What’s new
December 14, 2008 
In a few words – books: Twilight seris (have not been able to see the movie yet); Eragon (Inheritance Cycle) Seris; spinning; knitting.
Right now I’m spinning angora, like literally, right now. Well right before posting this anyway. I’m not liking 100% pure angora so much – it falls apart way easily. This is raw angora as well as far as I know, not processed, straight from the bunnies at Handspun Harvest after having the fiber carded for me. I love it, it is sooo soft but really a pita to spin. I can not get a good consistency at all. I’ve tried drafting inchworm, from the fold, and my usual worsted. I”m afraid to try long-draw that it will just fall apart! It’s only 2 oz – I think next time I want to buy some I will see if Jenni can blend it with something else for me to make it easier to spin.
The spinning is actually a break from cutting out fabric. I really am not that into sewing and would much rather spin or knit. Cutting out is the worst though. I have 4 skirts to cut (1 down) and 3 shirts. Then I have to get it all sewn before Saturday. Way to go waiting on the last minute, eh? My back kills when I cut out.
Oh yes, one other thing is new, I started seeing a chiropracter. My neck is always bothering me, he says it’s basically bad posture. It has helped so far, but not 100% yet. He wants me to get to 50% better and then wear this strange contraption on my head to correct my posture – the bones in my neck are actually forward and no amount of trying to correct it myself will work, or so he says. All I know is I do feel better so I’m pretty sure I will keep it up. It got so bad, esp when I knit, I thought I was going to have to give it up.
I leave you with my current WIP:
And my most recent FO
Keeping up
July 4, 2008 
Well I’m still doing the walking thing 
I bought a resistance band yesterday for my resistance training on Tuesdays & Thursdays. I’ve still only lost a pound, but it’s possible I am losing inches and not weight, since I am building muscle. I always preferred weights to cardio, but I am enjoying my walks. I’ve been going to my mom’s, as I’m not entirely comfy walking in my neighborhood (bad experience with a dog bite a year or so ago). So my mom comes with, and Abby started riding her trike, which she LOVES. I also haven’t changed my eating habits, but I’m going to work on cutting back on soda for now. Baby steps, baby.
I bought a spinning wheel yesterday! I can’t wait for it. I also have a batt and a roving from The Good Sheep coming to me .. she has a couple others that I want but must.resist. (If ya wanna gift me though it’s Cherry Coke and Surf Storm 
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I’m almost done (finally) with my t-shirt and diaper swap. I just went ahead and serged the diaper since Im late — it was due for mailing the last day of June. As soon as Richard gets up today I will work on a little extra something for her
In which I crawl out from under my rock…
June 17, 2008 
Apparantly, I have forgotten how to blog.
Well, not really, I just haven’t really wanted to. Besides, my life is so boring I figure no one reads here anyway.
So what have I been up to since January? Well, Matthew went into the hospital in February for what we think is MRSA, but will never know b/c some doof messed up the lab orders and canceled them. I’d like to meet whoever did that. Then I took up spinning a couple of months ago. Spinning what you ask?
Why, yarn of course!
I haven’t really had time to get into it very much though. I’ve probably only spun a total of less than 8 oz. Right now, I’m working on some pink/red/purple/blue roving that Abby dyed for me! I am calling it ‘Abby Cadabby’ since, she dyed it and it also came out the colors of the new fairy godchild on Seasme Street. I am very slow so don’t expect an update on this one anytime soon. Although I did just learn the joy of pre-drafting, and I am going back to the basic drop spindle from my Little Meggie pictured above.
I also have a new camera, a Kodak Z series — I don’t have the camera here by me so I couldn’t tell you the number, but I can tell you I LOVE it for a P&S camera. It takes very nice pics and with a little editing, almost looks like it came from a DSLR ( I actually did not do the final editing of this pic, but a friend of mine on DSD)
I also started selling again, although I am not so sure that was so smart of me. I am unknown, and really don’t have the time to devote to promoting myself/keeping stock. It only costs me $5 a month though so I will keep it for now. Here. My next stocking (on the 23rd, I will try to keep it the 23rd) I have not had time this month to get anything made. Abby’s party was last weekend and her birthday is this weekend, so I think what I will do is just list the medium diaper that is in stock already, as a FFS lotto (as a ploy to get myself better known/more feedback). Possibly a Your Yarn, My Needles (YYMN) slot, some organic sherpa yardage I have, and possibly a lotto for a 25% off coupon code for anything instock at anytime. That last one was just a brainstorm of mine just now
Oh, also! I bought a new sewing machine and serger as well. The serger is a Brother 1040D and the machine is a Innovis 1200.
Well, ta-ta for now, it is getting late and I want to get some more spinning in tonight!
