tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342463702012-01-25T13:37:52.202-05:00Musings on fibers, horses, music, and my journey through LIFEJeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.comBlogger4541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-78457202562612046632012-01-16T22:01:00.000-05:002012-01-16T22:01:21.169-05:00

I've gotta say, 2012 is proving to be an interesting year so far. Much, MUCH different from depressing, dark, hopeless 2011. So Yarndeavors was hacked; it wasn't malicious, just annoying—the result of someone with too much time and knowledge on their hands, and nothing better to do. Though they did dismantle my yarn shop. This led to some serious thought about what I wanted to do with

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I'll admit it. I got lazy, and distracted, and a bunch of other things. The result was that my online yarn shop, Yarndeavors, was ignored for awhile. I realized this when I got the notice about the domain expiring soon, so I went to the site to remind myself why I did this in the first place. Imagine my horror, upon typing in my URL, to be greeted not by my beautiful yarn image, but instead by a

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Apparently I don't knit enough lately to be blogging about it. I'm just popping in to wish my long-lost readers (if you're still out there) a very Happy Thanksgiving, and Merry Impending Christmas. Mine was spent with friends and it was good. Though three of us were incredibly worn out from lack of sleep, as the night before one of us had been performing with his cover tune band, and the other

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Well, it's been awhile, eh? Sorry about that. Life, ya know? Anyway... I need the help of my cyberfriends (some of whom may have gotten the text of this post in an email already).I've submitted an entry to a contest to be the voice on the theme song for the Play Station video game Assassin's Creed Revelations. The contest provided a backing track, to which entrants create a melody line and then

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Poor abandoned little blog. Facelessbook has taken over.OK, first a memorial mention, then a brief update of what I'm up to lately.Memorial MentionToday marks five years since my father passed. It's been hard not to go back in time and focus on where I was five years ago, and what I was doing. Difficult to not allow myself to think, "at this time five years ago, it was the last time the three of

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Robin Olson, of the blog Covered in Cat Hair, has cats of her own and fosters many through her organization, Kitten Associates, Inc. As we all know, rescues often come with medical issues, and vet costs can add up fast.Robin has her hands beyond full with one of her personal cats, Bob Dole, as well as the latest emergency, an absolutely beyond adorable foster kitten named Cara Melle. Bob Dole was

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Well, the Mac G5 has returned home. The problem was with the memory modules. They went bad. Lifetime warranty meant free replacement (not counting the repair fee to run diagnostics on it to make sure everything else was OK, but it was pretty cheap so I am not complaining).So the computer itself has passed muster hardware-wise and memory-wise. The issue now is that the software still won't launch

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-70817091303926309152011-01-14T11:24:00.003-05:002011-01-14T11:29:55.775-05:00

I got another mention in the Janet Reid Literary Contest, this time for Outstanding Achievement in Minimalism. The words to be included in the 100-words-or-less missive were:dauntlessabnegationamitycandoreruditeThe contest details are here, my noted entry here.It always helps to know what the words actually mean. (I swear, these are from the GRE list, aren't they?)Whoo-hoo!Well, that's it for me

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I wish I could get a photo of this, but I fear that it wouldn't take in the dark, and the flash might scare them away. Right now, there are three deer nestled beneath the trees outside my window. They're napping. As if they were in the woods.I live in the suburbs. Old-growth trees, yes, but it's the burbs. My neighbor's house is about five feet away.And there are three deer sleeping between us,

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HAPPY 2011 ONE AND ALL! Goodbye, 2010. Hello, twenty-eleven.Finally. We've survived 2010, and the flyleaf on this year has just been turned. Bright, shiny, new. Rife with infinite possibility.It's gotten off to an interesting start already. Yesterday, the temperature was in the 50s. At 2:30 AM, not long after the ball drop (or wig-drop, if you preferred Bravo's festivities as I did), the Weather

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Ah, if only there really were a Santa. If there were, I could reasonably expect to find a brand-new MacBook Pro with all the software upgrades sitting under my cat tree on Christmas morning (the cat tree being the only tree available in the house at the moment). But as I've been told since achieving adulthood, Santa is a marketing myth created by Coca-Cola, and unless I have:a well-off

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My main Mac (the desktop, the newest one) threw a hissy fit a week ago. I spent the week hovering over it like Dr. Frankenstein troubleshooting it and trying to coax it back into behaving.As of now, my late 2005 Mac PowerPC G5 will:Boot into OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger, which is two generations behind still and yes I'm aware that time moves forward, I just never bothered to upgrade)Allow me stability and

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DONE.52,445 words.Going to bed now. 'Night.

