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just a quickie…check out this website where you can take psych tests and personality and tests that are really educational, including spot the fake smile, which i was really good at….bbc…enjoy!

teepeetim’s
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where have i been, you ask? well, i have been really exhausted. not even caught up on my bloglines. shame! i have knitted some baby hats to sell, and am eagerly awaiting my fiber and dye and niddy noddy. i hope it will come to-morrow so i can dye some stuff. if it ever stops raining.

i took a break from organizing, after butter helped me move the rest of the shop stuff out, save for cleaning, i decided i needed to leave it for a couple of days. i am tuckered out, as they say, and have had a headache for a couple of days now.

i took a break from my rendition of crochet, which i cannot show a photo of, due to my camera being broken. i say rendition, because i don’t think it is crochet. other than the hook. i got the book that was recommended to me by the queen of crochet, or her friend, anyway, which is the maran illustrated knitting and crochet. the pics are really good, but i am yet to try again after the 6 hours i spent the other day. tonight. or maybe on friday. to-morrow i have to do the shop thing. so nothing that stresses my brain will do. i made up a pattern for a pointy knitted hat that is soooo cute! i need to make some booties that have turned up toes to match. i can figure that out i think.

um, otherwise, my parents sold their house and are moving to iowa soon. they have so much shit in their house it is unreal. i know they could use help in packing, but all of the times i have moved, many many many, they have never helped a bit. not even when i left for college. because they are busy busy and have really important stuff to do. really important stuff! so, i don’t think i am going to help pack. i have my own stuff to do, god. i feel guilty. why should i? enough of that.

i have tried all of the knitted hats on peeps, who seems to enjoy it, and looks sooo cute! i will be making her a hat, as well. with holes for her ears! soo cute!!

oh, and the photo, is a bby teepee, as you may have guessed. the barbeques are INSIDE the teepee.

jake and i thought our anniversary was today, but it was actually yesterday. anyway, he had a gorgeous flower arrangement delivered today, imagine it, alas, no camera. sigh. ok, blogs to read. miles to go before i sleep. and all that stuff. miles of yarn before i sleep.

love to all,
n.

bad hair day
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i just realized that it is, and i meant to start doing this…so check! off the list! anyway, this was one of the bad hair day series that i started, you know when my camera worked. anyway, this is me and peeps…

oh, a dude in a rascal just came jetting up the street, leaning forward like he is skiing and pavel crouched down like he was going to jump out the window and attack!

have a good day, and be glad that as i predicted, new orleans is still there. hoooo hah!

so, first, blogger added a verification step for comments, not that i get any anymore…to stop those shitty spam ones…it is under comments and is called word verification for anyone that wants to add it. so, i hope it isn’t a huge pain in the arse when leaving a comment.

in other news, i realized that what i thought was crocheting maybe isn’t. exactly. i need to get the visual crochet book because i am doing something strange, i can do straight stuff, but when i try to do a ring, it isn’t right. it is a ring, though. so i need to buy the book today.

i tried a new kiddie hat pattern yesterday that i rigged from some crap pattern i found and then altered. it is really cute. they take me much longer than a scarf, yet i only charge 25 smackers for baby hats. maybe i am being greedy? it has a little brim and everything. really cute. if i had a camera, i would show it to you. i need to learn how to put drawings on. i have a scanner now, after all.

today i am moving the last of my stuff out of the shop, butter is helping me. yay butta!

oh, i got a ball winder yesterday! now i need a skeinwinder and i am good to go!

i had this dream last night that this guy i know, jim, was going to take over the shop and open a tattoo shop/coffee shop, even though our local coffee shop is right around the corner. and my expartner was affiliated with it, too. and i was mega pissed off. a tattoo/coffee shop? that can’t be hygenic. ew.

i think that is really all. i feel really nauseous. it is the move. who knows why?

llama teef
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so. it has been a bit hectic. a bit. jake put up built in bookshelves this weekend, which look great. and jesus do i have a lot of books! he is a good baby. he took my idea and made it work. nice! amy, the future librarian helped me organize the books, which was fun, and took some books to sell for me, cause she is awesome! i told her she can have a penny for every dollar made. a penny! that could really add up!

also, we moved most of the stuff out of the shop, mainly things need to come down off of the walls. i don’t wanna go in! noooo!! i am so tired. and my stomach is acting shady, too. i will do it to-morrow. i kind of have no choice.

in addition, i got the studio mostly organized, it looks great. my camera is in the shop(again) but i will get some photos up soon. amy and i hung out in there and talked while i knitted. i mostly have to hang some stuff up, otherwise, good to go.

the little barn fiber and stuff i ordered, you ask….is it here yet? didn’t you order it like a month ago? yeah! i did. and NO it isn’t. in fact, i have been calling everyday, a couple of times a day, and not only do i not get a call back, but get the machine everytime. i will call today, and if i don’t get a response, i will cancel the order. their prices are incredible. not if you never get the fucking stuff. not cool. i am not even sure what i got.

in other exciting news, i learned to crochet yesterday. i have been having art dreams again, i didn’t for many years. anyway, i saw this large 3d fiber piece, that looked like it was made by birds, and when i starting trying to figure out how to make it, i realizes from regina’s monster crochet that while it is tricky to make knitting truly 3d, crochet is perfect for that, and really versatile. so i had to learn. what i did realize is that there are really bad directions on the internet. not very complete, crap directions in stitch n bitch…i am not sure if i am doing it exactly right. but it is fun. easier than knitting for sure. more straight forward. or backward, really. i want to go to knitwits and get a couple of really nice crochet hooks. yeah! equipment. you must have the proper equipment. you know? it is crucial. that is what i tell myself anyway.

