yesterday I placed an order for my own spinning wheel. I went to Susan's fibers with my mom since she wanted to give me carders for xmas but hadn't made it out there in time. I got to sit at a number of different wheels, and after that I really couldn't stand it any more. for those interested, I ordered a unfinished Ashford Traveler, double drive, ( Read more... )

but I find it weird when my grandmother says "I already shot my wad" when talking about having used up all the easily accessible chairs. hmmm....yeah ( Read more... )

http://www.materialwhirled.com/holidayyarns.htm

yarn, with little baby jesuses hanging off it.

yup, so it can sit on the shelf next to the baby jesus buttplug.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300032476683&ru=http://search.ebay.com:80/300032476683_W0QQfromZR40QQfviZ1

clearly the end of result of yiffing.

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'angry and covered in crickets'

usage: I couldn't tell if it was snarkiness, or if I was just angry and covered in crickets.

apparently a reference to:
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tor/149525172.html

Wow, Yahoo! mail--

"Now you can scream through email."

really, not as appealing as you might think.

in other news, I'm really ready to not be sick anymore. despite having stayed home monday and tuesday, wednesday at work was enough to make it seem like a long week already.

and BSG is officially crack.

I am having a particularly grumpy morning. most of my mornings seem grumpy lately, but they aren't made better by a screaming baby at 4am, being unable to get back to sleep at 5, getting up, falling asleep in a chair at 6, going back to bed only to get up 40 min later ( Read more... )

last night I had a dream where I was trying to figure out how many tricks I'd need to turn in order to get a sock knitting machine ($500). It seemed like a perfectly reasonable way to come up the cash for something I want but can't really justify the cost. I think I was just starting to pick someone up when I woke up ( Read more... )

The hiccups weren't pink. nooooo... they were orange. from carrots.

poor baby....

EDIT: erm, twice

not a lot of interest in posting recently. went to the wool/sheep festival, got more spinning fiber. dug out my drop spindle today and plyed some yarn to get a bit more practice with the spinning motion. working on socks, slippers, a clapotis in black, and the ever present washcloth. washed my wool socks for the first time tonight, hope nothing ( Read more... )