What a weekend!

It all started Friday night - Tracy, Angela and I headed to The Hardcover and started off with some yummy apps and a Pomegranite Martini (again - so delish!) We were there for about 4 1/2 hours and I had more meat - in fact it was a nice little sirloin with shrimp scampi. I had had Prime Rib on Wednesday night with René - it was so buttery and great at Victoria Station I didn't want to compete. (we did have a nice dinner, although it was a little creepy going back to the place that put me through college after so many years - and it has barely changed.)

Saturday was a sleep-late-OMG-my-vacation-has-started morning and I didn't get to the Gore Place Sheepshearing Festival until about 2:15, but it was a beautiful day and a good time.

First, I had to check out some cows and sheep -


Southdowns were cool:


And there was of course, shearing, however, my timing wasn't great (and for some reason little kids don't seem to understand that big kids want to see too!)


And then there was the shopping - I visited Lucy at Mind's Eye Yarns and picked up the most perfect new bag for my Hitchhiker (this was not the planned use, but if the bag fits...)


I got some great new pottery (I now have a coffee cup like the hubby - and I love mine too!) Also, a new casserole - I just had to have it!


One of my favorite stops was to the Traveling Rhinos booth - Eling has a great eye for color and convinced me (she really twisted my arm hard!) to try out some of her batts.


It was a nice day, however, it would have been much more fun with some friends (young or old) along for the ride.

Sunday was for the YARN HARLOT!!!

Well, what can I say - WEBS was overwhelming (and everything I picked up was 25% off!) and the Harlot was amazing as usual! She never ceases to amuse me. In fact, I was so amused that I bit the hell out of my tongue during her presentation. Luckily, it stopped bleeding by the time we go back for signings and pictures!
Stephanie Rocks!!!

It was fun to meet new folks - Casey and Michele - Ravelry is an amazing place to be!

Kitties

Mugsy is definitely the ambassador in the household and gets along with everyone - here's proof:

(this one the hubby took with Oliver)


and here he is being all contemplative:


I have also adopted a big Christmas cactus from my friend Tracy because her new kitties keep eating it - hopefully Oliver will leave it alone. I think it looks great here:


And finally, one of my favorite purchases from Friday (more on that later) - I walked by Joie de Vivre on Mass Ave I had to go back when I saw this in the window:

It was pretty full on my way home...

Green Curry Soba & Salmon

Ever make one of those "let's see what happens if we put these things together" meals and it just comes out yummy? That's what happened last night - a little on the spicy side, but I can't wait to have the leftovers!

Green Curry Soba & Salmon


All of my favorite vegetables - sweet onion, red pepper, aparagus, zucchini and carrots - sauted and sauced up with green curry and light coconut milk - mixed in with some buckwheat soba noodles topped off with a nice grilled piece of salmon - what's not to like?

Signs of Spring

It's finally starting to have signs of Spring here abouts - in fact, I took a few pictures on my walk from Kendall Square to North Station Friday afternoon (I was very lucky with the rain - it didn't start until I got onto the train.)

a tree sprouting in front of Boca Grande and The Similians (best Thai around!):


walking down behind the CambridgeSide Galleria - over the Charles:


and a few daffodils on the walk too:


The weekend was wierd weather-wise - they kind of got it all backwards with the forecasts, but I still spent the day in my craft room cleaning, organizing and finally spinning up some dark brown alpaca that I had won up at SPA in February. Sunday was for bad movies (The Covenant - just where are those cliffs supposed to be? and The Holiday - ultimate chick flick, but I did love it), more knitting on my Sprout sweater and snuggling with Mugsy - who got another Lion Cut just like last year.

Sick... sick... and a new roof

Ah, well, at least I'm not as sick as the hubby has been... just a huge energy drain, dry throat and an occaisional nasty cough. At least the cats were happy to have me home during Day 2 of the new roof adventure. Hopefully they'll be done today and the final bill is under $8,000. Good goal to have?

I did get some things done/worked on during the 4 days on the couch.

1. I was able to start a fire in the new woodburning stove/insert that kept me nice an cozy.

2. I got about 4 1/2 inches knit on Sprout.

3. I finally finished the final Diana Gabaldon book about Jamie & Claire. Or is it the last? I don't know why it took my 17 months from the day I received it (and yes, I did pre-order the minute I could) to finish. Could it be that I really didn't want it to end?

4. Watched some movies - some good, some not so good. More on those later.

Back to work now... slowly.