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I went to my first book release last night! My daughter talked me into going to the mall to the release of Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4). While waiting for midnight, I picked up all 4 traveling pants for her and another cookbook.

I actually have a bit of knitting news to share….

I am so excited! A friend of mine farm alpacas and she has yarn for sale from her prize alpaca. I guess a local spinner spun it for her and I asked if I could get some. I need to get over there.

AND here’s something to really get excited about…. I have been making “plarn” out of Safeway bags and plan to make some reusable shopping bags out of them. Checkout the neat site here: How to Make Plarn.

I have been feeling guilty about not knitting lately. It’s been so long… I have a mental block about finishing that pattern - I got mixed up on it some how and I can’t get it right. So, I decided to table that project and finish #1’s mittenettes.

The kids saw me working on it and wanted to pick up learning to knit again, so we all packed up the car and went to the store for needles and yarn. I found these cute little kits with short needles and instructions. #1 seems to be getting it, but #s 3 and 4 are still a little behind. I had to teach myself how to knit right handed so I could show these people how to do their way. It’s really hard for me to show them how to do it.

Anyhow, I am about 5 rows from finishing minttentte # one

Par for the course, weeks (months) have gone by and I haven’t posted.

I am stuck re-writing the pattern for the KAL sweater so I can go on with it. I don’t know why, but I can’t get it. Every one else has been finished for ages, and I am only through row 50something o the back!! Arg!!

I have been struggling with my weight loss and the fact that we can’t find a qualified paralegal for our office. These things make feeling like working on my site too hard.

!!!! the George Michael tickets came in the mail finally !!!! Whoo hoo! I remember being 14 or 15 and painting the garage with my friend Jeanne because we were trying to earn George Michael tickets. For some reason, we didn’t end up going? I wonder whatever happened to Jeanne?

Any how, still busy and still loving my car! I found a Mini Cooper car club to join: http://www.psmini.org/ Too much fun. I’ll be taking part in the Tulip Rallye on April 26th (http://www.mgccnwc.com/tulip.htm). I am just praying that it doesn’t snow.

I got a new purse that I absolutely love! Can’t take a picture because the teen-aged girl has my camera, but it’s one of the new Dooney & Bourke signature bags. Nice!

I seriously don’t know where the time goes. It’s tax time and the weather is (somewhat) clearing up, the daffodils are in bloom and the tulips too… Pretty.

I’ve been really busy lately working hard on *sigh* work. Not a lot of time for knitting, but I have been reading like crazy. I finished almost all the Alex Cross books and the first 4 Artemis Fowl books. Whew!

The best news is I got a new car! I LOVE it. It’s a 2004 Mini Cooper.