This is a catch-up post. C and I went to Auburn, Alabama for Kate’s wedding in May. Lovely town. It was fun and scary at the same time. The whole event was fun with new and old friends. At the same time I was worried about Mom’s health and if she was eating and taking medicine. Good thing Angela came just two days after I left.

Auburn is a college town. Quite small. When you ask for direction, most likely you will hear something like, “oh, it’s across the street from such and such store.” No street names. Everybody knows where everything is in a small town, right? Beautiful place.

Kate & Jess

Here are some photos of the trip:

Just a few teasers. You can see more photos here. Also, I was able to take a video of bride & groom’s first dance, with Claire Holley singing.

Well, that’s it for now. Gotta get ready to go to the temple for the weekend.

I ordered a pair of cotton hand cards last week, and… A BALL WINDER. Yes! Finally! I can’t do it by hands anymore. I’d rather spend more time knitting or spinning than just winding balls of yarn. I still need to get a swift though. But I don’t want an umbrella swift. That thing scares me sometimes. I want a vertical swift. You can see examples here. I am thinking of getting the one on the right.

I started knitting the Odessa hat (without beads) for mom. I don’t know if she will loose her hair or not. But I want to have something ready for her just in case. She can always use it on those days when she doesn’t feel like fixing her hair. I won’t give it to her just yet. I don’t want her to think that I expect her to lose hair.

Mom is feeling better everyday. She’s really handling the treatment quite well.

I went to A Mano and had a fantastic time yesterday. You see, I received an email from Shannita on Monday, asking if I would come in and help out. YourLA, a daytime show airing on the local NBC station, was coming to do a segment on the store and the men’s knitting group. She wanted more guys to be there. I agreed to show up thinking that I was just going to sit and knit.

Bunch of us showed up. John was there. My spinning mentor. He brought his Victoria to do some silk spinning. Chris came in. It was nice to finally meet someone that you only knew through blogs in person. He was fun… and tall! There was Brett. He teaches Japanese. hehehe Ruwan brought some sweets for everybody. Absolutely delicious. I called them Lava Cakes because the centers were all gooey and chocolaty. Mr. and Mrs. Twisted came in with a friend, Jason. (What a great name. ) Mr. Twisted showed off his guitar cozy. A nice lady came in to do some exchange and stayed. (We teased her about planning the whole thing to be on camera.) Sorry. I can’t remember her name. (See Chris, I do have a hard time remembering names.) And of course, there were Annette and Shannita who, as usual, made everyone laugh so hard.

The host and the producer didn’t let anyone get off easy. They interviewed EVERYBODY! I nearly fainted when it came my turn. I did it, but I don’t remember the details. It was almost out-of-body-like experience. Maybe they’ll cut my interview out. I had a great time though. It was good to get out and get a few hours of knitting fun.

Need I say more?

I need to have something else to talk about. Anything other than work!

Yes. There is “a little” sarcasm.

Half of these are for getting me acquainted with recently updated software, and to learn new tricks that are out there. The other half are for the new responsibilities that I picked up after the recent change in the company. A sad event. I mean the change. Most of this reading will probably be fun. But I can’t help feeling a bit overwhelmed looking at the pile.

I’ll start with the SEO stuff. Search Engine Optimization. That’s going to be an ongoing battle.

By the way, I restarted my tarot journey. I wonder if I can keep that going for a while this time.