Yes, I’m back. Everything is unpacked, put away, and I’ve caught up on nearly everything but the blog. The house is mostly painted, two of the catch-all spaces are cleaned out (to the best of the limitations at the moment), and the interior wall in my office is in the process of being knocked out [...]
Things have been a bit chaotic and the blog, I’m afraid, has suffered. Today, then, is a major catch-up, so don’t expect any sort of thematic organization here! When we were kids, we’d occasionally have dinners that Mom called a name I’ve never learned to spell, but which sounds like “Gollimoshaw.” Say that out loud [...]
Things are getting better, but I’ll admit to being behind the curve on a few things and am playing a bit of a game of catchup these days in an effort to get ahead. My slow semester has just turned into a full one; they asked if I’d pick up a 50% position working with [...]
Part A: Are you doing any holiday knitting? Just one thing. I’m trying to finish that silly Cobblestone which DH should have gotten last Christmas. Part B: Have you finished? ROFLMAO!! ARE you kidding? I’ve got about 5 inches (I think) left of the yoke, and those purl rows are driving me nuts! Why [...]
You know how it’s never a good thing to say “never” because the moment you do, you end up doing that thing you just swore you’d never do? Well, that rule’s cosmic little brother is the one which says that when you whine about something, you inevitably end up with more of that thing. Not [...]