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Thursday was mine and Paul’s 11th anniversary. We were lacking in funds until Friday and so it went by kind of quietly. He wrote me the sweetest note EVER and we spent the evening cuddling and reflecting. He surprised me by letting me know he’d planned a vacation day for Friday and so we got a little more time this weekend than I expected.

Friday we went to our favorite Chinese food place, where we ate (and ate, and ate) and it was wonderful because we hadn’t been there in months. They’d rearranged their buffet and added an entirely new section with more dishes. Their shrimp and broccoli is my new favorite!

We’d originally planned on going to Laughlin so we could have seafood and play the slots, but we decided we’d just stay in town and treat ourselves since chances are we’d walk out of the casinos with nothing. I bought myself some new pajamas, Paul treated himself to Star Trek action figures (Geordi La Forge and Lore) and then we both got new video games. I loved the first Cooking Mama for the ds, so I bought the new one that just came out. Things were normal, kind of boring, but we got some new toys and spent most of Friday and Saturday fawning over one another.

I took a break on virtual cooking last night to make some ds swag. I’ll post some pictures tomorrow or Tuesday.

I’ve got to go grocery shopping today and get some housecleaning done. I did laundry yesterday so luckily that’s one thing that I don’t have to worry about.

Wow…is this like the most boring entry ever or what?!

I don’t yet feel that the week has started, despite it already being Tuesday. We spent Saturday at my in-laws house learning how to use her GT Xpress 101. I went and bought all the ingredients for omelets and it convinced me that if I ever have about $180 to throw away I’d like one of those machines. They’re pretty handy.

My mil has a cat. Her name is Seven Toed Pete.

I took a break from cooking to get some shots of Pete because she’s got seven toes

Isn’t she beautiful? I decided to get artsy like Hammie and take some black and white and some sepia photos. Aaaand, proof that Pete is a seven toed cat in case no one believed me…

Fascinating, no?

Yesterday I spent most of the day winding yarn. I was wading through my craft room and found a bag with three sweaters I’d bought last spring. (Yes, it’s so messy in there you can lose entire bagfuls of sweaters.) I bought them at a place here that has clothes for $5.00 a pop (now $5.99, thank you inflation) and they tend to sell out of season stuff for .99 or $2.00. I found three sweaters of the same size, in the same yarn for .99 apiece and scooped them up, only to forget about them after taking the pieces apart. This is what I wound up with:

That’s the top of my freezer. There is SO much yarn there! I still need to wash it, but I’ve got most of the work done. I like the yarn but it definitely needs a bath because it’s kind of squished from being knit up for so long. I could probably get a blanket out of the amount of yarn that’s here, but I think I’ll make myself something.

I also made myself a pair of flannel pajama pants last night. They’re so soft and warm! I needed a new pair so bad because my yoga pants were annihilated from Moxie grabbing the cuffs. These aren’t quite so long so maybe she won’t grab them as much. No pictures of those unfortunately because I’m wearing them at the moment and no one is seeing my fat butt right now.

On the knitting front; I’ve mainly just been playing around with this little baby sweater that caught my fancy. It’s on size 2 needles and involves lace, so I’m not working on it every day. I’ve mainly been vegetating and trying to decide what I want to do. I’ve been thinking about my art journal for awhile now and making new books. I don’t really know what I want to do…I’m just kind of floundering with a head full of ideas right now. I may pull out my watercolor pencils later today.

Thursday is mine and Paul’s 11th anniversary. I’ll probably just make a nice dinner at home and we’ll celebrate during the weekend in Laughlin or something.

Now, I’m going to get a cup of coffee and try to re-read this to make sure it makes sense…I need to remind myself not to ramble when I’m not fully awake!