{"id":532,"date":"2006-05-24T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-24T03:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=532"},"modified":"2006-05-24T13:42:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-24T03:42:00","slug":"532","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=532","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s my birthday next week. This year, I really do turn 35. Last year I told everyone I was turning 35, but then David pointed out that I was actually only turning 34. Jeez, you think I&#8217;d take a year <em>off<\/em>, wouldn&#8217;t you?<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve already received some gorgeous gifts. I love it when birthdays go on for a week \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_7503.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_7503.JPG\" width=\"398\" height=\"299\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nPretty packages from my freind <a href=\"http:\/\/myskas.net\/\">Jill<\/a>. I tried to save them for next Wednesday, but I was about to explode. Patience is <em>not<\/em> one of my virtues.<br \/>\nLook what she sent! Far too much, but every single thing is awesome.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_7504.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_7504.JPG\" width=\"398\" height=\"299\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nMen in Knits. And he has even picked a couple that he would wear! Knitting Over The Edge.The yarn harlot&#8217;s Knitting Rules. Beautiful Knitting Patterns. I&#8217;m having a love affair with stitch dictionaries lately.<br \/>\nNo Crack Super Hand Cream. Lifesavers pastels. (Yum!), and this cute little tin.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_7510.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_7510.JPG\" width=\"398\" height=\"299\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nPerfect for stitch markers. Full of these addictive little Grren Apple Mints. Seriously, you can&#8217;t eat just one.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve only had a quick flick through the new Interweave Knits, but the Icarus Shawl grabbed me right away.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1icarusshawl.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/1icarusshawl.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"216\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nIt calls for Alpaca Yarn Co. Suri Elegance, but that&#8217;s just a tad out of my current budget, so I think I&#8217;m going to use Misti Baby Alpaca instead.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/moggyandme.blogs.com\/\">Donni<\/a> gave me an early birthday gift, too.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_7522.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_7522.JPG\" width=\"398\" height=\"302\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nA gorgeous notebook which will be hidden well away from Emily, and the most divine smelling soap.<br \/>\nI feel spoiled \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nToday my living area looks like this.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_7529.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_7529.JPG\" width=\"398\" height=\"299\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nCan you guess what we bought on Sunday? We&#8217;re currently awaiting the delivery truck. Of course, the other end of the living area looks like this.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_7526.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_7526.JPG\" width=\"398\" height=\"299\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nThe truck is supposed to be here by 3pm. I just know they&#8217;re going to show at 2.55pm. I can&#8217;t even sit down in front of the TV and knit while I wait!<br \/>\nEdited:<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s 5.40pm. This is the current state of my living area.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_7530.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_7530.JPG\" width=\"398\" height=\"299\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nNot Happy, Jan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s my birthday next week. This year, I really do turn 35. Last year I told everyone I was turning 35, but then David pointed out that I was actually only turning 34. Jeez, you think I&#8217;d take a year off, wouldn&#8217;t you? I&#8217;ve already received some gorgeous gifts. I love it when birthdays go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}