Vacationing in Oregon

We are doing one of the things that we set out to do when I got on the truck. We are taking a little mini vacation here in Portland. We got into town Friday night and settled in and headed to the Ponderosa Nightclub that is here at Jubitz truckstop in Portland. We listened to the Honkey Tonk band, Kindling and had some drinks. Yesterday morning we woke up and got a bite of breakfast and got some laundry started. I decided that I had better call Linda and Bob Cole, one of the agents in Vancouver, and say hello since we were in town. Well we decided to go grab some dinner and then they were kind enough to show us some sites around the Portland area. Wow! What a great afternoon we had. They took us to the Columbia River gorge. We drove thru the beautiful Pacific Northwest forests and stopped to see 5 waterfalls!!! The scenery was fabulous and I'm sure that without Linda and Bob we never would have seen this area.

View of the Columbia River from Crown Point

I can not express how really really nice it was of Linda and Bob to take time out of there weekend to drive us around and show us the sites.

Chris, Laura Bob, Linda and Zachery at Latourell Falls

Bridal Veil Falls

Chris and Laura at Multnamah Falls

Multnomah Falls

Up until 1995 Multnomah had the longest continuous waterfall in the world. In 1995 a 400 ton chunk of rock the size of a school bus fell from the falls from the natural erosion of the water hitting the rock. Now that that piece fell the walls sucks the water close enough to the rocks that it breaks the continuous fall.

When we got back to the Hotel we came back to the room and crashed with the boys for a little bit. After we had rested us for a little bit we headed down to the Ponderosa again. We listened to the band and had some more drinks. It was a very wonderful full day yesterday. Today we will be a much slower paced day! We are going to watch the race and do some "housework" in the truck.

Here is one of the pics of my shawl that I had been trying to upload. I did finish the butterfly shawl but do not have a pic of the finished shawl yet. I finished it just in the nick of time. The day after I finished we were in Northern Idaho (beautiful!!!!!!) and it was chilly and perfect shawl weather. I am predicting that shawls will be the poncho. Watch out fashion world!

I have also been plugging along on Chris' socks. They are turning out really nice so far. I finally had him try them on yesterday and they are fitting perfectly so far also. I have spoiled myself by knitting little socks for me and Chris has BIG feet. These socks will take longer to complete than the shawl!

Well it's time for me to get cozy, knit and watch the race!

I am a lazy blogger

I'll admit it. I am a lazy blogger. I could rattle off why I am a lazy blogger but I'll save it.

We're in SSP right now. We will leave tomorrow morning for Portland OR. I am excited to be heading into the Northwest. I have never been to OR or WA (neither has Oscar!!!). I'll be curious to see what we can find to haul out of there since this is a Holiday week. Happy 4th BTW.

Oh and Happy Birthday Skip. I know this isn't the weekly message but it's the best I can do!!!

Well this week has been filled with truck drama. We were going to get a new truck then we weren't then we were again. Well we are not getting a new truck. We will continue to travel around in 3310.

Here is a pic of the load we took to NC.














This is our current load that's going to Portland. Well this is part of it anyways. We are in the middle of loading when I took this but the rest of it looks just like these crates.

I finished the counterpain bag. I am pleased with the way it turned out. If I had it to do all over again I would have sent it to Moe to have her do the sewing for the lining. I guess the good thing about me doing all the sewing by hand is that it is 100% hand made by me. You can tell it's handmade if you look at the lining though.

I also finished these socks. I drunkenly promised them to Kari. She is one lucky chica because these are some lovely socks. They are Mountain Colors Barefoot. The yarn is spendy but lovely and wonderful to work with.

