Secret Pal, you made my day! I hadn’t heard from you in a long time, so between the Secret Pal exchange and the FiberRAOK list (of which I sent out quite a few things and received back a big fat nada except 2 books and a crystal that I asked for), I was losing faith in the whole “spoil a knitter” movement. And then today this arrives:

There’s 2 skeins of scrumptious silk wool, gummy bears, hand-made stitch markers, and hand-made sushi candles! Pal, I want you to know these are the only stitch markers I’ve ever received (except 5 my boyfriend made for me) and I just love them. Can I say I’m biased towards the ladybug ones? They are the most precoious things I’ve seen! And the sushi candles are just perfect! Did you know that Thursdays are “sushi Thursdays” ‘cus that’s what I order every Thursday from work for supper? I love them, you did such a wonderful job! Thank you so much for everything, it really means a lot to me. Thank you.

Secret Pal, you made my day! I hadn’t heard from you in a long time, so between the Secret Pal exchange and the FiberRAOK list (of which I sent out quite a few things and received back a big fat nada except 2 books and a crystal that I asked for), I was losing faith in the whole “spoil a knitter” movement. And then today this arrives:

There’s 2 skeins of scrumptious silk wool, gummy bears, hand-made stitch markers, and hand-made sushi candles! Pal, I want you to know these are the only stitch markers I’ve ever received (except 5 my boyfriend made for me) and I just love them. Can I say I’m biased towards the ladybug ones? They are the most precoious things I’ve seen! And the sushi candles are just perfect! Did you know that Thursdays are “sushi Thursdays” ‘cus that’s what I order every Thursday from work for supper? I love them, you did such a wonderful job! Thank you so much for everything, it really means a lot to me. Thank you.

Secret Pal, you made my day! I hadn’t heard from you in a long time, so between the Secret Pal exchange and the FiberRAOK list (of which I sent out quite a few things and received back a big fat nada except 2 books and a crystal that I asked for), I was losing faith in the whole “spoil a knitter” movement. And then today this arrives:

There’s 2 skeins of scrumptious silk wool, gummy bears, hand-made stitch markers, and hand-made sushi candles! Pal, I want you to know these are the only stitch markers I’ve ever received (except 5 my boyfriend made for me) and I just love them. Can I say I’m biased towards the ladybug ones? They are the most precoious things I’ve seen! And the sushi candles are just perfect! Did you know that Thursdays are “sushi Thursdays” ‘cus that’s what I order every Thursday from work for supper? I love them, you did such a wonderful job! Thank you so much for everything, it really means a lot to me. Thank you.

Hi.

I know it’s been a while since my last post. I didn’t mean to worry anyone, and to you who called me at home, that was really sweet of you. I’m sorry I didn’t return your call yet, I’ve been busy with Yannick and family stuff, but please know that it was a very pleasant surprise when I saw the blinking “1” and heard the message. 🙂

Last week Yannick left to work up north for the week leaving me alone all week. I didn’t want to say that in a blog post but then I remembered that the only ones who read this and have my address…well I have yours too so I can retaliate. 🙂 I used the time to work on some knitting, did about 1 foot on Bernie’s scarf and did a gauge swatch on the machine for Yafit’s jacket (I wasn’t getting gauge properly with hand knitting).

Then Yannick came home Thursday night and it was the first night I’d seen him since Sunday afternoon so we turned off the phones and cell. Friday night Julie and Richard came over to play cards (Yannick won the Texas Hold ‘Em tournament – $20!!) and Saturday was just for Yannick and I. I decided that if he’s going to be spending the weeks up north than we deserve at least one weekend night alone together. We shopped for groceries and I made a wicked pasta.

Sunday we picked up some scrapbooking stuff so I could work on my album from Vegas and that’s all I’ve done since. Ok, I spent last night at my aunt’s house with my family, but last night until 12:30am and tonight from the minute I got home is spent on the scrapbook. There’s so much stuff to buy! Thank God I’m only making an album for 1 trip, because this could get way too expensive! (Plus I’d rather keep my $$$ for knitting stuff.)

I (regrettably) told Yannick I’d have the album ready on Friday when he comes home, so I’ll be working on that all week, except tomorrow night when Debbie comes over for dinner after her workout. So I won’t be doing much knitting this week, and I might not do that much blogging.

But I’m here, and I’m good. Oh, and I’m really happy. No real reason, just things are going good.

Well, except for this heat.

p.s. Secret pal, you still out there? I haven’t heard from you in a few weeks…hope all is good!

So Friday was a day off, and I decided to get some work done on Bernie’s scarf. I did about 22 rows and was so frustrated at how hard it was that I put it aside for the night. I couldn’t figure it out- I’ve done cables before, I’ve used Canadiana before, on a 4.5mm…never before did I almost puncture a finger-tip trying to cable without a cable needle (I never use one). It took me until Saturday morning to figure out that I’d grabbed a 3.5mm instead of a 4.5mm. Had to rip and start over.

I’m all caught up at least, and here’s the wip so far.

Sam was my ever-present faithful companion as I knitted, and guarded my yarn with great alertness

So Friday was a day off, and I decided to get some work done on Bernie’s scarf. I did about 22 rows and was so frustrated at how hard it was that I put it aside for the night. I couldn’t figure it out- I’ve done cables before, I’ve used Canadiana before, on a 4.5mm…never before did I almost puncture a finger-tip trying to cable without a cable needle (I never use one). It took me until Saturday morning to figure out that I’d grabbed a 3.5mm instead of a 4.5mm. Had to rip and start over.

I’m all caught up at least, and here’s the wip so far.

Sam was my ever-present faithful companion as I knitted, and guarded my yarn with great alertness

So Friday was a day off, and I decided to get some work done on Bernie’s scarf. I did about 22 rows and was so frustrated at how hard it was that I put it aside for the night. I couldn’t figure it out- I’ve done cables before, I’ve used Canadiana before, on a 4.5mm…never before did I almost puncture a finger-tip trying to cable without a cable needle (I never use one). It took me until Saturday morning to figure out that I’d grabbed a 3.5mm instead of a 4.5mm. Had to rip and start over.

I’m all caught up at least, and here’s the wip so far.

Sam was my ever-present faithful companion as I knitted, and guarded my yarn with great alertness

This is my sister Laura (a.k.a. Ducky) and my auntie Fran.

It’s really, really scary to me that my sister isn’t even 18 yet, and that she looks like that.

This is Mark and Jon, Fran’s sons. Last Friday Mark graduated from Carleton University with honors in Science, a major in Forensic Science and a minor in Psychology. Phew! Way to go Mark!

(What you can’t tell about the poor guy in this image is that the poor thing had a severe case of Mono and was/is sick as a dog. What a trooper! Then again, with that course load, I’d want to be there for my grad too.)

This is my brother Mike, in a pose I like to think best captioned by Joey from Friends:

“How you doin’?”

Last but not least, my brother Aaron. Ok my mom didn’t send me this pic today, but I felt bad showing off everyone else and not him, so here he is.

p.s. I just noticed the subtle Blogger changes in uploading pics. Nice job Blogger! Now if only the pics would insert where the cursor is instead of up at the top every time…

Today celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary:

Betti and Mitchell

Congratulations!

I love you.

p.s. They’re not mad, they’re just squinting in the sun. 🙂