Have a new piece on the loom, but not much time to weave this week. It is a table runner, using two of the colors in the 10/2 merc cotton that I picked up last week at Shuttles. 577 threads, at 30 epi, light warp, darker weft, and one shuttle. One lovely end-feed shuttle. I am so in love with those shuttles and wish that I could have afforded them long long ago! I was completely prepared for there to be a learning curve — zip, nada, nyet, zero. From the first shot, that shuttle worked so smoooooothly, and felt like a dream come true. The verdict? Well worth price paid! The great thing? I have two!! TWO!! :::::::sigh of contentment:::::::::::
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As promised, Cally, I didn’t forget – tuning into Peg’s blog this morning, as I enjoy doing with my morning coffee, prompted me to put this checkmark by my ‘to do’ list 
That will teach me to procrastinate (see Bad Habits below) because I had planned on tagging Miss Peg. Rats!
The rules: The player answers all questions. The player then chooses five people you want to know more about and tags those people by listing their names at the end of the post and going to their blog and leaving a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Also, you let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.
What were you doing five years ago?
1. Working on the mental health and diagnostic teams at a school for the Deaf and the blind
2. Giving workshops on positive solutions for problem behaviors
3. Being madly in love with my husband (still crazy after all these years. . . )
4. Enjoying living in a place where I could belong to a weavers guild
5. Dreaming about retirement and being able to weave all day!
What are five things on your to-do list for today (not in any particular order)?
1. Drive up to Denver and spend the day with my sis who is surviving late stage Ovarian Cancer
2. Stop at the Sunflower Market
3. Visit a fiber shop in Denver that I’ve not been to
4. Weave another couple of inches on the table runner
5. Make my list for our upcoming vacation
What are five snacks you enjoy?
1. Lapsang suchong tea with milk and honey accompanied by Cinnamon Toast
2. Homemade popcorn dotted with Louisiana hot sauce
3. Medjool dates
4. Fresh fruits
5. Potato chips (a major guilty pleasure!)
What five things would you do if you were a billionaire?
1. Buy my children each a home — then give them a small amount of money for them to invest on their own
2. Engage in philanthropic travel — i.e., travel to remote places and assist with wells, education about health practices, etc.
3. Set up an endowment for Cathedral Home for Children in Wyoming and for the Truman Scholar Foundation in Washington, DC
4. Design and implement better community based programs for the mentally ill homeless
5. Find a home in a lovely remote place, and spend the rest of my days weaving, reading, and loving
What are five of your bad habits?
1. Drinking too much coffee
2. Self indulgent when it comes to eating
3. Procrastination
4. Not returning library books when they are due
5. Staying in my pjs for most of the morning
What are five places where you have lived?
1. Alphabet city in Manhattan
2. Wyoming
3. Valentine, Nebraska
4. Basking Ridge, NJ
5. Brooklyn, NY
What are five jobs you’ve had?
1. Psychotherapist for the Deaf
2. Injection molding machine operator in a plastic factory
3. Swimming instructor for children and adults with special needs
4. Cook for a branding crew
5. Key punch operator
Which five people do you want to tag?
If you’re reading this and have not been tagged — TAG, you’re it! (Trapunto, this means you! :::::chuckle:::::::)
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Am heading up to Denver, then the rest of my week is booked. Am going to have to hang a “gone fishin’” sign up soon!
Weave like an Egyptian,
Jane