Here's all my old posts. From here on out I can do it automagically!
3/28/2002 -
Why am I making so much soap, you may wonder? I'm doing my first craft show! April 13th & 14th at
the Howe Areana in Traverse City, MI. If you're in the area, stop by and see me at the
"Cathouse Soapworks" booth.
3/28/2002 -
Man I was busy Tuesday! I'm on spring break and Tuesday is my day off. I made 2 kinds of soap,
Bay Rum Lime and Pearberry. I also packaged 27 body butters (Made the lotion last week, but the
jars I intended to use were cracked. The replacement jars arrived (yay! Camden-Grey is the best!)
in great condition. I sliced, diced and trimmed finished soaps. I leaped tall buildings in
a single bound. Then I was sick on Wednesday.
Knitting class tonight, so I can get help on doing the heal of the slippers I'm knitting. They're
for DH. Does this mean he'll walk away when they're done? I hope not. Our 10TH WEDDING ANIVERSERY
is on April 4th. We haven't decided what to do yet to celebrate.
I'm still having trouble getting a blog script to run, but I made a major break thru. It at least
runs now, but the script is giving me errors. Hopefully by the end of this week I'll have something
running.
Aaawwww. Blush. I just saw that
Dangerous Chunky mentioned me. Thanks so much! It was because of your blog that I decided
to create my own. Glitter Kitty
and ChicKnits also inspired me. Also, big
thanks to Ivette for coming up with the web ring and linking to me!
3/26/2002 -
I managed to screw up on Sunday when I was plugging in the water tank heater for the cows.
We only have 2 plugs at the moment and 3 things to plug in. I made sure the fence was plugged in
after the cows took their walk and thought I unplugged the light and plugged in the heater.
Guess not. By Monday morning there was an unbreakable layer of ice. Luckily it mostly melted
by the afternoon, enough so that DH could bust it up. If if didn't melt, I couldn't imagine
what we would do with a 100 gallon block of ice.
3/25/2002 -
Blah. It's early Monday morning. I have nothing much to say. Have to go to work. Need to
start getting ready.
I did get a lot done on my scarf yesterday. I only need about 6 more inches and it's complete.
3/24/2002 -
I've spent the last 4 hours trying to get a blog script working on my server. bleh!
It's still not working. I took a break to go feed the animals (cows, pigs, chickens)
and the cows were missing. Luckily I could follow their tracks in the snow and
found them out by the road. DH keeps unplugging the electric fence. Grrr! Argh!
I was really pissed and DH is gone for the day. I imagined all the mean nasty thing
I would say when I called him. I decided not to call.
I worked on my scarf for a couple of hours yesterday. It's been so cold this last week here in
Michigan that I figured I would still be able to wear it this year. I'm already thinking
about what my next project should be. I think a fitted shell would be nice.
3/23/2002 -
I think the soap I made Thursday is a little softer than my normal soap.
I figured it would be harder because of the cocoa butter. Oh well, it will
harden up in a couple of days.
DH is going to douche the computer today.
We've had it for over two years without ever starting over from scratch. It
needs it though. Weirdness has been going on and it will get rid of all the
crap we've installed over the years. It should run faster too, which is
good, because I don't really want to spend the cash on a new computer. Not
when I could buy lots of wool and nifty new knitting needles (ha)!
3/22/2002 -
I didn't go to knitting class last night. We haven't been to the grocery
store in 3 weeks. We needed food and the kitties needed treats. Sasha
just goes nuts over treats. She attacks the bag. This morning I left
the cupboard open where they are kept (a rather high cupboard) and she
was trying to get into it! There was not much room for a cat and everything
else that's in there so something had to go. Unfortunately, it was my
tupperware.