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That means the mass-commercial gift-giving holiday is a month away.Better get knitting on my Barbie dresses. I have one done except for the bind off, straps and weaving in ends. I have another on the needles. I have concepts for a bazillion of them. I even went out and bought a fit model at Big Lots.(Yes. I'm 47 years old and I just bought a Barbie. Funny thing is, I don't even LIKE Barbies.

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Once again, I am attempting NaNoWriMo.This is an absolutely insane endeavor whereby one writes a novel of 50,000 words in 30 days.Twenty-nine, if you take Thanksgiving Day off.To win, you merely have to write 50,000 words not counting commas, and yes, technically you could just post "word word word word" 50,000 times and be done with it, but that defeats the purpose and is cheating. The purpose

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Sylvania woman who saved dog has trouble paying bill - WTOL.com - Toledo's News Leader |My heart goes out to this woman. She stopped to help a stray dog that was hit by a car. The vet bills are more than she can bear—$3,000 to be exact.I'm posting this to spread the word. I don't know the woman, I just saw it in the news and wanted to do my bit to help.Sylvania Vet (Toledo, OH area) has agreed to

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My black kitty Ophelia is celebrating her 16th birthday today. (Here is the link to her Catster profile.)I don't know her actual birthdate—this is the date I assigned to her. She came to live with me when she was around 10 months old (according to the vet). At the time, I was singing in a band and finishing my undergraduate degree. We rehearsed at the drummer's house. The band was taking a break

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Because I'm horrible at remembering my own anniversaries.Blogiversaries, that is.I can remember the birthdays of boyfriends long past. I can even remember the birthdays of kittens we've had—and the tally of cats that have passed through my life so far is over two dozen. That's a lot of birthdays. I know the day I bought my first horse (Feb 5, 2001), my second horse (October 1, 2002), and my third

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Yeah, I know, this might not sound like big news to many of you, but it said something to me. Among the many blogs I track, several are related to writing and include a few literary agents.One agent in particular, Janet Reid aka The Query Shark, often posts mini writing contests whereby the challenge is to write a story in 100 words or less, and including in the story five unrelated words that

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OK. There's this kid. His name is Hunter. He's six years old. I don't know him, but one of my blogger friends does, and he's really sick. He has leukemia.My blogger friend is generously selling off all but three of her fiber-related books to gather donations to help Hunter's family. She's asking us to re-post to gain more attention; after all, we're three degrees separated from this issue.So.

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A Presidential Term lasts four years, barring re-election.High school is considered to be a four-year plan, beginning with Freshman year, and ending with Senior year.A Bachelors Degree takes on average four years to complete.When you died, Dad, on June 7, 2006, life as I knew it ended. I think Mom's life ended too, that day, though it took four months for her body to catch up with her spirit.On

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Has it really been TWO MONTHS since I last posted? Well. On the upside, that means not much is happening in my life, so it's—well, just to be on the safe side, we won't say the Q word.I've taken two out of three art classes at the Museum so far. The first was Graphite Drawing. I found out I'm "meh" about graphite. The second was Colored Pencil Drawing. I am WOW! COOL!! FUN!!! about colored

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Which explains the lack of posts. There isn't a lot happening around these parts, except for snow, snow, and did I mention snow?So let's see...Cats: improving/same. All urinary issues cleared up; Tyler, to my surprise, fell in love with the dog crate I bought (on clearance!) for his containment during his incontinent moments. He sat in it at will with the door wide open. Odd.Zander is now on

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/begin Public Service MessagePlease consider making a donation to Doctors Without Borders in Haiti (see link image to the right) to help with the earthquake relief. For the cost of a skein of sock yarn, you can help./end Public Service Message****Today I had a thought. As we've just begun a new year, many bloggers are posting End of the Year summations, Words of the Year, and resolutions/goals/

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And the Word of the Year is...BALANCEI'm laughing because this is completely ironic. And uncanny. Yesterday morning, as I do every morning, I wrote in my journal. The theme was about needing to find the "just right" point.I was sent a lot of mixed messages as a child; such as, "you try too hard/you don't try hard enough". It left me feeling like a pendulum, constantly swinging between the two

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So long, 2009, don't let the door hit ya in the @$$. 2010, good to meet you. I'm expecting you to be MUCH kinder and more interesting-in-a-good-way than last year was.The year 2009 in review:JANUARYKey phrase:...instead of focusing on the possibility of it, I shifted to focusing on making it happen.FEBRUARYWas really consumed with my new venture, the hand-dyed sock yarn shop. Spent the entire

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Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Solstice. Whatever you choose to celebrate, please have a safe, wonderful one. I'm off to do the same, and there will be radio silence until the festivities are overwith. It's just too complicated to try to blog and visit at the same time.No beautiful tree shots for me, nope. I enjoy my neighbors' creations instead. Though, I've finished all the shopping

