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Notes:

Weather:  Much cooler finally.  The AC and fans are turned off.  Overnight temperatures dip down to low 50sF and even high 40sF.  Days are sunny and not humid.  Gorgeous!  But we still need rain.

Current projects:

 

Current Projects: Vest for Steve out of some gray/tan handspun.  If he is a good boy and quits smoking, I'll add sleeves to it and make a sweater. Socks for me. Various hats, scarves and mittens.  I want to have some on hand to sell at the CT Sheep Show in the Spring.

Projects on hold.  I'm bored with these!:

A lace scarf out of hand painted Merino.  This is a test project for the business.  I might start to sell this yarn.  Haven't finished it.  Not crazy about the colors.  Maybe I'll make it into socks instead.

Charcoal gray alpaca sweater.  I have misplaced the instructions.  Should be interesting to finish it without them. 

No quilts in progress

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   I'm better now.  I seemed to have been under a tremendous cloud of depression.  We've had more minor financial setbacks this month, but we'll survive.  Our savings is depleted because of the unfortunate string of  incidents.  Creditors are knocking on the door, but we will survive.  

I can't believe I lost a month somewhere.  Did anyone see where I put it?  I have so much to do and never enough time to do it all.  I need to clean this house.  I need to clip the bunnies again.  I've got bags of fleece that needs to be washed and processed.  It's been so hot and humid, I can't stand to be outside for even the briefest moments.  I do not understand how some people can love the summer?  The air quality has been poor.  We have to keep the AC running to keep cool and to help us, especially Steve, breathe.  I dread the next electric bill.  

No news on Ryan's student loan yet.  I'm worried.  If he doesn't get the loan, he won't be going back to Plymouth and I fear it will be too late to enroll locally.  Why does everything have to be so difficult?

I'm considering having Steve shut down Wild and Wooly for a time.  It's costing us a lot of money, we have to pay fees to the CC companies even if we don't have sales, advertising etc.  I just feel lately like I am drowning here.

I worry about Steve every minute of the day.  He is STILL SMOKING and the amount has increased.  When I nag him about quitting, he only says it will happen "soon".  Some days he gets downright nasty to me about it.  He will yell back at me about my weight gain and ask when am I going to lose weight.  He is borderline needing oxygen now.  His oxygen exchange rate in his system is only in the 30%-35% range.  His cells need oxygen.  Soon, he will quit smoking.  Soon.  I worry that it is already too late.

Then there is Ryan and the optimism of youth.  Not worried about the student loan.  Not a care in the world.  When I asked him about it, he replied, "Why would they turn down my loan Mom?".  Oh, to be young and naive again.  

I must get back on a diet.  I have gained weight since I left the Emerald City, but I've put on over 20 pounds just since May.  I truly believe it was because of the Fibromyalgia medicine that I came off of.  One of the side effects of that drug was weight gain.  I now weigh more than I did back in 2000 when I started Weight Watchers.  

Lately, I don't even want to wake up in the morning.

Addendum  3:09pm------Ryan came downstairs earlier.  He checked online at school and his loan was approved and his balance due is zero.  Actually, they owe him some money back.  He requested the loan for extra cash to cover his books.  One major weight is off of my shoulders now.....

Recently completed projects-most recent first:

	Earth or Autumn color socks for me	Purple socks for Kathy
A Shetland lace scarf out of baby alpaca spun on Prudence my antique Shaker wheel.	Mittens for a woman in my unit made out of bits and pieces of yarn from the stash	Mittens for my supervisor out of some Noro I had in the stash.
Mittens for Ryanne to match the Shetland lace scarf out of the softest Merino wool	Shetland Lace scarf out of pink angora.  I need to block it as it seems to have grown when I washed it.  It's now about 8' long!  I gave this to Ryanne's mother.  She loves it.	A blue and multicolored handspun, multidirectional scarf.  I gave this to Ryanne's father as a combo Christmas & birthday present.
Finished a hat out of multicolored handspun from roving I purchased at Rhinebeck last year.  It's pretty shades of blues and greens.  I made it for the Tamarra the temp that left work and now is in school in NH.  I need to make her some mittens too and I will mail them to her.	Finished a Shetland lace scarf in greens & orange hand painted Merino from the NH Sheep show.  It's for Ryanne for Christmas	Started and finished a quick multi-directional scarf out of the same green homespun for the other temp at work (Tamarra) who was leaving.  She's going to school in NH so she'll need it.
Knit another hat for Ryanne.  This one larger and out of green homespun.  I added a few stripes of orange to make it the colors of the Irish flag.  She's very Irish.	A blue hat with pink embroidered flowers and beads.  I gave it to another girl at work for her toddler daughter.	Little basket weave socks for a toddler.  I gave the to a girl at work for her 18 month old daughter.
A hat for Ryanne out of some blue Merino.  I think it's too small though.	A homespun wool scarf in Autumn colors using  a Shetland lace pattern.  It's my first attempt at lace and I'm enjoying it.	Socks.  Two pairs.  One for me and I gave the other to Ryanne.
Made a quick scarf to wear to work out of the recycled silk I purchased on vacation.	Ryanne has the green sweater.  I haven't seen it or her for a while.  I have no idea what stage it is at.  She was lengthening the sleeves (I have very short arms) and adding volume to the neck.	Socks.  Blue & green variegated yarn.  I gave them to Ryanne
Multidirectional Diagonal scarf out of brown homespun wool and alpaca.  I gave it to Jack the Therapist.  He didn't have a scarf.	Finished the never ending cardigan turned vest!  The buttons are sewn on, I just have to make button holes and block it.	Pair of mittens for a child.  They are knit out of Blue Wool-Ease from Lion Brand so they will be washable.  I gave them to Chef Dave at work for his little boy Michael.
A multidirectional diagonal scarf for Dennis out of blue homespun wool.	A scarf for the scarf swap at our spinning guild made out of a mohair blend I purchased at Rhinebeck and some blue homespun wool.	Mittens for the girl who lives down the street made out of brown alpaca and a wool in autumnal colors.
Another hat for my chiropractor's baby out of multicolored acrylic..	Blue mittens to match the scarf for Ryanne	A simple gray winter hat. It's from the Border Leicester fleece that I bought last year.  It's for LP for Christmas.
A turquoise blue wool and silk blend scarf for Ryanne.	Socks out of hand painted wool in lovely muted, "desert" colors.  I inadvertently washed them and the wool felted.  I now have slipper socks.	A grass green colored angora & alpaca simple raglan sweater
Hot pink hat for my chiropractor's baby.	A cowl from a blend of Cotswold wool and alpaca.	A glittery scarf with yarn purchased from Threadbear.
Hat for Dennis of  homespun charcoal gray Corridale wool.	An ugly brown sweater for Dennis out of a mix of homespun wools.  He loves it	Multicolored socks for me.