A New Way To Play With A Cat

A special thank-you to La for the 5 minutes of my life I will never get back after playing with her puzzle thingamajig. And since I believe in pay it forward, here you go.

Mushy Sappy Things That Make Work Days Better

Matthew: you are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when we're together...
Deals: AWE
Deals: that was cute babe
Matthew: :)
Deals: You make me happy when skies are grey
Deals: you'll never know dear, how much I love you
Matthew: is that the rest of the song, I drew a blank at that point
Matthew: awe
Deals: please don't take, my sunshine away
Matthew: I'll never take your sunshine away
Deals: [swoon]

Weekend Roundup

I have lots and lots to talk about today! First up, the wedding. Ah Santa Barbara, how do I love thee. My friend's wedding was AWESOME, the weather was GORGEOUS, and it was great to see so many old friends.

We may have done tequila shots by this point!

I also found out my friend Mitch (well actually it's Michelle, but we all called her Mitch. And they called me Peter. Don't ask.) is a knitter as well. She saw a couple photos I had on MySpace and was delighted that our post-college days had both led us to the needles. Her husband and Matt didn't think it was entertaining as we did.

The wedding was on Friday, so Saturday we headed to downtown SB and walked around, then had lunch at one of my favorite places from college. We then went and drove around Isla Vista, saw the old sorority house, and stopped at Robert Hall Winery.

Perhaps the best stop on the trek home was at a place called BB Knits I had heard about, and when I went to their website I found out that the owner was retiring and everything in the store was 50% off. Uh, AWESOME!


~ 4 balls Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Chunky for matching Cal/UC Davis Hats for Dad & I (a long overdue gift I have been promising for like 2 years )
~ 4 balls RYC Luxery Cotton for the latest bun in a friend's oven (which is a delicious yarn, and the cardi has already been started here)
~ 4 hanks Inca Alpaca in a Dark Green for Matt's next pair of socks (I'm thinking Log Cabin Socks)

I bought the yummy yarn for Matt as a thank you for this:


He built me a swift so he didn't have to listen to me cussing up a storm everytime I got my yarn in knots trying to hand crank it. Of course, his yarn was the first to take a spin and it works perfectly.

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I knit up almost one whole ball of Gloss this weekend, between the drive to SB and trying to work out the wedding guest list on Sunday - people aren't kidding when they say that it is the worst part of planning a wedding (we have a hall that only holds so many people and our current list greatly exceeds that number). Let the good times roll.