This is the chat thread. Proceed to talk.

[Ajnos]

Here's wishing you all a Happy New Year from the future! 2014 has been a great year so far (all 35 minutes of it).

[Lucy Took]

Hi! Just so you know the forum is going to look really wonky and pictureless for a day or two due to tinypic being hacked and some pictures on TLC being replaced with unsavory ones.

The only quick fix for this was to turn off all of the BBC code, so your bolds,italics and font colors will be gone for awhile, as well as your signatures. This is a temporary measure and will likely be turned off soon after tinypic is given time to go back to it's old self.

[narniagirl11]

Okay, thanks for letting us know, Tooky!

[The Happy Islander]

Hey all, I realized today that our chat thread kinda fizzled out. So, I thought I'd try to wake it up.

As the winter's been rather colder (with an excess of snow! )than usual here, I've been busy making myself all sorts of winter clothes. I recently finished mittens (nalbinding) and a hat (Tunisian crochet), and I am working on a cowl (also Tunisian crochet). What's everyone else up to?

[Ariel.of.Narnia]

I'm catching up on Psych and, while I'm not thrilled with the season so far per se, I'm... well, even euphoric over the fact that the episode I just watched ended with honest-to-goodness sage advice. Like... Gandalf-status sage.
Besides that, um, not much. Just busy real-life stuff.

[Tenethia]

yay, chat thread is alive!

Well, I'm on my last quarter of school for the year! I have about a month left and I'll be all done with my studies for this year. I am soooo done with this this past school year was really crazy, what with siblings going off to college suddenly and sudden trips to California and British Columbia, Canada, it's been hard to keep up and school has been dragged out.

I'll get a month off of school.
I'm planning to do some scrapbooking, and I want to work on my weaving. I found my yarn the other day, so I can start I also need to edit my NaNo novel. If anybody who has time wants to help me with that, PM me I'll be happy for volunteers.

Can we see a picture of your Island hat, Islie? (and what's a cowl?)

In weather news, it's almost 90 degrees here!

[Ariel.of.Narnia]

Ninety degrees?! But then, coming from a place of snow and ice....

[albero1]

We've been having LOTS of ice and snow, and most of our days are nor warmer than freezing! *isn't used to that!!!*
Well... I've been sick four or five times since Christmas. We haven't really done much because of that.
That's basically it.

[The Happy Islander]

@Berry: Hee, that weather sounds familiar Dad looked outside at the thermometer before dinner today and said, "Oh, it's warm; it's 20 degrees (Fahrenheit)!"

@Tenny: A cowl keeps your neck warm, like a scarf, but instead of being a rectangle like a scarf, it's a tube that goes around your neck.

And here's my hat. It's got dark blue around the bottom for water, green and brown (and a mountain!) for an island, and light blue for sky. I don't know what the tassel's for.

[narniagirl11]

Oooooh! *loves Islie's hat!*

I've been working on tons of school, planning my trip around the world for the rest of my life, and working on several new piano pieces.