Me Time

Thanks for the comments about my big knitting snafu. Blogging helps me sort out all this stuff and put it all in perspective. I haven't touched the offending sweater but I am getting myself ready, mentally, to really fix it up. The last two days have been sunny and nice. I haven't done a ton of knitting, but I did bring Adamas with me when I went to check out the newest cafe in town. It's called People's, and the instant I walked in I fell madly in love with it. The inside is very cool and cozy, but sophisticated with dark wood and benches all along the wall. It's got built-in bookcases, and the one near my seat was filled with scruffy sci-fi paperbacks (my favorite!)

I brought the shawl with me to Stitch n Bitch, but didn't work on it at all because a more pressing projet came up yesterday and I had to get it done. My boyfriend was stressed out and I decided he needed an eye pillow, you know, the beanbag-like ones with nice-smelling stuff in them. I grabbed some dried lavender at the pharmacy on my way home from People's and got to work. Unfortunately I didn't get a photo, but I'll post about that project later because it turned out awesome.

Today I was all by myself in my apartment so I spent my time running a few quick errands, which included getting a new set of windchimes:



The notes of the chimes are kind of eerie together, but I like them. Double clapper! Score! This was the ONLY set at Long's Drugs that didn't have some sort of metallic dolphin or smiling sun on it. Why are so many windchimes totally cheesy?

I then proceeded to do a bunch of laundry,



After which I got down to business in the kitchen.



No, that is not some sort of fluid donation, it's a makeshift piping bag full of guava jelly. I'm having dinner with a friend tonight, and she has sponsored me for my upcoming AIDS Walk, so I baked her a batch of my favorite cookies,



cornmeal-guava thumbprint cookies.



I made extra.

Also, I decided to enter the contest over at Knitters Anonymous. Here goes nothin'.

A photo, snapped while baking (don't worry I totally threw this away afterward!)



And some publicity.



Apologies for the profanity...I just had to do it.

Wish me luck!

UPDATE: Snakes on a Plane! Get your SOAP participation script, a la Rocky Horror Picture Show, here.