Some dramatic sky for you–I took this while driving home from Jessica’s house a couple weeks ago. (Yes, I was driving; yes, I was very careful while I reached into my purse to get the camera; yes, I know I should have two hands on the wheel at all times; yes, I know my windshield was dirty.)

Otherwise? It’s been gray, foggy, rainy, and wet all day–except for about 3 minutes of sunshine after we left the bookstore. Because, yes, Mom and I went to the bookstore with my $15 gift card from my sister and my 20%-off-one-item certificate from Borders.com. The fact that I fell off the wagon and spent $89 on books is completely irrelevant, and yes, I know, too, that I’m supposed to be saving my money … but, hey, you’ve got to keep the economy ticking over, you know? The money’s not doing anybody any good just sitting in the bank. And, besides, I bought books for Mom and Dad, too.

In fact, when I’m in a bookstore, I like to browse alone. Having whoever I’m with wandering the aisles with me can be pleasantly social, but I can’t browse. So–I told Mom I’d buy her a book. (Talk about role-reversal–that’s what she used to tell me to get rid of me for a while!) After a little while, she came and found me and said, “That’s really nice, but it would be even nicer if you brought Dad home a book.” I looked at her and said, “Yes, I already thought of that, but I figured I’d wait until you’d picked out YOUR book, and then send you off to find one for Dad.”

Got to keep the “kids” busy, you know?

Let’s see–I was writing up a new set of Knitting Scholar interview questions yesterday, and then GMAIL ATE THEM. Did you know this? It’s possible to have an open draft and to have Google not only NOT save the changes, but to discard the whole thing? I actually just tried to recreate this so that I could explain it to you clearly, as a warning, but … I still don’t know how it happened. But I DO know I’m not the only one. So … just be careful when you write email drafts. You’re better off using GoogleDocs, or Word or Notepad, or SOMETHING else, just to be safe!

So, I got the extra fun of recreating about 25 interview questions … thank heaven I’d started by scrawling general ideas for questions in a notebook, and not by sitting in front of the computer, like I usually do! I can’t tell you how much I’m enjoying doing these interviews. The reviews themselves are satisfying, but the interviews are just so much FUN! Hmm, I wonder what Meg Swansen is doing in the next couple of months?

And now … I’m helping Ruth out with some test knitting. (When’s the last time you heard me say THAT?) So … got to go!

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