Hi all, I haven’t written much on this site for quite awhile, but today I thought I would share with you what has been keeping me busy. Well there are several things:
One of my big pleasures is playing the game of World of Warcraft, meet my character Katcora, an 80 mage, and for those of you not familiar with the game, 80 is as high as you can go.
Here she is riding her own personal gryphon, which makes it much easier to get around the very rugged terrain of the newest addition to the game, Wrath of Northrend.
She has lots of powers, here she is with her 3 mirrors, ( a spell) fighting the evil forces.
Of course I’ve been doing other things too, like crocheting, here is a picture of the stack of blanket I have made recently which I am trying to sell on Etsy a site for selling handmade items.
And the third big thing that occupies a lot of my time is babysitting for 2 grandkids, Mathew and Bentley.
I am still doing gardening, have a lot of seedlings coming up right now and lots of flowers in bloom around my house.
So all in all, I’ve been keeping busy, what about you, I would love to hear about what you’ve been up to.
Have a great day everyone!
Hi everyone, I still read the site everyday but haven’t posted much so I thought I would today, It’s a miracle, lol. I am so lazy about writing and so on that it took a good deal of effort to get this up today, especially since I’ve forgotten how to do everything, posting wise.
I look forward to hearing from you.
the World of Warcraft is very popular in this household, although I have no idea how it works and would rather people read a book. It’s good to see you around, and I’m glad you’re having fun with your grandkids.
WOW is played in your house, cool, ask what realm they play on. I’ve played with some who are 12 up to 75, there is a wide range of ages participating and even politics are sometimes discussed on there, with the same red blue divides you see on political blogs.
Yeah, I like to see youngsters reading too, but there is a lot to be gained by playing games like this; strategy, which requires a lot of thinking, accounting, as you buy and sell and try to produce items for a profit from your working skills. Of course too there is group playing which teaches how to play for the common good, follow directions, lead, and know when to get out of the way.
Good to see you too.
HHIHII! CBTE here.The Younger and I play On Bloodhoof, Alliance,
I have a gnome rogue lvl 76, and several twinks, and my brother is an 80 Deathknight,
names are
76 rogue = Duncehat
80 Death knight = Shinigamai
and ive ran into the same thing, its pretty cool, that all ages play that game. even my dad plays.
Hi, nice to meet you and so glad to hear that you play wow. I play on Azurmyst (think that is the spelling). I have a deathknight too, but don’t play it that much as I am trying to get enough money to get artisan flying training for my Kat, which is 5000 g.
I have 4700 right now. I would have had it much sooner if I hadn’t bought new equipment all the time.
Do you have all the add-ons and quest helpers and so on, the quest helper esp. is great, I didn’t have it for most of my time with Kat, but it still helps to find locations.
Good luck, I will pop on your realm and say hi sometime.
I’ve been knitting a lot. Our charity knitting group is concentrating on hat & scarf sets for homeless vets this year because of the new CPSIA law requiring lead & phthalate testing that affects anything for children 12 & under. While yarn & fabric have been tentatively exempted, so far it’s a staff recommendation and may be ignored in the face of the draconian requirements of this law.
Hi DB, I had no idea about cpsia, just another thing to add to the list of problems.
I still have not made a hat, right now I seem incapable of learning any new patterns, don’t know why but they seem so daunting, so I just fall back to the ones I know. I think it’s crocheting dsylexia, lol.
Hope you are doing well.
The CPSIA is sort of a stealth law – only 6 months to implement it and very little publicity other than on some web sites. A lawsuit last month made the ban on phthalates retroactive which means that companies are left with inventory that has to be sent to landfills. The testing and labeling has been waived for a year by the CPSC, but manufacturers (including home crafters who make OOAK items for children) can still be charged by state attorney generals. The testing requirements are ridiculous in that you have to prove that the materials you use in the finished items do not contain lead or phthalates. IOW, if you and I made baby blankets with the same brand of yarn and even the same dye lot, we’d have to test our blankets separately at around $200 per component. This means that a lot of families who rely on places like Etsy and Ebay to sell children’s items are closing up shop, thrift shops are pulling and discarding children’s clothes & toys & libraries are pulling pre-1985 books off shelves. There’s a chart of the economic impact being put together on line. Another good site for information is Overlawyered.
Thanks for the imput on that, I had no idea, what a pickle this is. Have you ever done a diary on this, I think it would be a good idea.
