frozen...

I am cold... it has been a spastic winter here in Kentucky.  A couple big snows (for my Chicago and Michigan family--we got a light dusting)  and it has just stayed bitterly cold.  We're all anxiously awaiting Spring.  I give no credence to that silly vermin in Pennsylvania... I want Spring now Phil.  Not in 6 more weeks.... NOW.  I don't take my forecasts from a rodent.

Anyway.  Besides being frozen by the winter... I'm also fighting off the atrophy of my mind.  There are so many details both great and small surrounding this grand opening.  There's a seemingly unending list of chores and to-do's... it exausts me to even think about listing them here for you.  I'm also very close, in my estimation, to losing my ever-lovin' mind.  I'm starting to lose things... and for those who know me well, you are asking how this is different from every other day... well.  It just is. I'm losing small things and large things.  I'm setting down an elephant and forgetting where I put it.  So my list of to-do's gets longer with each 'find where you laid down so-and-so'.  Uhg.  I have heard this isn't that uncommon when starting a life-changing venture... so I've buckled in and just rely heavily on the Good Lord for helping me to find and bind my loose ends and for the grace to overcome the ones I won't remember until next month.   But it will be great... I'm looking very forward to the 20th.  It's going to be spectacular! :)

We had our first "preview" night.  Our downtown held their semi-annual wine tasting event "Wine about Winter".  It was wonderful.  I had local wunderkind artist Desiree Rowe with iheartsmiles in my shop... if you need some amazing photographic design cards done right-- check her out!  We had an amazing turn out and response from the town!  I love it!  It's an exciting time in downtown Winchester! 

So off I go now... to fight the freeze... knock some more things off that ever growing list!  
 

30 before 30...

January 22, 2010
30 things I'd like to do before I turn 30... some of these things have already been completed and as I only have 7 more months before i turn 30... I should get movin' on the others!!

  1. Knit a sweater
  2. Reach 100 Etsy Sales
  3. Read Jane Austen's Collection (1/2 way through)
  4. Memorize 30 Scriptures
  5. Knit 5 pairs of socks
  6. Lose 45 lbs (10 to go!!!)
  7. Open my LYS (this is kinda a cheat--it opens next month)
  8. Purchase my first spinning wheel
  9. Learn to spin on a wheel
  10. Become a better snail mail penpal
  11. Learn to keep my hous...

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We'll take a cup o' kindness yet...

January 1, 2010
for Auld Lang Syne... 

For "Old Long Since"... for the days past... oh 2009.  farewell.  I excitedly anticipate 2010.  The bright horizon of a new year is within sight.  

2009 has been a big year for my little family.  We've found a church that we both really love and that our kids have found a place to be known.  We've made wonderful new friends.  We have seen friends move, become engaged, get married.  We had quite a revolving door of guests this summer.  Family from Michigan, frie...
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Dream On...

December 27, 2009
It is really happening.  It is really happening!! 

I love our downtown.  Winchester Kentucky has a historic Main Street... storefronts, cafes and even our historic Leed's Theatre make it such a unique and inviting street.  As a knitter, spinner and all around fiber artist, it has been my dream to own a shop downtown where not only could one buy yarns, but also learn and share their love of the craft.   A gathering place to sit and knit, crack a book, enjoy a cup of tea, learn new techni...
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Christmas, Christmas Time is Here...

December 19, 2009
We've been singing along with the old school Chipmunks Christmas all week around my house.  My little guys LOVE the chipmunks... I think that's b/c they see themselves as their counterparts... Lukas... so wise... is easily Simon... Liam... very very much my cute trouble maker... he's definitely Alvin.  And Landon... well my little tub of love just loves to eat... so Theodore...definitely. 

Christmas time is here in my shop as well!  I've been trying to keep the yarns rotating between Dream...
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a little about sb...


Sarabeth, Sara, SB, Mommy... I'm a wife, mommy, friend, spinner, knitter, all around fiber artist, yarn maker... My favorite color is currently rainbow. I'm delightfully indecisive. I'm creatively organized which pretty much means I'm a type B mess.
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