After much debate (with myself) I have decided to take up the torch—but keep it far away from the fibre. I have a full plate with guests for the entire time and an upcoming show as well as other deadlines. Which makes this all the more stressful and exciting.
I have decided on 17 events for the 17 days and will be awarding medals to myself based on completion. BTW each day of events must also include one Olympic venue being attended or the day’s medal is forfeited –with the exception of today…
Here is my list of events so far. I am accepting suggestions and will be organizing the days as I go. Really, feel free to suggest an event. I’m pretty open minded.
Day One – Opening Ceremonies
I’m going pretty easy on myself for this one. I must finish 8 Olympic hats today….Now, this is actually a two part event as I must ride my bike to the yarn shop to drop them off tomorrow. It is a couch event for the first part and will include watching the opening ceremonies. I get to start before the opening ceremony as long as I am working only on Olympic knitting. No personal knitting or spinning allowed.
- Gold – 8 hats completed and delivered
- Silver – 8 hats completed but I walk to the shop
- Bronze – 8 hats completed but I take public transit to the shop.
Day Two – Spare Room Half Pipe
This is a crucial event with a lot riding on it. My guests are coming in 2 days, in less than 24 hours by the time I finish the cleaning. The room must be emptied of extraneous goods (meaning wool bins, the closet must be emptied, welcome basket must be filled and all traces of 3 cats must be eradicated from the room. I must also find the pump for the blow up bed and photograph the completed room.
This is the most challenging and medal standings will be based on the following.
- Full disclosure and a photo of the completely cleaned room -Gold
- Room completed but welcome basket only has clean towels – Silver
- There’s no time to steam clean the carpet but all other conditions have been met- Bronze
The Airport Bobsled
This is a team event in which John, myself, YVR and our guests must all participate. In order for medals to be awarded the following conditions must be met
- Guests must tm arrival time. We must leave at that time, be able to find parking and our guests and exit the airport and return back to our house within 1 hr – Gold
- We cannot find parking at the airport, argue about where to find parking but we still meet our criteria for getting home – Silver
- All goes well, but navigating traffic has us arriving home later than our 1 hour finish time -Bronze
Medals disqualification for doping or road rage.
You get my drift. There is one team event that I will need help with and that is an entire day of spinning either at my house or at the studio. Please let me know what day you are free for this to happen and we will find the best day to fit it in. And now for your yarn p0rn pleasure, the results of the spin in at the studio last night. Photos were taken this morning on South Granville
