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i got an email from the flyingewe.com saying that ebay had just raised their rates on small ticket items (basically) and that if the charges stand she would be closing her store and probably having to get a regular job. i would imagine that the small ticket items, the millions of them on there, are really the bread and butter in the end, don’t you think? so evil. and how the hell do you boycott ebay? they own paypal and god knows what else. evil. should i write a letter?

i spun my ass off yesterday. with jake on night turn, i am able to get a late start, which is what i prefer, and work until midnight or later and still sleep and get a ton done. i have been spinning flower inspired yarns using combos found in nature, and they are amazing, and i spun 3 spools worth of yarn with pansies in them…i will post them as soon as they are skeined, etc.

i spun 2 spools of singles for the shrug i want to make from the lion brand vintage knits, so as soon as i finish this last bit of sock for shannon…i can start it! you know how the last week of school before break goes on forever? this sock is the slowest knit evah! between the fact that i have to use a smaller needle than usual to make a sock fabric and the pointy needles and the makeup of the yarn…slow going. ay ay ay! i cannot wait to knit something that is not a sock.

jake comes home at 7 tonight rather than 3a or later, so that will be nice to see him, and he rode his motorcycle to work because the weather is so nice. he looks so adorable in his bike gear. i never would have thought that i could be with someone so incredible. not just gorgeous, but the whole package.

speaking of how much i love him…i have been trying to organize the house because my mess has just taken over. he is a neat freak and i am an utter pig. when he is in mess it makes him miserable. and it is a mess. i have paintings i have done and artwork and plates and things that need to be hung and because of not knowing where to put things, etc, i have just let things pile up. i got big shelves for the kitchen for all of my dyeing stuff, i will take photos, i should’ve taken before pics. rats! and i hung artwork (5 paintings so far) and organized the counter in the kitchen and put things away and chucked things out. the bedroom is next and the closet and…so much to do. many of the rooms in the house need to be painted, i am just not sure what to paint them. i tend to pick badly and then have to paint right over it. which sucks.

much dyeing today. long time no dye.

smooochies,
n.