This is my newest big project. It is a butterfly shawl that I am knitting me me, me, me!!! I was looking for a shawl pattern for me when I ran across this at Borrialis Yarns last time we were in town. I wanted a shawl for in the truck. Sometimes it gets chilly but I don't want to put a sweater on and the dogs are SUCH blanket hogs. (It looks like Nannie might turn into a shawl hog!) It's coming along nicely and I am thinking that it should be done by the time we get to Portland unless I get distracted by socks. I am over half way done already. ***This site does not want to upload these pics of the shawl. I will try later***

Today I swung by Three Kittens Yarn Shoppe to return the extra balls from my bag. ( I just don't have the space or money for a stash in the truck that does not have a plan!!) I picked up some (more) sock yarn. I got this really cool sock yarn that has aloe vera in the yarn. You really can't tell when you just pick it up but the lady at the yarn shop said that she loved knitting with it because it moisturized your hands while you were working with it also. It's supposed to last for 40 washings.

I also picked up yarn to knit Chris 2 pairs of socks. He was not feeling the knitting love. He is financing my knitting career and not seeing anything knit for him. Sorry about that babe. I'll get those socks started stat!!!

We're BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Hey there! Once again I apologize for my lack of posting. I am just one busy chick.

We ended up deadheading home from Shelby and got home early Friday morning. I was lucky enough that Disa had the day off of work so we spent the day doing some running around. Friday night I fired up the grill and we had a lovely dinner.

Saturday I did some running around and went to the yarn store. (I'll talk more about that when I can show you pics! The digital camera was left at Karis, ooops. I'm afraid this will be a pictureless blog) Then Saturday night we went to Kari and Brads Housewarming party. Well we really warmed that house up!!! I had a blast! I got to see Moe, Karis mom and all my peeps. I partied like a rock star and felt it the next day.

Sunday I just mostly felt like carp and layed around. I remember why I don't party like that all the time now.

Monday we started the search for freight again. We were unsuccessful.

Today we re-leased on with Admiral Merchants. Ahhh, we've come full circle. We went into the office to fill out the paperwork. It was great to go in the office and see all my peeps. I could have spent all day walking around chitty chatting with people. I figure they will limit the time that I can come in the office because I will be a distraction as I talk to people and they are not working. hehe. When I was over talking to Ralph he asked if I wanted to answer his phone so I did. It was one of the drivers that I used to talk to a lot. He says " Laura! I haven't talked to you in forever! Where have you been?" I told him I didn't actually work there anymore and that I was just in visiting. We chatted for a few minutes then I ran some miles for him. I was highly amused by the whole thing.

Well I promise I will get ya'll another update soon. I will post pics when I get my camera back again also.

Still in Shelby...

Well we are still here in Shelby. There is no freight around. That is NOT good. We checked out of our hotel this morning and we spent the day looking for freight. Well Chris looked for freight, I knit and took a nap:) Since there is nothing we checked into the other hotel in town. We're at the Crossroads Inn. It was cheaper and it is older. The boys are happy to be in a room again though.

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

Greetings!!! We are currently in SHelby, MT. Geez I need to update this more often. We delivered this

in Baltimore. Then we boogied down to NC to pick up this.

We just kicked this off the trailer and now we don't have a plan. We're camped out at a hotel for the moment so that is just fine with me!

Montana is really pretty. I think it would be awful in the winter though. I suppose people think that MN is nice but would be awful in the winter too. They have the biggest cows I have ever seen in MT. They also have tons and tons of sheep. I never really believed all that MT and sheep stuff but now I do... hehe... I have also seen Antelope. The first Atelope I saw I just thought it was a really old deer but Chris pointed out that it was an Antelope. There are tons of Atelope in MT also.

I have been knitting up a storm. Did I ever post pictures of this bag??

Well here it is. I've been done with this for awhile but figured I'd post a pic of it. Here is what I have done of Counterpain bag. I am rolling right along with this bag. It is going much quicker that I thought it would. Pretty soon I will have to go get fabric for the lining.

I also finally finished my jaywalkers!! The other night in SD it was chilly so I put on a pair of my handknit socks. Well I loved wearing them so much that they inspired me to put down the bag for a little bit and finish those socks. I started these socks this morning.

