This gives me hope that I’ll have Spanky around a good, long while yet.  He’s 14 and arthritic, some days that’s hard to acknowledge.

Such a depressing start to what, so far (weather notwithstanding) it’s a pretty great day.

Yesterday part of my gifts arrived.  I got two drill presses!  A mistake on Amazon’s part, one of them is getting shipped back, or maybe I’ll see if I can’t sell it on Craig’s List first.  It’d save me the hassle of the post office.  Anyone need a Dremel drill press?  40.00!

I have a lot of other stuff coming my way.  Hopefully it’ll take a while so I have time to clean up the garage and get my shit organized.

This year for our birthdays my sister and I are taking each other out to lunch and yarn shopping.  Like I need more yarn.  I do though.  I need some wool for the mary jane felted slippers I want to make and Jat told me to knock myself out on the Noro sock, so I’ll be picking up 3 skeins of that as well to knit this.  The problem?  I can’t decide between this colorway or this one.  Either one would make a gorgeous Jeanie, I just can’t figure out which one I like better.

Merry Christmas!

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I just finished doing my, as in my own, holiday shopping. I got power tools! I got a mini-lathe, a scroll saw, some nice lathing tools, a jeweler’s draw plate a drill press, and an adapter collet so I can use my tiniest (i.e. wire sized) drill bits. I also ordered 3 books on turning. This should be fun. Cleaning up the garage so I can have studio space again? Not so much fun. But it’s got to be done if I want to play with my new toys. And I do.

I’ve been lusting over these forever. I finally found an importer who sells them in the US. Jat is buying me three sets for the holidays! I think the three Kaku Kazoku sets. I got him one of those gel based ant farms with the blue LED base. He bought himself some kind of crazy expensive super awesome video card. He’s pretty thrilled with it.

This is an extra check for us and it’s so tempting to blow it all on toys for ourselves, but no, we’re going to be responsible and put it in savings. Well, what’s left of it anyway. Believe me, it’s hard not to jump in my car and hit the yarn store right now. I’m sure they have Noro sock, and if they don’t, they’re bound to have SOMETHING I can pet and fall in love with and take home.

If I didn’t have cookies to bake I probably would. It’s SO tempting. So very, very tempting. But no. My husband has been more than generous to me this holiday season. I won’t take advantage of that unless he specifically tells me to. It could happen, it has in the past!

Speaking of cookies, I’m in the middle of creating a most disturbing and probably terribly socially unacceptable gingerbread scene. Pics will be forthcoming are linked below. Lots and lots of them. Remember the first?

This new one’s LOTS better!

I have more animations up at youtube.Knitting like a fiend still. I’m working on a hilarious hat for my middle nephew. I can’t give details away because I’m working on the pattern to offer for sale and/or publication. In the case of the latter it wouldn’t be accepted if I’d previously shown it.

Hope everyone has a beautiful holiday. Happy Solstice.

Another titmouse on the back porch. Stupid birds. I let it go. It flew off like a wild fucking bird should. It did NOT stick around to bite me.

I’ve finally gotten my ravelry all sorted out. Mostly. I still don’t have my entire yarn stash up there, but it’s getting closer! I also signed up for the next Knitty SP which starts in January. I’m really excited. I have the means and motivation to really spoil someone rotten and I’m looking forward to it. Not to mention the list of participants is awesome.

So Monday I sweep the walk free of leaves because I’m sick of almost busting my ass. Last year I did bust my ass. I get it swept and head down the driveway to get the mail. I step on a hickory nut, sprain my ankle, and fall face first down the damn thing ripping open my left palm and bashing the fuck out of my right knee. The fabric of my pants saved me from a skinned knee, but honestly I’d rather have the skinned knee. Fabric burn on this scale sucks a big fat one.

The first two thoughts I had as I was getting up were, “Did anyone see me make an ass out of myself?” and “Where the fuck is my shoe?” which had flown off while that nefarious nut was twisting my ankle all kinds of fucked up ways.

I’m fine, but today my neck has started to hurt when I turn my head a certain way. I don’t know what that’s all about.