Author: Annie

I was so happy to have my bags back last night – yay! And I have TWO projects that must be mailed out no later than Wed, so I have to get crackin’ Evidently I was more ill than I thought. Gerry made me go to the doc, and I do indeed have Bronchitis, and…

I’m home, I’m happy, and I adore my family. Good heavens how I missed them – communication was difficult, internet was incredibly expensive – life without the daily give-and-take of my amazing 11 & 12 year olds was thin and colorless. And Gerry is the dearest, funniest guy in the world. The ride home from…

But internet time on the ship is not. I developed a very bad cold yesterday (probably brewing for a few days) so I only ventured off the ship in Aruba to find a pharmacist where I could get nyquil. I was so disoriented, though, that I forgot my wallet so I had to return and…

Yes, I have achieved wifi! It’s pricey, but necessary given the amount of email I get each day, so I’m happy to pay up to keep on top of information requests and editor’s emails. I don’t know if it’s planned, but on the TV’s in our room they play a bunch of movies, and so…

I’m in a process of putting my ducks in a row, which is a change for me because usually I keep them skewered on the ends of my knitting needles as a decorative display in my office. But with a wealth of editorial designs suddenly dropped in my lap, and a full schedule of teaching…

Once I learned to start loving the process, I stopped beating up on myself (quite so much) for my perceived failures. It was difficult for a goal-oriented Virgo such as myself to embrace the concept of the process, I like to see results (I’ve always loved ironing, painting walls and mowing yards for that reason)…

It’s been a week since my last blog post – I seldom let this much time go by without an update. The truth is, I’ve been frustrated. BY THE SKIRT. Stupid skirt. The good news is that the Mango Moon Silk Ribbon rips out and reknits VERY nicely. The bad news is that I’m just…

The Minoan set is going very nicely – loving the surplice and shrug – so I started on the skirt on Thursday. Good StuffThe yarn is lovely, I’m loving the combination of colors and it’s fun to knit. Bad StuffThe gauge was too loose, the skirt seemed too long, I wasn’t happy with the hem…

I’m sorry I’ve been posting less often, my shoulder’s been pretty painful and I’ve been devoting my active time to knitting rather than blogging. I’ve been working up the 3 pieces I’m calling the Minoan Set, so named because the design is based on garments worn by the Minoan Snake Goddess statuette discovered on Crete….

As we left for skiing yesterday I told Gerry, “I’m scared, but not nervous – I know I’ll be okay, but I’m also aware of what might go wrong…” Downhill Farewell Skiing may not be for me(at least I didn’t hit a tree…) Controlling speed is hard to master,I speak from personal disaster. The longer…