I had a friend tell me once that he had gone to visit his grandmother who lived alone in England someplace, and on every day of her calendar, she had written, “Busy Day” and then listed her activities. So sometimes at the end of a really busy day I think of her and say, “Busy Day” in an old English Lady Voice.

All of the Walking on the Sun kits are sold…but I’ve got 9 more hanks of various colors to re-skein (just because they just look prettier that way.) I’ve also got 9 more undyed hanks that I’ll do up this weekend and post on Monday if they’re dry. And that’s it for the bamboo.

Mazie helped me box and send kits all day today. She’s a very hands-on helper, let me tell you! By about 3:30 we were both so exhausted that she fell asleep on the way to my mom’s and I did absolutely NOTHING once I got there. Except make stitch markers. Mom actually helped me with those, too. I’m lucky to have such good helpers!

After that, we went to meet Nathan downtown to see the tree-lighting ceremony. I’m not sure where they used to have the tree, but they moved it to the downtown mall this year, and it was so nice! There was a stage with a couple of guitar-players singing and playing Christmas songs in English and Spanish. And then the mayor spoke, and then they had carriage rides all over the area to the various pars and museums that have luminaria and / or Christmas things going on. We also saw a bunch of mariachi musicians wandering around but didn’t ever actually see them play. We had a lot of fun together.

It’s really nice to see the downtown be busy and active. Our downtown has the potential to be really cool, but at the moment is only at about half occupancy in the storefronts. (Maybe more, but it looks pretty quiet.)