How Can It Be October

I can not believe that it is actually October. The summer flew by and apparently the fall is going to follow the same course. It has been very dry in September so the outside is not looking so much like fall as of yet. No pretty colors on the leaves--although my yard is starting to fill up with brown ones!

Disaster--while the lawn people were mowing--a rock kicked up (apparently a rock) and broke my sliding glass door. It shattered but did not fall out until a week and one day later. Unfortunately the door was a non standard door and took a week and 3 days to come in. When the glass fell out--Sunday morning at 6 am of course--the door would not open or shut and Jasmine was fighting to get out. I had to call my poor sister over to hold onto Jasmine so I could sweep up the glass. A very nice person who had looked at the door when it happened and said that we had a 50-50 chance of it staying intact until the new one got in--came over and knocked out the rest of the glass and fixed it so I could open and shut the door. Amazing how heavy the broken glass of a sliding glass door turns out to be.

Next disaster--I noticed that my car's heater was not working a couple of weeks ago--had it on the back burner to take into the shop--then--the coolant warning light came on! Turned out the gasket head and water pump ( I think that's what they called everything) both had leaks. As the repair person who called to tell me said--"I have some bad news". Expensive bad news but the good news was they could fix it.

Shrugs--I have four done now--five to go--have misplaced my camera so no pictures yet. I am so sick of shrugs!! I suppose there it a very good reason why the pattern does not tell you to knit the arms in the round--however, I can't figure out the reason, so I have figured out how to knit the whole garment without any sewing up seams. yeah for that at least. I got my new knitpicks option needles and was knitting away on the last one when the plastic tube separated from the metal part that screws into the needle-- a mini disaster as I lost the beginning of my round--however--I faked it and I can't tell that it harmed it. Knitpicks were very helpful and are replacing the cable free of charge.

Happy fall to everyone.