Sunday Morning !2th Feb 2006

It's half-past midnight here on the East Coast of the U.S. and I got up to see whether it was still snowing, which it is! Heavy wet stuff which will no doubt freeze hard and damage our young trees and shrubs...but I love snow, and was beginning to wonder whether we'd get any this year. Now if it would just keep up long enough to get me a snow day Monday ...

I actually made a run to the LYS as the snow started falling to make sure I had enough...is that insane or what, given all my WIPs? But I was good; I only got a pair of long bamboo size threes to try to work on that cashmere laceweight scarf with (the one the Addi Turbos won't do).

Good morning all. I just got out of the shower, and am reviewing notes for a sermon I am preaching today. The minister is out of town, and I have been asked to do the Children's story and the Reflection for the adults. Practice for me! This afternoon, we have a rehearsal, and tonight I have the Alpha course, which is a religious thing. Kandace has swim team as well, so Granddad will be pressed into service as a chauffeur. Typical Sunday!

Higs, Katherine

My Sunday started with my not-so-small-anymore boy frantically shaking me awake and telling me he saw somebody run over the neighbor's dog in front of our house. Sho'nuff, the poor mini-Daschund is dead, squashed flat by some bubba in a "big huge honking truck, mom, and I saw part of the license plate!".

*sigh*

So I had to throw on a robe and knock on the neighbor's door before

0700 to deliver this bad news. "Good morning Carlos! My son woke me up to tell me he saw somebody flatten your dog! Have a nice day!" Which is not really what I said, but at that time of the morning on a Sunday anybody knocking on one's door can only be delivering bad news. I'm irritated with my neighbor more than anything - his back yard is as big as mine and escape-proof; there was no reason for his dog to be loose in front. I suppose he let the dog out to do her business when he went for his paper and hadn't yet called her in.

In other news the sweater is 99% finished. I tore out the neckband last night and I'm trying to figure out how to preserve the saddles without raising the front of the neck so much that I feel as if I'm choking. Short rows to the rescue, I suppose.

Zeilinger's (a wool processor, for those of you who don't spin or who aren't in the U.S.) sent back my wool on Friday, ready to spin and smelling like a salad bowl. Methinks they've changed their spinning oil recipe to something a bit more organic, as other stuff I've had from them didn't smell like salad but smelled more like my Grampa's filling station service bay :) Once I have the sweater neck overhauled I'll be pulling out my wheel.

I caught the 2nd and 3rd periods of yesterday's women's hocky U.S. v. Suisse. Those poor Swissies didn't have a chance, I'm afraid. I have my "spare" VCR set to tape the block tomorrow afternoon during which NBC claims curling will be televised. I don't know what it is about that sport that I find so fascinating, but fascinating it is. Shuffleboard meets bowling meets chess? At any rate.

Laundry is working, breakfast is served and cleaned up, and I'm going to make another coffee and get after that neckline!

Oh. I'm seeing the orthopod again tomorrow. He keeps putting me off WRT surgery to fix my thumb/wrist/elbow. I'm beginning to think he just wants my insurance copays :P

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Well it's snowing here in Brooklyn - still. Apparently we had thunder and lightning last night too but I didn't hear it. The snow total in Grand Central Park is 22.8 inches (so far and it's still snowing) which has beaten out the Great Blizzard of 1888. Plans for today - staying home - making bread - watching the Olympics (Yay Canada for the freestyle! yay Italy for the bronze speedskating yesterday!) - and knitting of course (starting new sock, working on other sock, maybe an afghan square?)

Alison in snowy Brooklyn

I haven't been knitting much lately either. I ended up with 2 extra stitches on a row of over 500 stitches in my lace weight shawl. I haven't had the motivation to fix that yet, but today is a sunny day so maybe I should start on it while I can see the stitches more easily. We'll see. I'm assuming I will have to frog the entire row. I don't want to work on anything else until I finish this shawl.

Other plans involve cleaning my home office. I started on the closet yesterday to avoid the desk, but now the closet is done :)

BB

Alison, I saw on MSN that you were getting record snow. Thank goodness it's Sunday and a lot of people don't have to work. I'm in Florida now, but come from Western New York. I do not envy you, except it is a great excuse to stay home and crochet/knit whatever you like. I can almost smell your homemade bread - with lots of butter :) Stay warm and stay safe! Debby

I was sleeping in when I got a call from DH saying he was hopping on an earlier plane to return from Phoenix - so I need to get dressed and go and get him soon. He was on a short trip and I was taking advantage of his absence to be lazy. Originally he was coming late this evening. Judy

Hi

It's been a busy Sunday for me as I am trying to get a baby afghan finished. DH phoned me at work on Wednesday and asked if I had a baby afghan for someone at work as the baby shower is this coming Wednesday. Gee I didn't have anything and of course didn't have baby blue yarn either so off we went to pick up on yarn on Wednesday. I have been extremely busy since then getting the afghan worked on and am hoping to get it finished tonight.

