Patchy progress
The Cashmere Campanula Scarf (Rav link) is up to 22 repeats, and the ball of yarn is finally nearing the end. You're supposed to do 25 repeats, I think I can get 27 out of. I started this on July 14th, and I'm more than ready
More issues
Technical difficulties
I believe that's the polite term for what happened to my blog. The more accurate description is totally fragged and plagued by zombies. What's galling is that the trauma I went through was unnecessary because it was a web server/FTP server syncing issue.
The blog
Karate blue belt!
I tested for my karate blue belt on 30th August, and I passed!
I study at Tracy's Karate, the Kirkwood location. After my test, Karen took me into the sparring class and introduced me as a new blue belt, Ben hugged me, Dan shook my hand, random people
Tweets for August 16th to August 31st
* Two hours playing language/accent coach for a friend of a friend, wonderful to hear her accent narrowing in on the correct pronunciation!
* Desperately seeking NaNoWriMo plot ideas, I promise credit if I pen a bestseller. No ninja, pirates, or dinosaurs need apply. Thx!
* I have storage! Four usable shelves
Writing class
Telegraph Education: Putting pen to paper.
... handwriting has never been more modish. Everyone and their dog would appear to be having stationery designed.
The theory is that this is a recession thing: despite being destitute, we are making time for real relationships, and nothing says "human touch" more
Minor surgery
I should have learned this by now. If I can see a mistake in my knitting and find it every single time I pick it up, I'm not going to be happy until I've fixed it, even if that means losing a chunk of work. My
Out of ideas
It's that time of year, when the faint shadow of November stirs and reminds you, in a chill whisper, that you have NO IDEA what to write for your NaNoWriMo novel this year. This will be my seventh year of NaNo'ing.
This is a problem I
Tweets for August 1st to August 15th
* Planning ahead: how would you transport a shovel from St Louis MO to San Francisco CA for a weekend? #TravelingShovelOfDeath #NaNoWriMo
* They dropped a CHANDELIER on our HEADS at Phantom Of The Opera. 15th wedding anniversary today, year 16 starts tomorrow.
* First ever manicure, turns out I'm not
Heels really ARE bad for you
Discovery News: High heels cause long-term damage.
In a study published last month in the Journal of Experimental Biology, scientists in the United Kingdom found that women who wore high heels five times a week for two years had calf muscles that were 13 percent shorter and Achilles tendons that
Home again
We're back from Las Vegas!
We had a great time, walked our feet off up and down the Strip, went to a buffet at the Bellagio, two awesome Cirque du Soleil shows (O at the Bellagio and Ka at the MGM Grand), and saw Phantom of the Opera