While I am ever so excited to be reducing our excessive space (to heat, clean and just plain waste) and trade it in for the whole mind set behind living in a “Little House on a Small Planet,”:http://books.google.com/books?id=CU68rXjM1UEC&dq=%22little+house+on+a+small+planet%22&pg=PP1&ots=2-N-lLdfAZ&source=bn&sig=3uqcSmIq6_RU9fMG3aSmZvtNLHs&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPT264,M1 it is quite an adventure figuring out the floor plan for our first phase of building. Taking…
21 Beautiful Acres!
After a grueling, nail-biting delay, our offer has been accepted! p=. *** Cartwheels *** This good news is so timely I can’t even express it! So many other things in my life have been topsy turvey, to say the least. Now to get through the next few days…. Homeschool co-op in the morning, and then…
This Land is OUR Land?!?!
I can hardly believe it. Is it just a dream or did we really negotiate a deal on some land? We have wanted this for YEARS! It’s hard to sleep. I keep checking my email for the final acceptance. Pinch. OUCH! There is so much to do! There are plans to make, packing to do,…
One of the Books-I-Have-Read Memes
The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed. Well let’s see. 1) Look at the list and *bold* those you have read. 2) %{text-decoration:underline}Underline% those you intend to read. 3) _Italicize_ the books you LOVE. 4) Reprint this list in your own blog so…
I cannot brain today. I have the dumb.
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Here I Knit 20080802
I’m working on the August Monthly Dishcloth sitting halfway down our stairway. Dad and Melodie came by and visited “the shop”:http://www.yarnalong.com and then everyone else went to their motel for a swim while I worked. Dinner was here at our house – _He_ cooked an exceptional meal as usual. The house feels so quiet after…
My view 20080723
A little bit of sunset behind me…. And a week full of what felt like stormy weather, too. * *Starz*Above* *
31 single words
I was the 4th to comment on “Becky’s”:http://www.moonfrog.com blog entry, so I guess I’m tagged with this meme. Rules: You must answer the questions using only one word. Then tag four others. * 1. Where is your cell phone? Beside * 2. Your significant other? Sleeping * 3. Your hair? Short * 4. Your mother?…
Tour de Fleece 2008 Week 1 Progress (or not)
!http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2153/2659738149_856e1e6492_m.jpg!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/2659738149/ Here is some of what I’ve spun up thus far. It’s not much, but it’s something. On the left in the picture is some alpaca that is part of my stash that hid from the original photo of the complete stash. I should weigh all of this fiber. The 2 skeins shown are some…
19 Fleeces shorn today
Wow, it’s been since the middle of June since I updated. So sad, because quite a bit has been going on. My title explanation: p{float:left;padding:10px}. !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3150/2644251209_c720a35a9f_m.jpg! We were FINALLY able to get an appointment with the shearer! We had our 4 ewes shorn and we also picked up 14 other sheep fleece (mostly suffolk, most…