You will not believe who stopped by the shop on Saturday …  California Connie!  Connie and I go way back, but I didn't realize how way until I did a search for her name on my purlingswine/wordpress site.  2005!  I suspect that if I could find my original Typepad site it would be even further.  Five + years and five years full of big changes!  It was so great to meet Connie in person – it is a funny experience to catch up with a friend you've never met and one that sounds exactly like your cousin Barbara!

The Blog, The Blog and how it's changed my life.  We all have said it over and over, yet it never ceases to amaze – blogging has enriched my world!

I love you.  I loved you when you were Price Club. I love buying in bulk.  Bricks of cheese.  Laying in provisions.  The pioneer spirit in a giant shopping cart.   I was sad to have to trade my Price Club card for a Costco card .  I was a part of the original acolytes.  But you wanted to be Costco and so I had to embrace the change.

Last summer you saved me when I had that big traveling to Wisconsin fiasco and forgot my driver's license but the airline let me fly anyway because of my picture on my Costco Executive Membership!  I still can't believe that happened by the way.  Was it the Costco part?  The implications and mystery of executive membership? You were the reason I actually made it to Knitting Camp!

My laptop recently shit the bed. (this is a new expression I have co-opted from a friend – you like?) Do you remember that I bought it from you back in April of 09?  Yes you do remember – which is great because I sure didn't!  Did I have my receipt?  Hell no.  Was that a problem for your concierge?  No ma'm!  How great is it that you have a concierge?!  And now things are gonna get fixed!

oh yes!

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And so begins the annual pilgrimage to the vet’s. First on deck is Lucy. In the past I have wrestled all three for one big appointment, but we are going to try the single file system this year.

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We took a drive to see D#2 today. What a glorious day for a drive – gorgeous weather, gorgeous views and our Garmin steered us around traffic! After taking her and some friends to lunch, we went to Poet’s Walk and took in the scenery.