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Junk Mail

I’ve been thinking about changing my online email account. I’m starting to receive a bunch of junk mail. But then I started looking at the messages and apparently I had it set to forward all unrouted mail to me, so I was getting a bunch of email addressed to anna@wifetalks.com or some other address besides themrs at wifetalks.com. So I went into my email settings and told it to bounce all unrouted mail. I’ve got 2 email addresses set to forward to me so you can use my standard email address (themrs[at]wifetalks.com) or you can use one of the following: rayne[at]wifetalks.com or rayne[at]thirtyish.us. I set up both of those to forward, in case you don’t remember my email address, just use my name and I’ll still get it. Hopefully all this changing of email settings will help cut down on the junk mail I’m getting.

Also, the email address I use is not the default that is assigned when you get an account (usually the same as your main login to cPanel). I picked a different one. Makes sense for security reasons, but I set a bunch of unrouted mail to go to the default. So when for some unknown reason I logged into webmail from cPanel (it uses your default account), there were 400 messages in there! Many from my linkware site that I had forgotten I told the script to use a different email. So out of the 400, there were about 50-100 informing me someone had downloaded a template from my site and all this time, I had no idea. I had also wondered why my friday five notifications quit coming in. :\ Hell there were email messages in there from when I had the old domain (iwhispered.net), ha! I know I’ve had wifetalks.com for at least a year, because I just renewed it in December. What a mess. I hope I got it all straightened out now. I had planned on holding on to thirtyish.us till I turned 30 in another year, but when the opportunity to create a knitting blog came about, I figured why not. I also have another domain (bairfoot.us) sitting in reserve at godaddy (it’s parked there as there is no room on my hosting account, I can only have 3 domains and I’m maxed out). Maybe I’ll add the $2 cost to include it and park it on my account. It’s a cute name I couldn’t resist buying. And I have it on hold in case I ever get sick of wifetalks.com.

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Long Hair

I was watching Charmed last night on TNT and I noticed that Piper’s hair is extremely long. It is so pretty, I’ve decided I want mine to grow out and get real long also.

I used to have really long hair when I was in 4th grade, but I got to 5th grade and the style was shoulder length with the front all feathered…you remember that look from the 80s, so I chopped it off. Then of course, I had to perm it in 8th grade, which was the thing to do at the time. In 9th grade I was sick of the perm so I straightened it and put that bleach stuff in it. So I had frizzy, bronze colored hair. Yuck!! I got tired of the dead frizz, so in 10th grade I cut it real short…neck short. It got most of the frizz and bleached hair. Then the rest of my high school years, I spent growing it back out so that all of the dead frizz was gone by the time I graduated. In college, I pretty much kept is about shoulder length, going back and forth between bangs and no bangs. Now, my hair is pretty healthy again, finally. It’s about down to the middle of my back and I have medium length bangs. The last time I cut bangs, I cut them pretty long, so I can sweep them back out of the way or keep them in front. I’m growing them back out and eventually they will be as long as the rest of my hair again.

And I have about 6-10 more inches till my hair reaches my waistline. So I think this weekend I’m going to get it trimmed. I mean at max 1 inch, and if the salon lady cuts it any shorter, I will not be tipping her! I just want the ends cut so that it can keep growing. If it ever gets to my waist before I get a whim to cut it short again (I’m really going to try this time), I will post a picture. Because it will be the first time it will have been that long since I was in about 3rd or 4th grade.

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Marathon

My husband is going camping this weekend with the guys so I’m on my own for the weekend. I don’t really mind. It will give me plenty of time to knit. I’m hoping to catch CSI Season 1 at the video store and have a CSI marathon this weekend. We re-joined Netflix, because my husband has become addicted to Stargate, so put the entire season 1 (that’s 5 volumes) in our queue. We also put season 1 of CSI in our queue, but this weekend is the perfect time to watch it. I also want to try to catch “Win a Date with Tad Hamilton.” Not sure yet on that one.

We still haven’t decided exactly what we’re doing for our Anniversary, except we’re taking the 19th and 20th off from work to go somewhere. Maybe we will figure it out sometime next week. I’m looking forward to the vacation though. We haven’t been back from Christmas holiday, and I’m ready for another break. :

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Saturday

Not much going on here today. I went to a Knit Shop I discovered in town and saw a bunch of yarn I’d like to make something with. We also bought some computer stuff today. We got a scanner finally and some video imaging stuff so we can transfer our videos to dvd. Preservation is good. Especially when it’s your wedding video. So the hubby has been working on that for a while. Tonight we’re going to hang out with his cousin and her boyfriend. Tomorrow, more of the same I guess, except without all the spending. I plan on doing some more knitting. It’s coming out really nice, but I’m still not as fast as I’d like. Oh well, all in good time. So far, it’s been a relaxing weekend. And I’m feeling better than last weekend. I think I’m finally getting over the cold I had. Yeah!

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Pancho

This is my sister’s little puppy. She went to the Rio Grande for New Year’s with her boyfriend. His aunt’s dog had puppies and she fell in love. Of course she had to take one home. His name is Pancho because he is Mexican. Pancho is part Chihuahua and part Miniature Daschund. When she brought him home, he was 8 weeks old. This is the most recent photo she has. Ain’t he the cutest thing you ever saw?

