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The girl’s my polar opposite.

Posted on June 15, 2010 by | 1 comment

My oldest daughter? Lost her first tooth yesterday and didn’t tell anyone at all. She also seems to have lost the thing itself, which caused a 30-second burst of tears. Anybody know what teeth go for these days?

There should be crafty stuff here before too long, but I get into this crazy cycle where I want to take a picture of something, but don’t, then I don’t want to post until I have a picture, then…

Er, yeah. A little lame. But whatcha gonna do? Work is enough right now. My personality problems can wait, lol.

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A bit off topic

Posted on June 4, 2010 by | Comments Off on A bit off topic

Though really, I think anything is probably fair game here at this point. This is fascinating to me. I’ve got a really personal stake in this topic, and honestly? No matter how many times I see people attempt to spin psychiatric problems in a positive way, I’d give anything for my children never to suffer what I’ve been through. Between the possibility of real progress into discovering the physical underpinnings of mental illness and the further reduction of stigma as it becomes more recognized as a physical problem, this gives me some hope that there will be real research and real treatments that really damned work. Things are better than they used to be, but not enough so. And it would be incredible to see that change.

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Slow week on the crochet front.

Posted on May 8, 2010 by | Comments Off on Slow week on the crochet front.

I went nuts making granny squares for a week or two, then stopped cold.

Factor 1? I finished watching the final 2 seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which had been holding me hostage to my television most nights and thus creating the perfect conditions for exactly that sort of project-you-can-do-without-looking-at-your-hands.

Factor 2? My boyfriend brought home an Xbox. Hard to crochet when you’re playing video games. He’s a bad influence, I tell you. A very bad influence. 🙂

Factor 3? My job is making me want to beat my head against a brick wall. Which the crocheting is usually an antidote for, but the issues there are making my schedule screwy right now and thus interfering. Though I did help a coworker read a pattern this week, which was sort of unexpected and cool. She caught me knitting a dishcloth at lunch recently and now we talk yarn when we run into each other. It’s a good feeling to know that somebody in that nuthouse understands!

Hopefully actual pictures soon.

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Your Obligatory New Year’s Eve Post

Posted on December 31, 2009 by | Comments Off on Your Obligatory New Year’s Eve Post

I could get all resolution-y, or all sentimental, or all I-don’t-know-what-else, but I’ll leave it at this:

This has been the hardest–but by far the best–year of my life.

Thank you for your part in that.

See you soon.

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Wild week

Posted on September 5, 2009 by | Comments Off on Wild week

I have absolutely no news on the crafting front, since my workweek was insane. The weather, however, is beautiful.

That’s all I’ve got.

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Next up?

Posted on March 31, 2009 by | 1 comment

Moving the computer. I have a few things I want to take care of first, because I hate to leave folks hanging. But it’s time to vacation-ize the Etsy shop for a few days and shut this thing down. Might be a little weird, but I think I can live with it.

Cast on for a new pair of socks yesterday. Yay! I’m trying out my brand-shiny-new 4″ Harmony dpns, and so far I’m a fan…might switch back to the 6″ when there’s more fabric to manage, but I’m not sure. We’ll see. Forest Canopy is coming along beautifully. I am so in love with both yarn and pattern!

I really need to dig through my WIP basket and see what’s up there. I haven’t been using my Rav notebook to its full potential for a while now…time to actually take advantage of it again and see if I can get some things finished! I have a terrible hankering to start another shawl, which would mean picking more yarn, and I’m trying to resist because I really don’t have the money…maybe I can make a deal with myself. *grin*

Anyway, I’ll post when we reach the away-for-a-few-days point here.

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Hi there!

Posted on March 26, 2009 by | 1 comment

It’s been a long few months, with big personal changes and the utter chaos that those can bring. Now that things are closer to moving in some direction rather than just flailing about wildly, I wanted to return to the blog if for no other reason than to talk about all of the fun I’m having knitting in the few moments I can manage to steal in my current schedule. I recently finished my first pair of socks, for one thing, my first lace project is underway, and I finally made a trip to WEBS a few weeks ago.

Still have to kick the camera into working, but stay tuned…

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Sigh.

Posted on December 31, 2008 by | Comments Off on Sigh.

I was hoping to end the year around here on a more inspired note, but there has just simply been so much going on in the non-blog, non-fiber world for me that I’ve got nothing to talk about here. I’m very much hoping that will change in 2009.

To anyone still wandering through: Happy New Year, and may the next year be kind to you and yours.

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Still here!

Posted on December 18, 2008 by | Comments Off on Still here!

I’d forgotten just how exhausting it is to work retail at the holidays. Yikes.

Anyway, for kicks and to see how it works out (and because I think a little competition might be good for Etsy), I opened an ArtFire shop: Neatly Tangled. Had a sale already, which I’m going to take as a very good sign, seeing as how I’ve only managed to list two patterns.

I hope the holidays are bringing you joy rather than the appallingly common misery.

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This week?

Posted on December 8, 2008 by | 1 comment

Has pretty much been a bust from the crafting perspective. Between the insanity of pre-Christmas retail work and trying to work through some things at home, it’s been more than wild. And now to add to the chaos I’m relocating my workspace to another room, so I’ll be ripping it all apart and putting it back together again and no matter how I try, that will take days. But we’re cruising along here pretty well, for all that. So yay! LOL.

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