Well, my good intentions of keeping on top of my Blog have fallen by the wayside once again!  Anyway, lots of updates are long overdue, so I'll attempt to catch up now. 

First of all, I really owe everyone an update on www.virtualknitter.com.  As it stands now, I've come to the realization that I just can't do as much as I had hoped with that site.  In typical Capricorn fashion, I set my ambitions very high!  But I've reached a point in my life where I'm wise enough to know that sometimes I have to scale back on what I'd like to do.  Since I've taken on some additional commitments that are very important to me, I've decided to just let VirtualKnitter.com evolve very slowly.  You might say it's just incubating right now, and I'm not sure what form it will take upon final birth.  I do know that I am not going to pursue creating the worlds best guide to LYS and fiber arts related stores.  Why?  Well, simply because right after starting to gather info for my directly, I learned of a fantastic one that's recently been published.  A directory pubplishing company has created a guide specific to LYS and has also created an online version.  I checked it out and found it to be very good, so there's absoulutely no reason for me to pursue that endeavor.  My sole reason for wanting to do it anyway was because I hadn't found any guides I liked.  Now that one exists, it just doesn't make sense for me to try to create one too, especially given my limited resources and time.  I'll track down the info for that site and post it here shortly.

You might wonder what other commitments are going to be taking up my time.  Well, specifically - WALKING!  I signed up for the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk taking place in September.  I'll be doing a lot of walking in preparation for the event, when I'll be walking 60 miles over 3 days to raise money for breast cancer research and detection.  Visit my personal page to learn more (and make a donation, if you're so inclined.  I haven't really personalized the page yet, and our team name is still a bit up in the air, but for now, we're the Glamour Pirates.  My friends Barb and Naomi have signed up with me.  We each need to raise a minimum of $2200 in order to participate.  Having done oen of these before (in 2001), I'm hard pressed to say whether raising the money or training for the event is harder.  They're both challenges, that's for sure!  I did my first official "training walk" today - just a little 4-mile jaunt.  However, since I've been rather slug-like this winter when it comes to fitness, it was plenty long enough!

And in my fiber life, I'be been spinning away.  I continue to be very active in the Eastside Spinners.  I also took several spinning classes at the Madrona Fiber Arts Festival last weekend.  I ended up spending way too much in the market place - I'll post some pictures later of the scruptious goodies I bought there.  Right now, I'm spinning a Merino Silk blend from Fleece Artist that I picked up at one booth. 

Well, as usual, I have lots to do, so that's all for now.  No pictures this time!  I'm breaking in a new computer (a wonderful little Tablet PC) and don't have everything transfered over yet.  I'll post more later in the week when I'm feeling a bit more organized.