The post where I ramble on

Posted on | November 14, 2006 | 2 Comments

Wendy mentioned her mailman woes, so I thought I’d share a few of ours.  Her mailman was frustrated over something so he dumped a pile of mail for the residents to sort through, instead of putting the mail in the appropriate slots. 

I hear ya, Wendy.  Our “mail delivery persons” (1) won’t pick up outgoing mail, or if they do, they drop it off at a neighbor’s house down the street; (2) get so frustrated at a barking dog INDOORS that they MACE the dog through the glass window; and (3) have recently started telling new homeowners that they must replace their house mailbox with a curbside box.  They have no authority to do this, which has been confirmed with the local postal officer – they just don’t want to walk to the houses.  Maybe they’re afraid of the window dogs. Yes, we got a post office box, which is an expense we should not have to bear, but worth it considering the price we’d pay for not getting our mail (bills) in a timely manner.

I have been knitting.  I started a pair of socks for my mom (totally unplanned xmas present) and I’m working on another xmas present.  Here are mom’s socks, knit with Opal Petticoat on size 1 dpns:

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I’ve also been dyeing.  I’ve dyed 12 oz. of the Falkland roving I bought at SAFF, pretty much experimenting with the Lanaset dyes.  The Falkland is really nice, has a good sheen to it and takes dye well.  It’s a bit harder to spin than BFL, I think the fibers are longer. 

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I’m trying really, really hard to keep it under control today.  BECAUSE TOMORROW I’M GOING TO LOOK AT WHEELS!  Oops, that slipped.  I don’t want to get all excited and thinking I’m going to come home with a wheel and spend the whole night in a spinning frenzy, making luscious fibery creations and be so caught up that I call into work sick the next day and just spin, spin, spin.  I have to be sensible and not fork over a lot of money until I find THE wheel, MY wheel.  Right?  Right. 

BUTSTILLI’MSOEXCITEDIMAYNOTSLEEPTONIGHT!!!!!!!

Category: spinning

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2 Responses to “The post where I ramble on”

  1. grace
    November 14th, 2006 @ 12:45 pm

    It’ll be like Christmas in November. You crack me up. :)

  2. Astabeth
    November 16th, 2006 @ 11:22 am

    Heh. Good luck on that whole “patience ’till I find the right wheel” thing. My wonderful husband once got me the best and worst Christmas present ever – best because it was an Ashford Traditional spinning wheel. Worst because it was in the box, unassembled, and had to be sanded and polyurethaned and put together before I could use it. It was torture. For a few days, at least.