Amused

I crack myself right up. I say I will take a day off. I do wear my warmest sweater which is gray (definitely day-off material, my friends and colleagues complain when I’m not my typical colorful self). And then I proceed to not really stop working too much.

Poetry (by Children) at Magdalena’s

For the record, I did stay home all but one hour Friday. I went out to Magdalena’s Teahouse at the invitation of one of my CityKidz. She had a poetry reading with her class, each child recited one poem. There were many berets sported by the children, and my grrrl wore some very cool John-Lennon round wire-rimmed glasses with her black beret, looking oh-so-artful. Cute as a button, sharp as a tack!

I thought I had my camera in my purse, but I’d taken it out to download the pictures from CityKidz this week and so I missed the photo op of the day. Pooh. Trust me, she looked a million bucks.

A poetry reading by children is a fascinating experience. There were many excellent poems. They obviously talked in school about different things that might be part of a poem besides rhyming. One girl did a poem about pink, wearing a pink cape, top and pants. She talked about how pink smells like strawberries, tastes like raspberries, feels like, looks like… very good.

I must say that the most popular subject was chocolate, with a generic “candy” poem and a bubble gum poem. Next in popularity was the category of pets: cats and dogs. My grrl included many animal sounds in her poem. She was very expressive. I find it interesting that none of the kids seemed particularly afraid to get up and do their thing. I know that by the time I was in middle school I was frightened to present material to a crowd.

That was the highlight of my day, and only one hour of it. The rest of the day was cooking, baking, cleaning, making more messes, cleaning again, and the usual computer stuff.

Big Accomplishment

My biggest deal today is that I got all but 10% caught up on my calendar stuff. I need to get with Matt of Threadbear Fiberarts on my classes for next term, and I’ll try to accomplish that tomorrow if I’m lucky. Other than that, I’ve scheduled for Foster Center, Haslett Community Education, Little Red Schoolhouse Yarns and Rae’s Yarn Boutique. The classes I’ve already scheduled are loaded into a Google calendar which I will be placing on my Colorjoy.com website as soon as I get the Threadbear stuff figured out. Yippee! Actually, here is a sneak preview of my new calendar, of course missing the Sunday classes I’ll be teaching at Threadbear from January through March or April.

Geek, Geek, Geek

I’ve also been consolidating websites. I’ve been making web pages now for ten full years! A few months ago I had web pages on four different web hosts/servers. Now I have copied all my sites to the Colorjoy.com/LynnH.com host, and am in the process of making redirect pages at all the old sites (so that if you go there, you can click a link taking you to the new location).

Sockmania

And somehow in the midst of all this I have been knitting socks. I finished pair 138 in Louisa Harding Kashmir Aran purple, on December 3. I finished pair 139 in Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Chunky, on December 8 (last night). I started another pair in dusty teal Kashmir Aran today during the poetry reading.

These days my feet just are so cold I am uncomfortable most of the time. Right now I’m wearing two pair of handknit bulky socks, one on top of the other, and my toes are still cold. So I’m obsessed with the idea of more fat socks, and if they are washable (the recent ones are) all the better.

All in All, a Good Day

Day off? Well, I cooked a bit more than when I’m gone and the food was excellent. Dinner was stir fry of shrimp and fresh fennel bulb (chopped up like celery) on top of wild rice. Very tasty! Breakfast was buckwheat (with other flours) pancakes and real maple syrup. After dinner I made a quick bread with barley and buckwheat flours, a texture much like cake but not as sweet. So the food today was extra-nice. Gourmet, as Brian might say!

Brian and I did go for a brisk walk around the block after dinner, just before the sun gave it up for the day. It was about 20 degrees F and windy. Without sun it was pretty chilly but I did dress properly for the occasion. The Norwegians have some sort of saying which has the essence of: there is no such thing as too cold, just insufficient clothing. Today I was able to avoid the too cold idea while on our walk, anyway.

And I did let myself knit on that tealish sock. It’s not as bright as my normal colors but the yarn is almost shiny with the ultrafiber in it and it’s very beautiful. Sort of an icy teal on the green side. Lovely.

Now it’s after midnight and I had a good day. Much good hot tea was enjoyed today, a few nice phone calls gave me nice social breaks from the computer and kitchen, and I finished something I really struggle with. All in all, a pretty nice day.

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