I suppose most people would lead with having a new home and follow up with being connected to the world wide web once again.

But it's been a bit of a circus around here, not just with getting internet set up (the house wasn't equipped for it and it took the poor tech almost two hours to get it up and running) but also the house itself has just been a pain in the tookus.

Before I launch into story mode, though, here are Bobby and Pikachu on our new front stoop!

They enjoyed their grand adventures, I'm sure, moving from Hawaii to Georgia, but everyone was ready to start settling in to the new space.

The problem was that I kept smelling gas in the house.

In the sunroom, specifically, downstairs, which is the nicest place in the house to sit because it gets so much lovely light!

But it sure was smelly. To me, anyway. My darling husband couldn't smell it.

Nor did the first maintenance guy. The second maintenance guy said it was something dead in the crawl space. The third one said he "caught a whiff" of something, which is also what the Fire Chief said after housing insisted we call 911 when I still smelled gas in the house two days after the gas company came and fixed the first (exterior) leak.

There was a second leak in the crawl space (which the fire department did NOT catch). It has now also been fixed, though, (by some local plumbers) and, I think, fingers crossed, we are down to simply having slightly musty 100 year old house smells now.

Oh. And also, in the midst of the is it or is it not a gas leak circus...

We had a BAT land on our window (outside) during daylight hours! (Also a potential source of stinky smells, but no evidence of them in our attic was found, thank goodness.)

This little fellow is supposedly a Mexican free-tailed bat and yes, it has a TAIL! I didn't know they had tails.

He hung out on our window until dark, I assume, and then went on about his batty business; he was gone by morning.

So that's another fun thing we get to look out for.

Along with the wood bees. And the one inch large venomous house spider that's posted up in one of our windows. Not to mention all the other little spiders. And the ants. And the wasps. And I hear tell of roaches and snakes, too...

Oy vey.

I don't think I'm much of a fan of old historic homes?

And no, I have done not one bit of crocheting or spinning or painting or anything creative at all, really. I'm getting antsy because of it, too.

But I just... haven't had the brainspace for it. Or something. Maybe now that I'm not low key worrying about my house blowing up, though?

I DID unpack my e-spinner and look at it for a little while once or twice, lol.

Oh! Maybe you can help me decide? Which one of these two colorways do you think should be my first spin in Georgia??

I'm leaning towards the purple because we do have the little purple prairie verbenas blooming along the sidewalks and roads.

But that peachy orangish color really looks nice, too!

Which would you choose??

Both of these were in my fiber stash in Hawaii, ordered from Fellview Fibres ages ago.

Also, since we finally have proper internet, I think it's time to do a little yarn shopping! So I'm off to do that.

Cheers!

-Connie

P.S. None of the birds or squirrels or chipmunks will let me take a decent picture of any of them with my phone, of course, but I'd like to introduce you to Georgie. This lush little plant is a golden pothos and I'm hoping together we can combat those old historic home smells! (Any tips on that are welcome, by the way.)