Coming along with Spring comes Spring Cleaning. My folks came into town yesterday. So, we did some cleaning before they got here. Of course, we keep a clean, if dog-hairy, house, so it was nothing major. Clean sheets on the beds, vacuuming and dusting and other weekly chores that just seemed more important because they were done just before Mom got here.
We put the gazebo up. Wow, I really love that thing. I was commenting to Bunny that since we bought the gazebo toward the end of last summer, it was the most we've used our backyard since we bought the house in July of '97.
We are thinking of getting a fire-pit or chimnea or some other fire containing thing. I would like to get one that is also a table. I'm looking for some different ideas.
OOOhh, on a spinning note, I have spun up some of the jacob fleece. I think it's come out great! I used the "toy wheel" spindle that housemouse1189 gave me. I have two ounces of black spun up and just finished spinning the second ounce of white. I still need to ply the white. I will be doing that with Harmony's help. I plied the yarn I labled "Jacob Black" with the spindle. Yeah, I can say that I've done it! But NEVER again, if I can help it! I wish I could have taken pictures. My Bunny ended up acting as a "Lazy Duane" since the singles were wound onto tennis balls and therefore I couldn't use a Lazy Kate.
Okay, there is a picture of "Jacob Black" on the niddy noddy before it was washed. I really like it. What do you think?
Now that I think I know how to post pictures, I will add some from the zoo trip we're going to do this Thursday. Should be fun. We haven't been to the Omaha Zoo since they built the Desert Dome. I hear it's really neat. Last week, they also opened a gondola/ski lift type ride that goes over the zoo.
