It is not a good sine when the first thought about your birthday puts you in tears. When I first noticed that it was 12:36 am and there for my birthday my thoughts wondered to the one person I would not be celebrating with, Laccy. She died the Wednesday before thanks giving just this past year. This is the first birthday since she came in to my ( Read more... )

I have tried a little experiment in dyeing. I took two skeins of wool and divided them  into four balls of yarn and then dyed them to see which combination I liked for working with. The theme was Ravenclaw House colors movie vs. book.(Silver+Blue vs Bronze+blue) That was two of the balls, the other two I did the same substituting purple for the ( Read more... )

I have decided to try a recycled wool dying project. The Steps I will need to fallow I will list below. This thought came to me because high quality wool is not cheep and sweaters at good will are. We will see where this goes ( Read more... )

One of my new years resolutions is to post more hear on live journal. Mostly because this gives me a place where I can let out of my head some of the things that I think about too much. So here it goes ( Read more... )

I have recently experimented in dyeing my own yarn. The proses is surprisingly easy with Wilton cake dye.  For more info check out kathrynivy.com/patterns/extras/dyeing-yarn/ . I have decided that when money is not as tight as it is right now I will try to dye something for myself for a change. I already dyed a Halloween purple and orange for one ( Read more... )

She is gone. My familiar, daughter, friend and confidant. Laccy died in her sleep on November 23. She had been a vary special and important part of my life.Now she is gone. She was being treated for a hyper-thyroid disorder when about two weeks ago the vet found that her thyroid had gone cancerous. According to my mother she was losing wight fast, ( Read more... )

For those of you that know me, and for those of you that don’t, I am a cat person. Ever since I was 11years old, I have had a cat in my life. Laccy is my pride and joy. She is my familiar, companion, confidant, and unconditional friend. I love her as deeply as a mother her first born child. That is why it hurts so much to be so far from her. I miss ( Read more... )

I would like to wish everyone a vary happy Mabon. Tonight I saw a falling star and made a wish for myself. I hope every one else that saw that star gets what they wish for.

September 21: I am grateful for my mother who gathered up the stuff I left behind and sent it down to me in my new home.

September 22: I am grateful for the gentlemen at Borderlands Comics and Games. They gave me the information so that I could start getting active in the gamming community down hear in Jacksonville.

Yesterday I when to Jacksonville’s Pagan pride day. It was vary informative. I enjoyed it vary much. Today I decided after getting back from the grocery store that I was going to go to the pool. This was perhaps not such a great idea. After a little swimming I sat in the sun to sun bath and promptly dosed off. My wonderful Fiancé woke me up just in ( Read more... )