I have very sad news.  Very sad indeed.

Lazy Ass has a STALKER!   She comes by the house when I am not home and talks to him through the window, she sends him emails and YES - she even sends him presents!  Can you believe it?

So, since it is too hard on hide his magnificence from the world, I just figured I would share in his glory.
He recieved 6 bags of Bill Pickle Cookies this week in the mail from his stalker.  He tells me she is no stalker, simply a very lovely fan and he has lots of those because he is very famous *yawn* and handsome.
He let me take pictures because he thinks he looks very handsome when he eats because he has big teeth.

So without further ado:

Cookies?  For me?  In Bed?   From an adoring fan??????


Mama Stop taking pictures... I am eatin'

Cookie Carnage


Getting full


Exhausted


But look at the mess!




The mess!  Look at those handsome feet......


When I was taking these pictures of the crumbs, I noticed he has a booboo.  This is not unusual for greyhounds due to their really thin skin.  Best to leave it alone unless he messes with it.  Last one I "treated" took three months to heal.  


Wore Out
 

Ya'll think I am kidding... I am NOT!!!
Here are the goods!!!




And here is the object of her affection in all his nakid glory!  He is looking pitiful because I was taking pictures of HIS stash and he didn't get a single cookie on this trip.  He is supposed to be eating dinner so he has to wait.  But tell me he doesn't have personalilty! Surely a dog can look more pitiful.

Hmpphhh - maybe he shoould go live with his stalker.  She would have given him cookies instead of dinner!
He is so very skinny after all.  Poor thing.
:)
Happy Mothers Day to everyone.
Holly
 

Hheehhe - told my local friends about the "No Cancer" sale and they said I was sick.  sad.  perverted.
naaaaa - just happy that they seem to think I don't have cancer.  Yeah.  Just a big old mass on my liver. 

On the not so nice side,  I got an email that sounded like the whole sale thing was calculated.
Um, yeah, bite me.  Live in my shoes for about five minutes.... k?
Plus, I NEVER have sales. I can't afford to - so they would NEVER make sense... calculated?  Nope... I break even if I have a sale by the time I ship everything... so calculated?  HA.  Clearly this chapped my hiney at a time when I didn't need it chapped.

On the upside, I decided to Extend the sale until Sunday Night since I am not going to the post office until Monday.  The overwhelming feeling of love I have gotten from ya'll, my extended family and freinds has made doing the sale worthwhile.  I wanted to share with ya'll some love for putting up with me the past few months. 

On the medium side - I am still strangely depressed.  I don't know why.  I guess because I feel like I deserve a heck of a lot more information than I was given and I am not sure I will ever know why that doctor has been so difficult.  Getting a phone call from his nurse who simply said I was cleared for surgery is not ok.  The sane part of me says just move on and be greatful that his sorry ass and his sorry ass nurse aren't going to be in my life ever again... and let it go.  But yeah.  I am working on it.   I think I need to go to a cancer specialist while I am down at Shands just to be "sure" - because I still can't trust this doctor.  He just took too long - if it had been cancer, I could have died... truly.  So I think that has some of my angst tied up in it.
The other thing is I have a huge amount of work in front of me prior to the surgery.  The list makes me kinda frozen, if you know what I mean. I told myself not to worry about it this weekend, just relax and revive. But when I look around at what needs to be done at the house, it makes me exhausted.  I am usually not afaid of a little work so I know that is just mild depression/ anxiety.  Once I dig in and get a date and get some more details, I am sure I will have more energy than I know what to do with.  I just need to give the house a good once over and put all the business stuff out of the middle of the floor, make the kitchen a place where I could actually eat, and you know, just get things in order.  And that is the short list.  Lorday, can't talk about that any more, makes me anxious!  Plus, I dont' know when this is actually happening so I won't be stopping work until the last second so yeah, no need to get too energetic just yet.  Lazy Ass literally just yawned - he cracks me up.