Hope everyone is having a good day.

Darlene in Toronto

Poor little dog! I hope his owner feels guilty.

Higs, Katherine

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:03:03 -0400, "Katherine" spewed forth :

Hard to tell, but I'll hazard not. The dog was his wife's, the wife died a couple of years ago (had a stroke and fell down dead while pulling slots in Las Vegas, while on her first vacation in 20-odd years, very unfortunate and quite unexpected). The dog spent more time at my house than his, tho I didn't feed it or pay to have it vetted. I think it wanted a woman around. I probably could have kept it on a more permanent basis had I been so inclined, but I'm not really dog people.

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My Sunday morning started with setting up my own website. My Daughter in Toronto, showed and told me how to do this. We are both on ICHAT, so we can talk and see one and other at the same time. Several times when I had clicked on the wrong things, we used mirrors so we could see where to go and what to do. Lots of fun, and laughter. Naturally, when I was a bit muddled I used my big 70 as an exuse....LOL My first album is from the trip to SaltSpring Island last Wednesday. Three of us went to Treenway to pick up our ordered NZ fleeces. Not knowing that these pictures were going to be part of this new adventure, I did not take any pictures of the beautiful Lincoln fleeces I bought. One is lovely shades of grey and the other is black with lighter brown tips. We drove straight off the ferry and on to the little mill in Crofton, where Marie is going to process both fleeces. Washing them and milling them into pin rovings, ready for spinning. I do hope to make rugs out of both fleeces. I have spun Romni marsh white fleeces already and will dye these to go with the two other ones I just bought. It will be a while before I can show to end product. This is just the beginning.

I hope to edit and add, often, to show some of the textile events I have been involved in.

OK here is the address to my first album, enjoy

Els

Then the poor little critter is probably better off over the Rainbow Bridge. Hope its *real* owner was waiting for it!

Higs, Katherine

OK, I visited it, and I wonder if you have some of the pictures misnamed? Lovely pictures, BTW.

Higs, Katherine

Nice pictures, Els! Is that you, with the dog?

Gemini

Odd how I predicted that I may not be online on Sunday (in my Happy Anniversary message to Aud)... woke up this morning and after doing a couple of necessary things I tried to get on the internet to check my email at least, but couldn't connect. Of *course* it had to happen on a Sunday when no one is in the office of our ISP that we can call. I called anyway and left a message on their answering machine, got a call back this morning asking if I had tried the internet within the last 5 minutes, "because someone else called in and they are now able to get on the internet." I tried, and if worked. *shrug*

Not a lot happened here yesterday afterall. I basically camped out on the sofa most of the day. I started a new medication on Saturday, and instead of perking me up it seems to make me lethargic... for now anyway. The doctor said it could take four to five weeks for it to start working the way it should... so meanwhile I have to just put up with feeling tired and unenergetic... nothing too far from how I've been feeling lately anyway, but still not something I enjoy. Oh well... could be worse.

Gemini

thanks Gemini, no that is Dawn, I am always behind the camera, well nearly always. I am in the last shot at the bottom of the page. Looking at the sheep, you see my back

This is my first venture with a website creation, so there are some small hick ups. Katherine, I have made some changed in the text so it should be clearer who and what is what. Dawn is a weaving friend, she moved from California, to Vancouver Island, she used to be a dance teacher. Lady is in fantastic shape. I know because we also go together to a yoga class. I always position myself in the back of the class. Nobody can see how stiff I am...Ha, ha. Dawn can make herself in a pretzel....LOL

We had a great day last week, bought beautiful fleeces at Treenways. Treenway, must be familiar to some of you, they are a mailorder silk fibers outlet. We love to go over there and look at all the shelves with these glorious colours and fibers. There is always a dog on the front porch, and we all take time to smooch with her. Then we are off to the top of the Island where Jane Staffort has a weaving studio. She also sells weaving supplies and a good selection of books. We browse and chat, and learn lots. There was another weaver at Jane's and she had done some silk weaving. A summer and winter weave, with very fine yarns, it was lovely. So we sat and talked about the inns and outs, just like we like doing here. In mid afternoon we caught the ferry from Visuvious back to Crofton on Vancouver Island. We drove to Marie Caron's place who runs a small fiber mill. Dawn and I left our fleeces there to be processes. I used to do that all myself but now I treat myself to having it done. I think Wooly you do the same. It makes for nice uninterupted spinning. When it comes back, I will take pictures and share. I will also find some pictures of myself to post Gem.

For the one question you asked, I sure gave a long answer. LOL

Els

hehehe No problem! I was wondering if that was you, because I don't have a picture of you in the RCTY Photo Album yet. *hint* *hint* ;o) Maybe when you put a clearer picture of yourself in your album, you will allow me to snag it and put it in the RCTY album too!?!

*hugs* Gem

- I have to head out now... time to get Matthew, then have a late supper and watch some TV. ;o)

Thanks, Els. Now we need the URL again.

Higs, Katherine