Wow... it has been a while

I bet you are wondering what happened to me. Well, life has sorta kicked me in the ass. I have moved several times over the past two years and this blog sorta fell off my radar. Once my life calms down enough were I can formulate some kind of plan for this blog, it will probably stay sporadic at best. For now, I thought I would share some of the craft projects I have been working on with you all.

So... life happened

People out there in cyber-land might be wondering what happened to me. To give you a quick run down... we bought a house, started fixing up the house, I lost my job, we moved into the house and after 2 weeks of living the the house, I had to start my new job 900 miles away. Hubby is still in the house fixing it up to sell it and I am now living with bare bones in a -okay- apartment in an -meh- part of town while working. What have I been doing in the mean time? Knitting, playing Fallout: New Vegas and getting ready for my thesis defense. Oh, and having bouts of sanity questioning depression. Such fun times. So... here are some of the things I have been working on, knitting wise (the shirt is not yet finished):

RIP Dreads

Well, due to some unforeseen circumstanced that will most likely have me going to job interviews at some time in the near future, my dreads have been killed. They lasted one month shy of a year. I am very very not happy about this, but I know that I will have a better chance with interviews with 'normal person' hair. I had to send my husband off to the local store to get the conditioner because I started crying just thinking of it. It took a week of work to get them all out. We did a good amount on the weekend (starting in the back and working forward) and a few each day after that. We did not cut my hair short, because with how 'red' this state is, we figured long 'feminine' hair would also be more desirable. It hurt so bad, after a while I started taking tiny (like a half a teaspoon) swigs of rum after each one was done. We also broke my dread comb, loosing 3 steel teeth. Here are some before pics. Can you tell I am not happy about this?

 Take  a look at all the hair that came off my head (yes, that is a quarter next to the massive hair ball)! Even if I do get a job where I can have dreads, I am going to have to let my hair regrow so it isnt so thin!

I got a haircut after this because it was just too long. Nothing fancy though, just a normal.