Sarah Jane Humke

The life of a traveling, reading, writing, spining and knitting shepherdess.

EndWe have done the insane, the impossible, the fuzzy and bulky.  We have cataloged my yarn stash.  Note that I did not say “my entire yarn stash”.  That will have to wait for the UK as there were a LOT with no labels or with labels that were so, well, mysterious, or in other languages so …

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Packing is in full-swing here.  We’re up to the mid 200’s in the box numbers.  Mind you a lot of those are the wonderful cat food and litter buckets that I am obsessive about saving since they make great yarn containers but they are not the biggest things to pack things into.  However, they are …

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My husband is a saint.  No, it’s not that he only has the patience of one (which he does) but that he is, in fact, as saint.  The pope just doesn’t know it yet.  Screw the pope (he probably needs it!), the world doesn’t know it yet.  I am sure that some folks kinda figured, since …

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I have nearly finished the baby burrito.  Today I bit the bullet and decided to get out the sewing machine and sew in the lining.  Yesterday I went to Jo-Ann’s and found the perfect flannel to match this.  It has puppies on it in sort of a patchwork look with the same green and brown …

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Today was busy and expensive.  I booked the shipping container that will be taking all of our worldly belongings to the UK.  That was a $750 deposit.  I paid the tag for the car…$55.  I paid the fees for my gym membership $40 (they waived the late fees since I told them about the card …

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I keep not wanting to go to crochet group and then go knowing that I would regret not going if I didn’t.  Seriously, they are my prozac.  I feel depression trying to edge in on me and I know that I need “my people” now more than usual, but it also makes me just want …

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This is what my weekend was about:             It was all about babies and friends getting married and drinking and eating.     This is why I love to visit Chicago. It holds most of those nearest and dearest to me.         Even the newest ones are …

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So, I am finally able to show you a picture of one of the super secret projects that I have been working on for a while.   This is on a Cal. King sized bed.  It is about 100″X100″.  It made me really hot working on it towards the end (imagine, having that ENTIRE THING …

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So, I thought that I would recap my goals and see how well I did with them….   1.) Will not spend more money than have.  Did ok on this one.  I worked pretty much as a cash only thing so I couldn’t spend more than I had. 2.) Will not get drunk and diss and/or start …

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  So, I am now going to show-and-tell so to speak.  So this will probably be another pretty picture heavy post.  If you have slow Internet connection, I apologize in advance.  This will take a while…..     So, first off, I promised pictures of my glove/mitten hybrid.  They are 100% alpaca and were hand …

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