So, if you have already purchased from the sale - dont' feel guilty about going back and getting more. I cleaned everything up and moved all the sold stuff so you may find some gems that were hidden.  AND remember - some of the older stuff just has crappy pictures... that is why you aren't as "drawn" to it.  I just need to reshoot the pics cause a couple of those sets were done during rain days - leaves the colors kind of flat - so bear that in mind.
Happy No Cancer Sale.  hehhehee
I am going out to eat dinner.  Maybe good food will help. 
:)
Holly

SO, I got good news - not great news but good, well, kinda great.

Lets just say about 10 percent ALL OVER good?

And... AND  I will share it with ya'll tonight.
And it will be shared with ya'll tonight.
So you might wanna come back say around 6pmish.  
Got me?  Kapeche?  Comprehende? Deduire?
Holly 

hehhhe - Ok, WHY ME?

Every single person who has ever put dye in a dye pot has done this... so I know I am not alone in the world.... but here is what happened.  Maybe you can understand?

I put wool, silk noils, AND some glitz in a pot.  I let everything soak overnight too get nice and wet.  I had visions of a rich Maka dancing in my head... last one turned out pretty but a bit too light.  BTW, Maka is an ethnic group of folks that live in Cameroon in the rainforest.   They are NOT light - the folks of the rainforest have to be rich and deep. 

So I remembered how I got the first one sooo pretty and I was re-attempting it.  Soooooo... I went to reach for the red dye and dumped and .................CRAP - why does that look purple?
Cause IT IS purple you dumbass.  You grabbed the wrong color.
Now, I have a pretty colorway that is NOT MAKA - the colors look fabulous together - greens, turq, and a rich purple because after all I thought it was the red and I wanted a rich red.....but dang it... I wanted MAKA! 
Oh well, guess I will have to call it MAPurpLA!  
It looks like my friend Gales colorway called Proud Peacock.... gorgeous.... but not what I was looking for.  
She has gorgeous stuff by the way - check her out.  All of her fibers are gorgeous IRL.  Remember this yarn?

and this yarn?



I bought the rovings an eon ago at the Destin Spin in.  She really does a beautiful job and dyes on quality rovings.

Gales Art Proud Peacock


Oh well.  So the dyeing mistake of 2008 shall pass.  I have made worse combinations for sure!!!!!  I just generally don't feel comfortable doing colors EXACTLY like people I know. I mean, we all get influenced by photos but yeah, copying is just copying.  Whenever I see this combination, I think of Gale.

Oh and I went and sat on a few scooters today.  I am really thinking about this being my next purchase.

 
I need to get serious abut something because my car is groaning ... it is a 92 Toyota Tercel...... but if I get a scooter, I will keep the piece of crap for shopping and Lazy Ass hauling and ride the scooter to work and play.  I don't know.  Still thinking.  I tend to think about this kind of stuff for a long long time.  I am not a quick shopper when it comes to big items.  Plus, I won't do anything until after the surgeries.  Gotta get through all that first.  Just looking and dreaming.  Beep Beep.

Off to soak more glitz and noils.....
Holly and Lazy Ass 

Well, seems like things around here are returning more to normal.  My email inbox is back down to its regular size and I am getting all the pretty pics loaded on the website and ..well... just feel normal.  This is a good thing because the last few weeks were getting a little hairy.  I still haven't heard from Shands.  I am giving them until Monday then I will call Patient Advocacy again and see what comes next.  I guess I am changing hospitals.  It makes me sad but I guess it is what makes the most sense.  It makes me tired to think about it but at this point, what are my options?  There is another teaching hospital in Alabama that has a great reputation.... it is about the same distance in travel. Maybe that is what was supposed to happen to begin with?  Maybe I picked the wrong hospital and that is why all the delays?  Who knows.

Lets see.... been trying to clean up around Casa De Lazy Ass.  I hadn't felt well in a while and it just piles up so tonight was organizing and tomorrow night is actual cleanage.  Exciting, I know.  But good.  Clean.  Organized.  Normal.  
Good.
:)
Although, not everybody at Casa De Lazy Ass thinks that all this movement is a good thing.