in the strange dreams department, i dreamed that ellen degeneres came over to hang out with me and ended up doing a dr phil with my family. in la. and i got lost and was chased and….she left without saying goodbye, and i thought we had a connection, were friends, but really she just has a great personality and everyone feels liike that. just like me. nah!

is that enough? it has to be! i need to get up and shower and do stuff. i have so much to do. other than the shop stuff, that is cool. no problemo. right?

smoochies y’all.

ok…so paris hilton dumbed paris the greek billionaire-et…or whatever you call it…check it before you wreck it!
how embarrassing!

oh, also, i got the aldon amos big spinning book for crazy spinning fools, of which i am one, indeed. secondly, i got the spinning designer yarns book, which is a slim copy, and is surprisingly good…lots of great ideas for dyeing, and yarny goodness. really good. the aldon amos one i just skimmed through. for the whole week i have been wanting to dye so badly…and i know i don’t have the time, really, maybe i can make some time to-morrow before moving stuff out of the shop. oooooooooh! i think i threw up a bit. maybe if i knit a bit it will calm me down. knitting!

llama teef
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amy and i went to the berry farm yesterday and we got to pet their sweet horse, and get spit on by the llama, who was gross. but cute. it chased me. well, it was fenced in, but still.

i have the studio mostly set up. it looks incredible. i love it. i need a stool for my desk, and to move the two arm chairs in from the shop so i can have a visitor. and i have a tv in there so it will be no big deal to spin in there instead of the bedroom. i told jake that we could now turn the bedroom into an actual bedroom. i think he would like that. i moved most of the yarn out of the bedroom. setting up the studio really has been like putting stuff in a new purse. a big, pink, awesome, giant purse.

i am pooped, though. my energy levels are crap at the best of times, and i just want the shop to be closed and get going on things.

i found out that my parents are moving to iowa. my mom has been sucking up, and told jake but didn’t say a word to me. i think it will be a good thing. she can be near the grandchildren, and will probably have the whole “absence makes the heart grow fonder” sort of thing going on with me. she will think she likes me better than she does. she kept asking me why i hadn’t called, if i was mad at her, despite the fact that she hadn’t called me either. when i told her i have been really busy, she asked me what i was doing. hmmm. sigh.

gabe was hanging out by the shop when amy and i stopped in to pick some stuff up, and i told him he could have the old sign in front of the shop. i told him i wanted a clean break. i didn’t want anymore connections. he asked if that meant him, too. i really want to work on stuff together, but i don’t know if he will grow out of all this stuff he does. i don’t know the future of us making things together. he says he is thinking them through. i told him that sketching things out and then making a prototype is the way to go. he won’t listen. i get to the point that i get tired of even trying. i don’t even have the energy to do the things i need to do, let alone mothering someone else. this includes other people. people are so sensitive when it comes to their own feelings, yet don’t realize the least bit that they hurt other people’s feelings. you know? we hate other people, or look down on them for being the same as us. for being spoiled, or lazy, or whatever. we see ourselves in them, and we don’t want to think we are like that.

i spun up the last of the pink/blue color batch in the merino. gorgeous! you will have to take my word for it because the camera is out again being fixed. goddamn thing.

xo,
n.

scarves and stuff
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so…the camera is getting fixed. again. if it breaks again, or when it breaks, rather, we will get our money back and i will get something better, now that i am a pro. if you know what i mean. so no new pictures for a bit. this hurts me more than it hurts you. it really does.

i apparently ate low carb granola in bed last night, and there is granola everywhere.

i talked to the boutique..twice! and they called me! mm hmm. anyway, they want 25 breast cancer scarves. i am going to call and ask them if we can make a few different styles so i don’t have to make the exact same thing over and over. i found some stuff online that will work, as for as texture and color. i am considering spinning the cream yarn myself so the money is miiiiine! i will get a novely yarn for the pink part, methinks. but i get 25-30 bucks per scarf, not including yarn, so that is good. plus the stuff i already made. also, i need to get cracking on the kids stuff for descendents boutique..fall is coming. are neckwarmers safe for little kids? those of you with kids, please let me know, i will but snaps or buttons to close them…i think that would be ok? i feel like a scarf certainly wouldn’t be safe. right?

i spun some gorgeous yarn last night out of the roving that i dyed a week or so ago. it is mainly turqoise and pink, with variations in both color and some purple. it spun up so pretty.

i was searching for skeinwinders on ebay and on sites yesterday, i don’t even have a niddynoddy, and use a metal shelf to wind skeins which works better than nothing, but not much. pain in the arse!

i have to go in to work today. i have an eyebrow touchup, a consultation on eyeliner, and i should try to pack some stuff up. i hate packing. i need to get boxes. or something. maybe i should just pick up some of those cheap plastics totes like they use on clean sweep.

we were going to go to ikea to get storage stuff for the studio and bookshelf, but i think maybe i should spend the time getting stuff organized so that i have a better idea of what i need. it seems so overwhelming. and i have to get the books all out of there and move them probably 3 times after all is said and done. and there are lotsa books!

i have been so pooped lately. i feel like i can never get enough done. it is incredibly frustrating.

the scarf in the photo is another one for the boutique…

ok, coffeetime!

xo,
n.

i will say that i hope things are settling down soon. i am so exhausted. drama poops me out and gives me migraines. with that, i get going. said friend doesn’t read my dorky blog ao, when i saw that she nees to be the new gal in town…fill in the drama here….just leave me out of it. live does always contain so drama. but it seems like all drama. all.

did you beat me? let me know!