Only a Few Days Left...

Prices go up on the Yarn Club for Crocheters on the 15th, so sign up now for your full or half membership!  Thanks to those of you who have already let us know that you're in; the rest of you, jump on the yarnie bandwagon :-)

I got my yarn shipment yesterday from Yarn Love and am looking forward to starting the little girl's sweater project.  But, first, I must start my mom's vest.  Thank goodness that's what she wants!  A few years ago (yes, years), she asked me to make her a sweater.  She had found a pattern that she liked, we went to the store to buy the yarn that she wanted, I crocheted all of the pieces (front, back, arms), and then, poof.  Nothing, nada, never finished.  I just have never been able to make myself put the pieces together!  Ayeeeee, I've lived in shame and guilt over this for a couple of years, though I discovered over the weekend that Mom forgot all about it!  I will redeem myself with the vest -- it is going to be my own design (so not too many pieces), I'll use the yarn that she's already picked out, and no arms to attach!  I really do think it was the fear of attaching arms that led to my downfall (because you know, if everything's not the right size, it's not going to fit together properly).  Anyway, now that I've confessed my past debacle and my redemption project, I'm hopeful this vest will get whipped out in no time.

Ok, speaking of starting a redemption project, that's tonight's task :-)

Today's Thought:  For great management tips and insights, check out http://www.strategicserendipity.blogspot.com/ and sign up for the daily tweets, they're great motivators!

Just My Luck

Of course I misjudged how much yarn I would need for my newest design project -- another sweater for a little girl.  And, of course the yarn is now discontinued!  But, thanks to a wonderful yarn lover in Houston, TX (http://www.yarnlove.com/), I will hopefully be getting 4 more balls in short time!  She's a sole proprietor too, so I started to read her cool blog and thought I would pass it along, especially this posting on new FTC rules for bloggers (http://craftygreenmom.com/2009/10/blog-with-integrity-its-what-the-ftc-wants-you-to-do/) that require that bloggers to disclose if they've received compensation to review or promote a product.

I'm in the clear because all of the "today's thoughts" really are just that -- my thoughts on something I've come across and thought was worth sharing.  I'm not getting compensated (nuts!), but if I do, I will be sure to let you know ;-)

Today's Thought:  Mmmm, loving my Culligan filtered hand-held shower head -- we have a lot of chlorine in our water here in D.C., and this shower head with replaceable filter removes all sorts of stuff from our water.  Of course my favorite filter shop has it at a great price http://www.discountfilterstore.com/