luxe

lelah
Originally uploaded by natashafialkov.

oooh am i tired. i don’t want to put lelah down, but i made myself, i was getting too tired to know what the hell i was doing. i am almost done with the lace work.
the boutique doesn’t believe in getting back to anyone. or me, anyway, and i am going to just bill them, tell them to give back whatever they don’t want, and leave it at that. unless they want to get their shit together. i hate it when people don’t have the common decency to just CALL BACK. rude. do they act this way with everyone? i hope not. they want a bunch of breast cancer scarves(i think) and i would really like to know now, rather than a week beforehand if i need to start making them. anyway, they owe me about $300 so far in knitting, and a bit in my own yarn, so i will call one more time, and then that will be that.
i am going to work on lelah now.

so on knitgrrl’s blog i saw this link to something called greenzap that enables you to send money to whoever you want to spend on the internet. anyway, you get $25 free credit, no strings attached to use on whatever you want for preregistering. and i get something too, i dunno what, if you click on this link and use my name, natashafialkov as your code… here it is.

romeo
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how nice, i got to spend most of the day working on lelah, i started her over, and it is going much smoother. i also switched to some rowan’s all season cotton in a really nice blue that was in the cheapo bin at kathy’s, and i think i will make the top part the color that it formerly was. i think it will be really pretty. i had planned to work in the garden but it was too sunny and hot, and i thought better of it. lupus doesn’t dig that. we got groceries and then we came home and i konked out for a couple of hours. i hope i am not so tired to-morrow. the neighbor cat, pictured, hung out with me whilst i knitted for an hour or so. he is adorable.
i was too tired to even shop. can you believe it?
heather’s newest aopted pup, brittany had a gran mal seizure last night, and i have not yet heard back from her what the result at the vet was. i have a bad feeling that it is a brain tumor. i hope i am wrong. poor puppy.
i got hooked up with the secret pal 5 and i am excited about it!! i do agree with some of the other bloggers who choose to exchange with a person of their choosing…that does seem like a better way. i will see if i get the crap end of the stick, i reckon. or maybe they will think so.
heather couldn’t get my sewing machine to work, so i may take karissa up on her offer. knitting in plain english, she talks about putting in buttonholes by sewing around the outside and then cutting, as well as a million other incredible ideas. really good. things that i would have considered cheating. all is fair in yarn and war.

here are some cool adages that the generator made:
yarns have ears.

a woman is known by the yarn she keeps.

a yarn’s place is in the home.

a woman’s yarn is never done.

old yarns die hard.

all’s fair in love and yarn.

a fool and her yarn are soon parted.

life is like a box of yarns.

the proof of the yarn is in the eating.

i like ALL ROADS LEAD TO YARN. the best.

natasha at festival
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i ran into…

natasha and heather
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this will be short. i am incredibly tired a day later. i took photos of my yarn and new shoes but didn’t put it up yet. to-morrow. so tired. damn you lupus!! anyway it was fun, i didn’t see anyone that i knew, but really fun. got some gorgeous silk yarn and then realized that twice as much would have been a lot more useful, as i could have made a tank top then. ah well.
i tore out leloo. she was a mess, but a good teacher. i got the stitch pattern down. also when i tore her out, it was enormous. so i started over with rowan all season cotton in a slate blue color. i am a skein short of what the top requires and i got it in the bin at the yarn store in ligonier, so i will call to-morrow and see if they have more.
my mom gave me a gift card for marshalls so hopefully i have the energy to get some digs to-morrow. ok, i feel delerious.

