Catch up
It's been a busy month.
Knitting
Did a little work on my Eris cardigan, but still haven't figured out how the back gets cast off. It has to go sometime and I can't find it in the directions, which worries me. I don'
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Personal
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Hiatus
Our home internet has been shut off because of an oversight by the provider. It would take at least a week to get it back online, which isn't worth fighting for. Things will be sporadic here till May 16th, then all will better.
Everything's fine, there
Random Links
I'm knitting two scarves right now, and they need to be the right length. Isadora Duncan died in a tragic scarf-too-long accident in an open-top car. She was an American dancer in the 1920s.
She would have died in a car similar in looks to something from the
Orange belt!
I've been learning Chinese Kenpo at Tracy's Karate Studio since 17th November 2008 and I passed my orange belt test yesterday. There is a photo of me wearing the new belt on the wall of the studio, and I have a certificate to prove my rank.
Testing day
Tracy's Karate Studio, Kirkwood.
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Back from MOPACA part 3
There's no sun at five in the morning, but the hotel had a snow plough clearing the parking lot and the interstate looked good. The sun came out early in the morning and by the end of the day, everything was melting.
Jodi and I went to the
Back from MOPACA part 2
Saturday morning started off grey and the snow predictions for Kansas City were revised down to less than 12 inches. It started sleeting in the late morning and people were getting worried. We were up at 5am and hit Starbucks on our way. There was poop to clean up when
Back from MOPACA part 1
Took Friday off work and drove down to Pat and Jodi's place to meet Connie of Breezy Ridge Alpacas. She had rigged her van to be an alpaca transport, and it was piled high with hay, tables, stuff to sell, two alpaca, and all the alpaca paraphernalia to
Memphis training
Drove down on Sunday for four days of training. Nice hotel, but a pitifully small conference room. Halfway through Monday's session, we were moved to the Forest Ballroom of the Peabody Hotel. Marble floors. Chandeliers. Coffee in silver pots. Live ducks parading around the fountain in the lobby.