Big Birthday... Blizzard?

So we are supposedly getting a big storm this weekend, thought we're not sure exactly how much snow we will get. Hopefully it will hit on Sunday and be cleared up by Monday, as it could certainly interfere with our shipping of orders for the holidays! When it gets this close to Christmas, you don't want to lose a day in transit... but with some weather conditions, UPS just can't get through. That's what happened last night - a huge Tilli Tomas order was supposed to arrive here today, but it didn't get here. The folks at Tilli Tomas were affected by the weather - their 15 minute drive in to work took 5 hours, due to awful road conditions, and then they got a call from UPS at the end of their day, saying the truck wasn't going to be able to pick up their outgoing shipments. Oh well! That's life and there's no sense getting upset about these things. They are completely unavoidable, so we move on, and we'll get the yarn on Monday. That is, if we aren't affected up this way!


Things have really picked up, as all of our online customers are frantically placing orders. We've been working like crazy to be sure we can ship everything as quickly as possible. And the shop has been VERY busy over the past few days. The door is opening and closing constantly. People are in shopping for small projects, big projects, gifts and more. Lots of folks are coming in for last minute finishing help. They're frantic and almost at the end of their projects, and we've been able to help them through their trouble spots.


I have a big birthday tomorrow. The big 4-0. I am conveniently NOT working on my birthday. Marc has some special plans for me, which involve some time at Topnotch in Stowe... and the spa... so that should be FUN! I'm certainly getting grief from people for being so OLD on this birthday - ha ha! Funny thing is, I actually feel much better at 40 than I did at 30. That's what I'm hearing from a lot of people these days. I guess that's why they call it 40 and fabulous!


For those of you who are rug hookers and haven't forked yet for a Puritan Frame, here's another reason why you should get one. NOT ONLY are they wonderful in that they hold your pattern tight when you are hooking, but they double as a cat grooming machine! I always wondered why I had fine white "hairs" on one corner of my frame. Then last night I caught Lucy in the act.

I guess we're not brushing her enough - she's forced to do it herself!
And I'm making some progress! It's going to be great...