Bad News:\u00a0 I turned 45 on Monday the 10th.\u00a0 It’s hard to call that early 40s anymore.
\nGood News:\u00a0 I had a birthday!\u00a0 M took me out for a great dinner at a local Greek restaurant, and I got some great stuff too, like a pretty quartz and pyrite mineral from Transylvania to add to my mineral collection. It’s more sparkly in the sun.
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\nBad News: I have a pinched sciatic nerve in my left leg that is causing numbness and weakness.
\nGood News: I have very little actual pain with it, and the doctor thinks physical therapy is all that is needed, plus I can continue yoga.<\/p>\n

Bad News: Good golly my hamstrings are sore!
\nGood News: I started yoga again after an eight year hiatus. I found a great teacher who is fun and smart, and I’m still scarily flexible.<\/p>\n

Bad News: The Lucky 7<\/a> Hat I knit as a Christmas gift for my SIL will be too small for her.
\nGood News: The hat turned out well, and it fits Meghan, a grad student in lab who is petite. The hat was not knit in vain; it has a head!
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\nBad News: I have to knit another hat. I hate knitting hats. I especially hate 16-inch circular needles.
\nGood News: I have 8″-long dpns. I can make up a simple hat pattern good for skiing (must have fold over brim). I knit a gauge swatch and found out the head measurement of my SIL. 96-st around will work fine.
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\nBad News: I didn’t have enough dark green yarn left over to make a second hat. The green matches SIL’s ski jacket.
\nGood News: I can buy yarn online! Above is Wool of the Andes in Ivy Kettle Hand-dyed. To get free shipping, I “had” to buy enough yarn to knit a sweater for me. Below is Wool of the Andes in Fern.
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\nBad News: Some knitters complain that their Wool of the Andes is scratchy and the skeins full of knots.
\nGood News: Not scratchy to me. One knot in the first skein. Colors seem very good.<\/p>\n

Bad News: I could go on and on with this Bad News-Good News thing.
\nGood News: I’m stopping now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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