So what's new with me:
Here are some bullet points...
* I went to the fair this week. It was marvelous. As I wander though the live stock barns and 4-H exhibits in the sticky heat while listening to county and nursing my snow cone, I feel completely at ease. All tension just fades away from every fiber of muscle and nerve ending in my body. I love the people. They flow and feel different from college students or townies. Couples wander, kids run amok, and teenagers flirting. Seeing what the community can produce is impressive - kids' shadow boxes, crocheted lace, demolition cars, fuzzy goats. We've been going to the fair for the past 4 years, and while it gets familiar, it never gets old.
* I had anchovies on my pizza. I really wanted fish, even though I don't really like it. They weren't bad, but green peppers would have been better. Kind of like salty green olives really.
* I found out how to definitely balance the ply in my yarn :o) The grey/brown for Kevin's hat is balanced, so I can start knitting it. The koolaid yarn was underplied so I had to twist it up some more. In fact, most of the yarns I have made so far - soy silk, jacobs wool, merino - are probably all underplied and need to go back on the wheel. Yeah learning process! At least I can't unspin them like I unravel my knitting.
* I unravelled the stockings. Didn't like the black. Redoing them in a different color.
* pkb has become the vitamin czar again. This is a good thing. I need a lot of B12 for whatever reason to keep my hands happy and to keep my mood it good order. When I stop with the vitamins, after a couple of weeks I get a lot of nerve pain and become grumpy/catish/mopey/reclusive/surly/blue. Feeling much better after a week of the regimen.
* I really like the sound system in the new car. I was rocking to VNV Nation all around town during my lunch break errands.
* I went to the fair this week. It was marvelous. As I wander though the live stock barns and 4-H exhibits in the sticky heat while listening to county and nursing my snow cone, I feel completely at ease. All tension just fades away from every fiber of muscle and nerve ending in my body. I love the people. They flow and feel different from college students or townies. Couples wander, kids run amok, and teenagers flirting. Seeing what the community can produce is impressive - kids' shadow boxes, crocheted lace, demolition cars, fuzzy goats. We've been going to the fair for the past 4 years, and while it gets familiar, it never gets old.
* I had anchovies on my pizza. I really wanted fish, even though I don't really like it. They weren't bad, but green peppers would have been better. Kind of like salty green olives really.
* I found out how to definitely balance the ply in my yarn :o) The grey/brown for Kevin's hat is balanced, so I can start knitting it. The koolaid yarn was underplied so I had to twist it up some more. In fact, most of the yarns I have made so far - soy silk, jacobs wool, merino - are probably all underplied and need to go back on the wheel. Yeah learning process! At least I can't unspin them like I unravel my knitting.
* I unravelled the stockings. Didn't like the black. Redoing them in a different color.
* pkb has become the vitamin czar again. This is a good thing. I need a lot of B12 for whatever reason to keep my hands happy and to keep my mood it good order. When I stop with the vitamins, after a couple of weeks I get a lot of nerve pain and become grumpy/catish/mopey/reclusive/surly/blue. Feeling much better after a week of the regimen.
* I really like the sound system in the new car. I was rocking to VNV Nation all around town during my lunch break errands.