tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40025322024-03-07T02:01:37.697-05:00Siegemy world and what's in itCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.comBlogger416125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-5991856825870908442015-01-01T19:22:00.000-05:002015-01-01T19:22:13.508-05:00Another New YearWe took a pass on the celebrations this year. We saw a movie (Unbroken), got Chinese food, and came home. Mads and I were still up at midnight, so we wished each other a Happy New Year and then switched back to watching Netflix. Very low key, very enjoyable.
Today was for football and catching up on some dyeing. The dye pots have been hot all day and I'm thrilled to be back in the swing of it. Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-30112699148098568682013-06-14T10:48:00.001-04:002013-06-14T10:48:22.509-04:00New PhoneI just have 2 questions: How did I live without a smart phone? Will I blog because I now have one?Time will tell.Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-29464964796267206952013-01-15T08:01:00.001-05:002013-01-15T13:51:19.092-05:00Faberge Exhibit
Sassy's favorite egg
A couple of months ago, my sister called and asked if Sassy and I wanted to go to the Detroit Institute of Arts for the Faberge Exhibit. We had toured the Kremlin when we were in Moscow in 2001 and she thought it might be nice to see more of the collection. On Sunday we all headed over there.
The treasures were in cases, so I couldn't get as close as I wanted. It's Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-81661524155645707402013-01-11T11:56:00.002-05:002013-01-15T13:51:37.510-05:00Ghost ClockI've been thinking a lot lately about creativity in all forms. I am primarily a knitter and a spinner, although I do A LOT of dyeing as well. I've always been curious about drawing and sculpting, but haven't had the time or inclination to actually do anything about it.
I do have a couple of favorite sculptures that I'd like to share with you.
This is the Ghost Clock.
It's located in Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-80776229407060651852013-01-10T14:42:00.003-05:002013-01-10T14:42:46.777-05:00GTD ReduxI believe I've written here before about my attempts at getting on the Getting Things Done train. GTD is the shorthand for a program created by David Allen that shows you how to structure your life so that everything gets done and you have time to do all the things you HAVE to do as well as all the things you WANT to do.
This year, Jillian challenged me to jump back on the train with her. I've Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-48996239300319987042013-01-09T10:07:00.000-05:002013-01-09T10:07:17.879-05:00Digging Deep for the New Year<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-22206130890369914342012-03-29T15:49:00.000-04:002012-03-29T15:49:42.459-04:00Knit 365 - Day 1
I've been casting around for a 365 project. What to do? What to do? Turns out, I didn't really need to try so hard.
For the last couple of weeks, I've been challenging myself to peel an orange in one piece. I think I'm up to something like 15 or 16 days at this point. (bear with me for a minute here, I do have a point). So we're all sitting at lunch today and my friend Sarah was sitting Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-11718675034178508602012-03-26T10:15:00.002-04:002012-03-26T10:15:44.299-04:0012 Shawls in 2012 - 22.5 Degrees Shawlette
I finished this bad girl back in January and just haven't had a chance to post it. The pictures are dark, but the yarn is very dark and it's hard to get a good picture of the actual shawl. I had a co-worker take pictures and he got this good one of me wearing it.
It's a simple garter stitch shawl but look at those little scallops on the edges! They're a little fiddly and I cursed them whileCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-23077744941677953772012-03-23T04:55:00.002-04:002012-03-23T04:55:39.606-04:00Book Review: I'd Know You Anywhere
I'd Know You Anywhere, Laura Lippman
originally published: August 2010
finished reading: 7 March 2012
cost: $7 (paperback swap)
I think if Laura Lippman wrote the phone book, it would be interesting and I would read it. I find her words so easy to read and the stories she tells so evocative that I find myself wishing she would either write faster or drop by so we could sit on my deck, drink Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-12208012863644280222012-03-20T13:36:00.000-04:002012-03-20T13:36:15.428-04:00Book Review: Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, Laurie Viera Rigler
originally published: April 2008
finished reading: 5 March 2012
cost: $14 (paperback swap trade)
I love Jane Austen fan fiction. I'm not one of those purists (like my daughter) who think the only story is the way Jane wrote it. This particular story is one in which the 21st century heroine wakes up suddenly in the body of an Austen Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-63063614512474753742012-03-18T09:44:00.000-04:002012-03-18T09:44:34.219-04:00Book Review: Things I've Been Silent AboutThings I've Been Silent About: Memories of a Prodigal Daughter, Azar Nafisi
originally published: 2008
finished reading: 22 February 2012
cost: $20 (paperback swap)
This book took me forever to finish. I'm not sure what I expected, but this wasn't it. I remember the Iranian revolution. I was in junior high and high school when the Americans were taken hostage and held in the embassy and I Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-22624919121184046012012-03-17T04:41:00.000-04:002012-03-17T04:41:55.991-04:00Book Review: 365: A Daily Creativity Journal
365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life!, Noah Scalin
originally published: December 2010
finished reading: 20 February 2012
cost: $10.36 (e-book purchased with a gift card)
The idea of doing a 365 project intrigues me. At the same time, it terrifies me. I keep inching closer to the thought of committing to creating something every day for an entire year. Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-63926950608905255012012-03-12T06:21:00.000-04:002012-03-12T07:29:59.883-04:00Book Review: A Red Herring Without Mustard
A Red Herring Without Mustard: A Flavia de Luce Novel, Alan Bradley
originally published: February 2011
finished reading (listening): 20 February 2012
cost: $25 (audio - Jillian's library)
I love Flavia de Luce. I am amazed every time that Alan Bradley gets her voice so right She is a charming, eccentric pre-teen and I can empathize with her father about having to deal with her quirks Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-9836316439678645712012-03-11T06:01:00.000-04:002012-03-11T07:58:29.463-04:00Book Review - The Last RomanovThe Last Romanov, Dara Levy Mossanen
originally published: April 2012
finished reading: 11 February 2012
cost: $10 (review copy)
I have a fascination with the Russian royal family. The tragedy surrounding their deaths has always fascinated me and I've read a lot of what's been published, novels as well as histories/biographies. I was excited to see this one - a story I'm familiar with told from Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-90790441391674627932012-03-10T05:59:00.000-05:002012-03-10T05:59:30.351-05:00Book Review: Love is the ThreadLove is the Thread: A Knitting Friendship, Leslie Moise, PhDoriginally published: December 2011finished reading: 5 February 2012cost: $19 (review copy)
I am not a touchy-feeling kind of person. I have a small group of wonderful friends and I'd drop anything at a moment's notice to do for them (and they'd do the same for me). Love is the Thread is the story of such a friendship.
