Sunny and bright
The weather has been chilly, between 30F and 45F, and reasonably sunny. I'm still walking back and forth to work. It takes about 20 minutes, so it's a reasonable commute. I do think it's helping me stay healthy.
Work is much busier than it's ever been. In addition to my usual stuff, I'm doing programs for two other areas. Even having tripled my workload, I'm still not overworked, which indicates how un-busy I was for the previous 5 years. No wonder I was so bored. I"m still pretty bored, but I try to be grateful. It's a good place to work, I get along with everyone, and the pay's pretty good for the area.
These days, my body seems like a random collection of aches and pains. I have a series of stretches that I do in the morning before getting dressed for work, both for my hips (arthritis) and for my feet (plantar fasciitis). Neither condition is very bad, and I'd like to keep it that way. Stretching helps.
The funny thing is doing my floor stretches with Jake around. He stands over me, tries to lick my face (EW), then lies down next to me and puts his head on me - this morning, he put it on my chest, but sometimes he lays that big ol' head on my throat, or my face, followed by my weak cries of "No!" and helpless giggling. It's really a pain to have him RIGHT THERE all the time, especially when I'm trying to get ready, but I try not to yell at him about it. Jake just wants to be near me, always. He's a big lug, and I love him.
I'm working on a throw for a friend. It's the widest thing I've ever tried to weave, the full width of the reed.
It's plain weave, and it's lovely. The light stripe you can see through the warp is the sample I wove with white yarn. The white weft overwhelmed the colors. I switched to black weft, and it's much better.
Work is much busier than it's ever been. In addition to my usual stuff, I'm doing programs for two other areas. Even having tripled my workload, I'm still not overworked, which indicates how un-busy I was for the previous 5 years. No wonder I was so bored. I"m still pretty bored, but I try to be grateful. It's a good place to work, I get along with everyone, and the pay's pretty good for the area.
These days, my body seems like a random collection of aches and pains. I have a series of stretches that I do in the morning before getting dressed for work, both for my hips (arthritis) and for my feet (plantar fasciitis). Neither condition is very bad, and I'd like to keep it that way. Stretching helps.
The funny thing is doing my floor stretches with Jake around. He stands over me, tries to lick my face (EW), then lies down next to me and puts his head on me - this morning, he put it on my chest, but sometimes he lays that big ol' head on my throat, or my face, followed by my weak cries of "No!" and helpless giggling. It's really a pain to have him RIGHT THERE all the time, especially when I'm trying to get ready, but I try not to yell at him about it. Jake just wants to be near me, always. He's a big lug, and I love him.
I'm working on a throw for a friend. It's the widest thing I've ever tried to weave, the full width of the reed.
It's plain weave, and it's lovely. The light stripe you can see through the warp is the sample I wove with white yarn. The white weft overwhelmed the colors. I switched to black weft, and it's much better.