Catching up a bit

Mostly, over the last week or so, I've been sleeping a lot and hanging out in bed to try to alleviate the pain in my back. I went to the doctor a week ago friday and basically, came up with the "I have no idea what is going on" diagnosis. So, I'm getting set up for an MRI and a biospy and see what the heck is going on. (We are pretty sure that our lymphedema theory is not what's going on.) That and the meds keep me pretty sleepy and saying some pretty funny things :). Once I was talking to Laurie just before I took a nap and finished the conversation as if we were talking on the phone and then giggled about it for about 10 minutes afterward.

Our Thanksgiving was very nice, we went over to our friends Paul and Debbie's for dinner around 3. Everyone brought a traditional dish and there was lots and lots of food that was all delicious. After, we went over to my grandparent's house for dessert. Laurie made a delicious pumpkin pie out of the pumpkin that we bought and roasted after Halloween. It was very yummy :). We went to both places with about 4 bottles of heavy whipping cream and came home with none for our leftover pie. That's a lot of whipped cream! Of course, we did make three different kinds of whipped cream - carmel, egg nog, and regular.

So, let me catch you up on my spinning things now, (I have been knitting but I failed to take a picture of what I've been up to.) First, are the pictures of the bunnies. One of these brothers will be coming home with me soon! The woman whom I'm purchasing it from sent me these pictures to hold me over until I can come hold them. They are so cute!!

Next, I've been support spindling the first batch of bunny fiber that I got at the fiber festival from the bunny lady. The spindle's almost full! It's so soft!

Next, I just received a new shipment of angora fiber and I'm blending it with some merino that I just got to make a beautiful, soft, amazing pair of socks for myself. I love the color that the two fibers make together, a heathery purple. The first picture is the angora, then the "Wine" merino wool and the last the first batt I made of the two of them and what I've spun up.

Last is some handpainted BFL that I'm spinning up for Expressions in Spinning. This month, we're spinning up a poem by Shel Silverstein, My Beard. It goes:

My beard grows down to my toes,
I never wears no clothes,
I wraps my hair
Around my bare,
And down the road I goes.

I was thinking that the pinks and beige's remind me of cold, red toes and noses and a bare bottom. :)