Greetings and Dear Cynthia,
Just a quick post today... I apologize for the delay in announcing the winner to my little contest about guessing what this mug represents:
Congratulations to Sus (a temporary citizen of Milwaukee when she was going to school there, but now no longer in God's Country), whose winning entry of a "lumbar vertebra" won her some, er, spectacular prizes... First, a sample of Malibrigo Silky Merino which I picked up today at the Stitches Midwest Market:
Second, a pamphlet for making five different sock styles, each in three different yarn weights:
(Picture is blurry because I had to turn off the flash to avoid big white blobs on the shiny booklet cover while taking the photo...but you get the idea...)
And finally, a book of scarf patterns:
Thank you to all of you who either commented or sent an e-mail with your entries for the contest!!
I apologize for the delay in announcing the winner... I once again feel a little bit behind in everything, as I am now on a full time clinical assignment, and I am finding it challenging in several ways.
First, adjusting to a full time schedule and keeping things at home running smoothly has presented some challenges for me and my family, though this should ease up after the boys are back in school very soon.
Second, I am reminded of the discomfort of being less than competent. When I first started my engineering job fresh out of college back in the 1980s's, there was quite a learning curve, but I eventually became competent at what I was doing and comfortable in my decision making at work. Now, at this stage in my life, I feel like I should *still* be competent, though in this new field of PT, I once again find myself on the steep part of the learning curve, and I really, really miss the feeling of competence. I have been daily reminding myself of a quote from Kristin Armstrong's blog, in which she says, "If we want to get better, we have to deal with being uncomfortable." Very true. Not easy for me right now, but time for me to step it up....
Coming soon - a report from our experiences at Stitches Midwest!
Warm regards,
Laura (YarnThrower)
3 comments:
Yippie! Thank you! What lovely prizes! ::happy dance!!
Wow I was trying to come up with guesses but they were not even CLOSE to that!!!!!
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