Posts from February 2007

» Character (and sock) development


I’m feeling better today, both physically and emotionally. The first week of January, I calculated some rough estimates of what to expect come tax time, based on what I’d made in 2006. I was horrified to find that I was going to end up owing quite a bit of money to the IRS. When I [...]

Posted on: February 18, 2007 by | Tags: , | 1 comment

» curses, foiled again!


I love making socks, most of the time. This morning I started a new pair — the Celtic Braid socks from Cabin Fever. Liz pulled out the pattern when she was at home over Christmas, and it’s been sitting near my desk ever since. The yarn is a cotton/lycra blend I’ve had in my stash [...]

Posted on: February 18, 2007 by | Tags: , | 1 comment

» FO to report


I’ve been working on this sock since early January, when I was at market in San Diego. It’s a yarn called Melody from a new-to-me company named Jojoland. It’s not machine washable, but the slow drift of color is worth a hand wash or two. This one is destined to be a model for the [...]

Posted on: February 17, 2007 by | Tags: , , , | 2 comments

» I got nothin’


There was a time in my life when I could go on and on about nothing. Intelligently, even. I remember my mother telling the story of meeting my high school history teacher at parents night one year. He told her I was doing okay in his class, but I’d be doing so much better if [...]

Posted on: February 16, 2007 by | Tags: | 2 comments

» The two-and-a-half-day socks


It’s been a long week. In some ways, it’s been a long year, and just as Friday marks the end of a very long week, I guess it sort of marks the end of a very long year. Let me back-track a bit. I’ve been sick this week. I won’t go into the details of [...]

Posted on: February 16, 2007 by | Tags: , | 1 comment

» A tangled web


I drove by this house in my neighborhood today. It’s one of those houses that you find yourself staring at instead of focusing on the road and the stop sign in front of you. I nearly forgot I was driving, and just sat at the intersection for a moment, staring at the house. It’s not [...]

Posted on: February 13, 2007 by | Tags: | no comments

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