What is this thing that I feel?

2007 has been a bonanza year for me!

The business is really getting going, I have another deal in the works, which I cannot yet speak to, and the new job is going gangbusters.

But if that is the case, why do I feel so dang tired and worn out? Yes yes, I know that the good things in life can be just as stressful as any other less fortunate event in our lives. Yes, I know that excitement can be just as wearing as say worrying about where the money will come from to pay the mortgage or whathaveyou.

So my question for you, dear readers, is when you feel worn out, when life seems to be leaving you behind because you just ain't walking fast enough (never mind that you are at a full out run already), what do you do? How do you take charge of things and ease the tension, schedule and whatever else needs to give.

I am dying to know.

Dyeing too, but that is somewhat less erm urgent at this very moment.

T-3 Posts

So according to Blogger, and one would think they would know, I am 3 posts away from my bicentennial!

YAY for the bicentennial.

This calls for a contest, upon which I shall cogitate.

In the meantime, I am considering driving up to Eugene for the Black Sheep Gathering in a whirlwind trip with the kiddies to camp on the fairgrounds.....out of sheer boredom with the Incredible Sameness of Dun Growed Up Life. Of course, this means throwing the kiddies, and stuff in the car, including a tent, food, chilluns with paraphernalia, prolly a grill, and what not, and driving 8 hours to Eugene, prolly by myself, since The Rock has 1 bazillion three hundred googleplex reasons NOT to call in sick to shit job and go with me on a spontaneous trip. Oh, yeah, and there's the 8 hours back as well.

So I am on the fence, vote now for whether I should do this crazy venture, or not.

(This after cancelling my hotel res on Saturday at the Eugene Hilton.)

Sewing Room, Sweet Sewing Room!

So I have today put up a shelf in my sewing room for the knitting machine to be out on. And since I have done some other changes, it seems a good time to photog the whole room to share with you all.



Here is the shelf for the Bond USM.

Here is a tower of bins that I use to store some of the Ceallach Dyes inventory....

The serger and sewing machine, with the table top constructed of cubes and a melamine shelf. It could be more stable if I put a ledger strip up on the wall, but it's not been necessary with the weight of the sewing machines in the front. Note that the backs of the chairs are covered with fabric and projects in various states.

Here is the broad view from the door, note the bookshelf. That was the newest thing to help with the stash all over the floor. I sure would like some more slide in bins for the yarn etc. But it can wait. Again, you can see the Bond under the window.

Cami Report: The cami is done, but I put a crocheted border on the hem which did not do it for me or my husbeast. It's been ripped out, dumaflotchies located and sewn on, and the replacement Van Dyke border is underway. Can I just say that the Van Dyke border is going along nicely. I am finding that I don't have to pay attention to the chart very much as it has nice landmarks that allow me to chug along in increase or decrease pattern until those landmarks are reached. I am quite liking it and think it will generally broaden my repertoire.

That's all for now.

Coming soon....a Tribute to Jim Henson and pictures of the completed cami.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder!

How I miss you all and miss writing on my blog!

Hell, how I miss knitting. Because while I have been doing it here and there, I am so dang travel-weary at the moment, that I have the attention span of a gnat hitting a windsheild, and the headache to match.

I did last night come home finally from the last of the trips in the foreseeable future, making the total 9 airports in 3 countries and 5 states in the last month.

I am tired.

I want to spend time with my kids, lay in the sun, dye some wool, knit a nice shawl, and spend a weekend not packing or shopping or doing something related to travel.

But the truth is I am falling apart a bit now....maybe it's fatigue, too much bouncing around, or having to deal with this client at work who is another leading world bank. I don't know. Perhaps delayed reaction? Who knows?

You see the strangest things on billboards overseas......