Ten things goin’ on at Saffron Knits..

1. Exercise & weight loss – so far so good. Participating in ‘The Biggest Loser’ Incentive at work is very motivating.
2. Jillian Michael’s exercise videos are designed to kill you. If they don’t… You’ll get stonger.
3. Planning to get guitar fixed and learn to play.
4. A college professor gave me my guitar.
5. Knitting some yoga socks from handspun. It’s going very slow due to some distrations.
6. Distractions = new iPod Touch. I’m obsessed.
7. Have 1,376 songs on my iPod. Have become obsessed with singer/songwriter Melissa Ferrick. Her music/songs take up about 1/4 of the songs on my iPod.
8. I have listened to Melissa Ferrick’s cover of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ over and over and over and over and … well… you get the point. You can hear it on Melissa Ferrick’s website.
9. Writing every day. Haven’t written anything (not counting this blog) for three years – finally have the desire to do so.
10. Spinning ten minutes a day. Yay for spinning! Bought some lovely periwinkle fiber from Spincerely Yours. (You can see it HERE) I LOVE IT!

Hope 2011 is treating you well!

Here’s another fave by Melissa Ferrick – “To Let You See Me”

I have a great love of classical music – especially symphonic music from the Romantic period – specifically, Tchaikovsky. He was a genius orchestrator, in my opinion and it’s very evident in the short, but lovely Russian Dance (Trepak) from Nutcracker.

If you’ve never seen Nutcracker in person, I highly recommend it.

Sung by Megan Mullally (from Will & Grace), this was my introduction to her amazing voice. I had no idea she could sing before I bought the CD (NBC Celebrity Christmas). I think this tops the list as my favorite version of this song. The vocals, the orchestration – I love it!

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas. Don’t you?

Happy Friday!!!

You didn’t think I’d go this whole month without a meme or two or three, did you? Actually, I found this one a while ago and meant to do it but never got the chance. What better time than now?

I saw this on Knitwith Homespun’s blog and given my love of rainbows, it seemed like fun.

That definitely sounds like me. What colors are in YOUR rainbow?