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Wow, another year has gone by, hard to believe.
Here's a photo wrap up of the xmas gifts.
Godson's fair isle vest for christmas
J's Christmas socks
comfy sweater for godson, perfect for snowy days
And last but not least....J's xmas scarf, its still on the needles, the first time in 11 years I've had to give him a gift on the needles, but he loves the pattern, its about half done.
Sorry for dropping off the face of the earth...school and work, we're in the home stretch for the year, i've just to got survive until next thursday and I'm done with work until 2008 and the first draft of the final paper is due that night as well. Its going to be undergoing some major revisions during the break before the official revision after its review just because..speaking of which if anyone of you have some good insight on Shirley Jackson's Haunting of Hill House and the female gothic drop me a line....
this is the state of my desk...the work box is off to the side.
articles and books for the papers, one of J's xmas presents, my application for matriculation shoved along side, can we say a bit chaotic.
Any who, I have a surprise to show you. I treated myself to something, something that was a once in a life time 'you've got to be kidding me' double take.
its a box, kinda big right? It got here wednesday ahead of the snow storm.
Can you guess who made the wheel...
its not made by a mass wheel producer, and not made by someone who I owned a wheel from up to now...
Here's my surprise, I am now the ecstatic owner of a Magnus Drudik Wheel! She's made out of solid myrtle wood and has ratios of 5.8: all the way to 30:1. She's used, but in perfect condition, someone needed to part with her and I just happened to be paying attention on the spin-sales list at the right moment. The general consensus is that Magnus has stopped making wheels, or the wait list is so long (even though I "think" my name is on it) that it would never happen.
She's been named Priscilla by my MIL and FIL (because she came a similar way that Elvis the dining room set came). That huge box, my FIL made for her to be shipped to me in. Here's santa's helper at work...
They sent me this picture to show me how they were putting the crate together after I explained to them what needed to be done. Thanks Guys!
I'm just itching to sit and play with it more than this, but work and that friggin paper come first....December 21st can' get here quick enough.
