and of course Politicians) feel that we owe them something.  What’s up with