I had a very odd day yesterday - I felt massively disassociated from everything, and completely without motivation. I always feel guilty if I'm not working on something creative, so I knitted a custom purse, and started on a silk/alpaca knitted reticule for my purple Victorian outfit (little tiny needles!), but I didn't feel particularly absorbed ( Read more... )

I am home, since driving the roads in the Miata seemed like something I wanted to avoid this year (though at least once a season, I end up in a harrowing slalom-ride home from work on roads that are not compatible with rear-wheel drive).

I love watching the snow fall, banal as the sentiment is.

I need to clean, and sometime this week (I say this, ( Read more... )

It's incerdibly weird, being back after a week where we're basically free of anything except house building.

Or garage building, if you want to get somewhat technical.  Bob did most of the work, with help on Monday from ( Read more... )

I'm doing my best to infect my office.  I think I have a fever - in that, I feel hot and lightheaded and woozy, but the painkillers I take all the time are quite good at keeping my temperature down.  I have a temp of 99, which considering my normal temp is 96.8, is probably a slight fever.

( 12th night and research on supporters )

Christmas for me was an embarrasment of riches, mostly because Bob and I cannot give each other just one present.  I scored big time, most especially with some Thai silk patterned velvet, which will be appearing soon at an event near you (but not before I get a supportasse and a new standing lace collar finished for 12th Night).  It's very soft and ( Read more... )