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Weather: Cold, freezing rain and ice. Snow due in tonight.

Current projects:

Winter Projects:
Still have to make the other glove for Dennis
I have not begun the scarf for Ryan. His band is working on a logo and I will make it with the logo once they decided upon it.
Making a Shetland lace scarf out of baby Alpaca I spun on Prudence.
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

Dennis spent most of last week in the hospital. He had to go in on Monday (2/5) for a lung biopsy. We've had a very stressful few weeks. The pulmonary specialist had originally diagnosed him with IPF. It's a serious lung disease that is usually fatal within 3-5 years. He had the biopsy on Monday, but because they open the chest, he had a chest tube in draining the goo. He came home on Thursday. We had our fingers crossed.

The diagnosis is now DIP (same link as above). Don't ask me the name of the disease, I can't pronounce it. But it's not as serious as originally thought. Basically, he has a chronic inflammation in his lungs caused by years of cigarette smoking. If left untreated, it could have progressed to the more serious IPF (something Pulmonary Fibrosis). For treatment, he has to be on steroids for an undetermined amount of time to reduce the inflammation. He also has to check his blood sugar 3 times a day. Evidentially the steroids cause blood sugar to spike. So far so good. We are very thankful that he has a chance now.

He has to stay home all this week to recuperate. He has three small holes on right side. Two from the procedure and one from the chest tube. His color is much better and he is taking deeper breaths. He says he still has the urge to smoke, but he has finally realized that he can't do it.

Work has been busy which is good. It helped to take my mind off of Steve while he was in the hospital.

Bunnies are good, but stinky. Yes, they are still in the house. The propane company is coming out on Friday to install the heater in the shed for them. The town inspector will come out to inspect on Tuesday and if he approves, the propane company will hook up the gas on Tuesday afternoon and we will have a warm shed that night. The bunnies will be back out there Tuesday night.

We are currently having an ice storm. We only have a few inches of snow, but now everything is coated in ice. The wind is supposed to pick up tonight. Great.

Recently completed projects-most recent first:

	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.