Well this will put a kink in my plans.
I’ve never written a diary, but I’ve been thinking about it because this issue is hurting so many crafters of children’s products. All of my knitting & crocheting is for charity, so I don’t really have a personal financial concern but much of the money our group raises for the purchase of yarn comes from selling beautiful baby sets crocheted by a member of our group who is 95. Baby sets sell very well at the Senior Center as grandchildren & great-grands are born.
I wish you would, write diary, it’s not hard, really, not more than comments.
I did some checking into issue(from the cpsia site) last night and found that Lion yarn, I think it was, presented case to the regulatory group for said program asking for an exemption for all yarn craft users and they supplied data showing lead is not used in process.
The site is very hard to understand with all the legalize so I am not sure what the outcome of that is, but I see many groups are pressing for exemptions. It looks to me like, and I can’t be sure when I say this, is that garments and bedding may be expempted.
What bothers me is that this is legislation written in congress at a time of the lead problems from China and they went ‘all in’ in trying to do protection after years of none, without forthought on some of these issues.
Another point is that enforcement of this is going to be very difficult, will they come to senior center and find baby sets and bring suit against a senior citizen, I find it hard to imagine that scenario.
Anyway please do write a diary and I will participate in it.
Coats & Clark (Red Heart yarn among others) tested prior to the meeting of manufacturers & retailers with the CPSC staff in late January. Only yellow & orange dyes showed any lead at all and those amounts were well below the standards. I’ll try to put something together over the next few days for a diary.
I wish you would write a diary, because I had never hard anything about this, and it also appears to be affecting people who shop secondhand as well.
hi diane! Glad to see that you’re keeping busy with so many interesting things. I’ve just registered at that site and might try to sell some paintings there.
Good to hear from you boran, thats a great idea for you to sell your paintings. I do tole painting and I was thinking about adding that also.
I just checked out the recently sold items and they do sell quite a bit(use pounce,to find recently sold, I found it on the site), . I’ve never had a sale yet, I was on for a few months last year and then just decided to start up again. Fees are really low so that makes it affordable.
I’ve been taking care of my wife, my daughter and trying to mentor my son long distance while he’s at school. And I occasionally post at some blog.
Hi Steven, I wonder what blog you post at? I know you are really busy just posting, I really don’t know how you do it. Hugs and best wishes to you and your family.
Hi Diane! I just realized that everybody else in my household had commented in your diary, and I’m late to the party! Your grandkids are very cute. (I know nothing about Warcraft.)
I’ve been knitting and having some fun with new recipes lately. I’ve been hearing a lot of folks talk about this [Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day artisan bread mother earth news] thing, so I think I’m giving that a try this week. And tomorrow is CBtY’s 14th birthday, so I’m getting ready for that.
Tell him happy birthday from me.
Hi CG, I had a great time chatting with your son yesterday and then on wow we had a little chat. Happy birthday to the younger.
I am going to check out the artisan bread. I was making bread quite a bit till my oven went out, now I only have electric over which I can still bake bread in, just not as much.
I have a grandson that will be 14 this month also, think it’s the 14th.
About warcraft, maybe you should check it out, I had great fun playing with my son for awhile, now he doesn’t have the time.
Have a great day CG, now I go back to playing my game, almost have 5000 g to buy flight training with. LOL
I have been having sex all day and night, everyday, with several banks and some parts of the government. I think they may be cheating on me with the rest of America because everyone I meet says they are screwing us.
Other than that, not too much new here.
I’ve been trying to find a job, holed up here in the Madison YWCA, that takes me out of Wisconsin altogether.
I started a blog on WordPress called ThisBlksistasPage (This black sister’s page). I’ve only got two stories on it, but I am trying for five before the grand opening on my birthday next Wednesday.
Hi Blksista, how are you!!!!!
I feel for you about the job, we have 2 members of our family that have been looking for work since last summer and both of them got jobs this month. Things are pretty bad here in Ca. 2000 people applied for 60 jobs that one of my family just got. Anyway we feel very lucky. So I wish you the best of luck and I feel Mar. is going to be a lucky month so grab on to that thought and believe a job into being. Hugs too and I will check out your site.
I like the look of your blog, it’s very easy on the eyes. The story of Nia is fascinating. Good luck with the blog and most especially, your job and life.
I’ve mostly been working for the man . . . oh, and trying to keep up with my five grandkids. Five! Amazing.