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Ring. Ring. Ring. (I pick up phone.)Silence. Followed by automated voice."Hello. This is a... call... for... {mispronounced name}. If you are not— {mispronounced name}, please hang up and dial—"CLICK. (I hang up.)(I reconnect, listening for dial tone. I hear automated voice continuing.)"800... 7... 5... 8—"CLICK.(Buzz? No...)"...by staying on the" CLICK "—line, you ack-" CLICK "-ledge that you

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In response to comments...Trillian, sorry to hear that your store is gone, too!Emily, yes. Ben Franklin's is still here, but that is the issue. It's only cotton and acrylic and a scant few Paton's skeins. I am glad they exist and I don't mind the occasional project made out of ack, but quite honestly? (and Emily, this is not aimed at you; your comment merely inspired the rant. :-D )/begin rantI

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Eesh! It is getting harder and harder to add fiber to my diet!First, Fiberworks closed (well, that was what, two years ago? But they were major, because they had LOOMS and weaving stuff nobody else had, and a workroom for teaching yarn dyeing). Then the Fibers program at BGSU was eliminated.Now this.The JoAnn Fabrics in BG is being liquidated and is closing January 24, 2010.OK. I know we have

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As I wait for my Kung Pao Stir Fry to be "ready" to serve in Café World over there in FacelessBook, I thought I'd write a quick post about the good news/bad news University situation I heard about this week. (If you keep up with Faceless Book, you might have already seen my status updates.)Bad news first. The Fibers program in the Fine Arts Department no longer exists. Not sure which came first,

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It's because the cough is back. And since I'm still not sure if it's infectious or just dust/cat hair/vocal irritation, although I have the night off, I'm staying put.Last Tuesday night, after pulling an impressive 2.2 CPH (calls per hour) at work despite feeling like garbage and having a rough voice, I decided I needed time off. The nice thing about temping is that you can do that. You can also,

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Urgh.Apparently I let my free photobucket account go inactive, and all my image links are lost. So forgive the dust while I attempt to piece this back together. Maybe now is a good time to switch to the new Blogger layout?Update.There has been knitting.There will be photos soon.So far there is one of a pair of Woven Ridge socks and a half of a Coriolis. Both are patterns from Cat Bordhi's "New

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Uh, so yeah.So I'm working 23 hours per week. It shouldn't interrupt my life all that much, but somehow, it has! How is that?Anyway, the job is going well so far. Don't think I can do it for the rest of my life, but there are worse things I could be doing. I finally have A job, and the Estate is close to being over forever—yes, it is STILL open, but now it's just a technicality. We're waiting on

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So, we sold grandma's house.We finally had The Estate Chat.We agreed. Well, I don't completely agree, but... when the lawyer refutes your arguments, what choice do you have (if you want to keep it out of court)? And so it is somewhat finished.Oh, there are still checks to write, the deed to sign. But I have to address the other pressing issue first. The other house. It must be sold. No, not the

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Bad News: Last night I got so caught up in FarmVille on FaceBook that I left the corn on high and totally scorched the good Revere pan.Good News: Today, I learned online how to fix the pan, and did. Looks better than new now, thanks to the boiling water and baking soda trick, followed by the boiling water and vinegar trick.And the corn was fine, thanks.In other news: the house is sold. The tax

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On August 5th, we got an offer on Grandma's house. It was lowball again. But higher than the last lowball offer. The buyers reasoned that they were basically buying the land—not the house—and that the house would be torn down. You know how I feel about that. I resisted.I've spent the month dickering and bickering, with the realtor, the sister, the buyers, the estate lawyer, and my own

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I discovered YoVille, FarmVille, FarmTown, and other happy farming apps on FaceBook.My real life has ended. I am lost in VR. (And I'm hiring for crew members if you Yo.) I'm sure this will die down once I'm hired into a real job. Unless I win that lottery, in which case, just find my Virtual Self.In between, I come back to reality and train eight--no wait, nine--REAL LIVE horses.That's right. Ask

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WHOO-HOO!!! I just got confirmation from Parelli, Inc., via email regarding my recent Parelli Audition.I've passed Level Two Online!Only one more savvy to go (FreeStyle Riding), and that BLUE STRING is MINE!!!*happy dancing all over the place, can't wait to tell my horse*In other news, I interviewed with a temp agency, and not only am I up for the job I applied to, but my mixed bag of odd

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begin rant/Hey, Geico—do me a favor. Make a decision about which ad campaign you'd like to use, then STICK TO IT. Nothing drives me more bonkers than seeing ten different types of ad campaigns for a single product in one season. Cavemen. Geckos. Jason Campbell Celebrity Endorsement "I have some good news though...". Money with eyeballsPICK ONE!!!I'd rather take my business to a company that knows

