First, before my brain puts it in the recycle bin, the sign up for Secret Pal 10 has started. I did SP 6 and 7 and was lucky to have the spoilers that I had. I also was lucky to have great gals to spoil. I love putting together care packages. Maybe this time I'll get a pal from overseas! That'd be awesome!!
So, for those of you who asked me to post when sign ups started, there it is. You have until the end of this month to decide. It takes $60 minimum, and some trips to the post office. It also takes time, attention, and a little bit of fairy-godmother. This is a big responsibility, and as long as everyone keeps that in mind, it will be wonderful.
Yes, this is open to both knitters and crocheters.
In other news, I'm getting packed to go down to North Carolina on Sunday for new hire training. Clothes? Toiletries? A knitter craves not these things. I'm considering knitting. I want to finish the cable wise cashmere. Maybe another mitten. Two pairs of Socks of Doom. I'd like to cast on a sweater for me. So, you can see where I'm torn. I'll probably take it all. Underwear is over rated.
On the soap front, UPS has 50 pounds of coconut oil waiting for me. I'm a little irked that I have to go pick it up, but that will probably pass when I have 50 pounds of coconut oil. I need more olive oil, though. I can get it in 3 gallon bottles at BJs, but you'd be surprised with how quickly I go though that. I need to get it where restaurants get it. I want a small drum.
I'd go on, but I am dead tired, and I need to do laundry, go shopping, pack, and make three batches of soap by tomorrow night.
I cannot wait to see who I get to spoil!
You've made me all nostalgic for my co-op cooking days in college, when I worked in a kitchen that fed 120. The jugs of vegetable oil were the same size as the 95% ethanol things we get in lab. (Um...medium-sized trash can, or thereabouts.)
Posted by: naomi | February 02, 2007 at 07:28 PM
Mmmm. Handmade soaps. Get some rest. :)
Posted by: Arleta | February 03, 2007 at 01:23 PM
I hope you have a good trip down south. Good luck with the job. And I miss you and your crazy sense of humor.
Posted by: Dave Winn | February 03, 2007 at 09:10 PM
Good post.
Posted by: Marilu | October 28, 2008 at 10:24 PM