These photos have actually been on Flickr since, oh, Monday. Yeah, I’m slow on posting. Matt can post within about two minutes of cooking or baking things yet it takes me three days to post stupid photos.

Yarn Swap

I got SO MUCH stuff. In the structured pick-a-few-things-you-want rounds, I got some beautiful hand-dyed, hand-spun wool from Canada it’s former owner wasn’t a fan of, a skein of Knit Picks Gossamer, some maroon Lamb’s Pride worsted, purple laceweight, and a thing of super soft lavendar wool that Marlyn is now the owner of. Then there was the take-whatever-you-want-of-what’s-left part. I got a ton of Caron Simply Soft, fingering weight light-pink acrylic (Cascade Cherub), and a single skein of Lorna’s Laces in shades of purple. I’m very excited about using about ninety percent of what I got (look for a post on that later).

Ivy’s Party

Ivy (Matt’s cousin’s daughter) had a last-minute eighteenth birthday party. By the time we got there, there were about thrity family members and school friends we didn’t know. Felt rather uncomortable at first but eventually we sat out by the pool with Ruben talking about the fun of his American citizenship swearing-in (there’s got to be a better name for that). She liked her rather lame gift of lottery cards and Starbucks gift card from us, thankfully. I remember being eighteen yet couldn’t come up with any better ideas than that.