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Weather:  It's cool again!.  We had horrible heat and humidity during this past week.  Overnight last night is finally rained and the landscaped has revived.  

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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   Another busy week.  It seems lately as though I'm being pulled in all directions.

I don't start my new medicine until tomorrow.  I'm not happy about that.  I try to start all new medications on a Friday so I will have the weekend to adjust to them.  I can't go to work all groggy and such if they knock me out.  But I had to reschedule the appointment as Ryan need me

I took a half day off of work on Friday to help Ryan.  Last Saturday with his father was ugly .  Very, very ugly.  I was mentally thrown back 20 years and feeling as I did when we were married.  GK is a bully.  He is mean, controlling and verbally abusive.  He uses name calling, ridicule and belittlement to get his way.  Last Saturday was no different.  He flat out told Ryan that HE is not sending him back up to school to waste HIS money.  He was nasty.  When we left there, we were both drained.  I don't agree with GK.  Yes, Ryan had a bad semester, but he is still in good standing at school.  He is not on academic probation.  He did not flunk out.  He got a couple of bad grades.  GK is just cheap and doesn't want to pay.

So, I already have my student loan that covers half of the tuition.  Ryan needs to get one to cover the other half and to hell with GK.  We spent Friday calling the school and the student loan foundation to find out what is needed to be done.  He has to wait for the Stafford Loan to kick in and for the school to bill us so we know how much of a loan he will need to get.  

Ryan had also told me that he wanted to talk to someone about his life and his relationship with his father.  He wanted to talk to Jack the Therapist.  I called his office on Monday morning and luckily he had a cancellation so a time spot was available on Friday for Ryan.  I drove up there with him so he could find the building and all.  After the appointment, we stopped for a quick bite.  Ryan seemed better and as if some of the weight had been lifted from him.  He has additional appointments scheduled.  GK will be frothing at the mouth when he sees that bill hit his insurance.  In his opinion, when someone goes for counseling or therapy, it's a sign of a weak mind.

Recently completed projects-most recent first:

		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.