He has to keep an eye on his physique.  He gets too muscular with too much activity!

Oh, and since I have gotten lots of questions about the banana fibers - let me tell ya, not all banannana fibers are created equal.  I have ordered it before and been less than impressed.  But this fiber is fabulous.  It is so soft and clean and long.  It really reminds me of a high quality sari silk but it should bloom more than sari does once it is spun.  It feels just like the banana fiber yarns. I don't know how to explain that it just feels more natural than sari silk... just plumper somehow.   Plus, with this fiber, you don't have the bleeding that sari has... not the bright colors either but there is a payoff.   I think this color turned out spectacular and can already imagine the textured yarn.
 

Plus, I washed AND dyed this fiber and pulled it apart to make it pretty and ready to spin.  
Mind you, I will be GLAD to spin it all up!  No worries there - I always love new fibers... it is challenging to me and takes my art to new places.  This new batch of bananananana fiber is fun!
I have another coming out of the dye pots this week... but it probably won't make it until next week. It is similar although more sea foam than moonbeam! :)


Also, new this week, there is a Corriedale cross that makes my heart go pitter pat! 
It was a small fleece but ooooohhh my. 
Earth Fire Four Corriedale Cross

A Sea Life One Corriedale Cross


A Sea Life Three Corriedale Cross


Alright then,  Lazy Ass says it is time for me to pack up and head for bed.  He didn't bother waiting!



Lately, he says he is not LAZY  and to quite calling him that - he is just resistant to exertion and activity!!!!  

Night!
Holly and Lazy Ass

Its BANANA FIBERS!!!!
Go check it out!

Oceans of Fiber by HollyEQQ

Happy Spinning
Holly 

 So, we are on for tonight..... no problems so far!  

I am so glad I decided to wait.  I was exhausted and had a few RL things to manage last night.  If I had kept pushing it would have been midnight before I even got up from the computer.  I am a much better person today for it.  Thanks for being patient.  I did get all the pictures ready so all I have to do now is load them up.  Keep your eye on Flickr for the preview.

In the meantime, I mentioned a new fiber in an earlier post that will be available this evening.  
Here is a sample for you.  It is called Moonbeam:


Anyone want to guess what it is???   I will give you a clue.  It is a plant fiber.

In other news - I didn't know if ya'll knew it but I live with a slug hunter.  Yep, but he kinda sucks as a slughunter.    He laid there and watched the freakin slug.  Errrr.  At least he didn't try to eat it.   Yucko.

BTW - someone on flickr thought these bugs were in my house.  They ARE NOT.  My house is very well sealed and I have a contract to spray every month or two.  We have to in this climate.   It makes me sad but I am hopeful it just deters them from coming in instead of actually killing anything.  But there are no alternatives.

But these interesting creatures are on my porch.  Just nature life slidin' on by in the world.  I just am amazed at how much you see at midnight on the porch.

This slug was HUGE.  It looked like a dill pickle.   Super ughhh.


On Saturday I made myself go out and be social. My friend, Ms. Monkeyfur herself, was doing a Bead/Jewelry show so I went over to say HI to her and Dr. Meow.  It was great.  I needed to get out.  We went to Tres Fatellis for dinner after the show and it was a beautiful evening.  I have to remind myself that hiding from the world does not make my troubles any better.  That it is better to do both, hide when I need to and be social too.  So I am trying.
Ms. Monkeyfur bought me and Mr. Ass this awesome print!  It was originally a collage by Red Hot Kitties!  :)  We adore it.  She had another amazing poem but it was so sad to see every day ...


These are some pictures on the Pensacola Bay.  It was a stunner of a day late in the afternoon.  It rained all morning and stormed, then cleared out to this.  Yeah for interesting cloud formations!

And although I live in the old part of town, this is officially the oldest part of town.  It is awesome and so many of the houses have been carefully restored.  When I took this picture, I didn't notice that they had one of those dang smelly trees in bloom right IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE!  Why?  Why would you want the house to smell like a funeral parlor?  I just don't understand........   but alas, I took it because of the pretty tree framing the amazing woodwork.

