“Freedom is measured by the distance between church and state”
I have a bunch of yarns (both in singles and in 3-skein kits) ready to go online and sell quickly. I am wondering if anyone has realistic selling experience with BOTH eBay and Etsy. Etsy.com is a sales-point for mostly hand-made goods. By this time tomorrow I will have a link to my [...]
Coil shoes, springy shoes, bouncy shoes, zcoil shoes
I’ve seen these on people’s feet from time to time and wondered what sort of weird trendy fad it was. I saw them featured on a local talk show this morning, with the local shop person describing how they work and why they are good for people with [...]
eBay: Used Starter Socks Great for Jogging or Working Out (item 150063852658 end time Nov-30-06 12:55:11 PST)
WTF? Someone is selling a USED pair of socks? Oh My Gawd!
Twice now I have discovered I have made unwise choices in bidding on things on eBay, and later found the items were readily available elsewhere for less money. Neither was particularly expensive, and i don’t feel bad for getting what I got (including the glow-in-the-dark yarn, which I now see is available elsewhere for [...]
Yesterday I turned 52. Each of my four children called to extend birthday greetings. I don’t recall a time when all four have called on the same birthday, so that was very cool. Usually it is one or both daughters, and I might get a card in the mail.
I guess I’m the odd-ball, but I [...]
My son brought his girls over today so the oldest one could learn how to use the knitting machine.
I started with a latchet tool, manually showing how the needles move out, loops move behind the latch, and new loops are formed and pulled through the old ones. Very cool. Then I showed them the [...]
The other day I mentioned the possibility of knitting a mandala … as if it had never been done.
And now, with the passing of several days, the rest of my brain cells have kicked in and are now engaged. What was I thinking? If you have ever seen a Fair Isle knitted Tam o’Shanter, [...]
Not for me! The media has been hyping Black Friday for a while now — in the U.S. it is the day after Thanksgiving when EVERYone (supposedly) rushes to the malls to begin their Christmas shopping.
Not me! I won’t be out in that mess! I do not purchase Christmas [...]
Today in the U.S. is Thanksgiving Day … celebrating the abundance of our country. Well, that’s the theory, anyway. There’s a lot of misinformation and revisionist history regarding The First Thanksgiving, pretty much the same as with most Observed Days, but the basic concept of Giving Thanks is still a pretty good idea. Giving Thanks [...]
Well, no, I don’t mean I’m packing up and moving to a different address. Gawd, after all the hassles trying to straight the gas bill for this place, I wouldn’t risk that!
No, I mean, I’m moving the contents of my house around. This just is NOT working. I find myself constantly moving from the living [...]
Wednesday night I was up late finishing this:
When I woke yesterday morning, after knitting all day and all evening Wednesday, both of my hands were numb and tingly and stiff and sore. Ugh. Granted, I hand-knit lots and lots, but this was mostly machine knitting and manipulating, so I was using different motions.
Today I’m working [...]
Okay, here ya go:
This is a close up of the “Midnight Math” project, started and finished today, based on notes I scribbled in the middle of the night. Basically I am pleased, but it was a learning process through much of the day. There are things I will do differently, but I [...]
(apologies to devout Catholics for that title)
I managed to get back to sleep, dozing in and out for a couple more hours and woke to the NPR news on the radio telling me about a threatened tsunami in Japan, following a major earthquake.
Returning to my computer this morning, fully awake now, I see I filled [...]
Excellent at relieving sinus pressure…
Is known for its “non-drowsy formula” …
Should not be taken (by me, anyway) after mid-day or else I go to bed at normal time and wake up 2-3 hours later bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, with ideas all a-fluttering around in my head, ready and rarin’ to go!
Bummer, eh? [...]
I finally succumbed to “better living through chemistry” (I took a pseudoephedrine pill) and the pressure relieved mostly. I wish I could shut this damned humbuzzing off but I don’t imagine that will ever happen. Anyway, I do feel better enough that I was able to take out a project I started a couple years [...]
is borne upon my shoulders.
The weather is changin with a strong front pressing forward today, crossing over us tonight sometime. I can feel the air pressure changing around me by the minute, my ears are ringing constantly now (yes, that damned hum-buzzing sound is increasing), and I feel the weight of a thousand tons of [...]
all in one day.
Actually, it was a quick brisk walk to make groceries before the crowds hit the local Kroger’s. Then a little later I rode my bike down to my daughter’s in-law’s place for my SiL to cut the rod of my secondary tension mast to the antenna don’t scrape the ceiling. And [...]
Woo-hoo…. ain’t it a great feeling?
I wanted to have a revised website up (www.KNITIVITY.com) by the end of today, and I met that goal (with just a few hours to spare), including posting TWO patterns, new yarn chart, and some other goodies.
I’m not entirely happy with it, but it is functioning and adequate for what [...]
Wow… and just the other day I was musing to myself that I’ve not had so many plane crash dreams. Uhhh…. yeah, well anyway…….
I had TWO such dreams last night. In both dreams I was looking out a window (like an apartment complex or motel — large window, maybe one or two storeys off ground [...]
But not eleventeen times in a row!!!!
When companies KNOW they keep people on hold for long times, they should CHANGE THE DAMN HOLDING MUSIC at least every week or so, don’t you think?
Oh, wait … let me back up a bit, to the gas company saga.
My gas co. account was “extended” until Nov 10 to [...]