They are being knit from the toe up with mountain Colors Bearfoot. I love this yarn so far and am really enjoying knitting from the toe up. I am knitting these socks from the book Sensational Knit Socks. I am knitting them using the easy toe method. I was going to use the short row method for the toes from the book but it just did not make sense to me. I need to consult with another knitter about this pattern. (Betsy, do you have this book??????)

Well that's all folks. I will try to blog more often. I promise:)

I have nothing witty to say...

I just want to give a shout out to my faithful reader Rob. Thanks for always posting a comment.
Hey Kari, I'm sure you read this all the time also but don't comment. Are you looking forward to Tuesday???xoxox???

Well we're in OH. We loaded Friday in IL and are on our way to Baltimore. The load is 12' wide so we have some restrictions and this is our stopping place for the day. I really should have a pic of the POS load that we have but it's really not much to look at. It's an old hopper of some sort. Someone bought this whole tar plant in IL and are shipping it overseas. We really can't imagine that anyone would pay money for what we're hauling but to each his own.

Have I mentioned lately how much I hate Flying J? We had the misfortune of having lunch and dinner here. They were out of butter, ranch dressing, blue cheese dressing, hoagie rolls, anything that had marinara sauce, salmon, cream and real napkins (they were handing out cheap little ones that I'm sure they purchased in the convince store) And who knows what else they may have been out of that we did not hear about. Yah gotta love that flying J. It's always something!
Now that we have hit the road again I have dug into my knitting some. I am still working on my jaywalkers but they have turned into my project that is kept in my purse and gets worked on while I am in the restaurant. They are almost done though.


Ok so now I'll tell you about the new bag that I am making!! It is from Bags: A Knitters Dozen. (Have you noticed that I am crazy about the bags in this book?) This is what the bag looks like in the book. I am making it with a lovely cotton-linen blend. This bag is going to be FAB! You knit four diamonds and then they are pieced together. I had planned on lining this bag even before I started it but now that I am rolling along on it I know that it needs to be lined. The yarn is lovely but it I think I would have to be knitting a lot tighter to get the firmness that this bag needs. The liner will take care of that. When I was picking out the yarn I was having a hard time deciding on a color and it seemed that when I found one that I liked there were not enough balls for my entire project. So I am going to knit each diamond panel in a different color. Pink (of course!), purple, green and brown. I have not decided what color to knit the strap yet though. I think I have plenty of time to decide still. PS. Betsy, Did I ever thank you for the Magic Loop book???? Thank you!!!!!!

Back at it

Well we are all moved out of our house. I'm glad it is finally over but was sad to say goodbye. We have set up temporary residence at the Homestead Studio Suites. I don't know if this is where we will set up camp next time we're in town. The hotel is OK but the only thing it really has going for it is it has a little kitchen with a 2 burner stove and a full size refrigerator. (This morning I made Eggs and toast for breakfast.)

I believe we are taking off this afternoon to go load in IL for MD. It is time to go back to work!! We are running low on funds so that is usually a good sign that it is time to work again. Hopefully next time we are in town we can spend some more time visiting people. This trip home was sp busy and rushed packing and moving. We have a ton of stuff that needs to get done today also before we leave. Geez, I can't wait to just get in the truck where I just sit there and knit and have no control over whatever and I can just relax instead of stressing.

In the knitting front I did manage to sneak off to the yarn store one day this past week. I needed something to organize my circular needles. That was my really good excuse for going. I also picked up some yarn for another bag. I will get you pics and details on that soon.

Well I may have more to say but I just don't have time. It's 9:45 and check out is at 11. That means I have 1 hour and 15 minutes to do about 30,000 things. tata.

Moving Sucks

That's all I have to say about that!!!!

Goodbye Admiral :( Hello Bennett:)

As you may or may not know we terminated our lease with AMMF and leased on with Bennett Motor Express.

