Well, hi. Here I am again. Since I haven't posted in a while, here's what I've been up to lately:
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| New Place |
I moved into a neat house with 6 of my closest friends. It's an amazing historic house that's impossible to heat on a budget. I've got the best spot, the third floor flat. It's windows all around (no napping for me) and it has a great lake view.
I got an awesome new set of skis for Christmas!
So I've been out and about a bunch on those. I've also started dabbling in the sport of skijoring. If you've never heard of it (I think it's a midwestern thing) you should Google it, or YouTube search it, because it's fun to watch if nothing else. But basically I've been doing this by getting on my skis, taking
my friend D's dogs to the park, and holding on for dear life.
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| They don't look evil, but obviously looks can be deceiving. |
There is a more sophisticated method to it, however, and that usually involves getting some quality equipment. Skijoring set-ups like the
Skijor Now and the
Ruffwear kit cost between $150-$250. For me, that's a lot of money, but I
really wanted it. I went back and forth on it, putting it in my Amazon shopping cart, taking it out, putting it back in again. One day I thought, hey, I could probably whip something together myself. Some nylon straps, some rope, some clasps, what else do you need? I set out to my usual first stop on my crafting tour, my parents' house. That's where I tell my mom what I'm planning on doing and she gives me materials if she has them, and coupons if she doesn't. However, when I got there, Mom was out so I explained to Dad what I wanted to do. He said, "Well it sounds like you just need a climbing harness." And yeah, that's pretty much exactly what I needed. Some people who skijor simply use a climbing harness that they already had, and it works well. Turns out Dad had his old climbing harness from his urban lumberjack* days that he was willing to part with.
I haven't tried it out yet, but I think it will work! It was free, and best of all, it looks totally badass! Yes that is real leather!
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| I'll be ready to go as soon as I get some snow :( |
I'll do a post on all of my Christmas present projects soon.
*An urban lumberjack is what I call the guys who work for the city who come and trim and/or cut down trees if they're near power lines or what have you.
