I had the ladies over for food and fiber today!  Kathleen came and brought me my prize for cheating on her blog contest — fancy tea!!  We heated up the kettle and enjoyed a cup.  I have been quite remiss and never posted a picture of the adorable tape measure and lovely sock yarn she gave me — and since I am sitting in my comfy chair typing this, it’s not looking good for posting a picture today either!  I shall paint a picture for you — it is one of those sheepy tape measures and when you pull his tail out comes the tape!

Ricki and Peggy were also here and we are all planning on knitting the Flower Basket bag from the latest issue of Vogue.  The yarn is ordered (we ordered the Burley Spun) and as soon as it arrives we shall start!

Now before all you other bloggers get jealous, wishing we lived close by so we could all sit and knit together, let me tell you that you take your sanity in your hands when you cross my threshold.  With five dogs in the house – one puppy and one old man pooch who is prone to puking – there is never a dull moment.  Here is the afternoon’s scorecard:

• two throwing ups
• two shoes stepping in dog piles (I swear I scooped the yard!)
• chewing on one Coach bag (quickly caught, thank God)
• four chewing on shoes (mostly stopped in time)

It’s a good thing I bake a mean cake, otherwise people would never visit!