Meet Ramble.

This is a little sheep we’ve had sitting on top of our bookcase in the family room for over twenty years. But, in our need to pare things down for our move, he that wasn’t going to work any more. Mom thought about (gasp) throwing him away, but I said, “Wait. He’s so adorable. I bet I could find a home for him.”

So, I posted on Ravelry and asked if anyone wanted to give him a home, and very quickly, there were about three people all clamoring for a chance to have him.  Then four. Five… Then someone got the idea of passing him around so they could ALL enjoy his company.

Well! Who knew that this little sheep toy had been sitting on his shelf all those years, dreaming about travelling?

Because, suddenly, he had an itinerary a mile long, a journal to write down all his travels and a blog. Yes, a blog.

Ramble, The Travelling Ram

The idea is that he will spend two weeks with each person, who will show him around, take pictures, make entries in his journal, and then pass him on to the next person. I’ve kind of lost count of the number of Ravellers (all on the MVFF-fan board) who have begged for a chance to host him, but I think it’s around 15-20 people now.

All those people, eager to have a chance to put this button on their blogs. (Well, if they have blogs.)

The plan is that at the end of his journey–however long a journey it ends up being–he will come back to us.

I can’t wait.

What else? We looked at townhouses for rent this weekend, so that was fun.

We’ve had three families look at our house so far, which makes dealing with Chappy fun. He’s super friendly, you know, but rather loud and overly energetic in his greetings, so it’s really not possible for him to be in the house when people come. So on Saturday, we took him for a walk to the center of town for a while, and then we took him with us when we went to look at the townhouses. (He waited in the car. And no, it was not remotely hot.)

When we got home, though, there was still another family due, so Mom and I took him for a walk around the block and then, since the people were still here looking around, sat in my car to wait them out. We had been planning on going across the street to a neighbor who said we could hang out there, except that, when we called, she mentioned something about, “Chappy will be okay on the patio.” Um … in other words, WE two-legged people were we welcome in her home, but not the four-legged person who we had to bring with us. Grr. So, no, we chose instead to sit in the car.

Sunday, Mom woke up with a cold and luckily, nobody was coming to see the house. (Well, okay, someone called around 5:00, but they are supposed to give us two hours’ notice and Dad said that his wife was sick upstairs, so …) It was a miserably wet day to be out looking at houses yesterday, anyway. There was somebody looking today, too, who came at 4:00, just as I get home from work … so I detoured to Starbucks and hung out there with some coffee instead of coming straight home. (Mom and Chappy sat in her car in the garage, poor things.) Now I’m just hoping that I don’t catch this cold. My throat feels a little odd, but I’m chalking that up to (1) allergies and (2) my tendencies toward sympathy-symptoms.

Hey, let me ask you… Do you like paper dolls? These lovely ladies have been in my dresser drawer for years and, well, yes … another group of things I really don’t need to keep any more.

Any of you want them? They’re in perfect shape–I never cut any of the clothes out, never bent or tore anything. Some of the pages of dresses are black-and-white and suitable for coloring and, yes, I colored in a couple of them. (Isn’t that part of the fun?) But otherwise? Untouched and suitable for gushing.

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