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i woke up and puked. i have always had a nervous stomach. even when i don’t feel nervous. i haven’t packed yet, i have all this stupid running around to do, so i am thinking i may not go to work. i should, but i am too stressed out. i always get scared that i will get sick or something. i swear i didn’t always act like this. i don’t know if we will get there in time to meet christine and co, which sucks. i guess we will just meet amy for dinner and chill out. early day to-morrow. i’m sure heather will be late getting here and i want to drive while it is light, i can’t see in the dark so well. i also get stressed about being away from jake. i am a dork.
no one from the boutique called yet. i guess i will call them. as usual. listen boutique, i am the one with all the yarn. i’ll just keep it. like that?
oh, this stole, not stolen, stole, is made from pizzazz!! and is the only one that is as is from the skein. all the others are 4 yarns mixed.

my third eye
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it was arts and crafts day at animus. terrie sent brendon down, her 6 year old son, because he was in an evil mood, so i gave him some fimo and beads and he made some stuff. i tried to show gabe how to make an armature, but he didn’t seem to understand that it has to be strong enough to actually support some weight. not so good in 3D.
i had a dr’s appt early in the morning, so i am tired as hell.
tomorrow heather and i leave for the sheep and wool festival and i am getting my pretrip jitters.
my good friend nicole from college emailed me because she will be in town for our 10th reunion. can you believe it? i am not sure if i will go. i talk to everyone i really liked from school, really. but she will be in town and hopefully she and her hubby will stay with us. yay!!

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i took all the knits today, and the owner wasn’t there, the manager was and seemed underwhelmed/annoyed/ready for me to shut up. so i was in there for like 5 mintues and i dunno. hm. my gramps funeral is in about an hour, our time. my mom didn’t go and doesn’t really seem upset even. she chooses what she will deal with, and the rest disappears. i wish i could have gone, although i do feel like i said goodbye.
that is really all. it just bummed me out.
i find that often, i feel like i just get on people’s nerves. that they humor me, especially when i talk about art or knitting, or books…ok, really most anything i talk about. not everyone, but when i get treated like that it makes me not want to say anything. i don’t really understand it. maybe i do it and don’t know it. hm.
my dr’s appt is not until monday, so i am out of meds and worried about taking a trip without being fully stocked. i am like an old person. i get really freaked out though. i would prefer to not end up in the hospital in a different state. among other things.
i made another cowl tonite, i will work on leloo in a bit. i feel like i am gonna start crying, so i think i will go take another shower, which is the best place to cry, isn’t it?
goodbye grampa. wherever you are, i hope you are young again, and dancing and running and singing. like you are supposed to be.
sweet dreams.

11 great iPhotos
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for anyone interested in the other things i made for the boutique, check out the knitting link.
anyway, jg came to see me, i haven’t see him in ages. gabe helped me take photos.
otherwise, i went to the craft store to get a couple rolls of plaster to follow martha from naive knitting’s sculpture method, so we will mess with it to-morrow. i have all my beading stuff at work, as well, so in between appointments, i will try to do that as well.
in the photos i took today, i could not believe how large my ass is. my gosh. not good.
that is really all, lelah doesn’t look like she should, christine, i think she may be on drugs. and i think my camera gave them to her. oh lelah. this will be the first version. there will be a second, as i learned is the best way to do things. i may wear this screwed up one. i will call it leloo, instead. lelah’s strung out sister.
the cowl/scarf/shrugs are my favorite. i think i forgot to photo the breast cancer ugly, that all the cheesy people love. so odd.

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cramparama. big time. the kind that make you unable to stand up. yay!! anyway, i spent the day, after my appointments, knitting and messing around with beads. jake cleaned out the vw and admitted it actually wasn’t that messy. i returned stuff to zappos that my mom got me and exchanged 2 pairs of shoes for 4. yay! i am hoping it comes today, they do come quick. that really is all…i am hoping to get to maryland in time to meet christine and the gang at da bar, but i dunno if i will, or if i will be too tired, after working, driving, etc. i hope if not i can meet up at some point on sat. we will see. i hope i feel ok. i don’t want to miss this. i have a tendency to get sick on trips. even though it isn’t far away.
has anyone had the mediteranian(sp?) chicken salad at wendy’s? super good. for wendy’s anyway. has feta on it. and a few peices of baby greens and then crap lettuce underneath. that’s cool though.
not having my camera is driving me insane. i borrowed my inlaws, thanks guys!, but it doesn’t take pictures like ours, so i will have gabe help me today and try to post em.
ok, finish my coffee and get up. sigh.