Sometimes I just amaze myself about what I am capable of screwing up. Last night Rocky decided he would like to watch a Pay Per View movie. For some reason he thinks that movies we pay extra for are better than the ones that come on the channels we subscribe to.
Since he hasn't quite figured out how to use the on screen guide to find programming it was up to me to find out what is on Pay Per View and order. Of course, the two movies he really wants to see were not on last night so we narrowed it down to The Condemned, which we decided didn't sound that great, and Perfect Strangers, which is a Bruce Willis movie. So Perfect Strangers was the final choice.
We settled down with our dinner all set to enjoy a movie, but as we were watching it I realized that I wasn't seeing Bruce Willis and the plot didn't seem to match the description I read about the movie. I managed to order The Condemned! It only took about five minutes into the movie to realize it was not going to be very enjoyable, but we had to watch it since it was going to get billed to our account. I do not recommend this movie to anybody unless you really enjoy graphic violence; and I mean really graphic.
On a lighter note, the Ducks beat USC on Saturday, and ESPN is coming back to Eugene for this weekend's game against Arizona State.
Go Ducks!
Monday, October 29, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Girls' Weekend Getaway
Now I can tell you about my weekend. Let me start by telling you that Rocky thought I was taking a weaving class.
As a surprise gift I decided to take a class offered by ODFW to "Build Your Own Fly Rod" with the finished rod being Rocky's birthday gift. (How many fishermen have a rod their wife built for them?) When I was thinking about signing up for the class I told my friend Sharon about it and she wanted to take it as well; so we both signed up. Sharon's rod is for her, however it was going to be a surprise to her husband that she build her own rod.
The class was held in Central Point, Oregon where there also happened to be an alpaca show last weekend. Sharon and her mom drove down together and set up their booth at the show. Sharon's mom, Bonnie, had to work the booth by herself all weekend. After set up on Friday we went shopping at Harry and David in Medford. We had a coupon worth $10 off if we spent $75. Well, we were a little short so we did some more shopping. That's marketing at its finest.
Saturday Sharon and I had to be at our class at 8:00 so we all got up early. Bonnie had to go down to their car for something and discovered a dead battery. Les Schwab was able to make it there and replace the battery with just enough time for us to still make it to our class in time.
The class was held at an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife facility that was filled with mount of animals found in Oregon. They were a lot of fun to look at. Upon arriving at the class we were given our very own coffee cup and a bag full of goodies. One of the "goodies" was an Outdoor Woman magazine with an alpaca on the cover!
Our class started with reaming. The cork handle for the rod has a hole that is way smaller than the rod, so we had to ream the hole out to fit the rod. After determining the spline of the rod (the side the rod naturally bows to) we glued the reel seat together, then we glued the cork and the reel seat to the rod. That part of the rod was placed in a stand to dry for about three hours. During this time we learned how to do wrappings and got started with them. Wrappings are what hold the guides to the rod. We used nylon thread (Sharon used metallic) a little heavier than sewing thread that you wrap very carefully around the rod and the feet of the guides. Since we had ten guides to secure this took the rest of Saturday to complete.
As a surprise gift I decided to take a class offered by ODFW to "Build Your Own Fly Rod" with the finished rod being Rocky's birthday gift. (How many fishermen have a rod their wife built for them?) When I was thinking about signing up for the class I told my friend Sharon about it and she wanted to take it as well; so we both signed up. Sharon's rod is for her, however it was going to be a surprise to her husband that she build her own rod.
The class was held in Central Point, Oregon where there also happened to be an alpaca show last weekend. Sharon and her mom drove down together and set up their booth at the show. Sharon's mom, Bonnie, had to work the booth by herself all weekend. After set up on Friday we went shopping at Harry and David in Medford. We had a coupon worth $10 off if we spent $75. Well, we were a little short so we did some more shopping. That's marketing at its finest.
