Yippy, Skippy!!

I woke up this morning to a sale in my Etsy store!  Traffic has been slow and sales were...well..."dead" pretty much sums it up.  I sold the solo skein of self striping "Broken Honeyed Peacock".  I hope that the buyer read the whole description thoroughly and understands that this is really a yarn that should be used for toys-it's not OMGDON'TTOUCHIT rough, but it isn't skin-soft.  I also had some dye breakage resulting in some pink spots in the brown stripes.  It's a pretty cool skein of blue, yellow, and greeny-brown (with pink spots).   I'm thrilled at the sale and wish that I could sell out of the whole store.  I'd love the money, sure-but ultimately it's that sense of "...you like me!  You really, really LIKE me!"

I made fried rice for brunch.  Surprisingly, the kids liked it and asked for more.  There are rice grains on the floor now, though :(  I'm waiting for them to dry up and then I will vacuum.  It wasn't my mom's fried rice, or a restaurant's, but it was certainly edible!

Yesterday I cleaned the kitchen preparatory to my leaving for mom's next week.  It got a more thorough cleaning than it has had since we moved in.  I got rid of all of the clutter and JUNK that has accumulated on the countertops (pennies, nails, screws, bits of metal, mouse poop, crumbs, coffee grounds, bits of paper, bits of unopened mail (credit card offers), recipes, instruction manuals, stuff like that).   There's still not enough counter space or storage for all of the things that a kitchen needs to hold, but it's much more tidy.  The room looks so much brighter and it's a pleasure to go COOK in there again :D  Crazy, I know!

I should make soap again.  I really want to order supplies online though.  More scent and butters.  I have a small bit of jojoba oil, some coconut oil, about a gallon of olive oil...really want some shea butter.  Colors I have.  Some scents.  I just want more variety.

I think that should be all for now.  I need to bug out to the PO so I can mail this yarn! In order to do that, I have to get the munchkins ready for public.  Yay.

Catching UP

My, my, my-how time flies.  The chickens have a coop and run and are a very good size.  They're healthy and happy.  We've seen the odd cat and fox prowling around the run and, once, a groundhog got into the run with the girls.  No one was really thrilled about that situation.  I thought it was very funny but only because nothing bad happened. 

Last month was the Tour de Fleece on Ravelry and I got a few things spun up.  My craft room is still overflowing with fibery goodness, though, and I'm not moving through it quickly at all.  I spun a whopping 743 yards of 2-ply, 22-24 WPI yarn out of 4.2 ounces of merino/silk that I obtained from a fellow Raveler.  I listed it in my Etsy but don't really expect that it will ever sell.  I am working through 4 ounces of Finn roving that a different Raveller sent me for test spinning.  I find it slightly coarse but still LOVELY to spin.  I am not sure what my next project will be.  I have over a pound of BFL to spin for a sweater.  A Cormo fleece to finish flicking and then spinning-also a Merino.  Then there are the expired braids from my Etsy.  Maybe they'll sell better as yarn??  Probably not.

Last month began the joys of potty training two preschoolers.  It progresses.  I'm over that shit in a big way.

I finished one of my mom's sock pairs and I may have rediscovered my knitting mojo.  I very quickly started the other pair (well, it is in it's fourth incarnation) and I think this one may be the final one.  Toes are done and I'm into the foot (toe up, taat magic loop).  I finished the Crest of the Wave tank that was begun last (2010!) April.  I have a shawl started from the mohair/glitz blend that Jen sent me months ago and I spun in a denim gradient.  Then plans for at least one more top before Winter sets in.  

I started using Curly Girl method for my hair last month, too!  I'm using Suave Naturals Conditioner plus intensive scalp massage for the wash, then Garnier Fructis Triple Nutrition for the condition and a leave-in.  Plopping in a t-shirt and air drying.  Just today I added in Aussie Tizz no Frizz gel to hold the curl.  We'll see what happens there.  Three weeks ago now I went to Shear Madness II here in Warren and got an allover color (matching my natural brown) with blue streaks along the frame of my face.  The blue STILL bleeds in the shower and right at the front has gone purple, but I LOVE it.  As to the CG-three weeks later and my hair feels so healthy!  

I had one gas station attendant laugh openly at me (The fucking NERVE!  Jerk.).  


I got new glasses (yay) with the help of the nine year-old SS.  Optometrist told me that bifocals were in my future but not necessary at this time.  Shit.


Going to visit my mother next week.  Yay!  Yes, I know it's all about her wanting to see the grands but I still get to see her and that part of my family :D