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Man Dies After Falling Into Vat of ChocolateAnd I'm surprised nobody has used the obvious headline (though I did).Yes, my sense of humor is perverse at times. (I do feel for the man and his family, of course.)So. Anybody else glued to the TV yesterday for the MJ Memorial? It was nicely done, I thought. Classy.Progress report on my garden: I haz tomatoes and peppers. My six tomato plants all have

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Happy 4th to everyone. I'm a bit behind. My Independence Day activities included helping to unload 20 bales of hay and trim the horrendous flare off of my horse's front hooves.In the interest of saving on farrier costs (since my AANHCP trimmer lives on the eastern side of the state and has to travel, and there are no AANHCP trimmers closer to me yet), I'm doing it myself for now. I sort of know

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Monday was my birthday. Whoo. I'm only owning up to 27. That was a good year.It was a quiet celebration. A friend took me to Olive Garden (at my request) where I partook of the Grilled Steak Crustada with the four-cheese pasta, unlimited salad and breadsticks and Asiago-encrusted flatbread as seen on TV. I've been seeing the ads and just drooling.I'm happy to say, it lived up to the hype. It

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Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and Ed McMahon.God must not have been able to find much on Cable TV today, to have to call three legendary entertainment personalities home in one day.RIP, y'all.***edited to correct: I wasn't online or in touch—I guess Ed died Tuesday.***In happier news, the new realtor handling Grandma's house seems to be more focused. There is a historic renovator interested,

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This has nothing to do with the interview, though I thought it went well. Decisions to be made next week. Keep the digits crossed.What this post concerns is the national or global mindset. If you understand the Law of Attraction, you know that what we focus on expands—meaning, we get more OF that. What we complain about is what we are focusing on. What we agree to is what we focus on. When your

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/begin rantWhomever is claiming my phone number and possibly also my last name and first initial but not first name, then signing up for things, not paying the bills, and letting the collections company give ME heart failure over it,STOP IT RIGHT NOW.First, it was Charter Communications last week. They left a cryptic robo-call message on my machine. It gave the name of the rep, the company name,

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-12129661281712316682009-05-29T16:39:00.003-04:002009-05-29T16:41:17.395-04:00

Praise God, Hallelujah, I FINALLY got a job interview!!!It's 20 hours a week at minimum, but IT IS A START. Let the floodgates open, let the interviews flow in, let the income roll, let my life turn around for the positive!AMEN HALLELUJAH AMEN!!!! Thank you Big Guy in the Sky!This and an acoustic gig, and I might just make it.Cross yer digits, and keep me in positive vibes Thursday afternoon. :-)

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Because they allowed me to compile this little ten-minute movie with a soundtrack, using loops in GarageBand. I was just playing... but how totally fun is this?!? It's an outtake from one of my L2 rehearsal sessions, plus a bit of riding to prove I can canter on him. Enjoy.

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Just jumped on the Elizabeth Gilbert bandwagon. If you, like I, have been under a rock for the past year or so, then allow me to highly HIGHLY recommend (INSIST) that you read her book "Eat. Pray. Love". Despite what the negative comments on Amazon say, it's phenomenal. I "get" her. She and I could be best friends if we ever met.The post today takes its cue from something Liz did at the beginning

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My God, I feel so restless I could jump out of my SKIN and          nothing seems to abate itIt’s been windy all day, blowing blowing blowing,          even the air seems not to want to stand stillI putter about try to find something to occupy but nothing focusesNothing wants my attention on it for too longI want to run, but I don’t know where I’d goDriving takes gas and gas takes money and money

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Because I have no real news, I stole this from Nicole's Blog:Song I Can't Stop Playing Over and Over Again: "Through Your Eyes" (Bambi II, Martina McBride, because it so totally describes my relationship with my horse)Make for dinner tonight: "not" dogs and mac n cheese.Currently drinking: milkPlaying on the iPod right now: no such device in this house!Currently reading: "On the Road" by Jack

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-14423590691593426892009-05-04T15:13:00.004-04:002009-05-04T15:22:19.852-04:00

You read a post from three years ago at this link about the Celtic Cross scarf I was making as a Christmas gift.You commented:At 12:29 AM, May 04, 2009, Anonymous said... Hello! I love the celtic braid you are making, the problem that I have is that I have search all internet looking where this pattern is sold and I can`t find it! please, where this pattern is located?

