Hi y'all.

I found out tonight that my hosting service is moving to a new server over the next few days. And because the asshole who initially registered my domain 5 years ago (the company I originaly hosted with, not my current host) is an official reseller for names4ever.com, I have been unable to get into change my nameserver settings (registry number and password lost in the PC's hard drive death)
Well screw him, AND names4ever (for not helping me get in and insisting I try to contact the reseller who never answers emails).. I went ahead and transferred my .com domain. In addition I bought mylittletribe.net AND mylittletribe.org. So the transferring domain (.com) will very likely have some downtime. But since .net and .org should be resolving by the end of the weekend, you can expect those to have less downtime (maybe just a day as I switch nameservers and reinstall wordpress and all backups)

Wish me luck!

Its been a busy few days. A lot of spinning, minimal knitting (only in the car on the way to PA and back. Ok, four hours isn't minimal) But I lack the pictures at the moment to document any progress at all.
Instead, I wanted to post about Brokeback Mountain.
Wow.
Yeah, thats about all I can say.

I had read on a friend's blog months ago, after she had seen it in the theatre, how it left her feeling afterwards (for days), so I sort of knew what to expect.
I was wrong. It affected me much more than I anticipated. I don't think I'll ever be able to hear the theme music again without getting weepy. It is without a doubt, a beautiful, yet absolutely heartbreaking, love story. Only a few movies have left me sobbing. This was one of them.

Some parts of my dry cracked hands, have healed, at least to the point where I could knit comfortably. However there is this one split on my right middle finger, that is just a nasty sort of painful. I did however, trudge through, and got a little knitting done last night while we watched A History Of Violence (don't bother...it was so completely predictable). I started out with the re-knit of Badcaul, but it was a bit much (teeny US1 needles poking my fingertips...ouch!) I made it through two cable repeats but couldn't do any more than that.
Then I picked up Amber (which I neglected to blog about last week) After Richard left for Syracuse for that one week, I needed something totally mindless to knit at night. This was it! I'm actually nearly done with it. And no yarn purchase was required (odd ball Lambs Pride leftovers...amythest, khaki, and creme) This was also pefect movie watching knitting. I was already past the chart and raised ridges...just straight circular stockinette (how much more mindless can you get?) I expect to finish this tomorrow if I can squeeze in some knitting time.

On the home front, a lot got done today. We headed out early to get some window coverings (err..mere mini blinds) for the bedrooms and living room. One bedroom and the living room are done, meaning 7 of 10 windows are so far done. The other three need to be exchanged for a larger size. And I would have bought another three blinds for the office, but the store was out of the size/color I wanted for that room.
We got the kid's bedrooms, for the most part, straightened out and put together. There are still some things needing to be put away. And honestly, I haven't brought out any of the bins/boxes of toys yet. Tomorrow we need to fix the canopy on Cassidy's bed and move around some more boxes, but I think I can cross off kid rooms from my list.
I also said goodbye to my beloved GE Prodigy washer. Since my baby has been replaced, I put her on the local Freecycle list for someone else to fix, use and love. She was picked up this afternoon by a family that can fix her themselves after they buy the part. Seriously, its all a little corny, but I friggin' loved that washer. I actually gave it a hug before it left. I bought that washer in 2000, after shopping around for a washer that would fulfill our needs as cloth diapering parents, and spent as much as our budget would allow. Yeah, your all laughing at me but I'll tell you...I loved that washer about as much as I love my husband, children, yarn stash and my treadles. It was very difficult for me to watch it drive away to a new home.

Back to knitting...While we were out this morning, we tried to stop at a yarn store, so I could buy a US1 Addi Turbo (to replace the icky US1 Inox I've been using) but the store is now closed...the one next to Marshall's Mega Store on Erie Bvd.  Central NY knitters...is there a store within reasonable driving distance that carries Addi Turbo needles? I hate to order online when I can buy in town! I've been to the one on Burnet last summer, and she didn't have turbos either. What other fibery goody stores are there in Syracuse?

So we rented RENT this weekend. Duuuude....I haven't listened to the soundtrack in quite a while. I completely forgot just how much I love this play, (and what a freaking GENIUS Jonathan Larson was.) And I think Chris Columbus did a fine job adapting it.
We even let Cassidy watch with us. I'd say a majority of it, went right over her head.  She did comment "oh, how sweet!", immediately following the scene of Angel and Collins singing "I'll Cover You". Either she didn't realize Angel is not a girl, or we've done a great job at teaching her that love is love, no matter what gender your partner is (and the idea of that just makes my heart jump with joy!) Or perhaps she recalls us subjecting her to listening to the soundtrack repeatedly during her formative toddler years?  Really, she used to totally rock out to "Out Tonight" at the age of 3,  and declared tonight that she loves that song  (and that Maureen is a really bad singer during the protest scene....LOL!)
Anyway, it still doesn't disappoint me. I still cried like a baby (a few times) And then watching the bonus disc I cried some more. Oh, and I got a LOT done on Badcaul between the movie and bonus disc when I wasn't singing or crying!

"Measure Your Life In Love"