Today was just crazy. I mean CRAZY! I had a whole bunch of deadlines- self-imposed and otherwise, and we had a great big lambcam FAIL, and I ran from one thing to the next like some kind of out-of-control robot zombie. And Erin was in Boston at the orthodontist. And I roasted a chicken.
Would I trade this asylum I’m living in for my old life producing network news pieces and shopping at Barney’s and eating at swanky Manhattan restaurants? Not for a sliver of a second. Not for a brazillion dollars and a Prius and a good night’s sleep. Not for the body and skin I had at 25.
I am happy. Busy, crazed, tired, cold, sore, cranky and stupid-happy.
I don’t want to bore you so here’s the CliffNotes version of my day:
1. Lambcam finally up and running. WIN!
2. Lambcam quickly overwhelmed by traffic. FAIL.
3. Redesign of new website goes live. WIN!
Although I am discouraged by the Lambcam situation I am not ready to admit defeat. We’re getting a new camera and having that lovely young man from the Geek Squad back on Sunday. Fingers crossed, everybody!
I did take some picture today for your viewing pleasure. We can’t have you looking for your lamb fix somewhere else, can we? No. We cannot.
Yesterday’s giveaway just about killed me. Thinking about corn on the cob. And tomatoes. And berries and figs and fresh basil and zucchini and rhubarb. Oh! And beans. I nearly cried just thinking about the beans.
The winners of the Fresh Food from Small Spaces giveaway is…
Congrats Sara, Barbara and RebeccaG! Send your shipping address to prizes@fiberfarmcsa.com to claim your prize.
I hadn’t planned anymore giveaways for this week, but then the lovely and charming PumpkinMama offered to donate some spinning fibers for a giveaway. An offer that I graciously accepted on your behalf. (Behalfs? Behalves?)
3.75oz of Ice Queen Rambouillet Top
Love the name and the colors.
Now, I’ve never made a secret of the fact that I can’t spin. It would literally be easier to teach a monkey pilot the space shuttle than teach me to spin. And usually, I’m cool with that. But this fiber makes me wish I wanted to spin, if that makes any sense.
Would you like to have this roving come live with you? All you have to do to enter is tell me your middle name in the comments on this post. Why your middle name? Because my brain is tired tonight. And because I might need to speak sternly to you one day, and that middle name will lend gravitas to what I’m saying.
All entries must be in by 8 a.m. tomorrow, January 31, 2009. One entry per person please! The winner will be chosen at random and posted here tomorrow night.
Good luck, ya’ll!
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Jo, like the character in Little Women.
My middle name is also Lynn. I was supposed to be named Caroline or Carolyn but I have an older cousin whose name is Carolyn. So I was named Carrie Lynn instead.
Cool giveaway!
I always just say “B”, because no one but my partner and my family knows my middle name. I’m very mysterious.
Middle name Ann.
Oh that’s beautiful! Pick me please!
My middle name is Yvonne, after my uncle Ivan.
Susan
It’s Elizabeth… probably in the top 10 for most used middle names!
My middle name is Suzanne. My father just liked the name…
Gail
carol
What beautiful fiber!
My middle name is Marie.
*blushes* misstyped my email the first time.
My middle name is still Marie
Lynn
Mmmm, I would like to spin that fiber!
Middle name: Louise (yuck)
Your lambs are really, really cute.
yikes!
NO ONE knows my middle name!!!
but, that roving is just toooo enticing…
LOUISE
thanks pumpkinmama!
So pretty!
My middle name is Maureen.
My middle name is Shirl.
Leigh, I love the fiber. Maybe that’s the push I need to get back to my wheel.
Oh dear, no one has had to use my middle name on me in years!
It’s Ann.
My middle name is Ann. I don’t need (I have way too much) the roving though it is beautiful and I love the colors. I just wanted to join in the fun. You have a great website and I’d like to meet you.
Such a spring-y roving – yummy!
Middle name is Ann, Lisa Ann. There are lots of us out there! There is even a Ravelry group “Hey, my name is Lisa too!” with Lisa Ann versus Lisa Marie threads!! LOL!
http://www.ravelry.com/groups/hey-my-name-is-lisa-too
My middle name is Claire. Just found your sight, love the lambs, can’t wait for the lambcam! My daughters would love to have animals!
