No Caffeine

Don't know where else to blog about this, so you readers are the lucky ones.
Long story short:  I'm getting lots of medical testing done.  One of the tests is a "sleep study" to check for sleep apena.
Reading through the list of stuff to do for preparation:  not supposed to have ANY caffeine for 24 hours before the study.
First question:  does that mean for 24 hours before the study begins, which is this evening, say 9pm, so that would have been starting at 9pm last night?  Or does it mean for 24 hours before the study will end, at the unusual hour of 5:30 am tomorrow morning.  Why 5:30? 
There are so many questions here.

So, I go to a website to look up Caffeine

And the side bar add is:  Is Excessive Sleepiness Hurting You?  Take the Quiz >
And there's questions about how much coffee you drink in comparison to co-workers, do you have obligations that keep you up late or make you get up early, headaches, napping, dozing off.........
And then the anaylsis article that says the expected blanket "Americans aren't sleeping enough or well enough".
You should see your doctor for help with this problem.
This is supposed to be new information?
Sleep affects work performance?
Sleepiness can be dangerous while driving?
No Kidding!

Now my only question is:  what knitting project to take to a Sleep Study

Another Excel total of the Ravelry listed Stash

As of August 11, 2010
230 skeins of yarn
24,119 grams
51,032 yards

It didn't seem like that much when it was all scattered out.
Well, not exactly "out".
It was pretty much Stashed, Hidden, know what I mean?

Entering Yarn Stash into Ravelry

I've started entering my yarn stash at Ravelry.
It should let me see how much yarn I really have.
I'm also getting rid of any yarn that isn't "useable".
If I'm understand it right,
One of the problems with Hoarding is that it has become very difficult for me to judge what is "useful" and what is "trash".
Did I write that I've been seriously working on this since before ? 
Well, I'm not sure how long ago I really admitted that I had a Problem and started Trying to Fix It.
It seems like it's only been a couple of months, but maybe it's been almost a year?
How does time fly that fast?

Anyway, Ravelry has a Stash Database that will let me export to Excel.
And in Excel, one of my favorite programs by the way, I can total up how much yarn I've got.
If I've done this right, as of
August 10, 2010
122 Skeins
12,583 grams
27,260 yards

On the road toward not having a Hoarding Problem

Hi, I'm Ruby and I have a problem with Hoarding.
My yarn stash has been out of control for a while.
My house has been totally out of control for a long time, even before I was knitting a lot.
Well, not quite as out of control as on the TV show, ....
Before the knitting, it was quilting. 
And sewing. 
And making bears and dolls. 
And needle punch embroidery. 
And embroidery, crewel and needlepoint.
And candle making, ceramics, painting,
You get the idea.
I'm trying to get better before my family turns me in to the producers of the show.
If I am ever on TV, that's NOT what I want to be there for.
Maybe Knitty Gritty?