Living the Home Life

Crazy, Crazy, Crazy!

I know it's been a blue moon since I've posted, but since my last time updating you, it has been rough around here.  Not only do we now have two sheep (RomneyX and Cotswold) and two pygmy goats, but we went right from the fair, which went very well by the way (Chris did very well with Izzy the RomneyX and Wayne and Garth the Pygmies), to kicking into full gear homeschooling, to a major family illness. 

My dear aunt has cancer, which was diagnosed on Halloween (a real treat, huh?) The diagnosis was preceded by a long period of illness.  She ended up moving in with my sister, who is not only sick, but now pregnant, and I spend most of my week at her house, which has no internet access!  Talk about a bummer.  At least her radiation treatments are over, which were Monday-Friday mornings. 

I spend most days at home either sleeping or cleaning.  On the road though, I have my trusty drop spindle, a good book, and at least one knitting project.  I lug a big bag of stuff with me everywhere I go, and that doesn't include ds's school books.

My big hope is that things will settle down and I'll find some way to get back into a routine.  Please, G*d, let me get back into some semblance of a normal life!

I'll try to do better about posting.  I've got several spindle projects going, including 2 silk and one wool blend that I dyed and hope to turn into socks at some point.  I have an alpaca/angora blend going on the Schacht.  I bought an Ashford Joy recently with some inheritance money, but ds has hijacked it, and is spinning some nice wool roving.  I also managed to purchase a really nice drum carder and some wool combs.  If I ever get home, I want to try out that rigid heddle loom and the triloom I made, but you need more than 5 minutes at a shot for them!

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{ 05:06, 2007-Jan-15 } { Posted by BlueApple }

Family is what's most important - bless you for taking such good care of them! Will look forward to seeing your projects once things get back to normal.
Julia