Okay, I’ve been watching the Drill box and the Radio box making the rounds over the last however many months, and today, the sign-ups for Yarn Aboard II opened up, and, well . . . what could I do?

For those of you who don’t know, it’s kind of like a rotating secret pal program. Everyone who signs up gets the name and address of their pal, but instead of running right to the post office to get their surprise in the mail . . . you wait for the official Box to arrive with YOUR gift, and then within 5 days, you get it refilled with your pal’s gift and off on its way. Like a chain letter that really works!

Amanda has two sign-ups: Socks and/or Spinning. You can sign up for either or both, and sign ups are open ONLY until Wednesday (day after tomorrow) at midnight.

So, don’t say I didn’t warn you.

(Oh, and the cute little button? I saw it at Gracie‘s, but am not sure if she made it, or Amanda, or who, but isn’t it adorable? The great mobile, though, was made by Amanda’s husband, Mr. Clothesknit, obviously a talented man!)

Now, as to knitting–

I have about an inch of Peacock Stole Part 2, and clearly have a long way to go there . . . My plan for my next lace project? I’m definitely using yarn that’s less slippery. As beautiful as the Zephyr is, I keep thinking how nice Merino wool would be, or Alpaca . . . something with just a little more grip to it. And, I haven’t touched my Calla Lily socks since Saturday. It’s okay, though, the two of them are bonding.

Mom and I watched the light, fluffy, but not-too-overly-sweet “Ice Princess” on some obscure cable channel last night–exactly what I thought it would be, a decent enough teenage-girl flick. And since I was once a teenage girl, every once in a while she stands up and demands a movie fix. This was cute and Michele Trachtenberg does a decent job (especially once I stopped thinking of her as Buffy’s sister), and anyway, I worked on Green Gable all the way through. I’ve got about another inch to do on the body, and then finishing off the sleeves. (Which, since they’re cap sleeves should
take a matter of minutes.)

Chappy spent his Monday feeling lonely and unloved. After all the fun, festivities, and playtime of the weekend, today was not even a standard, boring, back-to-work kind of Monday. No, this was the kind of Monday where my parents were out ALL day, and I was back to work, so that he was completely alone for hours and hours and hours….(emphasis is his). I got such an enthusiastic “Thank heaven you’re home!” kind of greeting at lunch, but boy, followed by a dirty, “I can’t believe you’re deserting me in my time of need,” look when I headed back to the office. Really, it would have been a bad Monday even if it had been a normal one, but this? Rubbing salt into the wound . . . good thing Chappy doesn’t hold a grudge!

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