Wait - What?

It was 46* last night. It was.....65* this morning when I went out to feed the horses. I'm....confused. (Oh, and it's supposed to be 36* tomorrow. Welcome to Texas! :grin:)

Put the dogs back out today - when we got home last night, all the trash was artfully arranged around the kitchen (:doh!: Forgot to put the trash can up!) and the gingerbread house had been devoured (it must have been planning a coup). They were *not* happy at being shoved out into the vast, freezing wasteland (of 65*), but, out they went none-the-less. I'll have less mess to clean up tonight....

Got the last scarf on the loom last night, and got it tied up. I've changed the tie-up system - the treadle stand came with chains and metal..thingys to clip the chains to the treadles. I bent one of the thingys, and it only came with 4 chains, so I replaced the chains with texolve, and the thingys with the square pegs (from my Glimakra). It....took sustantially longer to tie up, but I think I'll be happier with it. I'll start the weaving tonight. :grin:

Things I've learned from this foray into mass-production: 1) I can NOT tie knots worth a shit. I've known this, but it really got rammed home when scarf #3 kept losing warp threads because the knots (I kept tying onto the previous loom waste, since all 4 scarves are threaded straight draw) kept slipping. 2)Scarves are B O R I N G. The first one went quick, the 2nd drug...the 3rd took FOREVER. #4.....it's Shepherd Check, which I love, so hopefully it'll hold my attention and go Quickly 3) I love weaving, but dislike the Structo Artcraft loom. Even with treadles the harnesses stick, which slows down the weaving. I much prefer a larger loom....must finish threading the Glimakra *soon* - besides, I need more dishtowels! :grin:


Lunch today with Sweet Geek - can't wait! :bounces:

Whee!

Lunch was *terrific*! Greek...mmmmmmmmmmm. Lamb salad. Yummy. Company was yummier.....:grin:

He's too good to me - I have a new DVD/VCR combo. He gets to hook it up - I have been forbidden to try and work on/with electronics. (I don't know why....I didn't do any *permanant* damage to the PC or DSL line, after all...:grin:)

And, I *had* to use this icon.....it's SOOOOOOOO fitting. :grin: (Sweet Geek introduced me to Firefly......one more reason to love him! :lol:)

And the winner of "Best Mother of the Year" goes to...

me, according to my children, anyway. :grin:

Herself is *totally* enthralled with the easel. She figured out that if we cut a piece of the box up, she could use her copy paper on it (Cynthia contributed some chip clips to the cause - they hold paper to the cardboard *perfectly*), and do...whatever it is she's currently doing on it. Huh....looks like markers and...paint?...and....pastels? I dunno - but she's creating a masterpiece over there on it (using her new Art Set - yesterday, it got a "Huh. It's nice. No Prismacolors, but it's...OK". Today? It's the 2nd hottest thing going. :grin:)

As for Himself.....I knew the Lego Mindstorm Droid Development Kit would be a hit...but I didn't calculate the *exact* hitness of it. I'm surprized we haven't gotten earthquake warnings here - the squeals were SO loud, and the Squeeing so intense that the windows rattled and the clouds dumped more wet stuff on us. :lol:

Seriously, I have 2 deliriously happy children right now, a masterpiece in progress, and....and half-finished droid rolling around on my floor. (He's just about figured out how to program the silly thing.)

I'd say Chanukah was a hit....:grin: