Last night, as I sat down to begin spinning Leroy No-Longer-Brown’s fleece, I found that, not only did it look like it had a lot of VM in it for fleece that had been professionally processed, it in fact did. After losing a few tedious hours to picking out every little scrap of hay, burr, and leaf, I decided to abandon my spinning for the night and haul out the drum carder this morning to re-process it.
This is not one of my favorite things. In fact, it’s exponentially more boring than watching grass grow and, if I didn’t have my trusty iPod, the littered fleece would take many moons to get through.
To counteract the fact that a good portion of my day has been devoted to do something very un-favorite, I thought I would list some of my favorite things, despite the absence of Julie Andrews and/or a highly-desired thunderstorm. So here goes (I’ve limited myself to three of each)…
Favorite Books:
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
The Secret Life of Bees
Favorite Movies:
Ghostbusters (I know but I could watch it over and over.)
Chicago
Pride and Prejudice (BBC version with Colin Firth)
Favorite Blogs:
Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
The Yarn Harlot
The Panopticon
Favorite Blogs by People I Know (Cyberly):
Chocolate Sheep
Boulderneigh
Sheep Thrills Farm
Favorite Podcasts:
Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me
Sticks and String
Cast On
Favorite Television Shows:
The Office
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Iron Chef America
There. I feel a little more balanced. I could have listed a lot more, particularly on the blogs and podcasts but I wouldn’t want to go too far in the favorite direction and feel all giddy while I drum card. I have my emotional, funk-prone reputation to keep up, you know.
By the way, there will be no blog post tomorrow as we go spend half the day at the dentist and then celebrate Jessica's 18th birthday together, as one happy (do you hear me, my offspring?!) family, even if it kills us all.