Etsy shop updated

I added some new little yarns on my Etsy shop...I will be adding more yarns with more yardage, but these are just little tasty bits of yarn for now.
I'm slow, very very slow! Like a snail, but I want to clean out the craft room and there are tons of more goodies in there waiting to see the light of day!
Here are some samples...
go to etsy to see more schtuffff.....

Mermaid yarn

I haven't been posting much and it's sad all through Halloween and the cute pictures I could have had! : ( It is all because I broke my camera! That is usually what happens when it gets flung across the driveway (accident). Really I should try it on my cell phone because I really need a new one!

Anyway Robert bought me a new camera yesterday and I am working on this turquiose yarn which was inspired by another spinner from Ravelry, Indigonightowl. She has some incredible yarns and I was drawn to one called Africa yarn here is a link to it...
http://www.ravelry.com/people/indigonightowl/stash/africa-yarn

The yarn consists of a thick & thin wool that is plied with linen thread that has been strung with beads.

So with that as my jumping point I am working on my Mermaid yarn. The wool is from Louet unfortunately I didn't have my camera so I didn't snap a picture of it in it's pre spun roving form, but here it is spun up and patiently waiting on bobbins...

In the basket you can see the silk hankies that I had dyed up a few years ago and have been hiding in my stash. Instead of the commercial linen I'm spinning up the silk hankies. I am trying to use as many materials that are already living in my stash of goodies in the interest of thriftiness and to justify my hoarding tendencies.

here are some pictures snapped by Robert of me doing the spinning...

I'm voting for this guy!

Barack Obama = Hope

My friend Raven posted this on her tribe blog and I'm copying it here because I would like to spread this information to as many people as possible and I couldn't possibly do a better job of compiling an simple list of links and information to help people make an intelligent decision to vote for Obama. The interview with Colin Powell is an especially powerful discussion into why Obama is the best choice for president. I have always liked Colin Powell, on a personal level because he looks a little bit like my dad; but more importantly, like my dad, he is an intelligent military man proving that one does not exclude the other. Conventional perception driven by media is that people are one dimensional obviously that's not true. In this interview Mr. Powell is given the opportunity to fully state his position instead of being constantly being interrupted I hope you will watch it.
So here it is...

"I'm asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington...I'm asking you to believe in yours." - Barack Obama

Platform:
www.barackobama.com/issues/

Colin Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch

The Personal Touch:
www.youtube.com/watch

Biden on Defense Against Women's Act:
www.youtube.com/watch

On Hope:
www.youtube.com/watch

MC Yogi:
www.youtube.com/watch

Balkan dance class!!!

So to keep things interesting for all of us belly dancers I've been having monthly workshops in my Monday night classes! Next week we are going to have Balkan dancing taught by the owners of Tribal Bazaar Paul & Yasemin. I'm excited to learn new fun stuff! And I love new things to incorporate into my choreographies & combos.

Please vote in the Oasis 4 charity belly dance awards!!

So as I mentioned in a past blog I was nominated for the Oasis 4 charity belly dance award! It's an award where the winners get to donate money to a charity they like! It's pretty exciting! Anyway I made it to the next round! WoooHooo!!!!
So I'm asking you again to vote in this if you'd like to vote for me you can and I thank you! If you vote for someone else, I still thank you because a charity will be the ultimate winner!!! You get to choose 2 people in each catagory! So here is the address if you want to vote!!
check this website to see who is in the contest etc...
http://hometown.aol.com/homeskillety2k/page1.html

either go up to where it says final 4 voting to vote and get a link to the email address or just send an email to this address with your votes
navel_y2k@yahoo.com

After October 31 the website will be moved to the address below
www.geocities.com/navel_y2k...onors.html

R & R

I think I'm due for some! Seriously...I don't know sometimes why I push myself so hard. Back in July I came down with pneumonia and for the last 3 weeks I've had this weird upper respiratory thing happening. I coughed all through the Pirate Faire shows, very piratey on my part I thought. Gravelly voice and arrrrring a lot!

Just now I was getting myself organized to go and teach my class when I suddenly realized I really needed to lie down. THAT is odd for me. It seems all my overworking and worrying and some of the random emotional issues of the last few months are coming down on me. All I want to do is get through to the end of the year and then I promise to slow down! I just want to be in the Tales of Desire show and then I'll be good! I'll even be good now! Who am I talking to anyway? God? Anyone?

This is probably because I over did it last night at Gigi's fire hafla! That's all it is...