It's that time of year again, without a doubt the most wonderful time when the students leave school and I am left sitting at my desk for a long expanse of days, with hardly any responsibility to tie me down but reading blogs and getting back into the routine of updating my own. I know a lot of people that dread these long days with not a job in sight, but I must be very good at scheduling my free time because I always find these days are gone too quickly!

I never knit at work, but you can't stop me from thinking about it! Planning projects, making lists, dreaming of that elusive weekend when all I have to do is lay around at home and knit. At the moment I'm thinking about this delicious yarn that came in the mail from my good friend Becky in Canada. She was the first friend that I turned onto knitting who turned out to be a real knitting freak just like me! Imagine my excitement when this popped out of a surprise package from her, along with decaf coffee (wheee!) and all sorts of other treats! 450 meters of Blue Face Leicester DK Wool... I might have to turn this into a bright lace shawl to get me through the dark winter months, don't you think?

And remember that baby sweater? It fits well (with room to stretch) and the parents couldn't have been happier to finally receive it. I take back all the bad stuff I ever said about knitting this. It was totally worth it--look at that chubby face!