This is how you start a great week
Yesterday, I came home to find my birthday present from Rusty... exactly 5 months to-the-day later!! Pre-ordered back in late October, I have been patiently awaiting -- and recently stalking via USPS Tracking -- the arrival of Alabama Studio Sewing Patterns!!
Natalie Chanin will be giving a lecture + book signing later this month at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago and I've been trying to figure out a way to go! At 6 p.m. on a Tuesday night, it pretty much means an extra day off of work and an overnighter. So tempted...
Also in yesterday's mail was my first-ever order from Three Irish Girls -- I fell hard last month for A Hundred Thousand Welcomes. No plan yet.
I was at the coffee shop this morning, as I am every morning, when my phone rang. The upshot of that call is that I had an extra hour before needing to be at work, so I took a seat at the back and had a nice hour of knitting and listening to the hubbub. The mostly all-male kaffeklatsch/welcoming committee that occupies the front everyday had a lot to say to each other about basketball this morning! And, indeed, it's a bittersweet morning. The Wisconsin Badgers didn't win the NCAA title this year, but they had an amazing run and even I (not a basketball fan) have been riveted by them during March Madness.
I enjoyed the basketball game and I have never before watch the NCAA games. It felt an affinity to the boys in red because of you. Your intarsia is looking great. I can't wait to see what you're making for that cute boy. I had some fun reading my new AC book last night. I can't bring myself to open the notebook or sharpen the pencil. It's such a dear package!
Posted by: margene | 07 April 2015 at 11:51 AM
Hooray for great things in the mail!
Posted by: Carole | 07 April 2015 at 01:55 PM
So excited about The Book (but you already know that!). Sorry about the basketball outcome; they were pretty darn awesome and made for an exciting March Madness! (I am All About that wrap skirt. Want. It. Now.)
Posted by: Kym | 07 April 2015 at 02:06 PM
Sorry about the Badgers! I like watching Kaminsky play.
Posted by: Kathode Ray Tube | 07 April 2015 at 02:18 PM
How wonderful that you have all these things to be excited for!
Posted by: claudia | 07 April 2015 at 04:32 PM
I vote you go to Chicago. Life is short. Creative infusions can be hard to come by.
Posted by: Robby | 07 April 2015 at 06:28 PM
I was rooting for Wisconsin, too (but don't tell Marc...he's ACC all the way!) Hope the rest of your week is living up to Monday's promise!
Posted by: Mary | 08 April 2015 at 05:50 AM
So sorry about the loss! It was a great run. Happy Wednesday!
Posted by: Patty | 08 April 2015 at 09:10 AM