Redhook
Here’s the beginning of my sweater … though it looks rather more orange than it should. (The color in this post is pretty accurate.) It’s about 3″ now, but yes … it’s definitely making my hands dry as I knit.
And look–the start of my new sock.
The yarn again. It’s Mountain Colors Bearfoot in “Northern Lights” and is really lovely to work with.
My father nicely took my car to be inspected today. (A bi-annual requirement here in New Jersey.) He drove to the office, took my car, and headed off to the inspection station. Time passed, and more time. Then more time. Hmm … I was starting to worry, when Dad strolled in the door and dropped my keys on my desk. “Did it pass?” “Well, I had to go twice.”
Twice? It turns out, my car failed inspection. Not because of the brakes that are going to need replacing, or the two tires that will be replaced the same time … but because of my windshield wipers. Apparently they were insufficient, despite the fact that they keep my windshield clear without streaks, and anyway, who knew that aging windshield wipers could flunk a car?
So, anyway, my good father … who earned at least one of those loaves of Stollen … drove all the way back to our mechanic, had them replace the wipers, and then drove back to Succasunna to the inspection station to get it reinspected. Wasn’t that good of him?
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I love the colors of your sweater, and, yes, Daddy is wonderful!
It’s Important for Daddies to feel needed and important! Good to have new projects, isn’t it?
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Deb–do older cars have to go through inspections twice a year? yikes! Great of your dad to be such a sport!
What a guy! I am SOOOOO glad we don’t have to do car inspections here.
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I’d say Daddy presented you with an early Christams gift!! ?
As annoying as I found our annual inspections in Texas, I have more respect for them now that I live in a state without mandatory inspections. I see some of the cars driving around here and KNOW they would never pass the inspection. Also, my current state bases your registration cost on the age of the car — cars more than 10 years old pay a fraction of what cars less than five years old pay, meaning they are encouraging people to keep cars longer. There’s nothing wrong with that, except that I wish they had to be inspected! (Sorry – can you tell this is a pet peeve of mine???)
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