Well, today’s party was a success (even if Ina, Dorre and Kristy couldn’t make it–through no fault of mine, I swear) . . . there was still a surprise.

Liz was here! She drove up yesterday and was here for at least most of the party before blowing us off to go to another party in Manhattan this evening…. (No, really, I’m kidding. Although, technically, that WAS why she left, but it was with regrets.) Here’s a picture of her and Chappy waiting for the first guests to arrive. I love the, “Aren’t they ever going to get here?” expression on both their faces.

Risa and Jessica on their drool-worthy almost-matching Schacht Matchless wheels. (Gosh, those wheels are pretty.)

Liz giving Kim a plying lesson.

Kim’s first, plied yarn!

Chappy looked like he was thinking of giving spinning a try, but when he stretched his legs out, he couldn’t quite reach the treadles.

So, since by that time, Chappy was tired (all those happy, energetic greetings take a lot out of a dog, you know), so he curled up UNDER his pillow on the chair in the window for a real, serious nap.

Boy, oh boy, did he ever look cute.

Did I mention that we had a sock yarn grab bag? Kim and I didn’t want to ask people (or have them feel obliged) to bring us presents, but we wanted something fun, so . . . every person brought one (or two, depending on size) skeins of sock yarn and we put them all into a basket and then picked. Everybody got to bring home something new, which is always good, huh?

All in all? Lots of fun. But I think Chappy’s got the right idea. I’m exhausted. But happy! Even if all my guests are gone now . . . still, I suppose falling asleep in front of everybody would have been rude, huh?

Oh, and the shingles? Starting to feel better. Some of the little blisters are starting to dry up, and the pain part feels a little “deeper,” not so much on the surface–since this virus travels along the nerves, I’m counting this as a good thing, like it’s subsiding back down the nerve endings. It’s just a pity, now, that my throat’s so tired from all that talking….

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