be sorry before

Something I've got to learn how to do ...

Coco probably knows how to do this so I'm going to have to practice, practice, practice ...

A Fantastic Little Box

During the process of my stash reorganization, I happily found this box:




FLAT? you say?  then look at what it does, with a slight flick-o-the-wrist:



you just move the two wires inside and they become a truly sturdy box (gotta love that engineering)!

and so, it will contain some of this:



and then some of this:



it holds a TON (well, not really) of yarn! Obviously because yarn is muy squishy...

stay tuned for more Noro digression (hopefully tomorrow)
and now, for the obligatory cute cat picture:



and a holiday shot:

HAPPY CRAZY EYES HOLS!!!

Shred of Evidence

Continuing on my annual autumnal quest to make my "nest" as user-friendly as possible, I embarked on a crusade to get all of the clutter out of the way. 

So, first I bought this minimailmate and installed it (i.e. plugged it in) here:

then I spent the better part of the last two days creating this:

and another angle:(obligatory cat back for scale)

 

 

 

as of the disposal to the garbage outside, the unofficial weigh-in for this little deposit was 6.5 pounds!

I must tell you, there's something about shredding that's better than knitting!  Can't really explain it, but it feels so ... um - satisfying? or, maybe it's a much healthier way of binging and purging? dunno ...

and now, to wax rhapsodic about the toy - having purchased numerous home shredders over the past couple of years and having had them all die of choking within the first 24-48 hours of obsessive shredding activity, I could not believe my good fortune in discovering the Mailmate - and no, the Staples people don't owe me anything.  It just sits there on the kitchen counter looking like a microwave or toaster-oven-wannabe.  It's totally heavy duty - eats paper clips, CDs, credit cards, and has a drawer that empties!  Truly the best non-knitting purchase I've made in a number of years! (let's see how long it takes for me to get tired of it)

hmmm - I feel the urge for a labelmaker -