I Am So Lucky
Published May 2, 2007 by CabledSheep
To have found such a great group of grrls in my local SnB. Look at how they spoiled me last night! There’s wonderful sock yarn - JitterBug from Eliza, Trekking from Heather, hand-dyed Balland Skein from Margene (plus Scharffen Berger chocolate and Cute mints!), and Plain & Fancy Sheep & Wool Co. from Mim (sportweight - hmmmm… socks? Forest Canopy?). Now that I’m feeling like I’m comfortable enough with sock knitting to start working with some really nice sock yarn, I’ve got lots of beautiful yarn to get me started. Susan gave me some lovely note cards (from Obsessive Compulsive Design, why do I find that amusing?) and a big bar of Valor chocolate. And from Katherine, a box of Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day household cleaners (and more awesome dark chocolate!). I hadn’t heard of Mrs. Meyer’s cleaners before, but how wonderful! Aromatherapeutic, cruelty-free, and biodegradable - what could be nicer? I used the countertop spray this morning - it works great, and the scent is very pleasant. I’m a big fan of using more natural products, so these are perfect. By the way, Target sells the Method product line, which is also very nice and environmentally friendly. But since I don’t live near a Target, I don’t get out there to buy it very often. The shower spray works really well, though, and you can buy it in big refill bottles.
We were also celebrating Eliza’s birthday, and I gave her some Wee Ones kitty stitch markers (they’re just too cute, I’m tellin’ ya!), but since she’s in Electrical Engineering, I wanted to give her a little something related to that. My husband and I went down to his workshop, and tried to figure out what we could make. We ended up making a tiny Shitty Kitty from some resistors, loosely inspired by her drawing of the Shitty Kitty on her blog. After we designed it, he soldered it together while I assisted.
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Cabled Sheep lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she enjoys knitting and munching veggies out of the garden.
Happy Birthday TODAY! You do have some nice yarn and lots of possiblity. Plain and Fancy would be fabulous in Forest Canopy and it has 400 yds to boot…go for it. Shitty Kitty was inspired!
I am so bummed I had to miss the celebration!
Birthdays are my favorite. It looks like you got some fabulous stuff though. Happy Birthday!
Shitty Kitty is just brilliant. She will transform her.
Ouch. Choked that one out!
Blue skies, Lark