I am sad to be leaving the Admiral organization but excited to start something brand new to me. Already Bennett has proven themselves by providing us with 2 good loads so far. Yesterday we delivered this communication building to NC.

It delivered to a jobsite that Chris was NOT going to bring the truck into so they ended up off loading it in a church parking lot and putting it on another truck.

I'm sure you're wondering if I'm ever coming home and let me tell you I am starting to wonder myself. (We will be home after this trip!!) This morning we loaded at the Port of Savannah, GA and are headed to Henderson (Vegas), NV. This thing is a BEAST!!! It is huge. It is 32' long, 11' wide and 12'7" high and weighs 64,000! I drove it on the trailer this morning... Just kidding! HA! It mades me nervous to stand next to the giant beast!!! ( I will post more pics of the beast when I don't want to kill the computer.)

Look this is what using this computer does to me.


See I am still really alive and it's not just some Laura clone blogging away.

Well that's all folks. I miss you all!!!! Call me!!!!

Sweetwater

This morning I went on a fabulous run. John and Kathi live about a half mile from Sweetwater State Park. I ran down there and it was great! I started out running just on the streets in the park since I wasn't sure what the trails were like. I didn't have a GPS signal at all so I think that helped make the run even more enjoyable since I could not see what my pace or calories burned were. I did decided to venture down one of the nature trails and was pleased to find that the path was wide and easy to run on. I ran about a half mile down to the factory ruins. The factory ruins used to be a yarn and thread mill during the civil war. The Union came and arrested all the workers and set the mill on fire. It was a very cool run. Next time we are in Lithia Springs I will be doing my entire run on the nature trails. I seen another runner on another trail so it must be do-able.

Ok this is for you guys out there who need to see something besides my knitting. Chris took some truck pics yesterday and I think they turned out pretty nice.

Georgia on my mind

Greetings from GA. We've been here all week and keeping busy. Not working but busy none the less. The highlights of my week was getting a pedicure! I have wanted one for awhile but it's not always easy to do things like that with the truck. Kathi and I both got pedicures. She had her toes painted with a French manicure with rhinestones and my toes are painted pink with flowers on the big toes. The big klutz that I am I smudged the one toe already though.

I've been knitting up a storm! I finished my spring socks.

I love them! They knit up suprisingly quick on size 2 needles. I've also been working on a pair of blue socks that are going to be really warm. For some reason I am not very enthusiastic about them but I am slowly getting the done.

Yesterday we went to Why Knot Knit. I was hoping the whole way there that it would be a big store. I was pleasantly surprised by the store. It was in an uptowny part of Atlanta and was in a madeover house. They had a very large selection of all types of yarn. I was hoping that they would have more than cotton yarn and they did. Being that we are in the South cotton yarn is a lot more popular. I had to control myself from going crazy there but I did pick up some things I really needed like the size 6 24" circular needle for what I am calling the cotton candy bag. This is what the bag looks like in the book Bags: a Knitter Dozen

I am not knitting it in those colors. I love those colors and maybe someday I will make that very bag. I am making the bag in with this yarn.

The whole deal with this bag is you are lining up the color to have it pool together like it does in the picture from the book. Well the yarn I picked out for my bag does not have long enough strings of color to have them line up and pool. I still like the way it is turning out.

I also picked up this Blue Sky Alpaca yarn.

It is 100% baby alpaca. It is soft and lovely. I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do with it but I just could not live without it. Blue Sky Alpacas is located in Saint Francis, MN. I traveled to GA to purchase yarn from a MN company. Go figure!

I also picked up another needle I needed for the sweater, a cable needle and the new Interweave knits magazine. I am one happy knitter!!

Today we went over to Chris Grandad and Glinnels house for a visit. Jeanette and her kids, Mickey, Maddy and Tessa also stopped by. Today has been a pretty relaxing day again. We're about to have corn on the cob that was made on the grill and roast from the crockpot. YUM!!

