love, secrets and socks...

Thursday love goes out to my morning cup of chai tea. I love putting honey and milk in with all those spices- goodness I tell you, just plain old morning goodness.

The final Felted Secret Pal gift came in the mail for me today- I had been over at my mom's house right after work, came home to get my walking shoes so we could go take a walk and found a heavy box on my doorstep. I put it on the table and slapped on my shoes so I could go and enjoy the sun. When I got home I tore into the package-

I need to say a few things first before I go into detail. For those of you who don't know, my first secret pal dropped off the face of blogville, never to be heard of again- Lu, the wonderful hostess that she is set me up with a brand new swapper as well as sent me a gift herself to make up for it all. Lu couldn't have put me with a better person.

My new swapper is wonderful. I have been a loyal reader of her blog for quite some time and we have a ton in common. She is amazing- she teaches as well as helped to put together the Caps for the Cure project, whipping out hats like crazy for those in need of a little extra warmth as they face chemo. She has a great sense of humor. She lives in a beautiful spot in the world (I know cuz I used to live there) and has great taste in books and yarn. Go on over to say hello to Becky at Moonlight Frogger- Thank you SO much Becky for filling in and making this swap so special. I love everything you sent~

SO what did she send?? Some delicious tea (had a big old pot of it and now have a rival to my favorite listed above), hand cream, a bar of soap(with a frog on it of course), some yarn to dye (I just got my new Yarns to Dye For book so this is perfect), some already dyed yarn- DB Cashmerino Aran- downright dreamy in FUSCIA!!, a little photo album (guess I better get some of those photos off Flickr and into print?), a book that I have been wanting (YES! I LOVE THIS), and a pen from Moon Rise Herbs located in Arcata, CA (this place is special to me because one of my best friends worked there for about 4 years) and finally Becky included one of her wonderful dish clothes and scrubbies that she knit out of tulle. What a present! Thank you Becky, you really are the best~ and a big thanks to Lu for putting this all on.

And finally, sock progress. I snuck a bit of knitting in while waiting for yoga to start this week as well as waiting in the doctor's office. Just a bit more to go. I am loving the way this yarn knits up. It is silky soft and really warm. Still haven't decided if I am going to keep these for myself or gift them away... Looking good, no?