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  • Health Update

    Hola mi amigos et amigas! It’s been a while since I rapped at ya so let’s get to it! Things are going really well in this department. As of last Saturday I’ve dropped a total of 75 pounds since I started in late June, which is pretty good I think. I [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:26pm EST
    by Enas Yorl

  • It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!

    Number of comments: 4
    Ok no, not really. It’s a bit too soon for Christmas actually because we still have Thanksgiving to go and I like each holiday to have their own time. Still, it’s definitely time to think about Christmas in terms of what we’re going to get for others. Of course I’m [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:07pm EST
    by Enas Yorl

  • Happy Halloween!

    Number of comments: 8
    Just a quickie thing here for the one or two of you who still drop by from time to time. I’ve been meaning to drop a link to this for the longest time: Dracula – in blog form! This is really very cool and perfect for the season. The original [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:01pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Gettin’ Cozy

    Number of comments: 6
    Just a quickie thing for now. Check out the Tobasco Cozy I knitted: This is my first thing to knit “in the round” using the magic loop method. For my next project I started a hat. I’ll post some details later. [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 11:16am EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Still Knitting!

    Number of comments: 7
    I’ve been busy! Check out what I’m making for my sister for Christmas: The yarn is a kinda funky cotten strand that has lots of – ummm – “character”. It has a bit of a knotty texture to it that made it rather difficult to work with initially and I very [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2009, 11:28pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Quick Update

    Number of comments: 6
    Goodness the days do just slip on by don’t they?  It’s funny, all day long I think of things I want to tell y’all but as soon as I sit in front of the keyboard they all just sort of go “Eh.  Why bother?’  Still I do have some things [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2009, 11:03pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Behold!

    Number of comments: 3
    Here’s a picture of the blue jean* quilt I mentioned a couple posts ago: This is entirely made up of pieces of old denim jeans with various patches, pockets and belt loops added on.  The backing is a nice, snuggly soft flannel.  The overall size isn’t big enough to cover a queen [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2009, 6:10pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Blood Sugar Update

    Number of comments: 3
    Just a quick note about how it’s going. This last week has been really pretty good! As you can see levels have been entirely in the “Normal” range which is really gratifying. Aside from the uptick on the 13th the trend is still going down too.  To be honest I’m [...]
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    Posted: August 17, 2009, 8:36pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • I Haz a Quilt Rack

    Number of comments: 6
    I just got this in last week and I’ve been meaning to put it up: The Parental Units have made me enough quilts now so that I can load one of these up.  My latest aquisition is the blue jean quilt in the back.  I’ll put up another picture of that [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2009, 8:15pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • I’m Makin’ Diabeetus My Bitch

    Number of comments: 10
    Jeepers.  I didn’t really mean to be away this long but real life intrudes.  Anyway, I implemented a  lot of changes in my life since Diabeetus Day two weeks ago and there are already many noticable improvements.  I now test my blood glucose levels twice per day and, being the data guy that I [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2009, 5:44pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Diabeetus Confirmed

    Number of comments: 10
    I got the call today (that was fast!) and the test confirmed that I have the Diabeetus.  Also high cholesterol.  But no thyroid issues!  But I do have high blood pressure on top of the other stuff.  So, I’m quite the mess healthwise.  But now I have medicines, blood sugar tester thingy, and [...]
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    Posted: July 27, 2009, 11:41pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Saturday Swatch

    Number of comments: 2
    Today’s post is brought to you by the Rib Stitch: The rib stitch is pretty cool and it’s basically the same as the stockingette stitch really only you alternate the “back” side of the fabric with the “front”.  It makes for an even tension across the whole thing so it doesn’t [...]
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    Posted: July 25, 2009, 7:03pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Diabeetus Watch

    Number of comments: 1
    Well I saw the doctor yesterday and he agreed that all the stuff I’m experiencing are indeed potential signs of a diabeticatarianalishy condition so he set me up for some blood tests.  I also have high blood pressure issues so he’s checking for some stuff with that, and cholesterol, and [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2009, 3:18pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Doctor’s Appointment Today

    Number of comments: 5
    This afternoon I shall attempt to negotiate the horrors of our terrible medical system which of course must be massively overhauled and turned into a socialized system RIGHT NOW according to the zer()bama. I have to go talk to the doc about I’m pretty sure I am developing symptoms of this thing.  [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2009, 10:44am EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Stockinette Stitch Swatch

    Number of comments: 4
    No it didn’t take a week to do this.  I actually had it done last weekend but just didn’t get around to posting it.  It’s four inches by four inches again.  Check it out: I thought I was kinda doing it wrong because it likes to curl up, but that’s actually [...]
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    Posted: July 18, 2009, 2:40pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Treasure of Alaska

    Number of comments: 4
    It’s here!  Mine!  My own!  My…PRECIOUSSSSSSSSSSS! I bought this wonderful ring at our first port of call, Ketchikan.  There’s a beautiful jewelry store there (among many, many jewelry stores) called Julie’s and they specialize in carrying stuff with gold quartz settings.  This was one of the stores my Mom was keen on [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2009, 3:23pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Hey, Not Bad!

