I'm a senior technical project manager at work, a knit project starter at home and a list-maker everywhere! I'm married and have too many cats, lots of books, almost enough rose bushes, and way too much yarn!
Next of the Stitches West purchases is yarn from Brooks Farm. Every year since they've been at Stitches I've bought yarn from them. Sometimes I buy yarn with a pattern in mind, sometimes I buy yarn because it makes me happy.  
Here's the first batch of Stitches West purchases. Books as promised: A Gathering Of Lace (to replace the copy loaned to a co-worked who's vanished off the face of the earth), Modular Knits, and New Pathways for Sock Knitters.&nbs
Stitches West is over for another year. I've been going for either 14 or 15 years, and this was the best one yet! Joan and I met in the lobby about an hour before the Market doors opened, and spent the time marking up the diagram with
Friday is the opening day for the Market at Stitches West for those who are not taking classes and attending the other events.* I'm taking the day off from work, and Joan and I plan to be there as soon as the Market opens. Today was a
The weather this past week was warm and perfect and Spring-like. It seems we have 1 more day of that to enjoy, because Tuesday the rain moves back in for almost the entire next week. We need the rain, we really do - Fremont has had just o
It's been an absolutely beautiful weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area. After 15 days of cold rain- well what passes for cold here, which means it was in the mid-30s and very wet - the past week warmed up nicely, and the temperature
Not that you'd know it, or believe it from the recent dearth of any blog posts at all, but here's how I scored on this little blog thing: 80%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?The end of a very long week is in sight, and both knitting an
Last week seemed really long. I woke on Wednesday absolutely sure it was Thursday and was crushed when it wasn't.This week already seems like another long week, and it's only Monday! I was in a training class today, and had to dri
This was in our mail today, much to my delight: It's a thank you note!Handwritten and addressed to us, not "The Voter at..." or "Homeowner" or "Occupant", and not a bill either!When I opened it, I found this note, fr