A break from vacation preparations.
Anne of Green Gables.
Trying to decide if I'll have time to make up a pair of these before we leave.
Ignoring the pile of laundry to fold.
Remembering something else that needs blogging before we go.

So much mail today and so much of it fun goodies. It began with Rob's new video card being delivered at dinner time - we weren't expecting it until at least tomorrow - and then there was a mailbox crammed with parcels, letters (I admit mostly bills and bank statements), flyers (which nearly always go straight into the recycling bin) and a magazine. I wasn't looking for any of my things until next week at the earliest and was tickled pink when I opened the mailbox and started pulling things out.

Here we have my new scrapbook supplies: not terribly exciting but so empowering - glue and a corner rounder. I really like rounded corners and finally decided it would save me a lot of trouble to buy a little gadget to do it for me. It feels so good to have glue again. I really like the glue dots (especially in these new dispensers) and it's so frustrating to have ideas and just have to hang onto them because I've got no way to hold things together.

Here also is some fibrous goodness: Both from Squoosh, a skein of fingering weight alpaca-cashmere-silk (you should feel this on your cheek - crazy soft) to become a much desired little lace shawl (more of that anon) and a braid of Blue Faced Leicester roving in yummy pinks and oranges to brighten up the grey days of fall. My Ladybug has sat sadly unused since we got Abby almost a year ago but I've been wanting to do some spinning lately and this will be so much fun to play with.

I'm trying to decide if I can wait until after I've brought my yarn in to work for my office-mates to pet (the fibre orientated ones - most of the guys care little for fine yarn) before I wind it into a ball or if they are just going to have to miss the cute skein stage and be thrust into the world of centre-pull balls and needles sticking out. I might be able to resist for the few hours left in the evening - I do have a new magazine to peruse (and a mad desire to trim the corners off every piece of paper on my desk).

- wearing newly darned socks
- the way the vacuum picked up all the little sticks on the family room rug (courtesy of Abby and a piece of wood she brought inside)
- a new front door and a contractor who says he should be able to install it this week
- two cans of paint for said door


- autumn coloured scraps on my sewing table
- a sister-in-law who took our puppy for an extra long walk
- a baked pancake for lunch, complete with maple syrup and powdered sugar, and a cup of tea


- listening to Rob play newly rediscovered old-school video games (the music is so funny)
- the way reading one of the Anne books makes me feel excited about housekeeping (perhaps I should read these more often)


- harvesting our carrots
- Abby sitting next to me asking for a bit of carrot instead of chasing the cat
- some new patchwork in my sewing machine


What makes you happy right now?