Jetsetting:
- Traveled to MN - Easy going out. Honey drove me down at 3 am to Portland, caught the first flight(barely), held due to bad weather, ran for a flight and missed it! BARELY! So I caught the next one. ORD is a huge airport! Lots of walking that day. Got in mid day, went shopping with my sis: shoes, running shoes, Twins T-shirt. Fun times. Had family dinner with crew at a local bar!(gotta love small towns). Barely made it to 9 pm and crashed out! dug around in the morning Sat, lunch with grandparents, chicken and biscuits! SO GOOD! Then wedding and dinner and dancing! Left the next morning, go to DTW just fine and then mean gate agent, Over sold flights(stupid spring break forgot about that) Great jumpseater from Delta saved me! Whew! Rode to RKD on Cape Air!
- Days off with honey: Always good. Picked up my island car, got it registered, built raised beds, dug out huge garden area: 3 hours worth, planted aspargus, garlic, horseradish. Rained all day today, no more planting today. Hopefully tomorrow. Working for Cape Air Sunday afternoon and Monday.
- Wendy update!!
- Cape Air update: Guam situation, Cape Air, Wiggins, Lifeflight, Charter in PWM, Oh my!
- No where to live in Vine yet. Stress is overwhelming
- Got to go to an unemployment meeting! Riveting!
- 5K training - Heather and I are being major support for each other. We are struggling on different fronts! Join the thread! Any fitness goals! 5k-er's share your races!
Enroute:
- Trillian - Out of Great Lakes Hand Dyed - Jet Stream
- Vanilla socks out of Zauberball... not sure i love it... might be too big(again)
Landed:
Take Off:
- Probably baby stuff at some point
Holding:
- Maybe 10 min worth of the Raspberry Lemonade from Highland Handmade
Ground Stop:
- Stress
- Wedding - productive and unproductive
Reservations:
- Thank you to those that have contacted me about the Jacob's Fleece. Awaiting a shearing day.
- Thank you to those that have contacted people on the vineyard. I appreciate that you are watching out for me.
- Marty's Dad is a crocheter! He said it keeps his mind sharp! Very cool!
- Knitters for Knockers - Meliabella from the His and Hers Podcast, I think her walking buddy needs donations
- Rainlover Knits - Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
- Pattern by Megan - LaughLoveKnit - Pillars of Strength proceeds are split between Melissa and Sarah
- My Sister is walking for The American Heart Association if anyone wants to donate to that and for the Humane Society, in separate events.
Special TFR:
- My support crew: All of you and my honey and family. Help to keep me sane. A lot of stress.
Jetsetting:
- Ran a butt ton of errands: car to get fixed for island, my car got a hitch, worked around house/yard, cleaned both cars(my honey rocks), bought some mulch, some seeds for flowers and food garden. Bummed about Asparagus! Boohiss!
- Went to a dinner party: overwhelmed, but very cool experience!
- Wendy Update!
- Cape Air Update
- LifeFlight of Maine
- Up to see Heather: mass winding and splitting of fiber
- Off to MN for wedding this weekend. Might see some baseball. Honey has to work. :(
Enroute:
- Trillian - Out of Great Lakes Hand Dyed - Jet Stream
Landed:
Take Off:
- Vanilla socks with a fleegle heel!
Holding:
- Plied thwacked the Barlett. Nice loft. First time experiencing that. Will not try the center pull ball method again, ick.
- Still need to ply the Tintagal Farm
Ground Stop:
- Busy around the house and enjoying that. Keeping busy to keep mind of stress!
Reservations:
- Thanks to Nanette for the PJ'S!!! Woohoo!
- Amazon Thanks! Keep on shopping!
- Rachel - Knit Me Happy Podcast is doing a KAL to raise awareness for Endometriosis. My mom and aunt suffer from this, so I remember how much pain my mom was in when I was younger.
- SunFunLiving - Helping women in Haiti who have no way to make money! Donations of yarn, money, hooks etc. Go check her out! She is in Haiti now!
- My Aunt is a rock star. Channel 9 Top Teacher of the year in MN! Awesome!
- 2 emails from Brenda of Cast-On! squeal!
- Josh Woodward video of Learn to fly... kinda funny towards the end! :)
- New section on the end.
- 5k thread. Heather and I running Bar Harbor 5k in September. She is looking for one sooner. Goals for the Run for me.