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-49244614343509966282009-04-08T20:56:00.005-04:002009-04-08T21:00:05.704-04:00

Milk. One gallon. W*l-M*art. $1.88/gallon.I bought four.Yes, I can drink that much by the 19th. Easily.Cool beans. That beats C*rcle K's 2/$5 special anyday. Though I like their milk a bit better.But of course I would. Because according to the quiz at New York Time Out:Your Score: 43You’re a Discerning Diner. You know what you like and it often includes gussied-up grub. But you’re just as happy

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-7931236824971483422009-04-07T18:07:00.002-04:002009-04-07T18:37:45.182-04:00

OK. Before I go offending anyone with it, I feel the Chipped In Widgets to the right over there might need an explanation.It's true. I'm begging for dollars. I am my own charity. But there is a reason for this, and it has less to do with drumming up donations than it does with activating the Law of Attraction.My intent with this is to reach out to the Universe to let it know that I'm serious

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-85634989250729657622009-04-05T16:33:00.004-04:002009-04-05T17:08:09.378-04:00

FIBERSRight now, I'm crocheting rather than knitting, and dyeing yarn rather than buying yarn. So there isn't a lot to show at present. The crochet project is Damknit's Ugly Blanket, which I didn't think was ugly at all. I emailed her about the pattern, played around with color combinations in PhotoShop as usual (or FreeHand, I forget which), bought the yarn (Ack, last year), and started in on it

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Thank you, Gaby at MagicStix, for the nomination!Accepting this award means following some rules:Copy the Kreativ Blogger award to your blogPut a link to the person from whom you received the awardNominate 8 other blogs andLink to themThen leave a message on the blogs you have nominatedAnd pass the awards on to:Pam at yarn-goddess.blogspot.comSarah Lou at www.skeinsandbeans.comCristi at

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You know, if we all quit thinking of it as a "financial crisis", it would quit BEING a financial crisis.I vote we all refer to it as "the financial transition" from now on. Then picture it transitioning into prosperity.I mean, what the hey--we're awfully good at mass manifesting a CRISIS, right? What if we used our powers for good rather than evil?Just a thought.

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It is pouring rain. Lovely. I guess I'll go to Knit Night next week, because the prediction is for quite the dark and stormy night. And I still haven't gotten out the door. (Pam, your yarn will be mailed out Weds at the latest, I promise!) But I still need milk.I think I'll just curl up on the couch with a sock for a change. Or a book. Or both.At least it's not snow. And the tulips are emerging.

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Are you going?I want to.I'm intending that the EXTRA money required to make me feel confident about going shows up within the next 30 days! Since I'm all about the sock yarn now, it makes sense that I'd be there, dontcha think?Being in the presence of all of those sock-knitting superstars, though, might make me woozy.PS: Silly me, I overlooked one skein of hand-dyed when I was updating the shop.

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-46790321567790969732009-03-04T20:43:00.005-05:002009-03-04T20:59:51.017-05:00

I can't let today go by without wishing my own happies to my cat, Zander, and my mare, Shaveya, as they were BOTH born on this day in 1998 and are BOTH turning 11 years old today.I didn't plan that. It just happened. They're both bi-colored, also, rust and white.Just think. Eleven years ago today, in locations very distant from each other, two new lives entered this world at the same time (ish),

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-20160239397423233762009-03-01T00:36:00.005-05:002009-03-01T01:15:41.136-05:00

Fine. I'll come clean.The reason I've been absent lately is because I've been busy launching a new venture and I wasn't sure I could really do this. I didn't want to talk about it until I knew for sure.Turns out, I can, and I did.May I introduce you to YARNDEAVORS.That's right. I'm selling yarn. Hand-painted, hand-dyed sock yarn. One night in January, I just suddenly got the urge to dye. Colorway

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-75960808260447901152009-02-23T18:53:00.004-05:002009-02-23T19:01:13.470-05:00

Dad would have been 91 today—Happy Birthday, Dad.I honored him by performing a stunt unique to the elder set. I slipped on the ice while taking out the recycling and landed rather ungracefully on my keester on the cement. Everything appears to be fine, despite the stiff soreness. I believe my tailbone remains intact and parts are working as they should; though there is one part of me that I

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Hiya.Still out here. Just really busy and consumed with a new venture that I'll be launching very soon. Unlike my usual modus operandi, I'm going to sit on it until it's ready. But I think you will all like it. More later.Until then, if it's radio silence from me, that's why. But I'm still here! Hope you're all doing well.