He’s been staying with my mom mostly right now. She’s been helping my sister train him since she doesn’t work and my sister has been busy with work. Mom says he is the funniest little thing. When my dad sits on the couch with his legs stretched out, Pancho will climb up his legs and curl up in his lap. My parents have a chihuahua, who is old (12 years old), and the poor thing just shakes her nerves, because he constantly wants to play and she is beyond playing. And when he gets to barking, he is so loud. My sister had him at her apartment for a little while, and he kept whining and barking. She finally got up and put him in bed with her to quiet him down, and the neighbor downstairs yelled out, “Finally!” She felt so bad, but he is learning pretty quickly. My mom will have him housetrained in no time.

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Random Thoughts

I’m feeling somewhat better, but yesterday I forgot to take some medicine and I guess my body wasn’t used to going full speed, so I started to feel bad after lunch and last night after dinner I started feeling bad. But I’m doing a little better today. I just need to take it easy.

I worked on my knitting site a little. Gave it some style, even though it isn’t final. It’s at least presentable till I get my templates from blog barter. My new knitting site is at: In Stitches. I started knitting my first project, a homespun scarf, so I’m officially a knitter now. I may not be good yet, but it’s a start. And the yarn I’ve used is slightly bunchy, so my mistakes and uneven-ness (is that even a word?) doesn’t show as much. My camera battery was dying, so I put it on the charger. Hopefully I’ll get photos up on the knitting site later tonight of what I’ve got so far.

We’re planning our anniversary (3rd) trip. We haven’t got it completely planned, but one thing is for sure. We’re going to see Cirque du Soleil’s Allegria, in St. Petersburg on the 21st. We’re trying to decide what to do between our anniversary (17th) and the show (21st). Whatever it is, I’m looking forward to the mini-vacation.

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knitting graphic

I’ve been searching and searching the internet and I can’t find a satisfactory graphic to use for my upcoming knitting blog. There just isn’t that much clip art or stock photography available. At least that I could find. Well, I actually found one, but it wasn’t free. The low res version was $40. That is just too much for a photo I’m going to use for a blog.

I’m looking for hands holding the needles with a decent sized project already started on the needles. I haven’t started anything, since I haven’t actually started knitting yet, so I can’t take any pictures of my own stuff. I only need a generic picture to start off with. Once I get somewhat decent then I’ll take a picture of my own project for the site. Can anyone help?

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Taking Care

I woke up this morning with a sore throat, so I’m taking Dayquil and such to ward off this cold. I think I caught it from my husband who had it last week. This means I’m so out of it today and sleepy, I just want to curl up in bed. With this and cleaning house this weekend, I haven’t had much time in the past few days to work on my scarf. So I’m still not done, but making great progress. My husband keeps giving me words of encouragement, saying it’s looking good. I’m thinking of starting a “photolog” for my projects. Posting pictures and descriptions as I complete them…that way I know what I did when and I can share my successes with everyone.

We were supposed to go to the movies Sunday night, but after we went out to eat, the hubby got a stomach ache and we had to come home. Hopefully we’ll be going tonight to see Mona Lisa Smiles. But I’m not sure how I’m feeling so it may wait till tomorrow. Right now, I don’t want to do anything but lay in bed, but I have to go to the post office at some point today to mail out some books. Yep, Allison, your book is in there too.

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Resolutions for 2004

I wasn’t going to make any resolutions for this year, but after thinking about it, I decided on a few.

• Read more books than last year (45).
• Crochet the afghan in my tutorial book.
• Finish my cross-stitch project.
• Cook more (I got 5 new cookbooks for Christmas).
• Change my web layout no more than once per month (preferably less).
• Create one template for Bair Skins per month.

So those are my plans for 2004. Not much. I can’t make too many because then I’ll be overwhelmed. These plans also keep me away from the computer more than last year. Which is a great thing. I’ve actually enjoyed being away from the computer this past week.

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone. We had a great time in Florida with the hubby’s family. I even got to see my parents for a little while. It’s always an interesting time at the Bair family gatherings. This year, my husband’s aunt and uncle brought along 2 tibetan monks. They were fun to meet. They created art with sand and clay…beautiful pieces. I took pictures that I’ll post as soon as I get a chance, but I have no idea when that may be. One night we had 12 people playing Farkle with 2 sets of die going around. The linked page has one version. Our version uses 5 die instead of 6. It was great fun. We also got to make stuff out of wood. I made a spoon, a spatula and a walking stick. The walking stick was purely for the purpose of carving. I had so much fun with the spoon that I had to do something else with the knife. My MIL got a puzzle for Christmas so my SIL and I set out to conquer it. Yes, conquer it. It was a photomosaic dolphin. We started the 26th and worked on it for about an hour. It took us till New Years’s Day to finish it. My husband and I stayed up till 4am on Jan 1 to get it done. Everyone was extremely impressed that we finished it. My husband even took a picture of me putting in the last piece. I’m so glad it’s finished, I won’t be doing a puzzle for a while. That photomosaic wore me out on puzzles. On New Year’s Eve, we lit some fireworks…those were fun. We had several strobes that blinded everyone and several whistlers that were obnoxiously loud. The food was excellent and I may have gotten a few recipes out of it. All in all a great time, but I’m sure glad to be home.

I’ve decided to learn to crochet. My mom tried to teach me when I was little, but I couldn’t ever get the hang of it. I’ve been seeing all these blogs by ladies that knit, and I want to make some cool stuff so I picked up a book, some hooks and some yarn and have started learning. So far I’m doing pretty good. The book I have has about 12 lessons to teach you the different stitches and a few other things you need to know. It also has 19 easy projects to get started with. One is a beautiful afghan that I’m looking forward to making when I feel more comfortable with it. For now, I’m going to start with a simple scarf and the matching hat.

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