time flies.. yadda yadda

well, some people are absorbed in navel contemplation; however, i have spent the last 3 weeks in purple piggies contemplation, and i'm happy that toes nails grow so slowly and the pedicure is lasting!  oh... get over yourself.....

ok, what i've really been doing is spending time getting fibers dyed and organized for the booth at Black Sheep Gathering... and i swear to goddess that this is the last final year i'm going to do it!  yes, i was tempted by that siren call last year and had a booth with Lori Lawson (Capistrano Fiber Arts in LA) and we'll share again this year, but she will have the majority of the yarn and spinning fibers in the booth, and i plan to sleep late in the mornings and then play... mostly.  and then i'll retire and move to Duvall, WA and not have a dye studio and have a huge stash reduction before i go.  really, i will........

also, have become addicted to MSNBC and following politics.  have been inspired, bored, infuriated, amused, appalled... and gotta say, i'm tired!  i am totally in the Barack Obama camp and i do have hope and am willing to do what i can to make the dream come true!

I finished Chris' quilt in time for his birthday, which is today.... 37 years ago today he began his earthly journey, and i could not be prouder of who he is!  he is a mother's dream for sure!  and now that the quilt is finished, i've started on a ring pillow for Rachael's wedding, just kind of wingin' it.  so far, i like it and will show it to her while we're in Eugene.  there's plenty of time to start over on it if there's anything about it she doesn't like!

what else i've been doing is staying busy enough to procrastinate on any huge projects of getting rid of stuff so we can move outa here.  some small corners are purged and things given away and taken to good will and the dump... but there is so damn much left to do that it's over-whelming.

and i've got the fluey cold from hell with the huge headache, snotty nose, raspy-to-no voice and Jim's been gone with my dad to NC to DeDe's family reunion, which Pop hasn't missed since he and DeDe got married.  he's back now so the dogs got their 3 mile walk this a.m., which they don't get when he's not here because i don't do 3 mile walks.. or 1 mile walks... 1/2 mile, maybe, but they miss that and being out in their huge fenced yard just doesn't make it... 

rambling?  me?  must be caused by the cold.