Defeat the Winter Doldrums Swap Package!

So I came home at 8 am this morning to a wonderful surprise waiting for me!! I have been participating in the Swap for about 5 weeks now and learning a lot about a lot of people. I have been posting the weekly topics and chatting it up. My partner got her package after a particularly bad day in Washington, and her response to me made my head swell and glad I did the swap. Thanks for the head swelling email!! We are planning a duo post here sometime... you'll have to watch for that. Check out her blog:

http://knottykittyknits.blogspot.com

She is a super cool woman, so go pay her a visit! Here is what I sent her:







Onto the goodies that I got!!!

My wonderful partner sent me a load of great stuff! There are obviously 2 great dishcloths, which i think I will be using for face cloths, because they are so soft and wonderful!! There are 2 delicious bath bombs that you drop into the tubs that fizz and smell yummy and I just might have to indulge tomorrow!! She also sent me mento's... Did I blog about these? I might have put them in my questionnaire for this swap... THEY ARE MY FAVORITE!!!! I love them... and I ate them already. She also sent me the awesomest little chocolate things. They are little skinny squares of chocolate, which is perfect for me. Just a little bit is perfect for me! I grab a little square and yummy chocolately goodness!!

I also got a great bar of soap called Brazilian Mango Grapefruit. Oh, it is soooo yummy!! The smell is just awesome! I'd love to put a scratch and sniff logo here, but technology isn't quite that good yet! There was also a pineapple lip balm... i use it all the time... wonder where she got it... I might be in love with it!! I got a thing of hot chocolate, which is great to beat the "duldrums" of winter and make it feel nice and cozy if only for a few minutes!

Oh and then there is the yarn... She sent me 3 skeins of yummy goodness... have I said yummy enough times in this post? It was oh so fun to open this up... I was like a kid in a candy store. The blue and pinkish skein is Dream in Color Baby yarn... I'm going to find a wonderful lace shawl pattern and knit it up for myself!! I'll be sure to share that with you. The 2 smaller skeins are Hempathy... made from cotton, hemp and nylon I think... she said it makes great face cloths, so I'll be doing that very, very soon!! Thanks so much to my wonderful partner, who is also in Washington! Small world! Check out her blog:

http://florafaunafurandfiber.blogspot.com

Thanks for everything!! I love it all.

Last Doldrums topic...

For this week, go through those who've commented on last week's topic - find someone who had an idea on their day that sounded appealing to you, as well, and tell us why, or what appealed to you, and link to their blog! If you can't find someone who has a day you think you'd enjoy, find one that you thought was interesting, odd, or funny in some way, and talk about it!

I guess the closest one was Alaina:

http://idratherbknitting.blogspot.com/

She is from MN(which is where I grew up) and she spoke about being on or near the lake or on the gulf of mexico with family. I have oceans, but like the gulf, cuz it's warm with small waves. I love the lake and wish i had a boat to play on the lake with. The only thing I would do if money was no object is go see my bro in australia... he is studying there for 6 months and he said it's amazing... knowing that now, I would go there... :)

I'm anxioiusly waiting for my package... I sent my partners out on Monday all the way to Washington, so hopefully she'll like it!

I left Michigan last night in the blizzard to fly to Memphis to fix another airplane(we had a mechanic with us). It was my first flight as a captain! and it went great!! We are still in Memphis cuz the weather was too bad to go back last night and we are waiting for a trip. I go off on Thursday and my First Officer is already on days off... not sure what they will do with us!! YEA!!! 2.2 hours of Pilot in Command Jet time!!(very valuable in the pilot world!!) YEA!!!!

Doldrums Topic #5

If money were no object, and the day was just perfect - not to hot, not too cold, sun shining, slight breeze - how would you spend a perfect day out that had been given to you in the middle of a cold and blustery winter?

I would be fishing and out on the lake. I love the lake on a perfect day. Start off by fishing in the early morning hours and then move to some water sports(ie. skiing, wakeboarding, knee boarding and tubing) and then finish it off with a nice bbq in the evening... argh... can't wait for winter to be over... this sucks. I wanna move back to PHX where its nice 9 months of the year. hmpf...

But onto happier things. I love contests. I might have to have one sometime. I'm not sure to have it be about or what to give away, although I am making stitch markers and stuff now. If anyone has any ideas let me know. But here is a contest ending soon...

http://www.cassknits.com

check this out... it is a blog that lists all the contests going on right now.

http://wiknit.blogspot.com/