Feeling a bit better . . .

DH called from work the other day and told me to be ready to go for a walk! We went to an area of trails near here and took a nice long walk with the dog. We haven’t done something like that together in a long while and it was really nice. After our walk we went to a not so near by farm that makes fantastic Ice cream and had hot fudge sundays! Isn’t he the greatest!

Thank you Secret Pal!!!

I got a lovely box from my secret pal yesterday! It was wrapped up so pretty that I almost didn’t want to open it! Inside were a basil growing kit, Chocolates, Peruvian Cashmere yarn, a book of baby patterns from 1946 and some beautiful note cards along with a cute little note from her. Its dark here now so I don’t have any natural light to take the picture with so I’ll have to take it tomorrow. I’m even being good and not opening the chocolates until after I take the picture, how’s that for self-restraint?

Belated Visit

Mom came over today. Actually I went and met her at a nearby mall where we did a little shopping and had lunch. We started in AC Moore, cause you know I need more craft stuff, right? I got a couple of really cute stamps, including one that looks like baby footprints! Its just too cute! They also had Baylene needles and some rosewood needles on sale for 50% off! Couldn’t resist bringing home a few more pairs at that kind of discount. And I bought 3 more skeins of LB Magic Strips. I’m generally not real big on LB yarns, but I made a pair of socks from a skein of it last year and I have to say they have held up remarkably well to a lot of wear, many washings and more than one trip through the dryer (not intentially) and they still look, feel and fit great. While I don’t have a lot of time to knit for myself right now, I was thinking perhaps I can sneak in a pair of socks between other projects. Or it will sit in the stash . . . who knows.

Mom and I came back to my place and worked on getting the rest of the stuff out of the Nursery. We didn’t quite finish but we did make some good progress and I have a couple more days to finish it up before they come to do the walls.

Speaking of the Nursery, Home Depot had some really cute John Lennon wallpaper with the animals he drew for his son and Carter’s makes matching bedding and accessories, or at least they did, it looks like they are discontinuing them from what I can tell. We also went to the baby store and managed to score the matching lamp and the mobile! Originally we were going to go with a Peter Rabbit and Friends Theme, but we were able to find more stuff for this, and it means more to DH and also works for both a boy or a girl. I’m starting to get excited about finishing up the room and having it be ready for the baby, we might even have it done in time! Wouldn’t that be nice?

Well, I think my dinner is done so I’d better go eat . . .