i've been TERRIBLE about blogging lately. i've been terrible about everything lately. i have been leaving everything to the last minute and going crazy. it has to be the whole back-to-school thing. i'm still adjusting to having no jessalyn all day and enjoying the quiet time far too much.

let's see...i've been whipping out dishcloths and hats like crazy. of course, i've been terrible about taking pictures of these things but i have been making them. this week alone i made four train tams...the first one was for a hat swap...and i liked it so much that i made another one to save for an xmas gift...then i had to make another one for myself (although mine is a little slouchier than the others) and THEN i received my caffeine swap package (more about that in the next paragraph) which included two skeins of noro kureyon that matched PERFECTLY with jessalyn's fall jacket, so i used one skein of that to make a train tam for her. the other skein is going to be matching playground mittens for her. i LOVE that hat pattern...it seriously takes me less than a day to finish each hat and they all come out so nice.

okay, so the caffeine swap package...it was so freaking AWESOME. besides the two skeins of noro, there were also three skeins of sugar 'n cream (more dishcloths and tribbles!), a skein of austermann step (*drools*), three different kinds of roobios teas (i tried the roobios chai with my coffee press this morning and mmmmm....), a container of chocolate chip cookies that are to DIE FOR, a box of nerds, a bag of jelly bellies, a bag of werthers chocolate caramel creams, a nifty cool mug with faces all over it that has a matching stirrer/spoon, and two scarf patterns. i think that was everything but honestly, it was so packed that i might have forgotten something. i love swaps, it's a shame i'm going to have to stop doing these kinds of swaps for a while because i can't afford to make packages as good as the ones i've been getting. i will still do the swaps where i make things like dishcloths or hats because i can just use stuff already in my stash for that.

yesterday i also sat down and wrote a list of people i'm giving xmas gifts to this year and what i will give them. i'm making all of them. i know i've said that a couple of years in a row, but i mean it this time. i've already started some, and i'm keeping them all relatively easy so that i can get them all done in time. of course, i'm starting now so i should have enough time unless i let myself get distracted by pretty sock yarn...

oh yeah, speaking of sock yarn i got some tofutsies. someone had them up for sale or trade on ravelry so i messaged her asking what she was interested in getting for trade and she was so nice, she just GAVE it to me. it's pink and white and pretty :) i already know what i'm going to make with it.

oh yeah, and we're in desperate need of cash right now. so if anyone wants anything that i can possibly make i'll quote you a price and make it for you. scarves and hats are good because they're fast. i have a lot of yarn so chances are i will have something you'll like. please let me know.