Frustration

I have spent the last 2 hours hunched over the computer, trying to get my new printer to work.  Jesse, the computer son, has my drive divided into two parts, one running Linux and the other running Windows.  The printer is all hooked up in Windows, the problem is this particular driver is not in the Linux base, so I had to find and download one.  Which I did, but now I can not install if for some reason.  He has been helping me via email from Wisconsin, yet it is so hard (and I know from personal experience) to help a person with a computer problem when you don't know, really, what they did.  Jesse is very patient, though, and has only scolded me once for buying a printer without making sure it was Linux compatible.  I did read a review and the person was using it in Linux, they just didn't say anything about the driver for it!  I am sure it is just one small thing yet to do, only I don't know what it is.  Worst case scenario is that I can only use it on the evil Windows side until someone adds my model to the data base.  Nice thing about running Linux--all open source and no paying for every program or update that comes along.  We use it 95% of the time.
More frustration in the form of snow, turning to rain today.  When will it end?
I did manage to get my warp all spun, plyed and set.  Counting off on the warping board is my project for today.   Having second thoughts about some of the red colors which means they may get cut out of the project.  I will only know when I get it on the board.  If all goes well, I'll start loading the loom this afternoon.  We will see.

Snow tired

Well, after a day of rain and freezing rain, we got wind and snow.  9 or 10 inches when Jeff cleared the driveway.  It stopped for about an hour or so, now it is back snowing and blowing full force.  It didn't keep him from going out in the truck (which has four wheel drive) to keep an appointment in Rutland ( a thirty minute drive in clear weather).  I however, did try to stop him as I ran down the road after him screaming and waving my hands to let him know that the wood furnace had blown out the vent in the stove pipe!  It sent black soot everywhere and the fire alarm went off.  Freaked me out, just a bit!  Fortunately, the furnace is in the cellar, so it keeps the ashes, etc, out of our living space.  Also there was no harm done, although he could only theorize what had happened.  The  house would not have burned down if he hadn't been there, he explained, so I was happy to know that.  It is the first time in over 20 years of burning wood that I have been totally undone by it.  If he had already been out of reach, I guess I would have  figured out what to do, but I am glad I didn't have to!  The end result is that I aggravated my throat with hollering and then gasping for breath once I had run back into the house to throw open the bulkhead doors for him, so now am coughing a bit.  Definitely not a sprinter!

Still it snows, snows, snows.   Later I will have to shovel off the end of the drive so Jeff can get back in.   I think it is ' finish spinning the batts, then plying' day. Sure not going out anywhere!

Fleece

Today will be spent washing the latest fleece from Alnglo farm.  I have gotten half of it done, I think.  I also want to card the dyed locks from Saturday's dye session.  The colors are really sharp, just what I think I want.

Snowy yard

The sun is out, which is great, as there is supposed to be another big snow storm coming tomorrow.  What an endless winter!  I have only gotten out on my skis a few times with the snow so deep and the air so frigid.  These mornings of below zero have worn out their welcome.  I must be getting old and cranky as I used to love winter.  There are definite signs of spring, though, as I am sure I saw pussy willows, and I know that the days are longer.  "When the days grow longer, the cold grows stronger" is an old adage that has proven itself true this year!