So here we are!

The month is progressing as they usually do, this time of year.  Weather is a bit gray, cool, cloudy.  Holidays are basically over and the house is returned to normal.  I'm getting word on a recurring basis from friends and family that big things are happening to them. Houses being sold, career changes, job promotions, etc.  Big changes that affect their entire family. Most are good.  At this point, for me, maintaining is a good thing.  Staying the course.  You understand what I'm saying, don't you?  I'm happy for those whose lives are a bit topsy-turvy, but not envious. Not right now.

SPINNING
I did a great amount of stash-work last fall, and packed up a lot of fleece and un-spun wool.  I recently found this black wool that I'd dyed and put away before the cold weather arrived.  Now I'm completely inspired to card/comb and spin it.  Here is the sample on my Bosworth Midi spindle.  I just love it!

Its so refined, so classic. So elegant and understated.

And I've started the plying of the great white roving on my Kromski.  Love-lee!

KNITTING
This lovely white scarf is nearly done, and has been a joy to knit.  Rarely does a knitter find that perfect combination of yarn, needle and pattern that are still yummy even after eleventy-hundred rows.  Three cheers for me and my stumbling upon this project!  I raise my glass coffee cup to you, and hope that both of us are so lucky the next time!

GARDENING
I feel like I need to mention gardening, even though there is exactly zero gardening happening right now.   My seed and flower catalogs are within arm's reach most of the time, but I'm holding steady.  I did find a packet of kale seeds from last year and would like nothing more than to have one sunny day in which to plant them.  My fingers are crossed, but that is all.

READING
Still enjoying my Hamish Macbeth novel, and have no plans to change anything at this time.  Bravo to British mystery writers!  You rock.

PERSONAL
Last week I had strep, and this week I had a call-ralph-on-the-big-white-phone-headache.  As I was leaving my weekly prayer meeting at church on Tuesday, I suddenly felt such pain in my head that I felt ill.  By the time I got home, I informed my DH that I had a terrible migraine.  Within 30 minutes I was you-know-where making an unpleasant phone call to you-know-who. Ralph. Oh my goodness that came out of left field.  I was useless for the rest of the day, although the pain was gone in an hour.  I still don't know what happened.  Gee!

I've been leaning heavily on the FlyLady detailed cleaning lists as we transition into full blown winter.  If I can't be outside working in the garden, I'll have to be satisfied with cleaning out closets and bathtubs.  Not that I mind.  I actually enjoy cleaning house, so long as its my house.