- Sheila's son Zach's rep Paul finished the boston marathon in 4:39... pretty good considering it was 90 degrees!(or so)
- Knitters for Knockers - Meliabella from the His and Hers Podcast, I think her walking buddy needs donations
- Rainlover Knits - Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
- Pattern by Megan - LaughLoveKnit - Pillars of Strength proceeds are split between Melissa and Sarah
- My Sister is walking for The American Heart Association if anyone wants to donate to that and for the Humane Society, in separate events.
- DEW Animal Kingdom - Have 7 Jacob's Fleece. If anyone would like one, I ask for at least $25 donation to DEW. I can send it raw, or have it processed(you pay for processing). Let me know if you are interested. Unsure of quality... more a reason to donate, not gonna be a perfect fleece. Contact me if you want one!
Special TFR:
- Spring! getting ready to garden! few more weeks, but prepping!
Jetsetting:
- Not the update I wanted on the Cape Air front. But the silver lining is that maybe this is the opportunity for Wiggins to call and give me a job in a couple weeks! Lets send out those vibes!
- Cape Air Update - CRAZY Week! Wow, what a madhouse
- Took Wendy to Bar Harbor for repairs. Crazy story there!
- Heading home next weekend for a good ole Minnesota wedding! Love it!
Enroute:
Landed:
Take Off:
- Vanilla socks with a fleegle heel!
Holding:
- Tintagal Farms in Tidepool is done and resting. Will ply soon.
- Finished the Bartlett Yarns Pencil roving that I got from Heather and Hubby. and Plied it today.
Ground Stop:
- Worked! and they made me work! Geesh, the nerve
Reservations:
Special TFR:
- Kudo Case for Ipad. www.kudocase.com
Jetsetting:
- Went to hang with Heather and Hubby on Saturday. Was SUPER productive! That's how the last trip was supposed to be... but no ralphing this time... but there was a toilet situation that was cured with a plunger... thank god!
- Spent time with honey, did stuff around town and the house. Pretty low key.
- Emailed with Wiggins. They are stretched pretty thin lately and won't make a decision for a few weeks. So I need a job....
- Put in my bid with Cape Air, results tomorrow! Where in Maine will KT be? RKD I hope!
- Wendy airplane news: We are trying to find a mechanic to put the plane back together and make it so I can fly it to Bar Harbor and they are going to fix it up! Baby steps! But I am itching to fly again, 3 weeks is too long to not fly. I am so excited to get her back running, as is the honey!
Enroute:
- Civil War Shawl - 620 stitches/round - On round 106 so far.
- Trillian - Out of Great Lakes Hand Dyed - Jet Stream
- Baby Socks - Almost done! More will be on the needles soon!
Landed:
Take Off:
- Baby stuff - another person I know is pregnant and so I need to get going for them!
Holding:
- Working on Tidepool - from Tintagal Farms still
Ground Stop:
- Still being productive as I am still unemployed.
Reservations:
- Thank you to Kimberlolly for the Blue Ivy Pattern! Bottom Up Shawl! Great wake up to the day!
- Mad 79 - Melanie Douglas 's designer page- Huntington’s Disease Society of America. Her husbands family suffers from this horrible disease, so raising funds to work toward a cure is very near and dear to her heart
- Knit 1 Heart 2 - Fundraiser for Sheila's Son's Marathon Rep, Paul! Every $5 gets an entry for prizes, anything $25 or higher gets you an entry for Wollmeise!
- Knitters for Knockers - Meliabella from the His and Hers Podcast
- Rainlover Knits - Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
- Pattern by LaughLoveKnit - Pillars of Strength proceeds are split between Melissa and Sarah
- My Sister is walking for The American Heart Association if anyone wants to donate to that and for the Humane Society, in separate events.
- Dawn - Wolfe Farms mentioned me and the amazon link! Thanks!
- Someone bought a lawnmower! That's awesome!
- Thanks for the shoppers!
- Trifect of AWESOME Fiber Club! www.keeganlaneyarns.com Melissa dyed up the "Radiant as the Sun" colorway A la Katniss Everdeen of the Hunger Games! GREAT JOB! Love it!
- Thank you Secret angel!
Special TFR:
- Turkey Burgers and Ceviche! - made myself and delicious!