Sunset Cat

Here’s a summary of my workouts!
March 07
Bike 60.2 mi
hiking 7.6 mi
Run 25.0 mi
Swim 3750.0 yd
April 07
Bike 94.3 mi
hiking 19.4 mi
Run 18.1 mi
Swim 5580.0 yd
May 07 to date
Bike 156.1 mi
Run 32.7 mi
Swim 11230.4 yd

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Training distance and time is increasing — it’s becoming more of a crunch to get all the workouts done. Also, I’m still overbooking myself at work, which is, of course, still interfering with training.

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I frogged my Lush angora sweater (well, the front and back, all that I’d finished) today — figure I’ll pick a different sweater to make — I’ve lost enough weight that even had I finished it, it would’ve been too big.
I’m also thinking of selling/trading some of my stash — some sock yarn, some kettle-dyed [...]

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I’ve liked most of Barbara Kingsolver’s books (unfortunately I just couldn’t get into The Poisonwood Bible – I know I’ll have to give it another shot at some point), but most particularly I’ve enjoyed her essays. Her new book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, is thus a treat on many levels: [...]

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Bold for stuff you’ve done, italics for stuff you plan to do one day, and normal for stuff you’re not planning on doing.
Afghan both crocheted and knitted
I-cord including as a bindoff
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn as well as various other exotic fibers
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: [...]

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I’m typing this as we watch the Survivor Fiji finale, so, we’ll see how focused I am between cheering for Yau Man. I really want him to win!
Wildflower Oly
I felt more prepared this year for Wildflower than last year.
Didn’t matter.
Yes, I did do better time-wise this year (by almost 2 minutes, not that big [...]

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Monkey flower
Originally uploaded by stephannie_t.
Okay, visit the Flickr page for more yard pics! I took a few pics (finally) of some of our plants.
As you can see, we’re having a heck of a time with the grass. We’ve finally resorted to using Round Up.
Next weekend (after, hopefully, the grass has died) [...]

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There’s a board topic on Knitter’s Review about whether your blog has become a chore. Occasionally (well, the last few months) I feel like that, primarily because I’ve been doing little to no knitting, and it’s rather embarrassing to try to update a KNITTING blog with no knitting content.
Regardless, work continues on Wavy, albeit even [...]

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