Mohair and I won another book!

I'm getting mohair fleece! I'm getting mohair fleece!! Yearly to kid grade (I guess it is inbetween) in white. YAY! It was priced special so I had to skip the new years resolution of use what I have, for this fantastic half off sale (which is over now, SORRY!). I'm getting a five pound fleece. Sweeeeeeet! Major fleece p0rn coming your way!! Keep an eye on my youtube.com channel (link on side bar). I plan on spinning fine thread from it and using it for card weaving if it is too course for knitting with because it takes color so well.

And, I won another book! How lucky is that?! I participated in the Unwound podcast listeners poll, and every month she puts everyone's name in a hat who calls, and draws out a lucky person to pick a book! I got this months and I picked Victorian Lace Today. Doing this lace wing of the moth shawl has wetted my appetite for more lace! This is a nice book too. My knittin friend purchased it at one of the local guild meetings and I looked through it with her. Pretty stuff in there.

I cannot find my handspun, knitted socks ANYWHERE! They've dissapeared! I could use them now that the temps are much-much colder, and there is lots of snow on the ground. I need new shoes, but I am not a shoe shoper. I hate braking in new shoes. Would rather wear what I have till they literally fall apart than brake in new shoes.

The brine shrimp seem to be thriving! I hope they keep growing! I need to clean out another container for the daphina coming. I think I will put the two surviving guppies in a new tank and use that take as the daphnia tank since it is full of algea. Then, when the new guppy tank as oodles of algea, I will switch them back to thier old tank...which should be spotless by the time the Daphnia are done with it!

Until next time...

SNOW!!! Growing Brine shrimp, sexist pigs...

OMG yay! sSNOW!!! Finally!

I walked in the snow today too. I first went down for my coffee...that was a workout, went to the store to get sweet potato, and pea baby food for my brine shrimp hatchlings. Then I walked ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the way over to Mounds to get a new air pump as the one I had...didn't work when I went to plug it in last night. Argh! I got a bigger one so that I could use it for other things if need be, and so I would have it in the future.

Upon becoming a member of Live food for Fish mailing list (on a list serve or something) and asking if having a pump was really necessary, some sexist pig answers me, then proceeds to comment on my siggy line that says "I am standing up for woman's rights. Will you join me?" and it has a link to http://www.voice4choice.org/ .

Okay, brace yourselves woman because this pig is full of brimstone! He says and I do quote:

"And to answer your other question, I will not join you in "speaking out" for"women's rights." "Women's rights" is a code phrase for 'women's preference", and we already have too much of that."

WTF? First off it was in my siggy line, and second of all...it was rhetorical! Leave it up to a man to take something from the far left field personally and try to stir the shit pot with it by "casually" adding the comment. Typical. TMS (Typical Male Syndrome). Third, that sexist comment was anything but appropriate for this list (for raising live fish food) and I suggest if he wanted to fight over to join the appropriate list. I said, and I do quote:

"Actually (name omitted-because I am civil that way)...if you took the time to *read* the page the link took you too, it is about reproduction rights. As in "keep your laws off my body" kinda thing. Harboring anger are we? And being besides the point of this is far from the appropriate list to discuss such views on, that it is a rhetorical question and also apart of my signature line. Not a personal question to be answered-or used to stir the shit pot with (at least, not here). You don't have to like it."

Always someone out there waiting to stir the shit-pot because they ain't got a better life to attend to. You'd think there would be better things to do than to argue about opinionated, political views. Well I was a neutral as I could be...because I'd like to bash the man's head in because he ain't doing anyone any good with THAT ignorant attitude. I feel sorry for his wife...if he has one that would put up with him!! LMAO! Sheez.

Anyways...on to the pictures! This is my setup for the brine shrimp babies. The light is for heat and algae growth (hopefully). It is sitting on top of Zar's cage right next to the sun-lamp so that will help with heat too. That whole corner is warm because of the heat from the bulb in Zar's cage and the radiator down on the wall.

I am also starting some algae cultures in Zar's cage. His water dish is full of algae, so I just "seeded" the water with some of that. The jar on the left has a rock in it that will be placed in Skye's bowl for extra food (the Betta) and the one on the right is spring water from a natural spring right here in Madison (location is a secret-he-he-he). Then there is a bottle with a mixture of one cup water, and one teaspoon each of baby food pureed sweet potatoes and peas. I squirted enough of that in the water to just make it cloudy.
And last, but not least-a video. Entry would not be complete without a video!!

So I have spent a whole lot more than I had planned on this growing brine shrimp thing. It had better work out or I'll be pissed! HA!

Until next time...

I'm pooped!

So I went back over to Animart this afternoon since they had a 40% off EVERYTHING left in the store. They are moving and I figure they want to move as little as possible. I got a 3 gallon eclipse, got it home, opened it up...looked at it and said "This will not due. This will not due at all." It doesn't look like three gallons, plus it had two huge gouges on the front. So much for quality acrylic tanks. SO I took it back. I gandered to get the supplies I need to keep the brine shrimp alive...some sea salt, a fine mesh net, some goodies for Skye (of which he totally snubbed!!). I get home, mixed up a gallon of salt water...plug int he air pump....nothin. Not one sound came from the pump. ARGH!!! Now...I need a new PUMP! I dunno why I need it, I can see the baby shrimps swimming around on thier own just fine. *heavy tired sigh*
I am so pooped from running around this weekend. Tomorrow there will be snow ont he ground, I will be walking down for my coffee and five fruit muffin, stopping by the grocery for some sweet potato baby food to feed the shrimpies with...and hopefully...all will be well without a pump. If not, then I have two more packets of eggs that I can hatch out at a later date. Water fleas are sounding simplier with each passing moment I try to work with brine shrimp!!

*faints*

On top of all this, I sit down to watch CSI Miami (Love the H.Caine character) and the sleeve (from netflix) says CSI Miami, but the disc is CSI NY!!! OH for crying out loud, shoot me already! I don't really much care for the NY version....it's really slow and boring compaired to the original and Miami. I was really looking forward to CSI Miami. *pouts*

Until next time...