Monday…was there a Monday this week? I don’t remember.
Tuesday….Psychiatrist told me I probably shouldn’t say I’m ‘crazy’. New therapist didn’t talk to me for 10 minutes before deciding I had Attention Deficit Disorder. I don’t have ADD. She sucked but whatever. The dentist blasted all the soft tissue out of my mouth leaving me with a bony interior! Then we had burritos in the back yard with beer and the dogs and sunset.
Wednesday…Anna and I went to OPH for lunch….mmmmmmswedish pancakes (she had bacon pancakes! those are like a sin but not the kind that makes you burn for eternity!) then off to buy the ‘best per yard priced’ yarn for the Ravelympics contest on Ravelry. I have a completely new design in my head and I need to start swatching now! Then we watched David Attenborough and went to the dog park and watched about astronauts and then she went home and I went to bed!
Today is Thursday! Today I learned how to hand spin yarn! Dawn made a spindle for me and had me over today for spinning lessons. I’m going to make a weekly habit of going to Dawn’s, she’s got 3 awesome kids that are so much fun to watch. The fought over who got to frost the cake next, they made birthday cards for their dad, they swam and ate goldfish crackers and got soap all over the bathroom counter and were generally just regular kids.
now I must make order of chaos and get my yarn related projects in order. I can’t work for a while but that doesn’t mean hiding in the house and punishing myself. I am ‘scheduling’ my projects so that I can get things done. boom.
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Hi, i am alive
Update: Relatively certain I can avoid surgery on my eye. I do have a posterior vitreous detachment, but it’s minor and has not caused any damage to my retina. On the other hand my vision is a tad blurred and I can’t make the fixed point dots leave. The bright side? My eye has a bunch of floaters so it’s kind of like my own personal snow globe in my head. The bad side of that? I look a little insane when people catch me tipping my head around with one I open staring at a blank piece of white paper.
Jerk Dogs: I was in the shower yesterday and the dogs started barking like the insane little assholes they are. They know I’m in the shower and that I am not inclined to get out of the shower and run around dripping wet, naked and screaming unless there is a centipede or humping involved.
Maybe Not Jerks?: While I was in the shower yesterday a package was being delivered and its delivery set the dogs to barking. I never get packages delivered before work! It was yarn! Awesomer! I bought yarn for an Irish cabled sweater, a Doris Chan sweater and some experimental yarn for a shawl that I am being a pattern tester on!
Weird: As I walked to my car I found two perfectly formed sparrow’s wings in the yard. Seems a cat caught a bird and was too full for the wings.
Lovely: Someone brought me the world’s most beautiful cupcake! The hard part was getting it home without ruining the icing so that I could share it with David. Even better? It was red velvet.
Arrested Development: I borrowed the first two seasons from Roxy. It’s funny but I can see how it would be better if watched one episode a week. All of them at once gets a little…repetitive. A lot of the same set ups and jokes and all that. Good writing though, very funny moments.
BBQ: Had a little memorial day shindig. Fired up the grill for the first time in…almost two years? Damn. Did brats both meaty and Boca, a grilled veggie salad, grilled corn, minnesota cole slaw and Jarritos floats for dessert. It was a good reminder to keep my shit together.
Yeah, it’s cool…: Just been kind of distracted lately
Projects!
Look out Maddie! The Domokun hat is going to eat you!
My sweater, the Jewel from Doris Chan’s “Everyday Crochet” done in Dream in Color’s Smooshy sock yarn. It’s a really quick and easy pattern, but I’ve put it to the side in favor of a couple other projects. The picture isn’t clear, but this is the top of the sweater, with the neck hole and shoulders.
The purse I’m making with the previously mentioned Aisha Celia yarn. about 3/4 done, just need to add a little more to the body, make straps and then felt it.
This lace will be made bigger, blocked and bordered and made into a hijab for my coworker Jessi. I spent almost a year trying to come up with a fancy design but in the end I think the more simple design here is going to work out better. You what else would have worked out? Taking the photo on something that was not a blue background!
FotoLoco!
photos for you! First some dogs and then my Craftstravaganza purchases.
Super cute Chester
Super awesome Maddie
Aisha Celia beautiful yarn! Worsted weight, working on a new purse, photos soon.
Aisha Celia beautiful yarn! Sock weight yarn for making a Boteh for me.
Aisha Celia beautiful yarn! Sock weight yarn for making a Boteh for me.
mmmmmm I loved this yarn!
Lovely barrettes for magic hair!
Check it, motherfuckers!
my favorite Craftstravaganza purchase!
Soon, project photos
it builds
ever have that day where you’re like…
- man, I need to finish that project
- and THAT project
- oh my god and THAT project
- and SHIT! Someone’s birthday
- oh god and my yarn needs organizing
- but I have to do the dishes
- and vacuum
- and go to Steven’s Point for a weekend
- oh and Montreal!
- And Stitches Midwest in Chicago on the absolute worst weekend for me to do anything non-work related
- and camping
- AND BUY A HOUSE!!!!
- and get a physical
- and an eye exam
- and dammit! the dentist!
- and I don’t know if I should go buy the yarn for the new project or finish up this other project
- and I don’t want to go to work!
- I have so much that needs to get done
- but I would rather go to the dog park
- crap! House buying!
- I hate packing. can I throw everything away?
- I hate packing. No really, I hate it.
- so much to do and I just want to drink my coffee