Today was a Fantastic Day!

As far as days go, I'm not sure I will be able to top today for awhile.  Everything just seemed to fit together seamlessly.

This morning for the first time in over 1 month, my computer booted up and ran!  At 12:37 AM (yes, I am that much of a dork that I checked the time), my computer booted up to factory settings.  I spent 5+ hours last night replacing my hard drive and using my recovery manager to get my computer back up an running.  The only thing I have left to do is copy my backed up files from my old laptop to this one.  YAY!

Then when I got up this morning, I felt the urge to tat, which I haven't done in months.  I started looking at the butterflies and flowers I was tatting and wondered what I was going to do with them.  I decided that I was going to start decorating note cards and am making plans to start an etsy store.  Thus far the only name I can think of for the store is "Knotworthy".  (I welcome any and all suggestions!)

Below are some of the note cards I have created today. 

I am currently brainstorming some St. Patty's Day cards, but I don't know if I am going to create any right away.

Around lunch, when I couldn't keep waiting for my computer to load all the Windows updates, I decided to drop in on JoAnn's in Joliet.  It is going out of business and I got a fantastic deal!  I managed to get an Ott Light for 80% off!  How cool is that?   I guess it pays to wait out the deals and sales..... 

From 3-6 PM I reffed some 2nd grade boys basketball games.  Three of them, to be exact.  After the second game, I had one mom come up to me and thank me for not just reffing the game but also using the game as an opportunity to teach the kids.  That was so fantastic to hear considering most of the time all I get are parents chewing me a new one for calling a foul on their kid.  Even better was the coach that pulled out a player during the third game for, as the coach put it, "talking back to the ref."

And now I am home.  Finishing updating a blog that has been empty for weeks.....okay, okay months.....  I am heading back to my knitting for tonight, or maybe some crocheting....  I guess I'll see what I feel like.

See you on the flip side!