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I spin wherever I can. If that means on a drive at 10,000 feet up? With a view overlooking the city, Then YEP! I dO! What you cant see is the massive cliffside im on lol.

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So im pretty good at it. Im not being full of myself. Im actually pretty good. I made a half decent living before i moved with my unique sessions. However here in the states there are a TON of ex...

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Welp ive finished a skein of the wool from the gifted wool. Its a natural grey fleece. Mostly light grey with some darker grey splashes. For dimension i carded in some of the brown alpaca. Next...

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Hubby has a start day for work. He starts on Tuesday. He was supposed to start on the 6th, so you know waiting has been so stressful! It means we will officially have to declare ourselves residen...

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So the sheeps wool i was washing and carding a few days ago is on Starling (my wheel) Its actually a lot softer then i anticipated. Im enjoying the spin. Im kinda not trying to make it perfect an...

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hubby got paid yesterday. It was about what i expected it to be minus the 2K he had to borrow for bills. So we went to the store and did our grocery shopping. I thought maybe 2-3 hundred… We spe...

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Im feeling lonely and kinda meh lately… I shouldnt be, but something its just… i dont know. Nagging. First off im having dreams EVERY night about fires. Things on fire, places on fire. Its like....

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I got tired of using a tv table and other random objects to wind my skeins of yarn. So i picked up the items to make a niddy noddy. Cost, 5 dollars including crazy Colorado Taxes. 2 pieces 5 ft ...

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Aside from seasonings its nice to know what medicinal properties herbs have. I just wanted to save this :)

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Ye old mason jar! So many uses. So much love. Fill a mason jar half way with large chunk Himalayan sea salt. Add in a few teaspoons of epsom salts. ( your measurements never have to be exact.) ...

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So all of the fiber im sharing is all natural colors. Nothing wild yet. I will eventually buy more white wool to dye and card too :) But im kinda broke for now. This wool was all gifted to me. T...

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I didnt get to plucking frostbite today. I really needed to. He has stringers hanging off him. Stinker… Hes rubbing on his water dish and its just making a mess. Wasting wool that boy! Ill have t...

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Sigh ok so this one will be deeper… I think my grandpa has early onset… Its been a lot of things since i got here. But things like not remembering anyones names. Mine, my kids, my moms. Hes live...

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It always amazes me when people say they are allergic to wool or hate wool that its scratchy. There are SO many types of wool. You would be amazed. So many different animals give wool. Angora w...

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The Hygge group posted this. I thought it was really interesting. Some i couldn’t do right now ( cant send care packages to family if everyone is here, and i cant afford it lol) But some are rea...

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Its my moms birthday. Shes turning 59 this year. Gah time passes huh. She kept making jokes in the last few years she finally gets that senior discount. Although seeing shes had white hair since ...

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Christmas was good! My kids really are so spoiled. The 4 boys got electric scooters and hoverboards based on their ages. Little girl got a scooter from great grandpa ( who forgot she already has ...

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one year ago today i tried to kill myself. Clearly i didnt finish the job. I went home in tears sick over everything. This time this year i feel the same way. I have days where im good and days ...

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I had my first photoshoot in my new city/state haha. It was a bit handed to me in a way. Or the husband said so. Its a coworker of my mother. I gave her a hugely reduced sitting fee and she has ...

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“Hygge is effortless comfort; it has no element of performance. It is absence of all pretense and worry. The word itself may defy direct translation, but you are very familiar with the concept – ...

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Tonight is the solstice. The longest night of the year. The turning point between winter dark and bringing back the light of the sun. Yule is beautiful in that it really is the turning point. W...

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Im sitting here, Big fluffy satin angora bun on my lap. His name is Rooster. When he was a baby i wasnt sure his color so i called him the funky chin. Then one time auto correct said funky chicke...

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Today our field trip to farm two happened. This one is a farm animal rescue and we did some Christmas photos and some photos for some critters adoptions. I got goosed by goats, Nosed by piggies,...

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Ever feeling like just running away and changing yourself. Your name, your life. But the truth is everywhere you go you take yourself with. You have to change yourself inside in order to really ...

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Im going to try to finish a blanket before my husband gets back from Alaska. Honestly i have 16 days and i have NO idea if i can. considering i have a few things going on. Thursday im helping som...

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