I seem to be experiencing some technical difficulties . . .

First, I heard from my KR Secret Pal today. She shipped my first gift over a week ago and UPS says they delivered it on Friday (which, to do her credit, would have still been in April and therefore not yet late!). And yet . . . there’s no such box here! She’s checking with UPS, and feels just terrible. (So do I; I hope it wasn’t anything that happened on our end!)

Then, I got my Visa bill, and Woodland Woolworks overcharged me for my Lendrum–since two of the “complete package” items were backordered, they were billed separately and at $40 too much. I’m sure they’ll fix the error, but . . . I’m not happy about it and just sent them a (very nice, polite) e-mail to check on it.

Typepad no longer remembers me, and every time I come by to post or update anything, I have to sign in as if I were new, instead of it knowing who I am, as it used to do. I know, it doesn’t take that long to type in a username and password, but why, Typepad, do you keep giving me the “Remember Me” option, if you’re always going to forget, like a bad boyfriend? It’s not like I’ve changed any firewall options on my pc lately.

Sigh.

I love computers!

And, oh yes, my closet exploded.

You know how, you keep your sweaters neatly folded, and everything’s going smoothly . . . and then that last month or so of winter comes along, and suddenly, none of them want to behave? It’s like they know they’re about to be put away for a long, long time, and so they rebel.

Well, this morning, two cubby’s-worth of sweaters decided it was time to ACT, and so here they are, staging a strike on my bed. (If you listen really carefully, you can hear them, “Knit? No! We won’t go!”)

  My next step is to try to negotiate, but if that doesn’t work, I’ll have to send in the big guns–The Fluffer. (Doesn’t he look like he means business?) Yes, in his meek and mild non-professional persona this is my sweet little Chappy . . . but give him a pillow, blanket, towel or sweater and he will fluff the living daylights out of it! Vigorously shaking it, pounding it against the floor, rubbing his head into it, scratching with his paws . . . I don’t know how our sofa pillows managed without him and think they love the rough-housing, but I’m pretty confident my delicate handknits are going to cave before it gets that far.)

Meanwhile, I’m working on my Brooks Farm shawl. Since that’s just a matter of days away from being complete, and my Peacock shawl is still a few weeks away . . . I kind of like the idea of having a Finished Object. It’s been a while!

Hey, on the plus side today, I did successfully get two UPS shipments from Amazon–including the third book of a trilogy that I’ve been looking forward to, so I guess it’s not ALL bad!

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