I'll just have to get some fish to nibble the calluses off. 
Yes - it's very weird. Yes - it tickles like hell. But my feet were pretty smooth at the end of the appointment. But if you think I'm weird - apparently when the fish get too mature, it's too uncomfortable for the average person to sit there while they dine on your piggies - so the owner of the spa takes the more mature fish home, puts them in a tub - and - you guessed it - immerses her entire body in the tub. Puts a whole new spin on "I'll have the fish, please" doesn't it?
In addition to feeding the fish, I've been very productive lately. Not only am I sticking to my self-enforced yarn diet, I've decided I won't start anything new until I've finished at least 4 UFO's.
The first thing I finished is the Jester Sweater made with Fiesta Ballet in Onyx colorway. It was a LOT of stockinette stitch (yawn), but at least that's easy to knit while watching TV.
In fact, the only interesting part was the edging.
I'm pretty pleased with it. The neck is a little higher than I'm used to and the sleeves have some seaming flaws, but otherwise, it seamed up easily and fits nicely.
The next thing I FINALLY seamed up is the Sideways Striped Pullover - knit in various colors of Filatura Di Crosa Print. 
I wan't in a huge hurry to seam this up since I deliberately made it a size too small in order to try to force myself to lose weight to get into it - and I still haven't lost enough. At least I'm on a downward pattern now - instead of the steady plateau I've been on for the past year, but I digress. I did try this on, and it definitely needs to wait til I've lost 10lbs, but other than the neck, which I would have made deeper, I'm really happy with the way this turned out - and the sleeves went in great - in fact, the entire seaming went well.
So, now I'm trying to finish up the Berocco Suede jacket - a process slowed by the fact that I completely ripped it and started it again. In this blog post, I mentioned that I was a little worried about how this would look finished, since it knits up striped - and sure enough, I realized very shortly after I started the right front panel that it was going to look crappy. So, I ripped out the back and changed the pattern so that I could at least knit the body all in one piece. I'm at the sleeve opening right now - which means working three balls of yarn at once - and trying to keep them somewhat on the same color - but the sleeve will disrupt that ever so slightly anyway. It will be interesting to see how this jacket finishes. It may go to charity shortly after setting in the sleeves.
That just leaves the Beachcomber Tunic as my fourth UFO -
I've crocheted about two inches and then set it aside - I have to pay attention too much when I crochet - which is hard to do while watching Lost - or whatever. And the yarn is very splitty -not the best kind of yarn to learn a new technique on.
So, yeah, I'm doing really well at this whole "finish 4 UFO's" resolution...for now. I just got my Socks That Rock sock of the month yarn (No, that DOESN'T count as breaking the yarn diet, thank you very much!) and it's a beaded sock project - how am I supposed to resist starting that right away, I ask you?!
So, that's how I've been spending my time lately.
A few more fun notes - it's snowing right now! Woo Hoo!! 
We've already got about an inch and it's still coming down. I'm voting for 12" and no relief so we can chill in the house all week long.
And finally, the SigO saw this while out running errands and thought we'd all get a kick out of it. 
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