hrmm..
My thoughts of silk garden are still fairly negative. In the front of the sweater so far I have found two knot ties (breaks I suppose) in them, thats 2 out of 3 balls, and I know I remember 1 on the back at least.
I see all these pretty noro colorways in blogs, this one dark purple one with grays and blacks, and another that seems to be various shades of blue.
I don't think I'll ever buy silk garden again, but maybe some of the cheaper ones. It's simply not at all worth $11 a skein for how much it has in it and for the quality, and I don't think I'm into varitated yarns enough to fancy it.
Me and the Mr. went and got some more furniture today, cheaper stuff then before so we could save some money. We got stuff from Peir 1 for the living room. Last night we went to his parents house for a party and it was nice. As ushual his mom stresses me out a bit, I felt like our relationship was better before the wedding. I hate that she seems hostile towards me sometimes.
She likes to come over and like do things for us, and I'm sorry but I don't enjoy someone who is not my mom doing my dirty laundry.. I also don't want family dong my taxes, or doing my yard work.
She's so very different from my mother. My mom would never come to my house and clean it, not in a million years.. so to me it's totally strange. She's very controlling and she has this terrible need to do things for her son or she doesn't feel helpful or something.
She sprayed weed killer all along the edge of our front beds and created a lovely 2 inch thick line of brown dead grass.. and I said to her SEVERAL times I was happy to have her come HELP us do chorse at the house but it's not something I want her doing alone.. like while we sit watching tv or while we are away. And I refuse to give her a house key, I was going to then my mom reccomended against it and I'm glad we didn't because she's just to into everything.
The reason I switched blogs was actually prompted by her getting upset I had posted wedding pics to my blog but had not emailed her any. Ugh I hadn't sent them TO ANYONE in my family, and I also said something person about the wedding I knew she could take badly. I quickly started this new blog so I could vent in peace.
So last night at their house she asked something and I said yeah my friend came and visited and helped us organize and decorate (opps damn why did I say that??? I am so dumb). "Oh, well why will you let her come help you, but you won't let me?"
GAH!!!
I had a quick reply tho because I know damn well why and I said "Because she did it with me, not without me" and DH spoke right up and said something similair like "She likes it if you work together."
I mean how strange is it to have someone clean your house like a maid while you sit on your ass? Hey I won't knock it but it's RUDE and wrong. Plus I am EMBRASSRED by our mess and I don't like HER the WOMEN seeing me not being a very good wife.. and trust you me it's all my fault... because DH "works so hard he needs his rest time" well excuse me I work to and I am not my husbands maid. So we are both lazy and the we are having to teach ourselves to get better. We plan on hiring an actual maid once we get the house to a point that a maid would be off help.
Step 1 is buying furniture to put all the books etc in and we are getting there! Okay well enough of a rant for now.. if your still reading this I would be very suprised..
I like his mom a lot prior to the wedding.. she's very lucky I don't have a good memory otherwise I would dislike her for a very long time. I find myself forgetting the cruel things she said. But underneath I won't ever forget. But I'll let it go, and I already have for the most part unless I think about it long enough to remember.
Comments
holly says;
just going to comment on the silk garden, as i have no idea how to deal with the other.
i have used kureyon for a felted bag, one of my first projects, and recently knit a couple of beanies with it. to me, it seems poorly spun. very loose, pulls apart easily, and color transitions seem to be done after the intitail yarn was spun, and the joins do not seem that great. yarn like this makes me want to learn to spin so that i could get the colors, but with better quality.
Melissa says;
Hmm...a good rant is needed every so often. I always forget how lucky I am to have in-law's that I really like. Hang in there!
ps how's the lace? ;)
Eklectika says;
Noro, like most yarn companies is hit or miss concerning knots. Sometimes you get "lucky" and you get the knotty lot! Lately I've been finding VERY few knots in any of my Kureyon or Silk Garden, so it's really pot luck. Best thing to do is pre-wind or ball your skeins so you can separate into a new skein if and when you find knots so you can blend at will.
Your Secret Pal says;
I am really fortunate that my mother-in-law lives half a world away. She would be appalled at how we live.
My issues are more with my mom, who has no problem just showing up on my doorstep and going through my cupboards, critisizing my parenting skills, etc. (sigh)
Good call with the house key. And good one for husband standing up for you. He needs to make it clear early on in the marriage that his mom can't get away with disrespecting you.
pixie says;
I hope I don't come across as a brat in the post, I dont really want a maid but if DH and I dont get into the habbit of keeping things clean we will never learn and her doing it for us is bad..
they offered like 3948092384 times to do our taxes last year and I finally gave in and said yes, BIG MISTAKE, 2 days before taxes are do they realize they dont have something from both of us they need and we had to file for an extention.
Why would they want to have to deal with that all? If I go to H&R block they have all my records its super easy and costs $50 bucks and they INSURE it so if they mess up its their fault, I think its worth $50.
I wish they could find other ways to help us.. and I suppose thats why she likes to clean and cook.. heck she can come bring us dinner once a month if she wants.. but i just feel the things she tries to do are strange and controling. She does not like to do them with me, but she's dealing with me and my house now, not just her son's.