    Number of comments: 7
    Well, well!  Guess who’s lost 21 pounds in the last three weeks or so?  Still a long way to go but that’s a good start. [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2009, 10:18am EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Behold!

    Number of comments: 9
    I have knitted a swatch!  And it’s bounded off and everything.  Yah, it’s not perfect, but it’s not bad either.  So a 4″ x 4″ with my #6 needles with this yarn is 20 stiches by 39 rows.  This is important to know when you’re actually making something.  I don’t [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2009, 6:00pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Sorry, I’m Knitting…

    Number of comments: 5
    I’ve wanted to learn how to knit since I was a kid.  And on this trip I finally decided to do something about it and bought a “How to Teach Yourself Knitting” kit in Skagway Alaska.  I spent much of my time on the way back trying to learn how [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2009, 10:19pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Vacation – Seattle

    I won’t do a lot here as we weren’t in Seattle very long.  After checking in to our hotel rooms we started to go looking for interesting places to shop and eventually somewhere to eat dinner.  We looked through the little maps and brochures the hotel had in the rooms [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 8:42pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Vacation Pictures

    Hoo boy did I take a lot of pictures!  There were 30 on my phone camera, 300+ on my first memory card and I havn’t even looked at the other two cards yet.  Unfortunately the weather didn’t really cooperate for really good pictures for most of the trip.  It was [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 4:07pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • I’m Back!

    Number of comments: 8
    Home sweet home.  I really enjoy travelling, but I always love coming home.  I got lotsa pictures and some stories.  Mostly this evening I’m unpacking and catching up on the world.  More later. [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2009, 10:21pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Some Art Before I Go

    Number of comments: 2
    Here’s my latest attempt to try and break out of my very tight and rigid painting style.  It’s on Yupo plastic paper that really encourages loose painting since the water and pigment do not penetrate the medium.  It’s small – about 8 x 10 inches. That’s it folks!  I am just [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2009, 10:38am EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Vacation!

    Whoot! Today begins my two week vacation! I’m getting out of Dodge just as it’s starting to really heat up around here. Tomorrow I fly off to Seattle where it will be a high of 71 degrees. Aaaahhhhhhhh! Saturday it’s onto the ship and off to the north to Alaska [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 2:41pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • I Got Binoculars!

    Number of comments: 6
    Whoot!! I went ahead and ordered the Nikon Monarch ATB. It’s only been a few days and they’re already here! I gotta say I have excellent taste. They are very nice and I am well pleased. Summer school has begun and I’m taking watercolor painting again. It’s four nights [...][...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2009, 6:40pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • So Let Me Pick Your Brains…

    Number of comments: 10
    At the end of this month I’m going on a cruise to Alaska!  Whoot!!  The Big Heat has settled in now and it will be nice to get away from it (and work and home) for a little while.  As the date draws closer I am now thinking about stuff I [...]
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    Posted: June 04, 2009, 9:34pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Landscaping

    Number of comments: 4
    Sent to me by a coworker the other day: Dude, who did your landscaping? [...]
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    Posted: May 29, 2009, 5:09pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Goodbye Isabelle

    Number of comments: 10
    It’s so hard to let you go, but continuing on is no kindness. I have her at home in comfortable, familiar surroundings for one more night.  She’s very tired so I’ve let her be for the most part finally free of being poked, prodded and having various meds and food  shoved [...]
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    Posted: May 27, 2009, 2:04am EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Kitty Is Back in the Hospital

    Number of comments: 2
    She hasn’t pooped in about a week.  When I called into the vet’s office about it I was basically told that she wasn’t really eating all that much and it probably hadn’t built up enough for a poop.  I was told to feel her belly for any solid stuff and [...]
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    Posted: May 24, 2009, 8:56pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Let’s Change the Subject…

    Number of comments: 9
    How about a break from the daily drama of As the Infection Turns to something else?  Yes!  Let’s go to music instead for a while.  I have a bleg for those few of you who visit here. I’ve become bored with the music on my iPod.  A quick check tells me [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2009, 12:25am EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • The Feline of Concern

    Number of comments: 7
    Stoaty asks, and she receives: Alas I don’t have any pictures of her before all this that I can find, but here she is at one of her spots she’s taken to spend a lot of her time at.  A few more below the fold. Another one of her spots in my [...]
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    Posted: May 19, 2009, 9:38pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • OW

    Number of comments: 3
    I saw the podiatrist today and he “took care” of my ingrown toenail.  I thought I was there mostly to get my infection looked at and maybe deal with the ingrown part if warrented.  His priorities were different. He starts off with a couple of shots deep into my toe with a LARGE [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2009, 9:13pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • We’re Gonna Fight It

    Number of comments: 3
    Isabelle has her good days and her bad days.  I guess I tend to write these updates on bad days when the the Blue Bird of Optimism gets its butt kicked by the Black Bired of Despair.  Today the Blue Bird decided it was time for smash-beak payback. Last night she did [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2009, 12:44pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Health Update