Here we go again...

Ya know I might update this blog more often if the computer or the sprint air card or whatever didn't make me crazy. I had a nice long post for ya'll when something broke and that was the end of that. Once the computer wipes everything out I just don't have it in me to re-type it all out again.

So anywho... Monday we started heading North and stopped in Wildwood, FL and got this done to the doors of the truck...

Pretty cool huh??

Vacationing???

This morning I went on a fabulous run. I noticed that beyond the truckstop was a residential area so I decided to run down there. It was great. I ran in the morning so the weather was wonderful, the neighborhood did not have a lot of traffic and it smelled like Florida. There was a slight breeze so the scent of orange blossoms was in the air. Oscar also enjoyed the run immensely. He was happy as a clam. Since the temp was only about 70 he was enjoying it. We saw our fill of creatures also. We saw birds, dogs, cats, a rooster and goats! Yes, goats!!!! I think I also found the redneck section of the Tampa area.

This is the view from our room.

I don't know if you can tell or not but that is the TA truckstop beyond the parking lot. Now this hotel is lovely. It's a Hampton Inn and should be lovely but WHY would anyone want to stay here with this lovely view of the truckstop??? If I was vacationing in Tampa I would think there would be more seenic places to stay. Oh well it suits our purposes and now we have the truck parked where we can see it from the room so that makes Chris happy.

This afternoon I finally lounged aroung the pool. It's another beautiful day but breezy. When I got in the pool there was a chair in the pool! I swam some laps, read a magazine, knit on my spring sock and listened to my ipod. It was very relaxing. I may head back out there in a little bit but thought I better come inside and make sure I was not getting burnt. I wouldn't mind being a nice tan color but think that lobster red would not suit me well. I think I'm ok so far!

Here is my spring sock.

I've made a lot of progress with it and still love it!! I haven't thrown it across the room yet or cursed it out too much yet.

There seems to be some really great sounding yarn shops here in the Tampa area but I will be unable to visit any of them. The only 2 stupid truckstops here will not let you drop your trailer and talking the truck and trailer to go out be-bopping around town is not really an option. I told Chris we needed scooters or something for cruising around town during our downtime.

Have you ever been to Bob Evans? There is one in the parking lot of the hotel so we have been eating pretty much all of our meals there. Yum. I love Bob Evans. I wish there were Bob Evans in MN.

Sunshine!

Greetings from Sunny Florida! The load ended up being ready Wednesday afternoon so we are already here in FL. We are in Sarasota as I type. Next I think we are running a little shorty here in FL and then we are supposed to have a load to TX. We are not so patiently waiting for the phone call on the next load.

This is the transformer we brought down here. It's not much to look at.

The boys are still happy as clams. I don't think they enjoyed the rain we had the past few days though. I think they are probably relieved to be in warm sunny FL. It was cold Wednesday!! I ended up putting on my jeans and I even wore my mosssy socks for the first time!

Well ya know my jaywalker sock?? It's gone. I ripped it all back. It is now just a ball of yarn again. I had read that other people had found that the pattern was very small and did not take it to heart. I had this much done when I ripped it back.

I could not get the darn thing around my heel. Oh well I will start it again soon in the larger size.

In the meantime I started this sock...

I love love love this yarn! It is Cherry Tree Hill super sock. It is awesome to knit with and I love it. I can't wait to pick up some more. I think the jaywalkers would have been great in this yarn also. I'm afraid that the variegated yarn obstructs the pattern of this yarn but I am still pleased with the way they are turning out.

Work is for the birds

So yesterday we got called to do a load out of South Boston, VA going to FL. So we hit the road and started traveling North to VA. Well this morning we arrived at the shipped and the piece will not be ready until Thursday. Sooooooooooooooo, they are paying us to wait for it and we are checked into the Holiday Inn. When it's time to hit it hard we're not going to know what to do. We have been spoiled with easy trips and hotel rooms.

