Bits and Pieces
Having the furnace on is lovely. It is definitely warmer with the furnace on, but it's not exactly warm. We have an old house (built in 1920), and it has the original windows and absolutely no insulation in the walls. We love it, it's beautiful, but it is more than a bit drafty. We also have an old furnace. It's not quite as old as the house, but is still rather elderly as these things go. The combination of old furnace and drafty house means the gas bill gets rather staggering if we set the heat above about 58. So [...]
I Caved
We did it. We broke down. Wool socks (and mitts...and little neck warmers...and sweaters) were no longer enough. We turned on the heat. We waited till November first and until the temperature inside fell to 50, but we still did it. It always feels somehow like I've lost a sort of virtuous struggle. I'm not sure why. Being cold does not actually build character. But it still feels that way every year. At least until it gets properly warm in here, at which point it just feels good.
Signs of Life
I have done a thorough investigation and can now confidently say that being sick sucks. Refusing to lay down and rest so as to get better seems to prolong being sick. Doing even more stuff than usual because you're busy and things need to get done seems to actually make it worse. Despite my very best efforts, I appear not to be able to will this germ away and have had to actually lay down and rest as opposed to saying I will lay down and rest and completely neglecting to do so. I really don't think this is fair [...]
One of These Things is Not Like the Others
I'm trying to decide between getting a fancy camera, an ipad, and a spinning wheel. I find the juxtaposition unreasonably amusing.
Zombie Knitting
I'm still not dead. I may even be showing signs of returning life. I say this because I've recently found myself possessed by the overwhelming need to knit something. Alas, I do not currently have the attention span or the stamina necessary to tackle the (somewhat complicated) project for Heather's book. So I cast on something idiot simple. So far the steps are, find some pretty yarn. This is rather easy to do in this house and so takes no particular effort. Cast on a sockish number of stitches. This is more or less second nature by this point. Knit [...]
Not Dead
Not dead, just sick and super freaking busy (not the best combination). I'll return when I can. Thanks to all of you who wished me well. The drugs should kick in any day now and I'm sure I'll be back to my normal chipper productive self shortly.
Plague
So that cold? That cold I was valiantly and stoically fighting off? The one I was ignoring with truly impressive persistence? Yeah. Not a cold. More like pneumonia. Admittedly, mild pneumonia, but icky none the less. I've been given antibiotics, an inhaler, and strict orders to take to my bed for a day or two. So nothing of substance here, just a little bowl of pretty yarn. Some day soon I'll come back with actual content.
Speedy
I cast on the second mitt as we pulled out of the parking lot to head off to Pittsburgh. I knit on the drive, I knit at dinner, I knit at drinks. I did not knit at the show (it was dark and crowded) or at the hotel (we didn't get in until 2). I did knit on the drive to Ikea and at lunch. Amazingly, I actually drove back from Pittsburgh, so I didn't knit then either. When we got home, I saw that the new Cast-On was up (yay). I knit through that, and then for a few [...]
Wee Jaunt
Sometimes, when The List Of Things That Ought To Be Done gets too long, the best thing to do is pack up and run away. Not always. If you always respond that way, nothing ever gets done. But, every once in a while, especially when The List contains a lot of those guilt items (like muck out the garage and organize the basement and rake the leaves) that don't really matter all that much in the grand scheme of things, running away is the best way to handle it. Our favorite band, Jukebox the Ghost was playing in Pittsburgh Friday [...]
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