Color Affection... so close

I am SO freaking close to being done with my Color Affection Shawl.  Blerg.  But my DH has given me his lovely head cold.  Argh.  Well, here is the mass of lace weight alpaca that is my shawl.  Only a few more rows on the border, blocking, and then it will be D-U-N... done. 

Wow, the colors really don't show in the photo above... they look more like this.

House

We bought a house!  Here are some pictures from the first floor and of the staircase.  I really like the staircase... as do the cats.  We are still working on the unpacking.  And at some point we will need to have a serious visit to the furniture store.  And there are some minor repairs we need to have done.  But,  we have a house!