Friday/Saturday - The Spinning Wheel is here!

Friday I took my car to the dealership to discover 2 things. First, there is a recall on my door lock fob. Apparently, it occasionally will not work. Horrors! You would have to open the car door by using the key! Do they have refresher courses for that?
Secondly, both the bearings are going on the rear of my car this time. Also covered under warranty. I have been through this before with the front driver side.
Hm, they will do a recall on the fob, but not on a well known problem with the bearings? Which is more of a liability?
They will order the parts and get back to me.

When I arrived home, there was still no package by my door. I was running out of patience waiting for my spinning wheel to arrive. I pulled out the fleece from the lambs and went out to the deck to pick the small amount of hay out of it. I called Barbara, and she had just come home from fish dinner at Jack's and jumped back in the car to see the fleece and help. I heard the phone ring while I was outside, but didn't answer it.

I should have. It was mom telling me the wheel had been delivered to their house! So Saturday morning after coffee and a trip to Higgins Lake Greenhouse for a hanging plant for Mother's Day, Sadie and I went to town to pick up the wheel.

It wasn't too difficult to assemble. I may still have some alignment issues, but it works and all the parts seem to be there. The seller even included a bag of angora rabbit hair with the wheel! It is so soft, you have to feel it to believe it. But it will be a long time before I get to that! I am having a hard time. The hard part is the spinning. I keep breaking the yarn or it just comes apart. I was pretty discouraged on Saturday. I set it aside and didn't try again until Monday (today). I did a little better, just enough to give me hope.

Sunday, in addition to going to mom and dad's for Mother's Day, I concentrated on finishing the bag of white wool that is Wilma's (the sheep's name). I sorted, fluffed, and carded all I had left. I will have to take a photo. It seems like a lot of wool! I decided that the brown wool of Laverne and Shirley's is going to be shipped out for processing. There is too much tiny bits of hay, grass, and other vegetation in it for me to clean. I read that there are two ways to get rid of it...chemicals and crushing. There is a place in Frankenmuth that has a crusher and I think I will send it there and have it carded and everything as well.

I came home early from work today because I wasn't feeling well. I felt the flu coming on and was hoping to nip it in the bud. I leave for Chicago Wednesday morning. I still have to pack and get Sadie to Brandi's house tomorrow night. It is 9:30pm and I still feel crappy, so tomorrow isn't looking good either. We will see. Well, I'm off to try and get more rest.