Weekend Update

After a trying day on Friday,I must say I am having a fantastic weekend. I have spent the weekend at my best friend Sunshine's house for some much needed R & R. When I got here, my shoulders had so much tension in them that made it really uncomfortable to do much of anything without taking some Rapid Release Tylenol. I am happy to report that the tension has left and even with a couple of drama calls from my sister I still feel more relaxed then I have felt since before the robbery. I'm not really sure what it is but Sunshine has this quality about him that just makes everything crappy going on seem less crappy. Even when he makes me watch scary movies like Joy Ride, it's still not as scary as it would be if I was by myself or with my scaredy-cat sister.

Anyways, before I describe my shopping trip, I have to give Sunshine a BIG THANK YOU FOR EVERTHING that he has done for me this weekend. Did I mention that he gave me the coolest presents ever? When he was in Chicago he was fortunate enough to see one of our all-time favorite musicals, Wicked and he brought me back not only the fancy tour program, but he book me a copy of the Wicked Grimmarie(sp?) which gives all the behind the scenes info about Wicked the Musical and it is just an awesome book. It's the kind of book that you put on your coffee table and every one picks it up to start looking at it. Wicked is coming to Kansas City and we are going to try and get tickets.

The shopping. Well since my sister and I are moving into the new townhouse this weekend and my stupid paychecks are still being mailed to me, I have been on a semi-strict shopping budget. I did get a new pair of Clover bamboo straight needles (size 10 1/2), one skein of chocolate taupe LB Cotton-Ease, an issue of Simply Knitting (British) and the first book that Wally Lamb did with his writing group from the York Correctional Institute. Sunshine bought a really cool new laptop bag (his current one is pretty beat-up) that is kind of like the new one that my dad bought my sister for her new laptop. I want to get one that is a similar size and slim like theirs but I don't want the exact same one and I need a different color scheme as in not black. I don't like to buy black laptop bags because everyone gets black ones and I wear enough black clothes without adding to it. While I was at Books-A-Million, I did read through the new Anticraft book and it has some really sweet patterns in it that I could and would actually make, so after I have moved and etc., this will be ordered.

I have made three child-sized hats on my knifty knitter (red loom) this weekend from some LB Homespun and RH Supersaver that is from my stash.

Happy Birthday to baby L! She's turning two today and I can't believe it and I'm sure that her A her mother can't believe it either. L is a sweet little girl and a very well-behaved child (which is quite rare these days).

Songs on my itunes:

Closer by Joshua Radin
What If You by Joshua Radin

These songs are so beautiful and were brought to my attention by Sunshine. So of course, I listened, got hooked on the melody and then proceeded to download them through itunes. For statistical purposes, What If You is the 409th song I have downloaded since purchasing my Mac Powerbook (Mackie) in March 2006. Yes, I am contributing to Steve Jobs' retirement fund very heavyily, but the Apple folks have always given me superior customer service and provided me with products that are pretty, functional and low maintenance.