I got my dossier for Sock Wars.  My target lives in Vermont and should not worry overly much.  She is retired and I'm glad that I'm not her target since she has discovered sock knitting recently and is loving it.  She's probably a much faster knitter than I.

On Friday on our way home, we stopped at our local shopping center (formerly a mall but has downsized and added apartments and become a 'town center').  We generally stay out of there because there aren't any stores that we really like.  The Borders Express was going out of business and had things at 70% off.  Who can resist a bookstore sale?  Not me.  We found a huge Dilbert collection (Pk and I are avid comics readers.  He says it's because we don't take life too seriously), a new Patricia Cornwell Scarpetta book (called The Scarpetta Factor), a small bag covered with animated super pets which will hold a knitting project for on the go knitting, a new notebook with monsters on it for work, and a calendar.  All for less than 50 dollars.  I've been reading the Kay Scarpetta books for years and even though I think the series is not as good as it was, I coldn't resist the newest one. 

While we were in the shopping center, we walked past the Hallmark store.  They were also having a sale.  We walked in and there on the shelf was one of my very favoritest books.  It's called We're Going on a Bear Hunt (M. Rosen).  When the girls were small, we would make trips to the library at least once a week.  We would load up on books and then everyone would read.  I got this one out once and forever after it became one of my favorite books to check out.  The story is very simple but the repetitive bits are addictive.  If all of my girls are in the same area and I say "we're going on a bear hunt", someone will say "we're gonna catch a big one", someone else will say, "what a beautiful day" and finally "we're not scared".   I've read a lot of books for children and for a while my book shelf was overflowing with children's books.  As the girls got older, I gave many of them away but kept my favorites.  The Velveteen Rabbit and all of the Mercer Meyer Little Critter books (especially Me, too).    And now I have this one.  Someday I'll have little ones to sit next to me on the couch and I'll say "we're going on a bear hunt" and it will start all over again.  What fun.

I got a yarn package in the mail yesterday from Roxanne at art walk sock yarn club.  I haven't posted  about these lately but they just keep getting better and better.  Last month was a red package and this month is cool blues.  They are almost too beautiful to knit with but I will use them.  I'm not a 'yarn for yarn sake' kinda person.

It took all day yesterday to put away the decorations and the tree and clean up the house.  Pk and Elanor brought in shelves and we set up the boxes so they're easily accessible for me and much neater.  They used to be stored in the garage/workshop but now they'll be out of Pk's way.  I did the laundry and got my hair cut.  Today, I'm going to set up the space heater and spin in the sunshine.  Although now that I have an Ott light, I should be able to spin any time of day.  I still like the sunshine best.

And we've got sunshine forcast all week.  It's January sunshine and there's not much warmth in it.  But after all the clouds and rain of the fall, it's lovely.

Have an enjoyable Sunday.