It's been a really busy week here - lots of time doing things that really are not blog-worthy. Going to Boston for an eye doctor appointment with Julia (she is fine), getting my hair fixed so I don't look like a grandma, and the dreaded organization of all the pre-tax filing information. That is what I hate the most and I can say that I don't know how accountants do it all the time. I'm almost done.... so I will celebrate with my next blogiversary giveaway for you all!
I've done two books with the fine folks at Storey Publishing and I count my editor Gwen as a good friend. She's an amazingly kind woman with a vast array of talents. She and her husband keep sheep, she is an amazing gardener, knitter, weaver, and craftsperson. I'm sure she cooks (although I don't know this for sure). She has three grown children (her daughter is named Kristin too) and a granddaughter who is the apple of her eye. As an editor, she is so calm and kind... never nagging.... If she needs a change or has another idea, it is suggested in the kindest, least threatening way. This is a very good way to work with an author and I feel blessed to have had that experience. I took this photo of her several years ago when we were shooting Kristin Knits. She really does pretty much always look this calm. Man, oh man, I wish I could be!
As an editor, Gwen gets extremely involved with all parts of any book she works on. She is always knitting... sometimes filling in holes with project designs. Like this project.... a easy to knit mitten design Gwen did for Storey's new best-selling Sock Yarn: 101 One Skein Wonders. The yarn is my Best Foot Forward.
Today I've got a great giveaway..... 4 craft titles donated by Storey:
Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece by the lovely Gail Callahan (aka The Kangaroo Dyer)
Crochet Borders by the witty Edie Eckman
Handmade Marketplace by Kari Chapin who I had the pleasure to meet just recently at the Webs Author Day in late March
Sock Yarn One-Skein Wonders: 101 Patterns That Go Way Beyond Socks! by Judith Durant
Contest is closed! The winner is Pam who wrote: I love rewards! My favorite is shopping of course...usually for yarn to add to the stash. Thanks for the great giveaway! Pam
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 218 of 218No retail therapy for me. The reward is mostly in the mental crossing of the list and the huge relaxing of the shoulders. Oh, yeah, and I might have booked a trip to a dear friend in Norway (aka knitting country). But that's basic stash ehh friendship maintenance and doesn't count, does it??
mirjamvdb at telfort dot nl
When ever I have finished something that is drugery to do I always reward myself with some knitting time. I don't always get to knit during my day so just picking up the knitting for a few mintues is just so nice. Thanks for the great giveaways!
ma2vt@comcast.net
I don't dread too many things, except perhaps cleaning the bathroom, something I postpone until it screams out to be done...ahem, it's stifling screams as I write this. My reward to myself is quiet time to myself to knit or do yoga.
Well, depending on the dread level of the task ( 1 is normal dread, 10 is dread beyond all comprehension) I either get to take a walk, knit or read without guilt, or enhance my stash of yarn and patterns. Enhancing is for the most dreaded tasks.
I almost always reward myself. Depending on the task, it could be chocolate, or starting a new knitting project, or a nap. In extreme cases, it could be all three!
Marlaine
mdescham@nycap.rr.com
I usually reward myself with knitting time. Sometimes I will go shopping for yarn or accessories, or clothes.
grantsmom11@gmail.com
A dreaded task for me is yard work; cutting the grass in summer or endlessly raking leaves in the fall. If I do it on a day off work, I try to arrange it time wise and reward myself with a trip to library where I can casually browse for books or relax and read the magazines.
Sonja : stringplay.blogspot.com
Sometimes finishing the task is the reward and other times I choose a pleasurable activity to highten the sense of joy that it is DONE!
As a new first time Grandma, all former methods of rewards(ie tea with a good book, or phoning a dear friend) are moved down one to make room for my beautiful grandson. He is the best reward.
Barb B
bobakaro@gmail.com
Of Course I reward myself! Clean the toilet.....Well deserved knitting time!! Mop the Kitchen...a little spinning!
Susan
spinner09@hughes.net
OH yes, definitely have to have a reward ~~ I go to a wonderful French bakery!
I don't reward myself. I look forward to the next task that I will enjoy and just leave it at that. Life simply has those unbearable activities that we must sit/stand/live through and when it's done, yeah! And so, even during some of those boring, laborious, gut wrenching events, I can get a chuckle in or smile over something, it isn't entirely a waste of time.
My dreadful dread wasn't a task, it was surviving my daughter's week of high school cheer try-outs. As if that wasn't stressful enough(even though I cheered in high school like other moms, I just don't understand because things were different in the dark ages)! anyway, then I had to admit to my knitting teacher that I tangled up my toe-up socks on the magic loop ??? Even she couldn't figure out what I did!. all ended well as my daughter made the squad and my friend untangled the loop and put them on 2 sets of needles.....I treated myself to a frozen margarita!!
Today I got my car serviced dreading the brakes which are original after 91,000 miles because I am not getting a tax refund. When the car was finished, the brakes were still good! Yeah! So I did the 4H banking, we sold seeds, and my sheep banking for fleeces, I treated myself to a shopping trip for trendy spring fashions... not the sale catalogs even. I guess I'm too old for trendy, because everything was too flimsy, filmmy and floppy. So, I ended up with slippers, since it's all of a sudden too hot for the sheepskin ones. Maybe next time?
Betsy
betsyneal.2000@gmail.com
I reward myself with a nice cappuccino and working on one of my on-going knitting projects! That's the best relaxation to me!
Susan@seventhmoon.net
Each winter, I make myself a "bad-ugly list", that contains all those end of the year jobs that I dread. Of course, taxes are on that list. When I finish my list, at the very least, I will get myself some dark chocolate, and sometimes will splurge on a bit of yarn. My list for this year is mostly done...haven't decided my reward yet.
Barb G.
bski43@yahoo.com
Once that dreaded task has been completed, I head outdoors if the weather is nice. If the weather's not up to par, I head to my studio to crank some socks. And sometimes I need to add a wee bit of chocolate to the mix!
I reward myself with an activity, such as knitting, shopping, or taking a walk. Nancy
nancysopp@gmail.com
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