3/21/2002 -
It's been another busy week. I haven't done any knitting since
last Saturday. My right arm is kinda numb and tingly. It started with
the crazy ridiculous time I spent knitting and was completely aggravated
by the inordinate amount of time I spent typing on Sunday. I't was mid-term
week at school and one class allows the use of notes, so I think I spent
6 hours typing notes because I can't read my handwriting and I can type
faster than I write. Since I'm a programmer by trade, I haven't really
been able to rest my arm much this week. I shouldn't even be typing
this. This has happened before and I just need to take it easy and I'll
be fine. It probably didn't help that I had Kuntaw class last night
and we did wrist locks.
I made soap today. I deviated from my standard recipe to include
some new oils I bought, cocoa butter and jojoba. Scented it with
vanilla with a touch of pachouli and lavender. Yum.
I'm looking for a good blog script so updates will be a bit easier.
Anyone know of a good one? Not the kind hosted by another company, but
one I can install on my server. Let
me know if you have any suggestions.
I have a guestbook now. You can sign it here.
3/16/2002 -
Well, I thought I would try and use PHP instead of plain ol' SSI.
DAMN DH has that all restricted
too. And he's still asleep. I think I'll go wake hime up now. 3/16/2002
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Ok, I know there are no links or pics anymore. DH
needs to set up server side includes because I don't have permission
to do so :(
I think I'm knitting too much. My right arm is kind of sore. I've had more free time than usual this week and spent it all knitting. Could be all the programming I'm doing too. I hate building forms for software. That is not the fun part for me.
I'm have a small confession to make. <deep breath>I'm 31 years old and I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer.<exhale> Hate Angel though. We are friends with a young polish man and he looks a lot like David Boreanz(sp?) so we call him Angel the big dumb Pollock (David, not our friend). Not that our friend is dumb. He's quite intelligent and witty. But he is big.
I got most of the cuff done on one slipper last night. I've abandoned my scarf for the time being. Pretty soon it will be too warm to wear...although it could still be snowing in May here in Michigan. Is it just me or has this been a very weird winter? Freezing, then warm. Raining then snow.
DH couldn't bring home the digital camera, so it'll be awhile before I can take pictures of my projects. Maybe we need to buy our own. Yes, I think we do!
I went on a book/music/DVD buying spree yesterday. I can't wait for all my goodies to come! I ordered two knitting books: The Knitting Goddess and Knitting in Plain English. I also ordered the first season of OZ & Buffy on DVD, Significant Other by Limp Bizkit (why do I find angry young man music so entertaining? LB just cracks me up), and some books for DH.
I haven't been in the soapy mood since I set my mind on knitting (OK, it's only been two weeks since I last made soap). I do that a lot. Discover a new hobby and it becomes the focal point of my life. For instance, I used to brew beer at least twice a month. Now it's more like twice a year. I can't give up on the soaping though, as I intend to start selling soaps & toiletries at craft shows soon. But right now I have so much fucking soap that I don't know where to put it. I think I have 9 scents of soap ready for a show. Now I just need to get registered for one. I also want to take lip balms, glosses, lotion bars and salt scrubs. Ack! I need to come up with a better storage solution.
3/15/2002 -
This is just a little site to brag/whine about the projects I'm working on. I think most people think I'm
kind of dorky because I do all this craft stuff, but I just need to do craft stuff...for as long as I
can remember.
I recently learned to knit, so I'm working on my first project, an easy ribbed scarf (pics will come soon) and last
night I went to my first knitting class and started a pair of slippers for DH that are to be felted when
finished. I had fun at the class, although there was only three people there (myself, the instructor, and another
woman). I taught myself continental style knitting because I crochet and couldn't get used to holding the
yarn in my right hand. The instructor told me I was twisting my knit stitch and showed me another way to do
the knit stitch that was actually easier.
I really got the crafty bug hard again after a few years of not doing much in the way of making stuff. Recently I
found this great flannel with a chinese takeout pattern on clearance an Jo-Ann fabrics. I made myself and DH each a
pair of pyjama bottoms. I tend to stick with simple stuff when sewing.
Well, that's it for today. I'll work on getting pics of my stuff and making the links on the left work (ha!)
T.