I know it has been ages since I last posted (and that wasn’t much of a post either). ¬†Thanks to JessaLu and her poking, I pop up to announce that I am indeed still alive. ¬†To say I’ve been busy is a bit of an understatement! ¬†But what else is new. ¬†There’s been work: I finally hit code complete this past Thursday on the big project I’ve been working on. ¬†YAY. ¬†Big old relief, especially considering I had serious doubts about how to even begin it, let alone that I’d ever finish it. ¬†For the first time in a long while I just could not wrap my head around what had to be done, and oh yeah, it needed to be done in a pretty damn short amount of time too. ¬†But its done and ready for QA. Whew.
I want to thank everyone for their comments regarding Kat’s shiner. ¬†I feel better to know that I was not overreacting (or at least overreacting any more than any of you) in taking her to the ER for a shiner. ¬†The last picture I posted wasn’t as bad as it got. ¬†This one is:
The first full day was the worst. ¬†Her eye was swollen shut when we weren’t regularly applying ice. ¬†She was quite the little trooper though and in almost no time, she looked like this:
and within two weeks of the event, her eye was just about back to normal:
The healing powers of a child continue to amaze me. ¬†I’m waiting for her wolverine claws to come shooting out her hands when she gets pissed 
Naturally since work had me so crazed, I’ve been spinning. ¬†I finished the three bobbins of merino singles in the Neapolitan colorway that Jess gave me a few months back. ¬†I spun it on the Van Eaton:
Like a total dork, I forgot to take a picture of the finished yarn prior to giving it to my hostess of this past weekend. ¬†As most know by now, I went to Cummington and had the pleasure of staying over at Chez JessaLu with J and the super dude R. ¬†Thank you guys again for a wonderful weekend! ¬†My purchases at the festival were minimal (about 1.5 lbs of 3 different rovings and a purpleheart spindle). ¬†I think Cummington is my favorite festival. ¬†It isn’t the craziness that marks MDSW and has hit NY too. ¬†It is a cozy festival with some of the best vendors. ¬†I heartily enjoyed myself there as just about every time I turned around there was a old friend. ¬†I haz no pictures because once again, even though I charged the camera before leaving, I totally forgots about it in my purse. ¬†Sue me
I seem to have gotten my sock mojo back though. ¬†I’ve finish not one, but two pairs since my last regular posting! ¬†The first are from Jitterbug in “Light Amber”
The project details are here (Rav).  
Since I’d finished these socks, I needed something else for the car ride to MDSW. ¬†Instead of taking that one as an overnighter (and well we’ll ignore that I said I wasn’t going at all), I rode down with my SnB buds, Ina and Nancy. ¬†While Ina did all the drive (thank you again Ina, that was above and beyond!), I cast on a new sock. ¬†I used US0 and Chewy Spaghetti yarn in my standard toe up plain sock. ¬†By the time we parked in the field at MD, I had the heel done. ¬†I finished the suckers at SnB.
Project details are over here. I really liked the yarn.  
I have another pair going in the old favorite:  Claudia Handpaint РStrawberry Latte.
I finished the first sock on the boat yesterday and cast on for the second. ¬†Again, it is the tried and true basic stockinette toe-up that I just adore. ¬†Especially since I have to only really pay attention to what I’m doing for just the heels and toes. ¬†
That’s about it for now, other than the good news that Modern Yarn will not be closing after all! ¬†They’re just moving!!! ¬†Okay so they’ll be closed for a couple of months but will be back on Aug 1st. ¬†YAY. ¬†Paige and Kristen came to our interim location (the gals and I relocated to an area Panera after the last meetup at the store) this past Thursday and announced that they had just signed a lease on a new location. ¬†Whew. ¬†
Hopefully the next post won’t be more than 19 days away. ¬†I’ll try.
Craft on!