I’l play! My middle name is Anne-with-an E. Lovely wool…
OH MY GOD MY MIDDLE NAME IS CAROL AND I LOOOOVE THAT FIBERRRRR!!!!
Hohhhhhhhh….
Carol is my mom’s name. I freakin’ love that she gave me her name as my middle name. It sounds like it would be self-centered, but somehow it’s not.
My middle name is Marie
Middle name: Lynn
Please 3.75oz of Ice Queen Rambouillet Top
would be sweet. Found your blog by reading: http://knittingbluewips.blogspot.com/
My middle name is Elizabeth. I’m named after my great grandmother who was quite the woman. I’m not sure if she spun but she did crochet.
My middle name is Marie. It was supposed to be May, after my grandmother, but, well, with my first name that would have been…awkward.
My middle name is Tara. My mother was watching “Gone With the Wind when she went into labor, so she named be after the house. It is a Celtic/Irish name for the meeting place of the old Celtic kings. Kinda cool.
BTW–Lovely lovely fiber…reminds me of the calm bay with reflections of clouds.
Jon. My middle name is Jon. Jessica Jon White.
It took me 17 years to think it was cool.
Now, I love it and would like to make it a tradition in my family.
My middle name is Faith, after my mom who’s first name was Faith. I have also passed the name on to my first born daughter as her middle name.
My middle name is Dyan, for my great-grandmother Dina. (Although my husband likes to say that my middle name is now my maiden name — as if my middle name just went POOF! when I changed my name after we got married!)
That’s and easy one Ann
The whole sternly thing used to come from the neighbor who watched us during the summer… I can still hear it… Cheryl Aaaaannnnnn…… Now when my husband really wants my attention I hear in a very deep solid voice “….. Cheryl Ann Griset!!” Boy does that stop me on a dime.
My middle name is Suzanne. It is my mother’s first name and my parents wanted to encorporate bith their names into mine. So my first name is after my father and my middle name is from my mom. I’ve carried on the tradition and my daughters middle name is the same as mine.
Maria!!!!
oooooooh love the colors!
my middle name is Anastasia. and I’m a little in love with it.
My middle name is Alyssa – my parents had a tough time finding first or second names for me, because they are both schoolteachers. Every name they thought of reminded them of a student, so they ended up with an uncommon (if not unusual) pair of names.
Oh, and I love your sheep – I want to rub their ears.
Hi! Hope you’re having a better day! My middle name is Lynn…seems like a lot of people I know have it as theirs, too. Here’s a cute story about middle names for you: My 3 year old daughter thinks her middle name is Margaretkendall because her full name is Maeve Margaret Kendall.
Elizabeth it is.
Very cute lambs!
My middle name is Anastasia–pronounced the Greek way, “Ah-nah-stah-SEE-a”. My grandfather is Greek, and he loves my middle name, which means resurrection.
My middle name is Erin
My middle name on my birth certificate is my mother’s maiden name Christy, but when my parents divorced when I was 5, that became my last name and I got to choose my middle name. I can’t believe I didn’t choose something goofy like Strawberry Shortcake, but happily I went with my grandmother’s name, Helen.
Middle name, eh? I have two, Margaret and Anne. If my mom called for “Sheila” — no problem. “Sheila Margaret” — oops, might be in trouble. “Sheila Margaret Anne” — better start looking for a new home!
In my non-spinning life, I’m a professional musician. Since “Sheila” is the Irish variant of “Cecilia,” patron saint of musicians everywhere, I’m aptly named. “Margaret” means pearl, so that makes me a pearl of a girl with a musical bent.
If you need help learning to spin, I’ll give you a hand!
Leah~
Diane – which makes me LD or LDD. Ugh- initials.
Louise
Ugh, do I have to?
My middle name is Russell, which was my paternal-Grandmother’s maiden name. And, just for a bit of trivia, my Grandmother has two grandsons with my exact same name – first, middle and last.
Catherine-wish i had named my daughter catherine!
is it to late?
middle name is samantha
My middle name is Oliver. It’s a family last name but has caused all sorts of confusion and weird looks, so I just don’t use it unless I have too.
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