Today was a very trying day. A business situation that we thought was resolved, wasn’t. It turns out it is an even bigger P.O.S. than we imagined.
But, a dinner of tamales, rice, guacamole, a couple kinds of salsa, and ceviche seems to have made things a whole heck of a lot better.
So, tomorrow we attack the situation from a new angle, and take the day as it comes. Carpe Diem! Or should I say Carpe Jugular?
I finished my challahs and had them cooling on the counter. My sneaky little monkeys decided that the challahs smelled too enticing, and they helped themselves.
I didn’t kill them. I don’t have time to make new. So, we’ll just have taste tested and approved challahs tonight.
I am exhausted. Seriously. In a fantastic way. I got home around 11 last night from SIFAF in Corydon Indiana. We had such a great time at the festival. We met wonderful people, got to pet llamas and alpacas, sold a decent amount of yarn, and even had yummy fried green tomatoes, fresh from someone’s garden! Life doesn’t get much better than that.
On our way home, Mom found Barking Dog Cafe in Indianapolis, continuing our record of always eating way too well on show weekends. If you are ever in Indy, stop by and try their amazing clam chowder, and whatever the entree special is that day. You will not be disappointed!
So, I managed to get the kids to sleep a little after midnight, and collapsed into dreamland myself.
This morning I’m lazing around, but before you know it we need to get hoping as we have another show coming up this weekend!
Fiber Expo in Ann Arbor, MI is breathing down our necks and we have so much to do. It should be a great weekend, come out and see us!
Did I mention I really love this time of year? Okay, off to find some coffee. I need some kickapoo-joy-juice.
We’ve been incredibly busy at Froebe Fibers, which is no excuse for ignoring the blog, I know, however . . . Okay, I’m ending that sentence before it becomes unreadable!
I just got back from Stitches Midwest, were I had way too much fun partying with so many friends. I personally snagged some great yarn for my stash, lots of nifty new tools, and bags for storing my tools! I also drank more than should be allowed, but we won’t talk about that. No, really, we won’t. You’ll just have to look at others photos from Stitches if you want to see how outrageous we got, but I will say there were Sushi PJ’s and bunny ears involved!
Well, at Stitches I realized that I hadn’t announced all the amazing stores that now carry Froebe Fiber’s Yarns! So, if you want to find us in your neck of the woods, check out:
More to follow, exciting news coming up. Honest this time! Oh, and I’ve missed you all!
Are you looking for us? Well I listed the stores we are in recently, and there will be more added to the list soon, but we will also be at a bunch of festivals this summer!
June 3 & 4
Hoosier Hills Fiber Arts Festival
Franklin, IN
July 30th
Wine & Wool Festival
Sandhill Crane Vineyard
Jackson, MI
Aug. 20th
Leavenworth Fiber Festival
Leavenworth Kansas
Sept. 24th
Yarn Con
Chicago IL
Oh, and we’ll be at Stitches Midwest, but as attendees, not selling our yarns. 
So, if you want to see us there, you’ll have to find us wandering the market. We’ll be the ones buying lots of yarn. Oh wait . . .
Cupcake Thief
My beautiful, brave, brilliant boy isn’t a talker. In fact, he doesn’t talk. He has about 8 words, which he uses along with grunts and pointing, pulling and showing, to get what he wants. He communicates rather well, but is also very frustrated. A vocabulary of “hi, carcar, up, mama, nana (daddy), khiiii (cat), hoo (more like blowing hard – dog), and the newly discovered bu (bubby)” just doesn’t get him very far.
The problem is that he is 27 months old. He has the expressive speech development of a 12 month old. I know. We had him tested.
He starts speech therapy next week, but in the meantime, in the month since he was tested and we met with some experts, we’ve been working on teaching him sign language. He’s been picking it up faster than we have, so the only thing slowing him down at this point is the adults lack of knowledge of the language he can communicate in.
Okay, so that’s a lot of preface but I haven’t talked at all about his speech delay on the blog before so I needed to bring everyone up to speed. Caught up? Good.
Last week we went to a Peter Yarrow concert at the Rialto Theatre in Joliet, IL. Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary. Both Peter and Noel Paul Stukey were there, and the concert was amazing. We loved introducing the kids to the music we both grew up with, although they already know most of the songs from my constant singing.
Well, they had a special guest at this concert, a young man named Seth. Seth came out onstage and signed several of the songs as the were performed. It was amazing. And my little boy, who can hear just fine, but can’t get his voice to make the words he needs to communicate, recognized a kindred spirit in this young man signing on stage.