    Number of comments: 7
    My toe is getting better, just more slowly than I expecteed.  I see the podiatrist Monday morning so hopefully we’ll get this situation fully wrapped up soon.  Sorry Lemur King!  You’re just going to have to find another use for your broken, rusty hacksaw blade – there ain’t gonna be [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2009, 10:02pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • House O’Yorl HealthWatch

    Number of comments: 7
    I took the cat back to the vet Sunday afternoon and parked her in medical boarding so they can feed/watch/evaluate her.  Not only had she stopped eating anything whatsoever voluntarily she was fighting against hand-feeding too.  I was sure she was fading fast. Well.  It turns out that I don’t know [...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2009, 1:05am EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Kitty HealthWatch ‘09

    Number of comments: 10
    As near as I can tell she has stopped eating on her own entirely now.  She only gets what I can feed her through the syringes and I’m not home enough during the day and I can only stay up so late at night.  She moves very little on her [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2009, 11:45pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Enas Yorl HealthWatch ‘09

    Number of comments: 6
    Got in to see the doctor this morning. Who is actually different from the person the HOA appointment schedular said it was, but whatever. Ok NOW my toe hurts! I guess it was kinda serious because I have a prescription and instructions for twice daily cleansing rituals and a referral [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2009, 5:10pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Enas Yorl HealthWatch ‘09

    Number of comments: 9
    Now there’s something wrong with me.    I’m pretty sure I have an infection in my left big toe and I need to get to a doctor tomorrow.  Unfortunately I’m not entirely sure who my Primary Care Physician is anymore and where he or she is located.  This has not been [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2009, 10:24pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Kitty HealthWatch ‘09

    Number of comments: 3
    Kitty is still sick. She still doesn’t eat much and a trip to the vet yesterday showed that she still has a fever and is losing weight. I’m picking up her records and taking her to a specialist that deals only with cats today. The next step will probably be [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2009, 10:18am EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Out & About

    Off to Sedona this weekend and no computers! So just talk amongst yourselves. [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2009, 9:40am EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Your Attention Please…

    Number of comments: 8
    We interrupt Kitty Health Watch ‘09 for this important announcement:  I have created ART.   BEHOLD!   This kind of work is called scrafito (or sgrafito).  It’s done by painting an unfired work with a colored slip (underglaze) and scratching through it with a stylus to reveal the light clay body underneath.  The work is then fired to [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2009, 11:48pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Kitty Update

    Number of comments: 5
    She did kinda “eh” over the weekend.  No worse certainly but not significantly better.  She ate little and didn’t move around a lot.  When I got home yesterday she was still pretty mopey.  I took her in to the vet’s for a recheck and see how her vitals are doing.  Her temperature [...]
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    Posted: April 20, 2009, 9:34pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • My Tweet of the Day if I Used Twitter (Which I Don’t)

    The Standard Deviation is the nerd of simple summary statistics.  The Average is the really, really cool guy that everyone wants to know. [...]
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    Posted: April 20, 2009, 5:06pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Kitty Still Sick

    Number of comments: 6
    I brought her home yesterday and it looked like she was improving. I even got her to purr for a little while. But now we’re right back to the way she was when this started. She doesn’t eat and only moves to go from one spot to lie down to [...]
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    Posted: April 18, 2009, 6:09pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • My Kitty is Sick :-(

    Number of comments: 5
    Last weekend my cat decided she didn’t feel like eating anymore. At first I thought she was being finicky because I dared to try some stuff she hadn’t had before but when even the old favorites failed to entice I knew something was wrong plus she was becoming very listless [...]
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    Posted: April 17, 2009, 1:17am EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Hello? Is This Thing On?

    Number of comments: 1
    Yes, sorry.  My life is boring and I don’t have any commentary for the passing scene except for HOLY CRAP!!  That’s not a particularly unique or helpful insight I know so I had not bothered to post it.  But now that I’ve done so you know my take on the current Worrying Kinda [...]
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    Posted: April 13, 2009, 6:58pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Don’t Mess With A Mantis

    Number of comments: 9
     Not to step on FU Penguin’s schtick, but this was too good not to put up.  Photo courtesy of a coworker’s e-mail. [...]
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    Posted: March 31, 2009, 2:14pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Computer Problem Found!

    Number of comments: 2
    Huzzah!  I just got a call from one of the computer techs at the store and they found the problem:  one or both of the RAM modules is bad so they’re going to figure out which one it is and replace it.  I knew it had to be something like [...]
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    Posted: March 30, 2009, 3:53pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Holy Crap!!

    Number of comments: 10
    The tech guys couldn’t find anything wrong with my computer so I took it home to get screen shots of the BSODs when they happen there.  Monday night there was no problem, but last night I got two of them while WoWing.  They obligingly stayed on screen long enough for [...]
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    Posted: March 25, 2009, 7:10pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl

  • Today’s Public Service Announcement

    Tequila and QVC’s home shopping channel does not mix!  Oi.  I’m not looking forward to my next credit card bill. [...]
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    Posted: March 23, 2009, 12:26pm EDT
    by Enas Yorl
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