Taitai knits

Wet wool smell

My living room room smells like wet wool - and that means knitting progress! Well, actually it doesn't in this case - it means I have finally blocked the back of my Chinese sweater to make sure it will fit before I finish up the front. this sweater has been several years in the making, but I feel like I can get it done this month...along with numerous other projects!

We are still bidding...would Europe be better for the kids or should we stay in Asia? Is this city really polluted or do people just say that becuase they haven't lived in Beijing? Is the school good there? How do we email the CLO when she must have a weird email addresss? All questions we are tackling around here.

Bidding - what's really important?

So for people not in the FS it is hard to explain the excitement that comes with the much anticipated bid list.  We have a list of 30 odd cities and we have to narrow it down to 15.  People usually take schools, housing, climate, safety and things like that into consideration when deciding where they want to go.  However, after spending the past 3 days looking into all of that, I am now ready to get answers to the big questions - do they knit there and do they sell yarn?!

CNN addiction is good for something

At my house CNN is on a lot, especially when my parents are visiting.  It is a nice break from 'Lazytown' and endless videos of 'Thomas,' which frankly I don't really get.  I would rather watch 'Bob the Builder' at least Bob has more going on in each episode and there is not a train crash, ever!

Anyway, yesterday as we were watching endless BBC coverage (CNN was blocked for some reason) I couldn't help but think of my friend, Dina, and her family who were supposed to leave for a quick holiday in London and then onward to Niamey, Niger.  I thought "Too bad, she won't get her London vacation"  When I emailed her, she had not been watching CNN, she was busy packing!  So after turning on CNN, they soon realized that their little holiday was a no-go.  Sorry, Dina!  Maybe next time I will have news that Niger is the new 'hot' place to live, or is number 1 on one of those wonderful places to live lists....but I sort of doubt it!