The slow death of this blog

I've got to just write something , even if there's not much happening knit-wise. I wish I could say I've been busy, but in reality I haven't. See, after we moved I tried to get a job while my previous visa status allowed me to work. But I never found a job and now that our visa status has changed it is even less likely that I'll find someone willing to sponsor a worker's visa for me. So I'm stuck with being a worker's alien spouse who stays at home sulking. Suddenly I don't want to be a knitter anymore. I don't know why. I think it's because I was always something else in addition to a knitter. But when people ask, "so what are you up to now?" I just don't want to answer that I'm knitting. I should probably come up with something else to say to avoid people telling me I should have a baby or go back to grad school. Well, I could say I'm spending some quality time with the pooch. How's that sound?



But no, it wouldn't work. I can see it coming: "You REALLY  need to have a baby". Ugh.

Bookcase pictures.

Heather's right. If I'm spending so much time putting these together I could post a few pictures:



I finished this bookcase first. I even put the first book on it. Putting it together and fixing it to the wall was very easy, in spite of those cabinets with doors. But this other  bookcase took forever:



It's too tall and too heavy, which also makes it less stable. I should have asked for the spouse's help but I'm too stubborn, so I assembled it all by myself. The floor is sloped  (or maybe it's just the carpet that makes it appear so) so making the shelves leveled was not easy. Also, I made a few mistakes whith the anchors I used to fix it to the wall. I'm glad my walls are white, because I had to use a lot of spackling paste and I didn't feel like painting it. I put a pair of lamps on the top shelf:



So that's it! Am I done? Well, no. We still have boxes of books that couldn't fit. So I went back to Ikea and Home Depot and I'm working on two more shelves for the large bookcase.

More legs!

The reason I'm not posting much is that I'm not knitting much. But at least I'm trying to. What's kept me busy is the stupid bookcase that turned into two bookcases that instead of two  coats of stain needed three. But I'm done with the staining and I am now putting them together.