If there’s one thing that can be said about living in North Carolina, it’s that the weather always keeps you on your toes. It was in the 60s yesterday, and tonight it’s snowing. No, really! The cars are dusted with the white stuff, schools are opening 2 hours late in the morning, etc. And I bet if I were to go to the grocery store right now, I would find them low on milk and bread. Of course, we’re supposed to be back in the 60s by the weekend, and early next week it may even reach the low 70s. Go figure. Dad likes to tell the story about the year we moved from Michigan to Alabama: we moved on Groundhog Day in 1993. It was warm outside, and we ate doughnuts on the deck while we waited for the movers. The following week was the “blizzard” of ‘93. Guess life in North Carolina isn’t all that different from life in Alabama…

It’s been busy at work. A couple of weeks ago, someone asked me to create a pretty HTML e-newsletter to send out to customers through SalesForce.com for this promotion he was working on. Last week, someone else heard about it and wanted one for his own product. This week, I’ve got three more in the queue. I’m afraid to think about what next week will bring.

And at the other work (i.e. the yarn store), I just got word that both our stores—Yarns Etc. in Chapel Hill and Great Yarns in Raleigh—are playing host to Franklin Habit in a couple of weeks! As luck would have it, I’m working at the Raleigh store the day Franklin is scheduled to be at Yarns Etc., but maybe I’ll be allowed to be a “chaperone” at the event at Great Yarns that Sunday. :)

And on the home-front, I’ve just been knitting away. I’ve been itching to try to make a pair of sock blockers lately, since I haven’t seen any online that I really want to buy. But the materials called for in the oh-so-popular DIY Sock Blocker Tutorial do not appear to be so readily available in the height of winter. I finally found some light-weight cutting boards that work well. I got bored after making one this evening, but that’s okay, because I only have one new sock completed at present anyway.

They’re not fun or pretty, and unfortunately, the cutting boards were too small to make a pair, so the mate (whenever I get around to making it) will be a different color, as the 4-pack of boards came with 1 each of blue, green, yellow, and pink. Still, it works for now, and if I ever see an awesome pair of sock blockers on Etsy or something, I’ll buy then.

Other than that, we’ve just been kickin’ back and relaxing here. Even Seymour decided it was a night to relax.