The only thing I'm bummed about is the hotel has a nice outdoor pool that is not open yet :( Oh well I am still going to sit outside with the dogs and work on my tan!

This is for you Rob...

Before we got the call on the load we had the truck washed. I've only seen the truck this clean one other time. It cleans up nice. I hate to step on the stairs because they are so shiney and nice. Here Rob, Here's another for you!

Well that's all folks.

PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Greetings!!! I'm back and I have pictures!! I just thought this pic was so cute. This is ALL of my boys! This is Santa Rosa, NM. We turned South from here and entered the boondocks. The Boondocks of NM.This is Jeanette and her son Mack. Hey did you know my middle name is Jeanette? Yup, sure is. We have that in common already:) Last night was the awards ceremony for the Terry Bramer Circle of Excellence. Here is a pic of Chris and I before Dinner. I tried to get some pics from when Chris was receiving his award but the lighting was bad and they did not turn out. I snapped this one when they were getting ready to get there pictures taken as a group. To the left of Chris is Greg Neal and to the right is Vernon Brobst. When Chris was getting his award everyone booed him for stealing a freight coordinator away. Poor baby! It was all in good fun though. I'm sure Chris is ready to get the heck out of NC and get away from all the people harassing him about taking me:) On the knitting side of my life... I finished the mossy socks. They are both done. I even ripped back the first one and shorted in up. They are now done and perfect. It's kind of funny that I am knitting socks like a crazy person but want nothing to do with socks right now. I am all about my sandal's! I finally started a Jaywalker sock. I actually started it twice. Well now we're rocking and rolling on it and it is very nice. I have read on other blogs that the jaywalker is very narrow and it is. I tried it on and it was a very tight fit to get it around my heel. This may be the nicest sock I have ever made though. The yarn is very fine and it is knit on size 1 needles so the stitches are tiny! This is another sock that I started. It is going to be a warm pair of socks. They are very different that the jaywalker!
This is the my other project that is one the needles right now. It's going to be a bag. I'm kind of at a stand still with it right now though. It is currently on size 6, 16" addi turbo needles and I need a 20 or 24" to continue on with it. We did check out a yarn store here in Charlotte yesterday and I was hoping to pick some up but they didn't have any.

The yarn store we checked out was baskets of yarn. It was very small. They didn't have a large variety but was an interesting store none the less. I got out of there cheap. I bought one ball of sock yarn to add to the stash!

I added a bunch of new Pics to "The Boys" if you need a new fix of cute dog pics!

Well I have to wrap it up here. I need to pack up so we can check out of the hotel.

Happy Birthday to me.

Wow, it's been almost a week since I've had a chance to blog. We have been very very busy and any chance to use the computer that I have had has been used for "official" business. Well we managed to deliver in El Paso and get the heck out of there. I loved driving thru NM, it was very pretty. I loved how most of the time you could look around there would be nothing but road and desert. I can't imagine what life would be like living in Eastern NM though. It is very desolate and poor.

After we delivered in El Paso we set up camp at the truckstop thinking we would be there for awhile. We found a nice parking spot and set up the Idel Air. (I am now a huge Idel fan now) Well Oscar and I decided to go for a run while Chris and Nanners chilled in the truck. We had to cut the run short because Oscar just couldn't handle to heat. I was ready to keep going but Oscar would stop and just sit down. Oh well I guess he's getting too old to be out running in the heat. When I got back from the run we hit the showers then took off to go load in Sealy, TX heading to Fort Bragg, NC (that's where I am as I type). I didn't think we were going to make it to NC for the awards banquet but here we are!

This load is just a stepdeck load but it got us where we wanted to go. I really meant to take a picture of this load too to post but just never gort around to it.

