I’m behind.  First it was the computer, then it was the computer again.  And the taxes.  Fortunately I’ve got the stacks of paperwork clipped together, in some semblance of order (here’s hoping that the accountant can wrap his mind around my sense of order) and now all that’s left is copying files to a CD.  That is what started this whole fiasco in the first place.  I couldn’t write (or play) cds other than music.  Finally most of my programs and files are reloaded.  I LOST my email and my address book.  Really a bad thing.  I had sort of left this part out of my thoughts when I was backing everything up and trying to fit years worth of information onto memory sticks and… and… there’s a lot!  I miss my address book.  I’ll rebuild it as I get emails. There were probably loads of addresses in there that I would never use again but still… it is really inconvenient. 

The back of the Vine Lace Cardi is off the needles and sitting quietly in my knitting bag.  The left front halfway.  I pop a movie into the machine at night, sit down to knit and fall asleep.  I’ve been missing  major parts of the films and of my knitting time.  Spring fever?  You’d think with the time change it would be easier to stay awake. 

Cassie has a great post on blogging.  It should have been mine.  It’s come up quite a lot lately.  C decided he wanted to learn how to use the computer, get online.  (I’ve set him up on my old, OLD computer with dial up… good to learn on, this one is MINE.)  He called me from a clients the other day and asked for my blog address.  Heck, he’s never read it.  He wanted to give it to a client.  Made me nervous. Who do you share your blog with?  Funny thing how we share it with strangers, are surprised by how far flung the readers are but don’t share with co workers, family, friends outside the fiber community.  Yep, good post, go read it.   

Then there is my reading list or lack there of.  I’m in a book slump.  Anybody out there reading something really good?   Yesterday, I went through the stacks at the library and finally after 20 minutes came up with a book by Anita Diamant, The Last Days of Dogtown.  Julia had piqued my interest in Dogtown a month or so ago when she wrote me about this, the rocks of Dogtown.  (that’s not the site she directed me to, but as I ‘ve said, I lost my email.)

Well, if you’ve gotten through this post, that’s something.  Pictures tomorrow… after it stops snowing.

This post is courtesy, my Dad.  He reads the comics first thing, like dessert, why wait,  clips them and passes them like fortunes from a Chinese cookie to the  appropriate recipient.  I look forward to arrival of these gems.  Here’s what I found in the mail yesterday.

for the tree hugger, granola part of me:

and the cat lover , fiber enthusiest…

and, it is a knitting blog after all..

enjoy!  (and my apologies if I have stepped on any copy write laws)

Bear with me.  I may have some irregular posts for the next couple days.  My cd / dvd drives were on the fritz.. software not hardware problems.  Something got corrupted somewhere.  My Antivirus software had to be updated and I really needed to be able to finish the install on my new printer.  I”ve been using it at a sort of limp as only part of it was installed.  So, this morning, I took it to have it fixed, ’cause I just couldn’t get it figured out without help.  Now I’m screwed.  When I got it back, almost all of my programs were non-functional.  The monitor is nearly illegible and I can’t seem to correct it the the control panel. To make matters absolutely the pits.. even when I re install the programs, it won’t open them.  I am up the proverbial creek.  And, IT’S BILLING TIME!  That’s what pays the freeking bills.  Tomorrow, first thing, I’l take it back to them and hope.  Meanwhile.. time to get out from under my desk ( where I’ve been taking care of that mess o’ wires that I had) and try to forget about this until morning, when I’ll once again, I’ll unplug everything and….  hope.