My boy stood up as tall as he could in daddy’s lap and started signing back up to the stage with all his might. I don’t know what all he was trying to say, and I don’t think they could see him from the stage, but I had so many tears in my eyes and running down my face that I couldn’t tell you anyway.
My little boy knew the man on stage was talking with his hands, and my boy was going to communicate back with him if it took everything he had!
Well, he fell asleep before the end of the concert, so we didn’t get to try to find Seth at the book signing afterwords, but let me put this out for the world. Seth, you are a hero, thank you.
Hello hello, long time no see.
I seem to be saying that a lot lately. Well, Froebe Fibers have been busy little bees, and we now have two new yarn colors for you!
Sapphire Martini is my personal favorite. So much so that I snagged the very first skein as soon as it was dry for my own personal stash.
It is mostly blue, but has lovely dark violet variegation and the colors just pop.
I’m debating making socks (of course), or perhaps a shawl.
What do you think?
Of course, Sapphire Martini and Purple Viking (along with all of our other yarns) are available on our website, but we are also now in three, count them, three brick and mortar stores! Art 4 Soul in Homewood, The Fold in Marengo, and Yarns to Dye For & More in Frankfort. See, we have been busy bees!
Oh, what is Purple Viking you ask? It’s our other yummy new colorway!
Just look at all that luscious purple! Each skein of Froebe Fibers yarn is hand dyed individually, so no two are exactly alike. There are several shades and hues of purple in Purple Viking, and while not variegated per se, the yarn does give a nice color variety, without striping for a more “natural” effect.
Can one say a purple yarn looks natural? Well, I think I just did!
So, come into the local yarn stores, or look for us at your nearest Yarn Festival! We’re heading to a bunch of them this summer and fall. I’ll post the list shortly, so keep your eyes peeled!
More goodies coming your way soon!
Hi there, long time no see. Where the heck have I been? Mostly in pain. Ugh, I know.
See, I’ve been having bad (read: horrible) ear aches for about 6 months. I’d go to the doctor, he’d look in my ears, see an infection, and give me a script for antibiotics. I’d go home, take the pills, and nothing would change. Lather, rinse, repeat. Over and over, multiple courses of increasing strength antibiotics. Nothing helped.
Eventually, I got a referral to an ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist). He looked in my ears and said I had no infection at all, but bad scaring on my ear drums from childhood surgeries, and that they were “sucked in”. We tried a course of steroids to change the pressure, we tried some heavy duty prescription allergy meds, we tried a bunch of stuff. Nothing helped.
Being in that kind of pain for months on end, with no relief in sight, I got depressed. Not big D Depression, just depressed, but it was enough. On top of that, my wonderful husband’s job has taken a dive into the deep end, and he’s back to working unthinkable hours just to stay afloat. So, in a lot of ways, I’ve been single parenting. I focused what energy I had on my family, and the blog took a back seat. No, more like a seat in the unattached caboose.
I’ve barely knit. I can’t remember the last time I made it to SnB. Things just kind of stopped. I took care of the kids, cooked, took care of the house, and did a little with the yarn business, but honestly not much. Luckily my mom/partner really stepped up and not only picked up the slack, but helped the business grow and expand.
So, that brings us to now. Yesterday, I had surgery on my ears. They put in (so-called) permanent tubes. I had these once before as a kid, so we all know what “permanent” means, but hopefully this will bring an end to the pain.
At the moment, only my right ear hurts, but I’m also on some pretty strong pain meds right now. In a couple of days, we’ll know better what’s going on in my mixed up head.
In the meantime though, I’m back, or at least trying.
It started snowing around 3 pm yesterday. This morning, we woke up to this.
The view out our back door
It’s still snowing now, at 11 a.m. I took the picture during a brief lull in the blizzard. My husband spent an hour outside with the snowblower, and managed to get less than 1/2 the driveway cleared to the street. That’s okay though, because at this point, with the snow still coming down and the blowing snow everywhere, you can barely tell that he made an attempt.
The kids want to go out into the snow, but it is up over their heads.
Even our St. Bernard, Butterfly, thinks this is too much snow.
So, we’ve kinda hunkered down. I baked biscuits this morning, and am considering a split pea soup for dinner.
Stay warm, stay dry, and for heaven’s sake, STAY OFF THE ROADS!
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