We have been kind of mosieing along to get here(surprise, Surprise) and have made a few stops along the way. Wednesday afternoon we rolled into Lithia Springs, GA and spent some time with Chris' parent, his Grandpa and Glinell and Jeanette, his siter in law and her son Mack. I have never met Granddad, Glinell or Jeanette and her family so that was cool. I thinkg it is so nice that now I am here with Chris when he is seeing his family instead of always just being on the other end of the phone

We had a blast in GA! We ate shredded chicken Tacos and yummy oatmeal cake. Micheal also called from Cuba so we all got to speak with him for a little bit. The dogs were suprisingly well behaved. We were very worried that they would be super brats and we would not be invited back. Chris had a heart to heart with them both before we arrived so I think that helped :)

Yesterday we cruised up to Fayetteville, NC (where Fort Bragg is located) and spend some time with Chris' Aunt and Uncle, Mitzi and Bobby. We also had a great time with them. I told Chris I would like to just drive around the country and visit people!!! When we arrived we just sat and chatted some with Mitzi then we went to Walmart. There were so many things that we needed! After Bobby was done with work we headed off to a fabulous Italian place for dinner. I had chicken Marsala and it was excellent! After dinner we headed off to the mall for some more shopping. Well my birthday started last night, let me tell you, since I was spoiled with all the stuff I got. I have a bunch of new clothes, Mitzi bought me a cute pair of pink flip flops, and Chris bought me a limited edition Dale Earnhardt Jr Leather jacket. We got an INCREDIBLE deal on it. It was far too good to pass up!

Last night we slept in the truck in front of Mitzi and Bobbys and this morning we got up and had coffee with them then went out to breakfast with Bobby. We just unloaded and next we will be heading to Charlotte, NC to set up camp and the hotel and drop the boys off at the kennel.

Ok. I started typing this us yesterday but now it is Saturday and we're in Charlotte. We dropped the boys off yesterday afternoon at the kennel. I miss my little guys. Our hotel room is awesome and the boys would have loved running around in this big ole room.

Last night was the social hour thing and this morning we had the meeting. We have some free time until 7 tonight now so who knows what we'll do this afternoon.

Well I'm going to post this since I have been hanging onto it since yesterday. I will post pictures later! I promise!!!

Time to go to work!

Ha! Here is the purple tree! The computer still did not want to upload this pic so I had to do some tricky work to get it to work. I hope it's worth it!!!

We're still here in Joplin MO. We decided to stay another night since the room was reasonable and the weather was nice. Yesterday we spent a good part of the day working on this computer. It has been moving at snail pace lately. Chris spent two hours on the phone with Geek Squad yesterday trying to determine if we had a virus or what was making the computer so sluggish. Well after all that there is NOTHING wrong with the computer. Which I guess is a good thing. Well we finally checked the Sprint Aircard and there was an upgrade on that. It seems like maybe the computer is moving a little quicker.

Last night we went to dinner at Olive Garden. It was yummy. I'm sure I blew my points out of the water but it was so nice to not eat at the truckstop.


Yesterday the mossy sock and I made peace. I actually have a bit more of the second sock done than this pic shows. I think I have determined that the sock and I don't get along when we are rolling down the road. Tiny stitches and bumpy roads don't mix. I have also spotted some boo-boos in the first sock but they are mistakes that I can live with. They give the sock personality! Yeah, personality!

I also got quite a bit of the second mitten done also yesterday. I often wonder what I did before I knit. If I have a minute of down time I have time to knit.



This is the load we have now. It is an Oshkosh truck. It has been a topic of conversation. Lots of people have come up to the truck to take a lookie at the 42,000 pound military truck. They want to know what it weighs, what kind of engine it has, and is it an automatic? People have also told us stories of there military days.

BTW, it had a Detroit engine and it is and automatic.

Well I think we're going to get ourselves ready so we can go back to work. We're going to have to hit it hard the next couple of days. We've messed around long enough and it is time to get back to work.

Hi Skip!!