so big a stash, so little time

Flu

It's no fun, but thank heavens, it seems to have pretty much run its course. Jerry took great care of me, with lots of cups of tea and gobs of sympathy. Today I actually feel as though I might do something besides lie on the couch reading and falling asleep.

posted by lucie @ 4:41 AM 0 comments

Thank you, Secret Pal!

What fun! It's like Christmas. First of all, the Yarn magazine is great. I can't wait for it to go international. It's the only magazine that I've seen recently that I really want to make things out of (specifically, the kiddy tunic top, the mango smoothie, and Jeanius. For a start.) And I'm going to keep this issue unti Miles is old enough to "help" dye yarn for his own special sweater.
You'll notice in the picture that two of the chocolates are already gone. My husband says maybe we'll move to Australia.
The lovely stitch markers come along just as I'm starting to get into repeat patterns -- though two may end up as earrings, they're so lovely. And the grapes will decorate a wine bottle tomorrow evening, when I will also be wearing my beautiful socks to show off to our dinner guests.
And the hand cream is wonderful, though I hardly need it since I've been using the gentle soap from the last gift.
Finally, Felix is wandering around my screen. Wish I could figure out how to put him on the blog so all could see.
Thanks, again, SP.

posted by lucie @ 6:12 AM 0 comments

A few of the cruise pictures....

Only a few of the pictures, partly because I've had so much trouble downloading them, and partly because it was a clothing-optional cruise, and I don't want to get my blog banned as porn. Above, Jerry in front of the ship, in Nassau. It was big -- 2800 passengers, plus almost a thousand in staff. To the left, me on the sailboat as we headed out to snorkel off the Dominican Republic. And below, the both of us (plus the hat, which was a big success) maybe on St. Martin. There was a lecture before the St. Martin stop in which we were told how to save $12000 on our diamond purchases. I decided to save even more and left the lecture. We didn't help the local economy very much.
So what did we do? We ate well, we relaxed and were pampered by the staff, we met some interesting people (would you think that 75-year-old retired farmers from Iowa would be nudists? The Harley owners somehow fit the stereotype better). We danced a bit, we snorkeled, and we were warm. Coming back to 20 degree F weather was a shock. I'm back to knitting.

posted by lucie @ 5:36 AM 1 comments