I hate writing posts after being away for awhile.  There is so much to tell and I don’t know where to begin ….. Vegas?  Parent’s Weekend?  The fabulously fantastic bag that awaited my return?? 

Vegas was really great —- as I posted before, I am completely spoiled.  (I wonder if Cara will mind turning down the covers for me at Rhinebeck?? and maybe Vicki could leave a little chocolate on my pillow …..)  Others who have been to Vegas tell me that I missed seeing a lot of the sights.  I was there on a work related trip with my Boar, and we were only there for 2 1/2 days.  Here is another picture of more beauty at the Bellagio.  I adore all of the glass work they have hanging from their ceilings!   I am not one for gambling – I suffer from betters’ remorse and so I only bet (and lost) three dollars.  Yes, that is correct – $3.00.

We took a red eye out of Sin City on Thursday night, landed in Newark and then hopped in the car and drove for about 5 hours to Daughter #1 and Parent’s Weekend.  My brother and SiL met us there on Saturday and we got to have a great time hanging out with them.  The weather was beautiful – a perfect fall day and D#1 loves it at school .  What could be better than that?

I’ll tell you what — coming home and having that fabulous bag waiting for me!

Seriously ladies, you need to follow that link and inundate Jackie with orders.  You won’t be sorry!  Plus she is donating the $$ to a Katrina fund.  So you can be altruistic and stylin’ at the same time!She is making some sweet, sweet bags I can tell you what. Beautifully constructed with wonderful, thoughtful details.  I especially love the heft/thickness of it — Jackie was very careful in lining this bag – stiff enough to stand up on its own, but not heavy.   

Rather than try to churn out some Rhinebeck sweater, you will all be able to pick me out in the crowd because I will be carrying The Definitive Knitting Bag.  It will bring tears to your eyes! 

oooo Rhinebeck is coming up!  did you see that you-know-who will be coming? did you know that the-other-you-know-who masterminded that plan??

was I the only one completely out of the loop??!!

I am completely spoiled.

First off, the Boar upgraded our tickets to first class for the flight here.  Secondly, I am staying in the all time nicest hotel ever – very, very swanky!   Furthermore, we have eaten here and here.  And the icing on the cake?  Yesterday, I spent the afternoon here.

~ahhhh~

**I am leaving on a trip tomorrow, so blogging will be sporadic if at all this week.  The Boar and I are going to Las Vegas for a business convention type thing.  On Thursday, we will be taking the red eye home, getting the car out of long term parking and driving for seven hours to see D#1 for Parent’s Weekend.  It is going to be a whirlwind.

My Secret Pal is messing with me.

She has read my blog and decided either:

1. I have had a harsh last day or two and she wants to brighten my world
2. She wants to mess around with my already addled brain.

I think it’s number 2.

So here’s the scoop.  A few weeks ago, I received my first secret package – which was filled with wonderful goodies btw – and the return address was from St. Albans, Vermont.  Home of one swap participant.  Please also note that in her entry today, she confesses to loving to mess with minds, this could be a crucial clue.

In today’s mail arrived an envelope with a cute little blogger’s notepad in it and a card from my BP.  This time the return address was from Wisconsin.  hmmmm ……. I do know a certain cheesehead …. Now Vicki might give the outward appearance of being a kind and loving soul, but ever since she put down the coughin nails she has been a seething cauldron of god-knows-what.

So, does it follow that one of these two is my Secret Pal?  That one of them is crazy enough to actually mail things to the other to mail to me just in order to throw me off the scent?  Do either of these ladies know me well enough to know how much I delight in this kind of subterfuge?  And that I wish I had done this to my very own Secret Pal?

Is there any other blogger that I know who would be this ‘out there’, who would take total delight and chortling glee in this escapade?  who is probably giggling like a chimp as she reads this??