lots to cram into a little weekend

The monitor got mailed to Xerox in California. Office Depot wanted nothing to do with it. Shipping charges ran $53.-

I'd like to find an independent computer supply store; I'm way past disgusted with OD.

Last Sunday night --after it cooled but before it got dark-- I thought I'd mow (Sunday morning I'd pulled a lot of yardweeds, now to chop everything down), but there seems to be a problem with the mower's carburetor. The gas tank was bone dry, so I filled it; it started right up but died after just a few seconds. Wouldn't start again, acted flooded IMO, and the gas was seeping out of the bottom of the carb. My inexpert diagnosis? Float is stuck. A simple fix (take carb off the mower, open up carb, clean four or five components, reassemble and replace onto mower) but I don't have time. Asked th'Mr to have th'neighbor look at it over the course of the week, but he forgot. The grass is long. It's only Saturday morning now, so maybe I'll decide to do it this weekend.

We put off the Lexington trip to this weekend (to pick up the desk and make a happy-splashy liquor store run) and I wanted to get that out of the way yesterday (Friday), early, but th'Mr slept till past noon and since he's not feeling well --something in his lungs, still-- I just let him sleep. We can put it off one more week. It's not as if they'll send the desk back; it's paid for.

My sock yarn arrived last weekend; I took it with me to work and finished the gusset decreases on the second sock, then couldn't remember how I'd done the foot on the first sock (continue the ribbing just on the top or all the way around) so I stopped working on it. Thank the gods it was Thursday, so I wasn't bored out of my skull for long.

The "li'l squatty sidekick" I knit, felted, and sent to the niece went over well. In return I got a handwritten letter asking if I could teach her to do that sort of thing :) which will only be difficult because she lives 250 miles away. But I'll keep it in mind for next time we're up that way. For now I'm going to knit her something small (a change purse?) and send it to her to felt.