Over the long weekend we spent lots of time with both sides of our families. We had all seven of the cousins together on Jim’s side and hopefully got some good pictures. (They’re importing now.) It didn’t really feel like Thanksgiving to me. Probably because it just got cold here the day before – the weather had been floating around the mid 60’s – and because I was so busy getting all the holiday stuff ready for the store that I didn’t have much of a chance to think about the upcoming turkey day. Having a migraine for almost two weeks straight didn’t help much either. (I’m currently at one day and counting on no need to take pain meds.)

You should see Tangle, I have to say, all our hard work paid off. It’s jam packed with yarn and all kinds of goodies. We got in our last shipment of Amy Butler bags and there’s a huge mountain of them in one corner of the shop. I spent most of last week working on the website; adding all the new things that have come in and uploading new patterns and gathering together lots of gift ideas. I’m always amazed at how much work still needs to be done on the website. It certainly could become a full time job, just keeping that thing perfect.

Over the last couple days, I’ve finally had a chance to relax. (Although the tension in my shoulders hasn’t let up quite yet.) I knit 3 pairs of fingerless mittens. A pair for each of the kids – now that it’s cold, Eden needs them for the playground – and a pair for the shop. I think our shop pair of Cabled fingerless mitts was stolen! Can you believe it?! I finished up a sweater and washed it with SOAK – wow, I love that stuff. And I’m almost done with the Blue Sky Alpacas pleated vest. Maybe I’ll get to finish that off tonight.

Anyway, I figure that all those migraines were due to hormones, a screwed up back and stress. It has been an unreal last few weeks and I’ve handled it pretty well emotionally so I think that it all went into my body. I’m hoping that now that the house is finally in order, and the shop is in order that I can start to recover and that things will be looking up from here. But regardless, I now know that I can handle as super human amount of stress so my attitude is pretty much, bring it. I know I can take it.