Happy Days Are Here Again

Oh Yeah.
My beloved is home from his vacation. He did ok, not that he was able to do anything. He said it was really hard to not be able to go for walks like he usually does, but he enjoyed laying on his mat in the woods, watching birds fly by. He even saw a few deer in the woods. Only one of them (there were 4 that went this year) caught a deer.
Yes, I know they don't really 'catch' them. That's my nice euphemism for what they really do. Not that I'm against hunting, not completely.
But the really wonderful thing is he's home! And he's ok! I worried that something bad would happen to him and he'd have to come home in an ambulance. I didn't need to worry. As usual, I worried for nothing. I like it that way though.

Not much knitting has been done. I did get the heels done on my Mom's socks. And knit a few more rows on her shawl. Mostly I plotted about 5 jillion new projects...that's what happens when I buy new knitting books! This weekend I bought 'Last Minute Knitted Gifts' and I really like it. I've got to make the fluffy little baby booties that remind me (for some strange reason) of little ducklings. I bought this one at All About Yarn, a new store in Coon Rapids. Nice little yarn store, lovely owners, great selection of yarns and stuff. They had a pair of the booties made up, and they're just so darn sweet. Maybe they'll be my first project form the book.

Doggie and I had a good time together while my beloved was gone, though he really missed his man a lot. I am his favorite, which is as it should be, but he loves his man. Toward the end of the week I caught him looking at the door a lot. We were both probably thinking the same thing. "It's time for him to come home!"
Snicker got to spend the day with his grandparents Wednesday. They really seem to love him, and he loves both of them too. They spoil him, as grandparents do.
Today I bought him a new bag~it is brown with pink polka dots and looks like a purse. It has a pink bow on one side, which he hates, but I told him I would take it off. And he got two new winter shirts. He is VERY happy with his new stuff.

I must go finish a bracelet I am making for a friend who is having a wedding shower tomorrow. She is a lovely girl, and I am so very happy for her. I believe she and her fiance will live a long and happy life together, and no one deserves it more!

Oh, love....isn't it great?

I believe the Beetles' said it best.

All you need is love.