I am driving out tomorrow morning to another one of my employer's locations for a trial and then the next day to a potential end user of our products for market research. Think I'm using both sides of my brain this week??? I chose to rent a vehicle. I chose a mid-sized car. They would deliver it to work and leave the keys with the guard. I was told I would then go into the parking lot and hit the panic button on the remote to find the vehicle! It's only 2 hours away for tomorrow's trek and they are calling for snow - yes you read that right - snow. It crossed my mind it would be nice to have all wheel drive. Half an hour later I got a call from the rental agency - would it be okay if we sent you a truck? After work I found that they didn't send me a just any old truck - it's a MONSTER truck - mega cab Dodge Ram 4 x 4! I literally have to climb in. My husband is 6'4" and I don't think he could get his rear end high enough to slide into this thing. When I heard truck I was feeling rather provided for with the snow - but with this truck I'm wondering if there will be a blizzard to drive through!
I also have an update on the carillon in the neighborhood. I misreported it as from the church that's two blocks away. No, we have since learned it is the clock tower from the new city hall that's 1/2 mile away. Not a cheap purchase, but I guess city hall thought it was a big deal there was a secular musical offering floating over our heads. I really was beginning to wonder when I heard, "Jeanie with the light brown hair".
The wedge weave is now a foot long! Who Hoo! The block with the blending of the blue and purple yarn is finished and I've moved into straight blue. I'm praying the blue doesn't run out before I want it to, but I guess that will require some creative redesigning if it does! Another milestone is that the height of the weaving did require that I rotate the warp. I had warped this loom continuously to allow for a yard of weaving length. This was the first time I've done this and once I release enough tension - all moved smoothly. I've added before and after pictures - and included the after front and back. 
So there you have the big deals going on here!
We live in downtown proper of our medium sized town and not two blocks away is a church that installed a carillon a few months ago. There are other churches with carillons, but this is the closest, so even inside the house we can hear the bells. In general it's what you expect, chiming of the hour (and fortunately these do not persist all night), and old hymns of various sorts, but occasionally there something out of the ordinary that catches the ear. For example, in December, there was "Here Comes Santa Claus!" along with other popular tunes. It makes one pause in the wonder of it all. My favorite now that it's spring is "Oklahoma - where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain!" My husband had gone out to the detached garage and I ran out to sing with gusto. My "Ohhhhhhhh!" got the neighbor's dog to join in! Oh my!
