Can't write for long, since move-in day is Saturday (aaaaaaah!) and I desparately need to go pack, but I wanted to put a few things out here before I forget ( Read more... )

I woke up at like six today, which is fairly normal.  Since it's Saturday, I went back to sleep for another 3-ish hours.  During that time I dreamed that the Christmas bazaar had been moved from December to next weekend (!!!), which no one had told me.  I wouldn't be able to get a table - which is moot, since I don't have all my merchandise ready ( Read more... )

It has been a very long few weeks.

Work has left me exhausted, but in a good way.  Most of it is mental exhaustion from thinking and calculating, though being on your feet all day does take its toll.

Home life has also been trying, though I'll spare you the details.

The knitting has slowed down to here-and-there work, mostly consisting of what I can ( Read more... )

Well, THAT was a bit much.

I apologize for the dead air, so to speak, but this has been an awful quarter.  I'm carrying 19 credit hours, and they're all science or engineering classes.  Fortunately, this is the last week of classes, and next week is finals, and it will all be over.

I've been doing a lot of thinking and praying, and some serious ( Read more... )

This one happened via FB chat.

Me:  So I've been sketching my little elf girl recently, trying to get a feel for clothing and personality, and I think I have a name for her.
Will:  What are you thinking?  ^_^
Me:  Mairenn.  It's Gaelic.  Means "star of the sea".  Isn't that the prettiest name?
Will:  It is pretty.  It makes me think she should have a ( Read more... )

Alternate title: "In Which I Become Rambly and Introspective."

I've been poking around on Ravelry a lot lately, looking for various things.  (NOT more ideas.  I already have enough of those.)  But one of the things I was looking for was doll clothes, for 18" dolls (like American Girl).  Molly's Lothlorien was looking a tad big, so I wanted some ( Read more... )