Doesn't this make you think of mint julips and long flowing skirts?


OH - and although it took a small army to haul me out of the house on Saturday... I was quite content lounging in my PJ's and feeling sorry for myself.  Well, I met this woman who just finished with chemo/radiation and we started talking.  It was the strangest thing as we have met several times at bead meetings and talked a bit but I didn't realize she had been going through all of this.  She is my age!!!!
So for whatever reason, we started talking about what was going on and I truly believe that this conversation was why I had come to the show.  Sandra, thank you very very much.

So I was a little stunned after we spoke and felt a little overwhelmed because all the feelings came to the surface but then after that I felt strangely at peace.  I had a few bad moments yesterday but not nearly as bad.  I woke up today feeling like I could face the world.  I still haven't heard from Shands and plan to call tomorrow but I am ready to fight this thing.  I need answers and if they can't get off their asses to give them to me, then I will have to make alternate arrangements.  My body is deteriorating and I feel worse every day.  My life is too important to give up a single moment to the doctors so I need to get back in charge. So that is the next plan.

See you tonight.
Holly

Good evening!

I just made a decision that tonights update will be delayed until tomorrow night. It was just too close together and I can't pull it out.  I did get all the pictures done so we are definitely on for tomorrow night.  Say 8pm?

Here is a little preview:



Have a good night.
Holly

Squeee - um, yeah, no.  Not that kind of roller coaster.  I am back on it again though... this mental roller coaster my brain keeps taking me on.  I am just hoping I can get off soon.   Soon.  Please.  Docs, if you are reading this... get your shit together. Please.

So, instead of boring ya'll with my silliness... lets cut right to the pictures!
My favorites this week:

Manu Nylon Roving -


Nylon roving is soft - has been called fake cashmere.... it is nice.   I promise!  I did a whole yarn with this before and I enjoyed it.  The finished yarn had a different look... it was  fun.  Yeah, ok, so it isn't wool... but going into summer blended with some hemp or silk noils or even wool ... it will be light and airy - pleasant. 
Faux Holiday

I used Ecospun in this yarn and a whole pile of ribbons along with the Nylon (Faux Cashmere) roving in three different colorways


There are a couple versions of the Neptune Fantasy Bags - silk waste, silk noils, and silk twists.  I love them all equally.  Add to any yarn for mad fun:
This picture has a twist opened - you can see it on the back left side of the picture.  You can open them a little or a lot depending on your choice.

Silk Noils go a long long way - and 2 oz is a lot.  This colorway gives you lots of options.


Now for my very favorite - in a while-  colorway - 
Deep Manu Lhama -
Lhama is hard to dye - it prefers to go light not dark... but I whipped this one into shape.  I adore this color AND this fiber.


I also really liked this Green Manu Shetland - sorry - it all sold:


And I do love the Orchid Rose and Rose Orchid colorways on the BL - lovely fleece with soft lovely colors.  Add a little sari silk to really make it sing!



This last one is from last week.... but I think it bears repeating.  I love this picture because it really shows off the shine.
Garden Glitz!


If you look at the bottom right of this Garden Nylon and Glitz picture, you can see what this will look like opened up - it is lighter than it appears  when braided which means it will really SHINE in your yarns!


 Annndddd - since I didn't update til Tuesday, that means I am already heavily into this weeks update!  I know.. seems to soon for me too.  But midweek updates don't work for me so I need to get back on schedule on Sunday.  

There is corrie/suffolk blend (gotta feel it to believe), silk waste, LOTS of cotswold lamb, and more cotswold lamb.


And yes, I knew you would want a close up of the turq/green/red !  It is a spectacular fleece...  crimp for days!!!  It reminds me of FRANNIE - my favorite fleece ever or even the CVM/Rambo fleece I got in Taos.  Purty for sure.
 

and - and - and a bit of the new fiber - not pictured - I hope you guys like it.  I am sooo in luv.

Alrighty - so that is it for tonight.  Lazy Ass had a few things to say but he fell asleep.
Hmph.
Holly