Saturday Sharon and I had to be at our class at 8:00 so we all got up early. Bonnie had to go down to their car for something and discovered a dead battery. Les Schwab was able to make it there and replace the battery with just enough time for us to still make it to our class in time.
The class was held at an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife facility that was filled with mount of animals found in Oregon. They were a lot of fun to look at. Upon arriving at the class we were given our very own coffee cup and a bag full of goodies. One of the "goodies" was an Outdoor Woman magazine with an alpaca on the cover!
Our class started with reaming. The cork handle for the rod has a hole that is way smaller than the rod, so we had to ream the hole out to fit the rod. After determining the spline of the rod (the side the rod naturally bows to) we glued the reel seat together, then we glued the cork and the reel seat to the rod. That part of the rod was placed in a stand to dry for about three hours. During this time we learned how to do wrappings and got started with them. Wrappings are what hold the guides to the rod. We used nylon thread (Sharon used metallic) a little heavier than sewing thread that you wrap very carefully around the rod and the feet of the guides. Since we had ten guides to secure this took the rest of Saturday to complete.
Saturday was the most fun. Reporters from the Mail Tribune came to take photos and interview us for an article in a new magazine called Outdoor Oregon they have coming out in December. The local news station was supposed to drop by, but they didn't make it until Sunday.
Sunday wasn't as exciting; we put the finish on our wrappings first thing in the morning and then we had to turn the rod a quarter turn every 15 minutes for about four hours. We got in a lot of visiting and Roger (one of the instructors) brought a couple of bamboo rods that he made so we could practice casting.
We had a great time and ODFW http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ did a wonderful job organizing the workshop; I highly recommend their classes, they are a bargain. Sharon had her camera and promised to share pictures so I'll post some as soon as I can.
Here are some photos from Sharon's camera:
Sharon's rod is on the right
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Working is for the Pits
I worked full time at my part time job Wednesday through Friday, it is Sunday today and I just now feel like I'm getting rested up, but I have to work three more full days before I'm back on my normal schedule. When we moved out to the farm I was working full time; I don't know how I managed it. I didn't even make it to the Duck game yesterday, I stayed home and napped.
I don't have anything interesting to share this time and I'm not sure when I'll be making my next post. Next weekend I'll be out of town so Thursday and Friday will be spent getting caught up and ready to go. Rocky doesn't get to go with me, it will be his turn to take care of the animals for a couple of days. My little trip is taking me to Central Point, OR. There is an alpaca show there where I'll enter a fleece, but I can't tell you the real reason for my trip until I get back; it is a surprise for Rocky, who's birthday is today.
I don't have anything interesting to share this time and I'm not sure when I'll be making my next post. Next weekend I'll be out of town so Thursday and Friday will be spent getting caught up and ready to go. Rocky doesn't get to go with me, it will be his turn to take care of the animals for a couple of days. My little trip is taking me to Central Point, OR. There is an alpaca show there where I'll enter a fleece, but I can't tell you the real reason for my trip until I get back; it is a surprise for Rocky, who's birthday is today.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Weekend Alone
Rocky was gone on a hunting trip this weekend and even though I missed him I had a nice relaxed couple days to myself.
I decided I would spend some of the weekend working on a new weaving project. I took a shadow weave class this spring and thought one of the patterns used in class would make nice placemats for our table. The pattern was done on a 16 shaft loom, but since my big loom is only a 12 shaft the instructor, Jannie Taylor, was kind enough to figure out a similar pattern on a 12 shaft.
I got the project all mapped out the previous weekend that Rocky was gone and this weekend was spent getting the loom ready. I've had this loom for a couple of years now, but haven't used it yet. I bought it used and it came with all the heddles in a box. (Heddles are the wire things that the warp threads get threaded through. So every thread running in one direction gets threaded through its own heddle. The weft is wound onto bobbins that fit into shuttles and it gets woven into the warp.) I've spent the last three evenings sorting heddles and fitting them onto the shafts; I still have nine shafts to go, but the heddles are all sorted. I also need to figure out how to put a back apron on the loom, but I think I'll have Rocky help figure that out.
