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Weather: Sunny, bright, wonderful. Temperature about 80 degrees F. Nights now dip down near 40 degrees F.

Current projects:

Too many projects to count. Hats, scarves, baby stuff. Currently making small items just for the heck of it.

A lace scarf out of hand painted Merino. This is a test project for the business. I might start to sell this yarn.

Socks. Someone help me. I can't stop knitting socks. I need an intervention. I started another pair.

The gray sweater for Dennis. Had to rip out the sweater. I was way off on the stitch count and it was big enough to use as a cover for our barbeque.

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

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

Also crocheting a never ending blanket.

No quilts in progress

God I'm boring! I don't even have an excuse for not posting. It's just that by the time I get home and start to unwind, I do my chores, it's time for bed.

Want to know my typical day? Well, I'm going to tell you whether you want to know about it or not.

4:15 DST or EST very soon our alarm clock goes off. I get up stumble to the bathroom, turn on the cold water in the sink for Westchester cat to drink, do my business, remove my retainer. I must wear it so my teeth don't revert to there nasty buckness, like the rabbits. Turn off sink and head downstairs.

Stumble downstairs. Hopefully Dennis has hit the on button on the coffee pot. He sets it up the night before. Yes, he does that. He takes Bailey outside for morning pee break. If it was a good night, Bailey did not pee on the kitchen floor. If she did, one of us (usually me) must wipe and then mop the floor.

Coffee is done. Yippee! It's nearly 4:30am. I log on to check my email. HOPEFULLY there will not be any orders to our business. While I love receiving orders, I hate when they appear overnight. If there are any, I must pull from Inventory, wrap, bag and package the items for shipment TODAY. They must be ready for mailing by 5:00am. Dennis processing the postage for each shipment. If there are any, we must put them out at the drop box before we leave for work.

Coffee. Must have coffee. Dennis goes out on the deck to smoke. I nag him about that. 4:40am

Start to surf the regular blogs and journals that I read daily. This step is skipped if we have an order for the business.

5:00am Stop what I am doing even if I'm not done. Shut down computer

5:00am Start to make lunches for both of us and also breakfast for myself. Pack everything into lunchbox and paper bag.

5:30am: Time to feed the bunnies. Take carrots, and kale or whatever is on hand out to the shed. Use a flashlight as it is still dark and the steps on the deck are hard to see. Feed bunnies carrots, refill hay and kibble containers. Everyone gets a good rub on the nose. Leave shed, lock doors. I fill the water bottles at night to save time.

5:40am: Come back in the house. Head upstairs. Quick shower and hair wash. Dry, deodorant and powder. Go to bedroom. Get dressed in work clothes that were hopefully ironed last night. Put on jewelry.

6:00am: Back to bathroom to brush teeth and put on a minimal amount of makeup.

6:10am: Come downstairs to other bathroom. Dry hair as quickly as possible.

6:15am=6:20am: Go to kitchen. Pour a cup of coffee for the ride to work. Head out the door with Dennis reminding me that we are late. Dennis locks the door to the house and we hit the road.

7:00am: We both arrive at work.

Welcome to my world folks. Egad. No wonder I am tired all of the time.

Recently completed projects:

A hat for Ryanne out of some blue Merino	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 Ryan's girlfriend.	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 Ryan's girlfriend.	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.