nerd knits

The sock knitting hit a bit of a snag on Saturday when I put my knitting in my lap, leaned forward with my elbows on my knees to take a closer look at the goblins’ placement on the battlefield, and felt more than heard that horrible pop. I closed my eyes for a moment, trying [...]

Hello, lovely people.  Isn’t it a lovely day?  I’ve done some lovely knitting, and some lovely spinning, and took a lovely bike ride, and had a lovely salad (with walnuts and bleu cheese) for dinner, prepared by my lovely husband.  I snuggled with my lovely cats, read many lovely blogs, looked through some lovely Sock [...]

…Thursdays were for spinning. I haven’t done any spinning in a long time.  Every once in a while I’d think about it, but inevitably I’d wander off and do something else.  Sometimes I’d wonder at my reluctance, try to pinpoint where the malaise was coming from. Really, the answer was quite simple: I don’t really [...]

Benign. Wait, let me say that again. Benign. Is there any word more glorious in the English language? I’ve been held in this horrible, lightless limbo for so long, and it’s such a relief to finally see sunlight. And, really, it’s still not really over.  There’s still the unidentified mass on my ovary, still the [...]

Or, you know, as interesting as I ever am. Regardless, today is not that day. Still waiting for results.  Desperate phone calls start tomorrow. In the meantime, a glimpse into my exciting life: Apparently Bradon thinks that we need a little more shit in our lives.    I’d have to disagree. (He claims that says “POG.”  [...]

Still no news. I’m trying to do stuff, but it’s hard.  I pick up the knitting, I put down the knitting.  I pick up the book, I put down the book.  The only thing that seems to hold my attention for any length of time is an old (1999) computer game (Pharaoh, for the curious.)  [...]

See, I knew I should have split the last post over three days, instead of putting it all into one.  There I go, blowing my wad again. Thank you all for your kind words and happy thoughts.  The biopsy was painful but brief, and I should be getting the results tomorrow or the next day [...]

Part I. A few final thoughts on Sock Summit. As you might have gathered, the whole of the experience was a bit too much to express in any of the words that language has provided us.  Overwhelming, yes.  Wonderful, yes.  Inspiring, yes.  Exhausting, yes. More than anything, what I came away with is this: these [...]

It’s amazing what nine hours of solid sleep in a row will do for you. Of course, l’m not sure how much it’s going to do for my coherency… it’s all just been too much, in the most wonderful way. Yesterday started with “Finding True Sock Yarn Happiness” with Clara Parkes (Ravelry link.) Clara runs the show [...]

But, oh, it’s so worth it. (I’m sorry if you’re getting tired of my gushing.  One more day and it’s all over.  Please, bear with me.) You know, I’ve been sitting here for over an hour, staring blankly at the screen, and I’m pretty sure my brain has shut down.  I give up.  I’m taking [...]