During all this heddle sorting I got to watch some really good movies that Rocky would think were boring. I really recommend The Boy Who Could Fly, Mermaids, and Shall We Dance. I might make Rocky watch Shall We Dance the next time it comes on.
On Saturday I decided to make a run to my local craft store since they were having a sale on something I thought would make nice Christmas gifts. While I was out and about I checked out the St. Vincent de Paul that I noticed the other day. It just happens to be across the street from the http://5stmarket.com/ so I headed over there next. Well, it just so happened that they were having their 1st Annual 5th St. Public Market's Harvest Crush. Many of the local vinyard were there doing wine tasting and a lot of the markets were having samples and demos. I wish I had known about it ahead of time as it would have been fun to go with a friend even though I don't drink. I was kind of wondering around trying to decide what to look at next and a lady came up to me and said, "You know what? I'm leaving and you can have my last three tickets for wine tasting; and here, you can even have my glass." I thought that was very kind of her. I didn't use either, but I did bring the wine glass home; it's a nice glass with the Market's logo on it.
On the way home I hit another thrift store and found a new/used barn coat; then I followed some signs to a Holiday Boutique in the country and picked up a couple more Christmas gifts.
Now it is Monday, Rocky should be home this evening, and my goats found another escape route.
I decided I would spend some of the weekend working on a new weaving project. I took a shadow weave class this spring and thought one of the patterns used in class would make nice placemats for our table. The pattern was done on a 16 shaft loom, but since my big loom is only a 12 shaft the instructor, Jannie Taylor, was kind enough to figure out a similar pattern on a 12 shaft.
I got the project all mapped out the previous weekend that Rocky was gone and this weekend was spent getting the loom ready. I've had this loom for a couple of years now, but haven't used it yet. I bought it used and it came with all the heddles in a box. (Heddles are the wire things that the warp threads get threaded through. So every thread running in one direction gets threaded through its own heddle. The weft is wound onto bobbins that fit into shuttles and it gets woven into the warp.) I've spent the last three evenings sorting heddles and fitting them onto the shafts; I still have nine shafts to go, but the heddles are all sorted. I also need to figure out how to put a back apron on the loom, but I think I'll have Rocky help figure that out.
During all this heddle sorting I got to watch some really good movies that Rocky would think were boring. I really recommend The Boy Who Could Fly, Mermaids, and Shall We Dance. I might make Rocky watch Shall We Dance the next time it comes on.
On Saturday I decided to make a run to my local craft store since they were having a sale on something I thought would make nice Christmas gifts. While I was out and about I checked out the St. Vincent de Paul that I noticed the other day. It just happens to be across the street from the http://5stmarket.com/ so I headed over there next. Well, it just so happened that they were having their 1st Annual 5th St. Public Market's Harvest Crush. Many of the local vinyard were there doing wine tasting and a lot of the markets were having samples and demos. I wish I had known about it ahead of time as it would have been fun to go with a friend even though I don't drink. I was kind of wondering around trying to decide what to look at next and a lady came up to me and said, "You know what? I'm leaving and you can have my last three tickets for wine tasting; and here, you can even have my glass." I thought that was very kind of her. I didn't use either, but I did bring the wine glass home; it's a nice glass with the Market's logo on it.
On the way home I hit another thrift store and found a new/used barn coat; then I followed some signs to a Holiday Boutique in the country and picked up a couple more Christmas gifts.
Now it is Monday, Rocky should be home this evening, and my goats found another escape route.
This is Mini and Otto. Mini is the runt of the pygora triplets and Otto (short for Silverado) is the angora. Notice, they are behind the fence. Good goats!
This is kind of hard to see, but Billy is out. The little white arrow is pointing to his head. Pearl found her way back in all by herself, I had to open the gate to let Billy back in.
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