Computer Buddies and Cars, and Cotton

My computer buddies, who I call Spiro and Jiro looking on the very cold weather... brrr!

We are looking at second hand cars... our truck has over 200,000 kms and we are starting to feel that it might not be as reliable any more. So we are looking around at a variety of different vehicles.  One of them is right here in our own backyard. But the price is a little higher than we would like and it is a bare bones car with nothing... nodda... nar ting at'all... So we have started doing a little research on other vehicles. Hmm... it is a hard decision.

While I hate the thoughts of taking on another vehicle... it means more gas consumption... we are not able to sell our truck considering that it is the vehicle that hauls our water.  But it is old and it is getting to the point where we don't trust it anymore.  What a dilemma. We are looking at several different vehicles. A 2009 PT Cruiser that we will have to drive quite far to buy... A Ford Focus ZX3 that is a little older and we are not sure about that. A Nissan Versa.... also not sure because it is farther away and the one that is closest to us is a Pontiac Vibe and it is two doors down from our house. But it is a manual transmission... Teapot and I have not driven standard for twenty something years. EERK! I'm afraid that I might stall out constantly or slam into something that I shouldn't slam into. Teapot is obviously not sure either because he downloaded instructions on how to drive a standard and has been reading them for the last few nights. EERK!  Stand by and I'll let you know how this goes.

-35 degrees C this morning.... brrr! The sheep are huddled.... The Alpacas are huddled....and Honeydew and Mishka are huddled... I haven't been up to check on the lamb this morning but hopefully she's huddled with her mom.  Even the horse is standing quietly with her blanket on her. All around the air is crisp, cold, and clear. I'm thinking about socks.... cause my toesies are cold this morning and that is a rare occurance.

Cotton spinning is coming along nicely but I'm not quite finished. I have a little more work to do this morning.  Last night I stayed up till 11:00 p.m. and spun away while everyone else headed off to bed... while doing so, I listened to CBC Radio and a show called Ideas. It was really interesting to hear. If you are into Podcasts you can go here to read more about it and download the Podcast... the guest speaker is French thinker Rene Girard and he is talking about his philosophy of man and how we are intrinsically competitive and how we try to overcome that and base society and our values on religion. He uses history and literature as a way of proving his theory. Awesome program... I have questions about it but I can see how he came to his theory... still I wonder why some people opt to not live in society and go off on their own... I would love to sit down with him and have a conversation about it. It is rather worrying if you believe it but as with most theories of human behaviour you can come to a belief of your own and completely negate everything he says... I call this the "Stick-your-head-in-the-sand-syndrome."

I'll leave you this morning with a picture of my cotton....

I am off to ply this cotton... and hopefully I have 450 yards... then on to line flax.