i'll just type it up on my invisible typewriter...

i've been terrible about updating over here & i'm sorry.  things have been pretty great & i've been super busy, but i'm going to try to fill you in on what's been going on for the past week or so - in mostly picture form:

my birthday was on friday, it was swell.  besides being taken out to lunch a couple times last week, i made a big dish of baked ziti friday night & some friends came over, they brought cupcakes, blintzes, presents & themselves.   it was one of those great get-togethers where there's all these different people who are mostly unconnected except through me, but because they're all super cool they all got along.  art baked a cake for me in my fancy bundt pan & even made this super sweet sign to go on top:

he's been staying with me for a couple weeks while they're waiting for the house his sister bid on.  it's been really fun having him around.  he's the cleanest, most organized roommate i've ever had: he cooks dinner, washes dishes, cleans the bathroom & even throws my towels in the laundry!  i'm getting a little spoiled. 

last week we made caramel apples one night & candy apples another.  i've never had either of them, they were both fun to make, but eating the candy apples was a little unnerving since my front teeth are porcelain.

one night i came home & he had crabs, mussels & quahogs steaming.  this past saturday his sisters came over & brought lobsters & steamers!  seriously, spoiled.

oh yeah, the alumni sale!  that happened the weekend before & it went really really well.  i wasn't able to bring as much as i wanted, but i sold more than i expected so, sweet, no complaints.  the creatures were a huge hit, i'd forgotten just how much fun they are to sell.  i had quite a few people come up to the table who had bought them in past years & were excited to see them once again.  i'll definitely sew a pile of them for Craftland.

i'll try not to stay away for so long again - i still have to catch you up on 2 weeks ago when my family went out to Shelter Island....

Comments

[Blaize Wilkinson]

I am so glad your little creatures sold well. They are really cute. And maybe you deserve to be spoiled now and then, no?

[Elin]

Hey - I was at the alumni sale. Your stuff was awesome!