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PROGRAMMING NOTE from the Author and Archivist


So obviously I just stopped blogging on this platform. I'll get back to it eventually. Or not. I'm taking a break from all social media. It seemed necessary for my mental health.

The last few years have been busy and … challenging:

- 2015 Happened.
- 2016 Let's call it The Lost Year. (Obviously words failed me.)
- 2017 about broke me. Literally. Mentally.
- 2018 was ridiculous, proving 2017 was just a warm up. (Good thing I was already broken so it couldn't hurt as much.#2018TrashCanFire I thought things were going okay, but maybe not?)

- 2019 was such a blur. I know there were highlights, but then stuff happened and carried into the next year...

- And then in March#2020 really took a turn. Who can even categorize 2020? Do we dare?


I kinda want a do-over of some of the last few years. But life doesn’t work that way.


So for now, I'm hunkering down. Regrouping. Trying to stay safe and sort some stuff out.


Stay safe everyone. Stay well.

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Auntie Nettie's Merchandise 2010 Finale

It is time for the 2010 end of the year wrap-up. I was flipping through the project book, trying to document last minute gifts to the neighbors, Toys for Tots, gifts for Grandmary's friends, and realized I hadn't put up the last of the photos.


Here's the last of the 2010 projects and my notes about UFOs to be completed next year:

#149:
Roly Poly Piggy
(as of 12/10, no longer available)
#150: Roly Poly Pony
(as of 8/2012, no longer available, to be a Toy Society toy)
#152: Sunset Eclipse Scarf
(Not available, gifted)
#151 & #155: Roly Poly Panda
(#155 is not available)
#153: Fuzzy Roly Poly Panda
(no photo, like #45, see here, no longer available)
#154 & #159: Roly Poly Elephant
(neither are available)
#156: Roly Poly Black Bear
(as of 12/13 no longer available, Toys for Tots)#157: Roly Poly Grey Bear (as of 12/10 no longer available)
#158: Funky Monkey Kitty
(as of 11/2012, no longer available, donated to Toys for Tots)
#160: Creamy Mini Owl (as of 07/11, no longer available)#161: Brown Mini Owl (no longer available, gifted)
#162: Prototype Black Loop scarf (no photo) (as of 10/2011, no longer available)

UnFinishedObjects: three (3) afghans - the same amount I came into 2010 with. Luckily, it's three different blankies and one (1) polar bear that never got pieced together.
In 2010, I still didn't manage to break even, or to get the on-line presence up and running, but at least there are baby steps with the logo, having a computer at home, and diversifying product.
15 years of "hooking," and I'm still maintaining my amateur status in the Yarncraft Olympics.

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