Monday, March 27, 2017

230: Happy Days Here on the Farm


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230: Happy Days on the Farm


My Birthday Boys

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What's On My Hooks, Needles, and Spindles:

Mother Bear Project--the website, for info on making bears.

Finished:

Nothing this time.

In Progress:

The Gryffindor Vest

Several pairs of socks:

The "Stuck in Traffic" first sock is done!


Nancy's socks in Paton's:



Gray Dawn--another Collie scarf for the Terhune Sunnybank memorial

The OHM Shawl by Michelle Miller. No, I have neither finished not forgotten this one...

Or this one:

Eleanor Scarf--spun from Eleanor's undercoat and knitted in my favored checkerboard pattern.

Dizzy Blondes: 

Getting prepped to collect dog hair again. Now I just need a dyer...

Strategy:

Stop making drama based on your crazy birth family. Manage your relationships as reasonable projects, not as opportunities for remedial relationships to replace bad early relationships. Let the drama of bad family end. That's your boss, not your mommy!

Put a Lid On It:

The Hubs is cooking nightly and...canning season is coming!

My favorite books:

The Joy of Pickling
The Ball Book of Preserving Foods
The Joy of Cooking
The Perfect Scoop

Aw Shoot!

Still unhealed. I bought new running shoes, though, so the tension to run is building.

Make YES Happen

Something I Really Like:

Nato Mount for cell phones. www.NatoMounts.com



Blather:

I still love my job. Audit coming up, so I may sound like a wreck next week... We are all well here! The Beloved Son got his Hogwarts letter...by owl, of course!



The loveseat from my former private office has relocated to my study/studio, and my world is even happier! Fearless the Cat has a new happy place to be.




The round-up of AMazon Echoes in my home, and I FINALLY CAUGHT THEM ALL!



Calendar:
August 18-21, 2017: Sunnybank again--northern new Jersey
Hoping to make the Retzlaff Winery event in May!











Sunday, March 19, 2017

229: Lifting the Lamp Again


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229: Lifting the Lamp Once More

Let's just get this out of the way right now:

  

The New Colossus


Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”


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What's On My Hooks, Needles, and Spindles:

Mother Bear Project--the website, for info on making bears.

Finished:

Another Pussyhat for friend Nancy:


In Progress:

The Gryffindor Vest:



Several pairs of socks:




Gray Dawn--another Collie scarf for the Terhune Sunnybank memorial

The OHM Shawl by Michelle Miller. No, I have neither finished not forgotten this one...

Or this one:

Eleanor Scarf--spun from Eleanor's undercoat and knitted in my favored checkerboard pattern.

Dizzy Blondes: 

Looming:



Strategy:

Failure. You need to make your peace with it because it is the first step to learning.

Put a Lid On It:

Still prepping for the next cherry harvest. It's time to start getting your materials and spices and supplies together for the spring canning.

My favorite books:

The Joy of Pickling
The Ball Book of Preserving Foods
The Joy of Cooking
The Perfect Scoop

Aw Shoot!

Still unhealed. Using My Fitness Pal app with good success, but I am thinking also of reviving my podcast "Running Dog" to prompt me to run again.

Make YES Happen

Something I Really Like:

Pokémon Go Plus. Feed your Pokémon addiction! Okay, so it is sold out again  on Amazon.



Blather:

I still love my job. Audit coming up, so I may sound like a wreck next week... We are all well here!

Calendar:
August 18-21, 2017: Sunnybank again--northern new Jersey
Hoping to make the Retzlaff Winery event in May!

Quechua thanks you for staying with the podcast.

















Friday, March 17, 2017

227 Sunnybank and Disneyland


Notes in the usual places!


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Monday, March 13, 2017

227: Sunnybank and More


Another missing episode--227. Shownotes in the usual places.


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Sunday, March 12, 2017

226: How Many Times Can I Record This (re-release)


Re-releasing because I think Libsyn killed this one.

Episode 226 is live...again! Shownotes in usual places!


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228: Return of the Supervisor


228 has been uploaded. MANY problems with feed and libsyn Good luck!


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228: Return of the Supervisor





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What's On My Hooks, Needles, and Spindles:

Mother Bear Project--the website, for info on making bears.

Finished:

Various socks. Of interest: The repaired ones, after the Invasion of the Sock-Nibbling Vermin Mice!




Pussyhats.


In Progress:

Gray Dawn--another Collie scarf for the Terhune Sunnybank memorial



The OHM Shawl by Michelle Miller. No, I have neither finished not forgotten this one...

Or this one:

Eleanor Scarf--spun from Eleanor's undercoat and knitted in my favored checkerboard pattern.


Dizzy Blondes: 
 I now weave on the smallest of the Schacht Looms. All handspun so far.


Strategy:

If you MUST demand change from people, do it with a slow plan. Give them time to cope with changes, help them mourn the perceived losses, and wait for the moment when they see the improvement.


I cannot recommend these folks enough! 1-800-GOT-JUNK

From this:


To this:



Put a Lid On It:

No serious canning or cooking, but I am gearing up for the Spring 17 cherry harvest in a few months!.

My favorite books:

The Joy of Pickling
The Ball Book of Preserving Foods
The Joy of Cooking
The Perfect Scoop

Aw Shoot!

Working on bringing weight down with My Fitness Pal app. 2 bouts of Evil Lung Disease and a cracked rib from coughing. No real exercise so far.

Make YES Happen--Finished the Pacific Coast Run--100+ miles of shoreline with good pictures! And the first of the Appalachian trail series.Yesfit.com

Something I Really Like:

Dashbot: $50 to make your car truly hands free and interactive.

Blather:
 My new job, Cleaning out the old, Fearless the Cat v. mice invading, and more...

Life in the Molehill of Early Childhood Mental Health....

I missed you all at Stitches West!

My new Pokémon Go Plus....



...For use at Universal when we visit Hogsmeade to hang with Harry Potter....



Calendar:
August 18-21, 2017: Sunnybank again--northern new Jersey
Hoping to make the Retzlaff Winery event in May!

Fearless the Cat thanks you for staying with me during such a long absence...