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-32750331687677723762009-01-20T13:14:00.003-05:002009-01-20T13:27:36.981-05:00

Ahhh.Sweeter words were never spoken. FORMER President Bush. That's all I have to say about that.Watching PRESIDENT Obama's Inauguration was inspiring. I think I know why I like him so much—there is something about his quiet soft-spoken confidence and the manner in which he speaks that reminds me of my Dad—calm, reassuring, intelligent, certain.Obama thinks before speaking rather than opening his

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-79883816371048562802009-01-16T21:33:00.002-05:002009-01-16T21:38:14.338-05:00

Warning: liberal and full of Bush-bashingSo Bush's outgoing speech declares that we as a nation will "never tire, never falter and never fail".Anyone who has done an in-depth study of the LOA and NLP is shaking their heads in disgust right now because they know, as I know, that Bush's declaration is full of NEGATIVES: which means, if his desire is that we avoid experiencing these things, well, he

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-85962694926282956242009-01-10T18:14:00.004-05:002009-01-10T20:04:47.918-05:00

Well, it's blacker than I anticipated, but my skein of BMFA Socks That Rock Mediumweight in "Valkyrie" has arrived! I can now begin swatching and knitting Mintyfresh's Leyburns (direct non-Ravelry link) for the Ravelry KAL (Ravelry link).Good thing it got here yesterday. We had a snowstorm. Nothing drastic. Just several inches of gently falling white stuff that managed to accumulate. But it sure

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-26689540620252073022009-01-07T18:39:00.005-05:002009-01-07T19:17:48.699-05:00

A good friend of mine moved out of state in 2007 to take his dream job. I was so happy for him. He'd proven the naysayers wrong; he actually CAN make a living doing what he loves, even if it was by working for another company rather than starting his own (which is his real job).Last night, he called to let me know the company, which had grown a bit too ambitiously, was now downsizing and, as it

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-67960686442983746202009-01-06T18:20:00.008-05:002009-01-06T18:44:42.465-05:00

It's the Feelin' Chunky Chunkster Challenge of 2009! Through March 1, 2009, members can sign up to read overly-large books. Books must be read by November 15, 2009. According to the site,A chunkster is 450 pages or more of ADULT literature (fiction or nonfiction) Don't complain folks, I read all thousands of pages of the Twilight series and they were good, but not a challenge. A chunkster should

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-28135960072446510782009-01-04T17:29:00.006-05:002009-01-04T17:55:02.598-05:00

I know what I’ve been overlooking all this time. I’ve seen behind the door that my brain was shielding from me, and I know what I am. It’s all good. But what I am isn't the important part.What really knocked my socks off is this.All this time, I’ve focused on possibility. I’ve asked the Universe, “please—make it possible for me to go to school in 2009”... “make it possible to sell the houses and

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-53048494324864476982008-12-31T21:27:00.002-05:002008-12-31T21:45:44.744-05:00

Yes, I survived the Holidaze with Da Pham! It went surprisingly well. I almost didn't want to leave, which is odd.It would be remiss of me to let the year end without posting photos of the swag won in the Stumbling Over Chaos caption contest! It's some cool stuff! I knew there would be a book and some yarn involved, but Chris (and Jeanne) outdid themselves with generosity (click to embiggen)!The

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Your Christmas Sprit Level: 20%Your Christmas spirit is there, but it's very faint.If you celebrate Christmas at all, it's only when you truly want to.It's okay if you're not really into the whole Christmas thing. Don't worry about not having enough spirit.Pushing yourself to do more will only turn you into a Grinch!Do You Have the Christmas Spirit?Why does this not surprise me? Well, at the very

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-49192561347960688042008-12-18T15:41:00.002-05:002008-12-18T15:43:09.206-05:00

I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz andfound out I'm aSelf-Improving Spiritual Reinventer I do believe they know me quite well!

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Well, I've been tagged, but I've already done the Random Things meme, and if you'd like to read it, go here and read it. :-)I'd love to request some prayerful or similar energy from y'all. It's all good, though. The good news is, we got an offer on the house in the estate—the last remaining lot standing between me and freedom from the deathmare.The not-as-good news is that it is ridiculously,

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-46625206539775113642008-12-09T18:27:00.003-05:002008-12-09T18:41:48.796-05:00

OK, it's not exactly knitting, but it is casting on in a way. I hereby declare my intentions (and you have no idea how long it has taken me to craft these sentences in a way that they say what I mean, without one negative suggestion whatsoever!):In my ideal financial scenario, I am able to do absolutely whatever the heck I feel like doing, whenever I feel like doing it, and the money continues to

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-67022914533058156982008-12-03T20:48:00.004-05:002008-12-03T20:58:18.284-05:00

Imagine that. I pilled the cat last night without incident. I have Pill Savvy.I don't even think Jake remembers Monday anymore. It's amazing how fast cats heal.Did you know that passive-aggressive behaviors are one of the many coping mechanisms used by children raised by a parent with Borderline Personality Disorder? Neither did I, until I began reading this book. I wasn't even sure what passive

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-12326375626287070752008-12-02T18:37:00.002-05:002008-12-02T18:40:13.125-05:00