Moise Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-51396974900410658512012-01-30T14:54:00.000-05:002012-01-30T14:54:19.319-05:00Winter Wine & Wool 2012
My first show of 2012 is in the books. The first Winter Wine and Wool at the Sandhill Crane Vineyards was on Saturday and it was a fabulous day! I was a little worried when Sassy and I got in the truck - it was gray and snowy and my heart kind of sank. I thought "everyone will stay home today and we're driving through this mess and no one will show up". (For the record, this is always what spinsCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-28807092601102259242012-01-20T16:04:00.002-05:002012-01-20T16:04:56.346-05:00Book Review - "Port Mortuary"Port Mortuary, Patricia Cornwell
originally published: November 2010
finished reading: abandoned in disgust, 18 January 2012
cost: $27.95 (library and boy am I glad I didn't pay for this!)
It's official, Kay Scarpetta has jumped the shark. I got to the middle of this roughly 500 page book I realized that we had only traveled about 5 hours in time. Why? Because Scarpetta has to think about theCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-20265663403873658482012-01-17T21:24:00.001-05:002012-01-17T21:24:27.757-05:0012 Shawls in 2012 - Pie Wedge ShawlOn Ravelry there's a group called, yes, 12 Shawls in 2012. My friend Katherine pinned a couple of shawls and I got pulled in. I had started a shawl on New Year's and I figured, "what the heck"? So here's my first shawl of 2012.
This is the Easy Pie Wedge Shawl. When you bought the Helen's Lace (multi) from Lorna's Laces, the pattern was on the ball band. It took about 1200 yards (there's stillCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-46820305205863268222012-01-13T17:10:00.002-05:002012-01-13T17:10:21.886-05:00Project 365
I've been reading lately about people who commit to doing something creative for an entire year. It's an interesting concept and one I'm thinking about trying. There are a couple things holding me back:
What if I attempt it and don't complete it?
Are there enough different ways to be creative about something?
When it gets hard will I push through or will I give up?
When I'm thinking about Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-28056542180649623452012-01-12T19:08:00.001-05:002012-01-12T19:08:40.363-05:00Allergies*I'm sure I've talked at some point about my allergies, but not recently. Is there anyone in the US who isn't allergic to something? I don't think so. Here's the thing, I'm allergic, but to weird stuff and it's taken me years to figure it out.
When the Hub and I came back from our honeymoon (1988), I was sick a lot. I would get up to go to work and feel so crappy that I'd just go back to Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-44424478851785492612012-01-11T20:59:00.002-05:002012-01-11T20:59:51.401-05:00Today, I'm doneI left it all on the course today. I was up at 4:30, out the door by 5:30, in my office by 6:40. It was a non-stop e-mail, telephone, people walking into my office kind of day. Everyone needed something 10 minutes ago and it was REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT !!eleventy!1!!.
So, now I'm back at home and I'm done. I want to crawl into my bed, turn off the light, fall into the deepest slumber ever, and Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-36206424326876111172012-01-10T19:22:00.000-05:002012-01-10T19:22:25.149-05:00Review "Mad Men"I love this show. The Hub and I started watching over the holiday break (he wasn't as into it as I was). We sped through seasons 1 and 2 and then he went to Florida to teach some people how to fly. I wanted to make it last and only rent 1 disk at a time. Yesterday I was feeling so crappy that I threw caution to the wind and rented the first 2 disks of season 3. Then I sat and watched them both. (Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-45094313102529515542012-01-09T09:49:00.002-05:002012-01-10T19:07:05.035-05:00TeethLast Thursday I went to the dentist, a place I've been to much too often in the last several months. I'm a grinder - not only at night when sleeping, but during the day, when annoyed. So I had a toothache and called the dentist. It's a tooth that's been hurting on a minor scale for a couple of weeks, but it has a really deep filling and I knew that at some point I would need a root canal and a Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-18192504583445404422012-01-08T05:21:00.000-05:002012-01-08T05:21:54.680-05:00Book Review: "Death Comes to Pemberley"Death Comes to Pemberley, P.D. James
originally published: December 2011
finished reading: 7 January 2012
cost: $25.95 (borrowed from friend)
P.D. James loves Austen. I've read a lot of fan-fiction and they all seem to love the characters, but James has an affinity for Austen herself that many of the other authors lack. This book feels closer to Jane Austen's own style of writing than any otherCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002532.post-87394374566539639832012-01-07T19:34:00.002-05:002012-01-07T19:34:47.965-05:00Book Review: "Pirate King"
Pirate King: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, Laurie R. King
originally published: December 2011
finished: 6 January 2012
cost*: $25.05 - borrowed from a friend
I will admit to being something of an Anglophile. I do love the British and their unique way of seeing things. Except...I emphatically do not love Gilbert and Sullivan. Never understood the attractionCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046646341508287922noreply@blogger.com0