Well, I didn’t get to my February-Fix project of the day, but I did get a lot of spinning things done.

I turned these singles

into this yarn:

Or, for a more interesting photo:
And, lest you worry, this is neatly tied into a skein off my too-small niddy-noddy. I did not heap it on the table in one big tangle just to provide you with this photo! The color is a little over-exposed, though. (You’d think a Nikon Coolpix would like flash photography more than this does.) The plyed yarn-on-bobbins above is a more accurate color rendering of the actual yarn. Now I just have to set the twist, let it dry, and decide what to do with it!

Elsewhere, in other weekend news, Mom and I went to dinner last night with the wife of one of my Dad’s golfing buddies, who also came back to the house afterwards and watched “Little Black Book” with us (which my mother, being a huge Carly Simon fan, loved). We had a nice evening. And yesterday morning, we went to a local coffee shop and got beverages and yummies while Mom read the paper and I knitted. Just as something different (and inexpensive) for a Saturday morning.

I also stayed up late last night, reading a new “Pern” book by Todd McCaffrey (son of the original author, Anne McCaffrey). It was much better than the joint effort, YA-ish book they came out with last year, and since this is a series of books I’ve adored since high school, I was just thrilled to see it (and even more thrilled that it was good). I started it about 10:00 and stayed up until 1:30 to finish it. Still, though, it wasn’t as good as his mother’s books . . .

Today, I did spinning things (as noted above). I also got 3 RAOK packages ready to mail and just now decided to whom to send them. I’m taking tomorrow off work. Valentine’s Day can be moderately depressing, no matter how content I normally am about being single. (I don’t even want to tell you how long it’s been since I had a date–it can be measured in annum rather than diem!) But . . . more importantly . . . it’s my Mother’s birthday! I made a lasagne for tomorrow’s dinner, and am taking time off work to spend the day with her–something I’m looking forward to. Next weekend will be the family celebration, delayed because of Dad’s Florida trip, so I want her day tomorrow to be fun.

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