Half way

Well, today is the half way point. The races are half over. It has been really quiet in the ticket office today. Yesterday I got sent home early. It was nice. I cooked a real dinner for a change. We al enjoyed it. I grilled some steaks, and had some corn on the cob someone brought in for all the workers. Someone else brought in some garden fresh tomatoes. Yumm.... I made a salad too. Very good.

I have been knitting on my socks everyday and am up to the cuff on both. Won't be long now. I really like this yarn. "Island reef" It was dyed by Sue Warren and spun by me. I think I would like to make a sweater of some like this. This is super wash morino so it will be easy care.

I got my eighth bobbin spun of my "Sophie" wool. I can start plying now. Infact I have to start plying because I don't have any more empty bobbins. It should make some nice yarn. I felted some for my granddaughter and it turned out wonderful.

spin on..........Sheena

Pining for grandkids,working, spinning and knitting

Well, the grandkids have flown back home. We miss them already. Ron is really grieving. I guess I have had to "let go" so many times, I am better at it. I really miss all the kids because I use to take care of them all full time. They all miss each other too. It was really fun for them all to be together again.

I am working every day but Tuesday. It is really tough, but knowing there is an ending date helps. I try to knit a little everyday. I am working on a bag by Fiber Trends, and it is going really well.

I have been spinning my wool from "Sophie" It is turning out really nice. I am spinning it kind of bulky, and have knitted up some and felted it. It turned out so wonderful, I hope I can get alot spun up so I can dye some. Then I will make myself a bag. I am trying to spin a little every night. I am so pooped by the time I get home, I don't do much.

spin on........Sheena

off to the races

Well, the races have started and it is pretty exciting around here. The grounds are beautiful with over a million dollars worth of flowers planted. The transformation is amazing!!! I really wish the gardeners would come home with me and do my yard.

I spun up some of "Sophie" and she made beautiful bulky yarn. I am knitting a bag for my granddaughter, Autumn, to keep her rocks in. I am going to felt it to see how it felts. With 11 pounds of it I really need to find something wonderful to do with all this "fluff".

The granddaughters go home next Wednsday so I will truley miss them. I wish I had more time to spend with them, but that's the price I have to pay. If I don't work we can't afford to have them here to play.

We went to the movies the other night and saw the new Harry Potter movie. I wish I had seen the others, it would have made more sense. But I enjoyed it anyway. Makes me want to read the books. I want to start with the first one though, and need to go to a book store and buy it.

Well, summer is drifting away.
spin on...........Sheena

It's Party Time at Del Mar!!!

Well, it won't be long until opening day at Del Mar. The seats are sold out and so is the Coors Light party. This place will be a mad house as of Wedns. July 18th. Everyone is hussling around to get things done. The flowers are being planted and everything steam cleaned to get this place sooooo pretty by opening day.

I wish some of these gardeners would come to my house. They are planting over a million dollars worth of plants everywhere. Very pretty.

on the wooly front!!! I got my Lincoln fleeces back yesterday and they are awsome. I can't believe the miracle they do at Morro Bay fleece works. I really thought Sophie would be a ragged mess to make a rug out of, but OH MY GOODNESS you should see how wonderful them made her fleece.

I also got back a fleece I am sharing with a friend from spinning. It is a black Columbia/Finn cross that is absolutely the most beautiful I have ever had. I wish I had bought the whole fleece. Oh well, I have plenty to spin.

This weekend is the last weekend I will have off for a while. Until Sept. 5Th as a matter of fact. My day off will be on Tuesday after this weekend.

My granddaughters are here from Alabama and they are having a ball. My husband is having a great time entertaining them. They eat Popsicles all day and swim.

That's all for now, let you know how my spinning goes in a couple of days.

spin on........Sheena

It's over at last!!! I'll miss it!

The fair is finally over. It was great fun and we had a successful run. We had so many beautiful things to display. My favorite was a cross stitch picture of two imigrants holding hands. They were sweet and done very well. I don't do that kind of needlework, but do admire it.

I started a lacey scarf while at the fair, and am about half done. I also did a little spinning. Some with the drop spindle, and some on my Ashford traveler. I had it in the motor home. The trouble was, by the time we went to the motor home, I was too pooped to pop.

I slept until 7 this morning and it felt really good to wake up in my own bed. I went outside to see all my critters and talk to the sheep. My grandchildren are here and they got baby chicks so I had to visit them too. They have named them all. They are very sweet.

I am planning on starting a bag for knitting. You know, knit a bag to carry knitting in. Isn't that the best???? I can't wait to start. I am going to felt it and then needle felt on it. It will be the best!!! I know I will have time to knit at the races.

I start working at the Del Mar Race Track on Monday. Can't wait to get back. It is such a different job and very fun. I really enjoy both jobs, they are both fun, but again, very different. I will miss the Fair, especially all the people. I feel like I have made some great friends.

Spin on..................Sheena

Half way through....9 more days.

We are over half way through with the Fair. It will soon be behind us. It has been fun and stressful. I miss all my friends and my other life. I haven't knit much, but have been learning alot.

The lady who owns Bonita Knitting Store came to judge a contest at the Fair. She is so nice and brought a feather and fan pattern and I have been trying to knit it. It took me about 9 startovers and I finally got it. I am so dense when it comes to hand knit patterns. I just keep trying though. I am more stubborn than the knitting.

I have been spinning on my drop spindle every chance I get and am getting better at it every day.

Spin on.......Sheena

Fair Time!!!

Well the San Diego County Fair will open on June 8th. We are almost ready. Just a few finishing touches and the food to take in. On Wednesday we will be taking in all the yummy baked goods and cookies and candy and decorated cakes. Can't wait, it is usually very exciting. We will have it all Judged on Thursday and then Friday.....opeing day!

It has been alot of work and we are short staffed, but are getting the job done. Everyone is really tired and Karalyn has been diagnosed with High blood pressure. I hope it isn't because of the fair. We really do have fun, well atleast I do. I sometimes think we are just plain stupid for working so hard and then thinking it is fun.

Hope to see all my friends and family at the Fair. I will take lots of yarn and my spinning wheel with me in my motor home. I am also taking my drop spindle in case I have a chance to practise it.

Spin on.......Sheena