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First day of the rest of my life -- again. yesterday was "graduation" from MTI, in quotes because I still have to redo a course I dropped (got too far behind) but I think I can get licensed to Boston, so I should be able to start working this summer in a small way. hip hip hooray!

As I was doing the business plan for the business course at school, I came across a reference to a book about organizing self and stuff that's really helped. It has the premise that we carry too many little pieces of concern and need-to-get-done in our brains and need to have a relliable way to get them out of our brain and somewhere we know we can find them when we need them. It involves a label-maker -- the world's greatest toy. If you want details, emal me. Anyway, that's helping me get a handle on lots of things, including stash and projects.

Here's the kitty blanket from stash acrylic for Basil and Abner's Critter Charity Drive 2006. First attempt to get picture on blog, photo and technical consulting by EAO.

Well, school is over (both MTI and Newbury), and sabbatical coverage job is also over, so it's time to sort things out in my office/sewing room/knitting supply room. Huge pile of UFO's to go through and consign to "finish" or be frogged for scarves.

Almost finished with burnt orange top down raglan pullover (no seams, what a joy!) which will then get felted. It does seem big enough to be able to survive felting, which I was worried about. I look forward to reported on stash movement.

Yesterday I found another possible addiction at http://theiff.org/oexhibits/05b.html -- called extreme kntting by some clueless reporter but actually crocheting -- hyperbolic shapes. amazing cool stuff. gotta try it.

This is Cindy's plant picture: Her name is Petrocosmea - the symmetry is a foretaste of things to come.....

Now it's June/busting out....

I'm still alive and well. School is almost over - a few more days this semester and then one course in the fall. And church jobs are at the moment just Sunday morning supply gigs. This gives me time to organize my life and to finish UFO's and organize my stash and figure out where to go from here. It does not give me any money to buy yarn! So I commit to the universe (via cyberspace) that I really am on a yarn diet. OTN: Cabin Fever sweater for felting (that's the exciting part) in Black Abbey worsted; cable socks (still); Prism evening sweater from a kit from Stitches a couple of years ago. When I finish the first I'll begin a lace shawl project. Maybe with the gorgeous magical Helen's Lace I bought with a gift certificate from my massage buddies Pam and Cindy; maybe a trial run with other lace yarn (of which there's a lot in my stash for someone who's never made lace). Next major major challenge is getting photos (1) on the digital camera; (2) from the camera to the computer; (3) from the computer to the blog. Before that there are a couple of papers and a ton of paperwork.