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I’m avoiding shopping this year as much as possible, which means I’m attempting to finish up about 4 different knitting projects before the big day. Two, a scarf and a hat, for different people will definitely get done, because it’s a day on each. There are two sweaters that are doable, if I spend a few days on my butt on the couch and knock them out.
I should mention that I started both of these months ago so I wouldn’t have to rush…..
I’m good like that…
No, I haven’t forgotten I have a blog, I just chose to ignore it after posting a ton of crap every day for so long. Instead, I’ve been knitting a bit, actually pulled out the wheel and did some spinning, and finally got my paladin to 70. I should probably screen shot some of the moments like that, but I couldn’t be bothered, I’ll get some up later.
The husband and I had a quiet weekend alone and headed off to see Iron Man, I agree with most of the reviews I’ve read, go see it, it’s well worth it. Today is going to be tv catch up day for me as the game is down. I have all of the current Dr. Who episodes to watch through, and the final on Torchwood, which I’ve been avoiding watching because honestly I don’t want to deal with it. I cry during commercials for pete’s sake, I don’t need this today.
I’ve been tossing around the idea of getting in a big batch of roving and dying up some different lots and trying to sell some. The problem I have, is if they turn out well, I never want to part with them. I may give it a try, I may not, it will depend on how much of the current projects I can get finished.
I’ve made an unofficial promise to myself that I will try to complete all the “in progress” knitting projects I have lying around the house. These socks have been on the needles for months and I finally finished them up this morning. Now, on to the scarves, sweaters and other bits….
I have a 75 pound dog lying in my lap with her nose on my touch pad. I can’t scroll pages or navigate so I’m typing instead. I’m not going to the right sites and she’s not happy about it. She doesn’t care about yarn or gaming stuff, she just wants to go here. I cranked out 20 or so rounds on the Rogue yesterday while I sat thinking that I should be doing some more work on the story I started. It’s funny how they go together. When I get started on knitting something it’s a great time for my mind to wander and as much as I have to concentrate on what I’m doing, I can still work around the ideas that are twisting around in my head.
I would have said my worst distraction was WoW up until a few weeks ago, but then again, I have made a habit of kitting while sitting around during raids and while traveling. I decided to take a break two weeks ago, and I haven’t logged in since. I’ve watched programs that I normally miss, and apparently I’ve missed a nice bit of guild drama as well. I keep saying I should hop back in and see what’s going on, but having my time back to do other things keeps winning out. I guess it’s dealing with a type of burnout, I never got to a point where I didn’t like playing. In fact, I have 3 characters at 70 with another at 65, plus a few little ones as well that were more for goofing around. I had been slacking off a bit to start with before the break, only logging in to do the nightly runs with the guild, but even that isn’t pulling me back in right now. On the other hand, I’m flying through a couple of knitting projects and getting things organized a bit around the house.
I’ve been using Scrivener to organize the writing and I’m quite happy with the way it works. I’ve run a few different writing programs in the past, and have always found them a bit rigid for the way I think. I have a habit of running in circles when I write, in terms of bouncing from one section of a story, to outlining, to coming up with a whole new environment, and I can do that with ease. The fact that I can pull outside information like web links, images, and such into the program helps a lot, and keeps me from getting distracted by the pretty blue and green stumble link. I’m still running the trial for now, but I think I’ll be grabbing the full version this weekend.
I finally got around to getting a Ravelry account. Now I have to put all my ocd skills to work and get all my yarn and projects entered over there. In other news, I’m churning out some interesting thoughts on this whole story thing I’m working on, and I chucked Abney Park some money so I could download their new album (and they’re older stuff that I didn’t have yet) and it’s brilliant. The song from the video I linked a few back was awesome, but the rest of the album is wonderful for stirring things up in my head. It’s a wonderful mix of styles that definitely works for me, in particular the third track “Sleep Isabella” is stuck in my head. Definitely worth a listen, there are samples from all the tracks on their front page (go listen to them and buy them…really…go buy it, it’s good stuff)