I went to a book signing today by two of my very favorite knitting authors, Laurie Perry and Rachael Herron. I had to buy new copies of each of their books to get signed because I originally bought them for the Kindle, because I couldn't wait until they were actually in stores to read them. They were funny and genuine and really lovely ladies, and ( Read more... )

Mike's dad and his wife took us to Solvang today...in between the wine and the wine and the wine, and oh, did I mention the wine that his dad paid over FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR? there was a very nice jewelry/artsy shop where his stepmom dropped several thousand dollars and THEN. Then there were the YARN SHOPS ( Read more... )