The Cast

So here's boy in cast. I made him turn it just so, so that we don't have to look at the obscene picture one of his classmates drew on it. Unfortunately, you can't see my message very well - it says, "Mea Culpa" because, as I told boy, you really can't blame this on anyone else...no matter how hard you try.

O'Reilly Maker - Thing 6 (yes, again)

Not perfect, but what the heck - My Book Cover looks like this:

http://www.oreillymaker.com/link/14761/maintaining-sanity/

these are fun, but I think I'd better move on...

Name Generator - Thing 6

My brand-new Roller Derby Name is Basher DaBlockHer.
Take MIA PSYCHO'S ROLLER DERBY NAME GENERATOR today!
Created with Rum and Monkey's Name Generator Generator.

Behind Again

So I'm behind again - this week it was the Senate District Convention which I went to because my 18 year old daughter wanted to know how it worked at the next stage (after caucuses). We had a great time and she learned a lot.

I'm so glad my kids are interested in politics. I think that we are where we are in this country primarily because of lack of interest/participation. Girl-child decided that she'll volunteer for a campaign for her next activity; neither one of us will be going on to the next convention. Also, it turns out that you only have to be 16 to be an election judge, so Boy-child will be old enough to do that in November and he's actually considering it.

In the meantime, I fininshed knitting a chemo cap for the friend of a friend, I'm about to turn the heel on Kara's second sock and I started another plain cuff-down sock for Girl-child to take with her to school in the fall.

I'll try to get to the next of the 23 Things soon!

Things 4-6 Flickr, etc

Well, I do love Flickr and have been using it since I became a member of Ravelry. I've learned a lot about digital photography, lighting, backgrounds and angles. I love the fact that I can look at other people's projects to help me decide what I want to do next, how I might alter a project, etc.

Ravelry was the way for me to explore Flickr as I did not have a library application, but I must say the trading cards at Carleton are fantastic and I'll have to try that. I'm thinking of putting something together to use as a pseudo-business card.

The Library of Congress Flickr account is an interesting one, although some kinks will have to be worked out, like combining the various permutations of World War II as a tag (there are a lot right now). That is, perhaps, the biggest problem with tagging in general.

So now I've joined two Flickr groups - 23 Things on a Stick and Sock Knitters Unite - and I have the card to work on. In my spare time.