I bought some roving from Dudley Spinner, who’s having a give-Ebay-the-boot sale until January 15th. Aren’t the greens lovely? I can’t wait to see how it spins up, but of course, it’s got to wait its turn….

I’m glad it came today, though, because otherwise I wouldn’t have much to show you. I went to work today, sat at my desk, yadda yadda.

Although–wowzer, did you see Stephanie’s post? Seventy-three hours for greatness. We knitters are SUCH a force for good in the world, especially with such leaders as she, Wendy, Cara and all the others promoting worthy charities on their blogs.

I also DID hear from my best friend today. I haven’t heard a whisper since we saw each other on Friday, but, well, it was Christmas–busy family things, schedules, and so on. So I didn’t think anything of it. But, apparently, her brother’s family all came down with a stomach virus/flu something or other. Including the 17-month old twins. One of whom ended up in the hospital with dehydration so bad he actually had a seizure, poor little guy! So she’s been really busy being an extraordinarily good aunt/sister and helping with the sick boys while their sick parents were, well, also sick. NOT a fun vacation. Add that to the fact her other brother never did make it to New Jersey from Colorado because of the flight delays from last week’s blizzard . . . which may be just as well, since another one is coming. Really, her visits home for Christmas tend not to be very relaxing–last time, she ended up planning and throwing an entire party for her parents, her family, their friends…. She’s going to be glad to go home to California tomorrow. I just sincerely hope she doesn’t take any of these germs home with her.

The funny thing, though, was that I was thinking about her on my drive home at lunch today. “Gee, I haven’t heard from Dawn, and she’s leaving tomorrow. That’s unusual. I wonder if she’ll call before she leaves? Maybe I should call her, although they’re probably busy at her brother’s house, what with the twins and all…” I got home, parked the car, walked in the door . . . and Mom was on the phone with Dawn. She’d tried calling at the office and got my voicemail, realized it was lunchtime, and called the house while I was on the way . . . You know, really, I knew that!

Speaking of sick, my nephew and sister are dealing with their colds–a particularly bad one. My sister spent most of yesterday sleeping, which is entirely unlike her especially when the kids are home from school. I’m thinking that we should cancel/postpone our coffee-tea outing on Saturday. She’d be much better off staying home and letting my brother-in-law drive my niece down on Saturday morning. There are normal colds, and then there are the kind that knock you flat on your back for days . . . you don’t mess with the second kind!

And, for your viewing pleasure, a look at the pretty sky I drove through on my way to work yesterday morning. As much as I like sleeping until the sun is actually up in the morning, I have to admit, catching part of a sunrise–even if the sun IS just above the horizon when I get there–is worth it. Skies like this are so worth the viewing.

Booking Through Thursday

1. Any New Year’s Reading Resolutions? A certain number of books you
   want to read in 2007? Certain genres? Something from your TBR pile?
   Classics to read? Authors to try? Anything at all??

This question is easy for me . . . Nope! I don’t “do” New Year’s Resolutions. I have nothing against them, but especially where reading is concerned, I read what I read, whatever comes up, and I try to keep a decent variety in the selection, so . . . what comes, comes!

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