Thank you for the well-wishes and commiseration.I'd like to report that Jake is fine.He released himself from Cat Recovery (the little bathroom off of the kitchen where all cats go when they're recuperating) this morning and was found wandering aimlessly down my hallway meowing loudly at 7 AM. He was summarily removed to the Main Cat Residence room after much head rubbing and placating.He also

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That's what my cat Jake is probably going to say when I pick him up from the vet in a couple of hours. Poor guy.At 10 PM Wednesday night, the night before Thanksgiving (of course), I went to pet his head as he lay on the back of the couch.He snarled, hissed viciously, and nearly took my arm off.Jake's not the most personable cat, but even for him this was extreme. When he turned to look at me, I

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-58670106940421661962008-11-28T18:12:00.003-05:002008-11-28T18:18:38.541-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!I'm thankful that I have friends who want to spend time with me and who are gracious enough to invite me into their homes. I'm thankful for the good food and laughter. I'm thankful for hominy casserole, sweet potatoes, and TURKEY.I'm also thankful that I've found some answers this year. Just recently I stumbled upon a slim volume at the bookstore, improperly shelved in

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-45370376231220422042008-11-23T18:11:00.003-05:002008-11-23T18:29:12.915-05:00

...I just have nothing to show for it yet. A couple of dishcloths is about it. No Giftmas Knitting for me this year. Besides—I'm infatuated with crochet right now and the cold weather has me finishing afghans I started 10 years ago. There are three on deck: Damknit's Hexagonal afghan (OK, that's new); a ripple afghan, and... I dunno, some other thing.What I will show you, maybe this week, is my

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-49356479356598775782008-11-22T20:12:00.002-05:002008-11-22T20:14:35.999-05:00

Snagged this meme from Gotta Knit... you know the drill. Do if you feel like it.1. Magazines subscribed to:Parelli Savvy Times is about it, now that I've let everything else lapse due to budget considerations. Before, I'd subbed to Handwoven, Spin-Off, IK Knits, and Cast-Off (TGKA).2. Aside from knitting, my favorite pastimes are:Reading/writing but no rithmetic if I can help it; philosophy,

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-82058277940946914662008-11-14T14:40:00.002-05:002008-11-14T14:56:00.551-05:00

How about a few silly quizzes to release some tension? OK, good. (I'm doing all right. Big philosophical post to come, maybe tomorrow.) I named 46 US states in 10 minutes I named 6 reindeer in 30 seconds

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-33367605173849927572008-11-13T20:01:00.004-05:002008-11-13T20:37:04.913-05:00

I just got back from the meeting with a new realtor at my old house. She seems OK. I haven’t signed anything yet. I'd like to meet more than one before deciding.While I was there at the house, I got some good news and some bad news.The good news is, I don’t have to worry about the pipes freezing this winter.The bad news is......that’s because THERE AREN’T ANY.That's right. Someone got into my

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-43126190388789715152008-11-11T16:38:00.002-05:002008-11-11T16:42:33.935-05:00

For your two tours of duty and for what you did to serve this country (and to all the vets out there living and otherwise), I honor you and give you thanks, Dad. Air Force Captain Dad. I sure do miss you.(Wasn't he a cutie? This photo sat on my parents' dresser for 50-some years. It was my Mother's favorite photo. Sigh.)

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-2768834674071643032008-11-09T19:15:00.003-05:002008-11-09T19:21:16.488-05:00

I've done this meme before, but it could use an update (thanks, Stick, for the inspiration). In other news, my cat Ophelia turns 14 today. Happy Birthday, Oph!Where is your mobile phone?KitchenWhere is your significant other?InAStallAtTheBarnYour hair colour?BottledYour mother?DeceasedYour father?DeceasedYour favorite thing?WisdomYour dream last night?BlurryYour dream goal?SuccessThe room you’re

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-51736677072454201262008-11-06T23:52:00.003-05:002008-11-07T00:25:25.768-05:00

Oh, I might be setting myself up in the line of fire for this, but I really hope it's read with the right intention in mind because it is meant to help. That said, here goes... [donning flame-retardant suit]I welcome everyone's opinions, I really do, because I'm a philosopher at heart and I enjoy debating things as long as it's done with respect. So it was great to have a few weigh in on the last

Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246370.post-15041513443831617012008-11-05T20:23:00.003-05:002008-11-05T21:00:07.736-05:00

Obama is the President-Elect.This morning, I woke up with the most profound sense of peace and hope. Throughout the day, I've chatted with friends and perused many blogs, and I find it astounding that:this election has people in an ecstatic tizzy worldwideI am not the only one who woke up feeling like "everything's gonna be all right now"His speech last night was so inspiring that it gave me

