For those of you who have not heard (I think you all have, because I have a whole three readers) we got the apartment! The lease arrived yesterday, so we just have to mail it back with our checks. They even gave us a discounted first month's rent - no idea why, but it's in writing on the lease in two places, so I'm not going to question it ( Read more... )

Still haven't heard anything about the apartment, but I got a new tattoo ( Read more... )

A second round of apartment hunting commenced this week. We found three totally viable 1 bedroom apartments near my school, which is giving my confidence a boost. Two are out in the boonies - I mean it: 5 miles from the nearest grocery and 5 miles from the nearest laundromat, which I'm pretty sure has limited hours. One of the two farmland ( Read more... )

Most of you probably know already that the boy and I have plans to move next month so I can go back to school. We've been apartment hunting for the last 7 - 10 days and haven't had very much luck. Most of the apartments in the area we're looking are heinously overpriced because of the universities there; the few we found that were reasonably ( Read more... )

I have made... a blanket!

That's right, dear readers, it's done! The Ciftitelli blanket is completed and blocking upstairs. Better pictures to follow tomorrow, and then the pattern will be up for sale on Ravelry.

Inspiration for this blanket was the Moroccan Days/Arabian Nights shawl, pictured below:

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Well, this is probably the greatest slideshow I've ever seen. It's photos from the Norway Beard and Moustache Championships. Here's a little taste of the wonder:


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Hello there! Anyone still reading? I didn't fall off the internet. I just snuck away to the Caribbean for a week to hunt for some sanity in the sand. The boy and I joined my parents in St. Maarten in the Dutch West Indies. The flight down was uneventful, and landed us in vacationland around 1 in the afternoon, so we had plenty of time to ( Read more... )

Remember that merino/tussah fairy hair I was spinning at the beginning of the month? Well, after 3 weeks of spinning and another 12 hours of navajo-plying, it's done!!! I present to you, 450 yds of light fingering weight, N-plied and finished:


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This weekend some dear friends of mine from Massachusetts came out to visit. We spent Saturday gallavanting all over - downtown for a dance workshop, out to Jamesville to visit the Yarn Cupboard, to Skaneatelas for lunch and chocolate and a quick peek at the lake (before the wind drove us back inside), to North Syracuse to visit Sheep Thrills, ( Read more... )

I'm hoping to raise money to help me go back to school! I'm looking at either FLSM in Ithaca or OSTM in Syracuse. I'm not eligible for enough loans to cover the tuition, so I'm asking you, my generous friends, to help in any way you can - $1, $5, $50 - every little bit helps ( Read more... )