The transition from August to September has been a little bumpy. Shipments have been coming in spurts at the shop, so we go through a frenzy of activity and then a few days of normalcy. Of course, business is showing that gradual upswing that comes when people feel Fall’s crisp grip on their t-shirted selves. Yesterday I stepped out in my summer uniform, t-shirt, jeans, flip-flops and nearly shivered. Not just from the cold. The affection I have for Oregon’s weather is slightly unhealthy. And that means that in my world it never gets hotter than 70, and never colder than 40. Portland isn’t part of Oregon, at least weather-wise. Summer is stupid hot and we get snow here. Snow! Of all the inconvenient things.
Ahem.
I’ve started to run every morning, doing whole miles along with pushups every other morning. I have to say, it’s sort of fun to think about getting better and going farther. Also I like to think about how it will change my shape. I’ve never been a thin or in-shape person, as a kid who eschewed running around or tag for reading books and hanging out with grown-ups. So for me it’s kind of like a big surprise. What do I look like 5 pounds lighter? 10 pounds? 15? Who can say? I’m interested to find out though.
For pushups I am following this website’s plan. It’s pretty easy since it always retests you and puts you in the best level for your development on a weekly basis.
I’m also going to stop buying bread and start making it myself. It’s cheap fun and when you’re as broke as I am, that’s the best kind. Plus it impresses boys. At least the kind of boys I’m interested in.
Nikolyn is knitting me a sweater in exchange for fingerless mitts. It’s what she asked for, so don’t look at me like that! She also asked for a bonnet, which I will happily make her. She’s making the Manly Maze [Ravelry Link] sweater from No Sheep For You out of the original yarn, Hemp for Knitting.
The neckband on Stev’s sweater is effin’ weird, guys. The pattern has its reasons, I suppose, but there is all manner of oddness in that puppy. If this dog were at the pound, it’d be the three-legged drooly one with the crazy eye that swivels around like a loose marble. Yeah, really. Cute, but odd. Anyway, it’s just rib until my brain melts now and then I get to start the sleeves! Hurrah! For the sleeves, I believe I will try a top-down set in sleeve since I am a lazy knitter who is against sewing when I don’t have to. It’s not that I can’t, I just don’t like to. Now that will be seamless.
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