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I guess I can consider myself lucky. I wasn't sure if I was registered in my current precinct or my old one. Thank God it was current--the alternative meant a half hour trip and very long lines in a city!In my current precinct, voting takes place at a church around the corner. There were two whole people in line ahead of me. Gotta love the burbs of small college towns. I read my ballot three

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...then why not on astrological signs? I did a little research, and...Barack ObamaAugust 4, 1961LeoJoe BidenNovember 20, 1942ScorpioJohn McCainAugust 29, 1936VirgoSarah PalinFebruary 11, 1964PiscesI know just enough about astrology to say that I'd rather have an assertive, bold, direct Leo and a sharp-witted, tell-the-truth-even-when-it-hurts Scorpio in the White House than a (no offense to my

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What Your Red Umbrella Says About YouWhen faced with adversity, you respond aggressively. A part of you enjoys being challenged.You don't back down easily. You have the confidence and character to lead.You are outrageously brazen with you ideas, opinions, and statements.You'll say what you think, and no one will silence you!On a rainy day: you should continue your plan to rule the world... while

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It's going around... feel free to borrow for your own blog...1. Gone on a blind date?Yes, a couple. They didn’t go well. One of them was a blind and double date with the friends who set us up. They were mortified when my date proceeded to drink his dinner (whiskey, on the rocks), eat nothing, and become rude and belligerent. He then got into a heated philosophical debate with me and we were

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Hi! Sorry bout that! I am still alive. October didn't give me much to post about. Now it's November. Good grief. So let's see, what went on in October?Cheerios and I attended our second clinic of the year with the same instructor at a beautiful farm in Michigan. This was a solid L2 clinic and it was enlightening as always. On the first day, Cheerios very graciously pointed out all my "holes" (in

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All right. Is two years a long enough mourning period? Is one year the typical amount? Then I doubled it to accommodate two parental losses within four months, and since Mother went last and today marks two years since her demise, I'm done, right?As of 11:42 AM, I'm officially done. Out of mourning. Finished with the Black Period. Through with being in a lifeless limbo.My life must go on now. I

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Oh, My, GOD, it is not even 8:00 PM yet and it is already effin' dark outside!!!!NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!Where has my lovely summer gone? Where are the long, lingering evenings in which I could ride and ride and ride?Alas... Autumn has arrived.Tomorrow, there will be even less daylight in which to ride.I suppose I'll have to start getting to the barn earlier and earlier. Pretty soon I'll have to forego

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OK. I saw this on Mrs. Quimby's blog and decided it would be fun to play.Oh, what havoc have I wrought? Please note, I was hoping to marry Keith Urban... but because I felt wacky, I tossed in a couple of my girlcrushes. See what good it did me? LOL! (Kate plays Shane on the L Word). It looks like we'll be foster parents of Aborigines.As long as there are horses... it still looks like fun! (And I

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Me, I am beside my selves... ;-) We're getting grammatical again.Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test...English GeniusYou scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 93% Expert! You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an

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The truth hurts sometimes... apparently I basically just want to coast through life. How depressing to think that. *sigh* At least I'm not a LOLcat like some folks. Ironically, I am also fluent in chatspeak, which is odd since I rarely, if ever, chat or text. Hmm. As for the last quiz, considering that this was MY genre, I would expect no less.Your result for Reincarnation Placement Exam...

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That's right. My blog is mad at me because yesterday was our second Blogiversary, and I completely forgot about it and went off riding my horse instead of paying attention to it.I'm terribly sorry, Dear Blog, and I hope you will forgive my oversight. My humblest apologies. *kiss kiss*I suppose if it lets me post this entry, all is forgiven.It's really not a surprise that it slipped my mind,

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I know, I'm meme-happy lately. All I've been doing is riding my horse and playing with him, and trying to convince my mare that I'm really still her friend (she's decided to be elusive again). Unless you are as horse-crazy as I am, my escapades aren't all that interesting. And they aren't related to knitting.But it's going well. Now that we've broken the cantering fear issue, we're cantering all

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I'll have you know, today is the first day I'm wearing sweatpants rather than shorts around the house. Legs is cold, peeps! But the thermometer says 73—WTF? Cloudy, grey, a little rainy at times—Oh, that explains it. Black Swamp Arts Festival is this weekend. (Swamp. I do live in one.)Oh, My, GOD. My local paper finally got with the program and went online. Bully for them.Do I have any non-Meme

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From Erin's blog :Interesting. I wasn't really genre-specific, was I? I just liked the songs I liked, regardless. But Journey was MY ABSOLUTE FAVE, and AOR was my preference. (Where are Iron Maiden and Judas Priest? Where? Or Kansas and Boston?) Surprised at how much Top 40/R&B I liked."It has a beat and I can drink to it. I give it a 10!"The rules:Go to musicoutfitters.comEnter the year you

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