[via And She Knits Too]

Joy is coming over today and is going to give me some spinning lessons!  It’s about time I got serious with the spinning and shame on me for letting it slide to the wayside.

Recently, very very recently The Boar said something heinous.  Those who have met him will tell you he is Prince Charming.  And I’m not saying he’s not Prince Charming – most of the time.  The other times – well, because my mother raised a L-A-D-Y all I will say he was a toad, a real cad.

Since I will forgive him, and already have in fact, I will not tell you what he said – otherwise you would all mapquest my address and come over here with your clubs and torches to slay the beast.  And then I would have to bake cake.

So how did we achieve a rapid reconciliation?  Was it the magic of sex toys?? Our rock solid marital therapy skills???

NFW.

He has purchased my amnesia.  Sure I can forget what he said…

… and here’s what it cost him…..

for those of you who would have opted for diamonds, that’s a Louet Roving Drum Carder – told you I was getting serious!

I propose:

A bandwidth of bloggers.

The silence here yesterday was due in large part to ennui.  I am with Cara on this one and am ready for fall.  I am sick of the heat, thankful for yet sick of the air conditioning, sick of watering all the f-ing plants, sick of mowing the lawn, sick of salads and ready for soup.

I am ready for a change.

In two weeks Daughter #1 will be off for her fist semester at college.  I am also ready for that.  Yes, I am going to miss her.  No, I can’t believe it.  But our lives lately have been an anticipation of this event —- I am ready.  I want to stop counting down.  I want to stop obsessing if she has everything, if her roommate will be nice, if she will like it, if she will do well ….. let’s get the show on the road already!

In honor of my Fall Fever, may I present Backyard Leaves in progress?

and here are my Backyard Leaves musings ….

• it’s a really cool pattern and Annie Modesitt is a knitting genius (did I tell you about how I met her, how I ended up in Knitter’s Magazine because of her?)
• There will be a next one of these and I will knit it in some nubby brown stuff I have that I have forgotten the name of.  It’s on a cone, it’s from Webs – it is a bit scratchy now, but is supposed to bloom …..  it’s, it’s  Brora Softspun!  phew.
• the next time I will knit both ends simultaneously
• and I will use a temporary cast on and graft them together – I am surprised that this is not in the directions and wonder if there is a reason for it that I just don’t see at the moment ….

back to whining …. did I mention that Kathleen talked me into a Secret Pal Swap? I now have a case of performance anxiety.