My Name in Lights

Well, not in lights, but in print, at least. Today, my coworker and I approved the proofs for an academic article we wrote that will be published in March. It's a bit thrilling to think I'll be able to see my name in print and find my name by searching an article index.

I'm sure you find this just as thrilling as I do and will be lining up to buy your own copy of the article ($36).

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Organizational Advice

Not sure how to decide which office papers to keep and which to discard? Here's a simple, sure-fire way to dramatically decrease the deliberation time:

1. If you aren't sure about the item, stack it on your desk.
2. Revisit the stack one to three years later.

Three!

Three hand-knit gifts from Auntie K are in the mail! Well, OK, not quite in the mail yet, but they will be when I go to UPS tonight.

USPS can kiss my money goodbye this year, however. TWO irreplaceable, handmade-with-love-and-tears gifts lost in two years is more than a girl can take.

CHOCOLATE

Let's face it--drugstore chocolates are mostly el yucko. Someone recently gave me a box of Russell Stover candy, however, that was pretty decent. At work today there's a beautiful huge box of the same.

Thus, I've discovered that RS roman nougats and maple nut creams are pretty tasty (actually I knew this, but had forgotten). So imagine my delight in seeing that you can order single flavors and custom choice boxes from the Russell Stover Web site.

Or if you aren't picky, you could go for the Bloopers box instead.

Any takers?

A First

Despite all my big talk as a knitter, I haven't finished very many things (the first big project I finished was Jack's Christmas stocking, which went into the bin at the post office and was never seen by the likes of us again). So it was at least a mini-accomplishment to finish a scarf for the library student assistant party yesterday. It will be the first wearable item I've finished and given away.

The yarn is Lion Brand Homespun, which looks nice and comes in pretty colors, but is not very fun to work with. It does knit up soft and fluffy, so it makes a nice scarf.

In the list of finished projects, the scarf is #4, I believe. I finished one accessory for a Christmas gift last week, and hope to have #5 and #6 done soon. My goal is to someday have the "finished projects" list be longer than the "works in progress" list. I'm enjoying all the knitting and wish I had time to knit something for all of my friends.