September Goals

Work on the Christmas presents: I finished one of the main presents and am almost done with the added present.  The other main present I hope to finish in October.
Finish Dave’s Irish Moss scarf: didn’t.  Still at the halfway point.
Finish Flutterby: Did
Finish my handspun hat: Did

That’s pretty good, considering my track record.
I didn’t [...]

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We’re going to see alpacas Saturday!  Despite my best attempts at convincing other friends to come along (i.e. bribes of lots of winetasting), it’s just going to be me and Dave this weekend, heading up to Santa Ynez for the day.
For alpacas, I’m planning on visiting Silver Sun Alpacas and Ranch of the Oaks.  Any [...]

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Finally, finally, finally I have the domain name I wanted!  It matches the name of my blog, of my bloggy alterego — Sunset Cat.  For whatever reason, someone else had bought (and not even used) my domain name.  I stalked it for awhile, and even after it was supposed to be available, it wasn’t;  but [...]

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The tankless heater is in! It’s amazing just how small it is…it’s about the size of our electric meter box. Considering how tiny our “backyard” is, getting rid of the old heater has made a big difference in the space back there.
I’d told John, the owner of the company, that one thing I [...]

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The Eyelet Cardi is blocking as I type this!  I picked out a vintage pearl button for it from my tin o’ buttons.  I still haven’t picked out what I get to cast on today, though.  Or what WIP I’m going to tackle next.  (Logically, it should be the other of the planned Christmas presents.)
Yard [...]

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….to letting myself cast on for a new project. I’ve finished one of the WIPs (handspun hat) and should finish Flutterby this morning (or at least have it blocking by lunch time, which, to me, counts as finished). Pics to follow.
I know, that only adds up to two FOs. But who’s counting [...]

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Is summer really over?  It certainly doesn’t seem like it here.  Regardless, Dave is officially back at work, with his first day of new students today (sigh — over 40 kids in all of his classes except AP Physics — he’ll have over 225 students between all his classes).  I expect I’ll hit more traffic [...]

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Re-reading my own blog entries, I realized I didn’t even post July or August goals.  Wouldn’t’ve been much point to doing so anyways between work and vacations.
However, for whatever reason, I’m not booked as much for work for September (October more than makes up for it, though), so this is the month I should really [...]

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Plant something: mesclun mixes, arugula, endive, celery, carrots in our new Earthboxes
Harvest something: lots of tomatoes
Preserve something:  nada, ate it all
Plan/Manage: still working on all the projects.  I leave the list up just to torment myself.

finalizing my yearly garden calendar (for native plants, fruit trees, and veggies) so I don’t get such a [...]

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