I did this last year, too, and had such fun looking back, I thought I’d do this again for 2006. (Besides, it’s really handy for future reference!)

• Started the ABC-Along .
• Celebrated De-Lurking, which will begin in 2007 on January 8, by the way.
• Joined the Anti-Stashalong.
• Joined the Knitting Olympics and bought yarn with Risa.
• Had a Button contest.
• Finished my Jaywalkers.
• Actually went into Manhattan . . . a rare, rare thing for me.
• Participated in the Blogger’s Silent Poetry Reading.
• Got a bad haircut (well, drastic).
• Offered you all a pattern for a lace neck-warmer.
• Started the Olympics.
• Waited for my Dad to drive home from Florida when the airport closed for snow.
• Finished the Olympics.
• Had a play date with Risa and exchanged my left-over Olympic yarn.
• Got my Gold Medal.
• Finished my Lotus Blossom shawl.
• Started my Peacock Stole (in March).
• Another fun play day–with Yarn-Buying–with Risa.
• Got just a little sick…. (okay, more than a little).
• Finished my Not-So-Shrunken Cardigan–in my handspun!
• Flashed my Stash.
• Had Liz and Shelley come for the weekend (Woohoo!)
• Finally joined the 21st century, musically-speaking, and bought an MP3 player.
• Took Chappy to the town’s dog park opening.
• Joined the Amazing Lace, although I didn’t win any of the "challenges."
• Left for our annual vacation to Martha’s Vineyard. More here, here, here, and here.
• Another fun yarn-shopping day with Risa WITH the bonus of meeting Wendy!
• Joined the Summer of Stash.
• Got my box from my Knitter’s Tea Pal, Lu.
• Posted my Library, including the winner I had for my guess-my-L contest.
• Provided a nice size reference for Chappy.
• Took Chappy visiting to Risa’s where he almost went into a pool!
• Finished my Celtic Dreams sweater.
• Started a Web Ring for Martha’s Vineyard lovers.
• Spent a rare day with my best and oldest friend.
• Joined Sundara’s Petals Collection sock club.
• Celebrated Chappy’s birthday with the family.
• Celebrated Chappy’s actual, fifth birthday.
• Celebrated Chappy’s birthday with friends.
• Finished the first half of my Peacock Stole.
• Helped Chappy with his sore back.
• Got another haircut, better this time.
• Took Chappy back to the vet for his back.
• Finished my Green Gable, which I ended up giving to my niece.
• Sorta, kinda, dented the garage door.
• Finished my two baby sweaters for my brother-in-law’s coming niece.
• Started participating in Eye Candy Friday.
• Took Chappy down to Liz’s house for the weekend–lots of romping and laughter with her and Shelley and our dogs.
• Got my spinning mojo recharged.
• Examined different kinds of yarn skeiners, after having drooled over Liz’s.
• Got my spinning Yarn Aboard box, filled with some beautiful stuff–including cashmere!
• Stayed home while Mom went to MV without me.
• Took Chappy to the vet for a cold and a recurring staph infection.
• Celebrated Chappy’s anniversary.
• Honored a much more solemn anniversary.
• Finished another sweater.
• And another solemn anniversary (five years, already??).
• Put my Kiwi up for sale.
• Went to a NJ fiber festival with Risa.
• Finished spinning 3-ply sock yarn (woo!)
• Showed off some of Chappy’s tricks.
• Had a great hair day. (That may be my favorite picture of myself ever.)
• Finished–finally!–my Peacock Stole. (It only took 7 months.)
• Started my Fall vacation AND got my sock-knitting Yarn Aboard box.
• Took my YA box out for a great day, exploring Liberty State Park.
• Finished my very first, ever, felted bag–which I also designed myself.
• Had Liz come for the weekend….
• For the biggest congregation of a whack of knitters I’ve ever seen. Plus Blogger Bingo!
• Got stuck with yet another cold–though not nearly as badly as Mom got it.
• Suffered through one more Halloween. (Note the video of Chappy’s doorbell routine.)
• Started another Contest, one which exploded a lot further than I ever expected–the Calendar Contest
• Celebrated entering a new Decade . . . with flowers!
• Got a new wheel. A Majacraft Little Gem 2.
• Had another contest for my 5000th comment (a number which still blows my mind).
• Renewed my Driver’s license . . . after three tries.
• Had another fun, play date–spinning this time, with Risa and Jessica–and got to try my own yarn skeiner!
• My Dad had a bad week….
• Went craft-shopping with Risa, her Mom, the twins, and my Mom.
• Survived another Stollen Day.
• Got my Knit and Dish recipe cards from Amanda.
• Had another drastic haircut, and finished my handspun, handknit socks.
• Got a Woolee Winder for my new wheel.
• Finished the ABC-along–which I entirely enjoyed.
• Played with the Christmas lights.
• Gloated. Of course.
• Celebrated Christmas.

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