First let me show you our yummy food, recipe courtesy of Miriam. Yummy, yummy, yummy. Next time, we are going to sprinkle some Lemon-Pepper for a tangy taste. Follow her recipe exactly for a super-crunchy-tasty skin and moist inside chicken. We will be making this chicken often at our house...great taste and super easy to make. We put the potatoes around the chicken and they tasted delicious with the chicken drippings. Thanks for the great recipe Mim!
After dinner, we took a trip to the wonderful world of Staples for toner for the Brother printer and I came back with some little goodies....and the toner too (of course, we didn't remember to look up our printer model so we were a little lost but Sam's photographic memory started working at the nick of time!)
Look at my goodies: 
Tiny-Itty-Bitty-Gel Pens in all colors. A cute little clip-on pink calculator that I can clip-on my Patterns Notebook (commonly known in my household as "mom's video game") ..gosh, how I miss back-to-school shopping! Going to Staples is always such a fun experience. I love going down each isle and seeing all the new goodies they have available.
Close-up of the swatch up above:
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino SuperChunky
Project: Ruana for the book. I am lagggin' behind with this one project--the yarn I had for the book did not work and at the end I had to call my friend at LittleKnits and she hooked me up right away with the heavenly Cashmerino. The Ruana is almost there (if you consider having 1/2 of it done and a 1/4 of the other half done as almost done).
Of course we will ship to you! We charge a flat rate of $5 for a smallish package. If you are going to buy the store out of GGH, we will have to work something out. :)
Email me at the store yarntopiaATconsolidatedDOTnet if you have any questions.
Amy
Posted by: Amy | August 15, 2006 at 05:33 AM
I'm so excited for your book!
Your dinner looks muy tasty.
Also, I still have a love of gel pens that I will never outgrow. Matthew and I went the other day and bought "school supplies" (aka crayons and fingerpaints and such). It was great fun.
Posted by: Kim | August 15, 2006 at 07:52 AM
The Ruana is looking good! So is Mim's chicken!
Posted by: Becky | August 15, 2006 at 08:58 AM
Can't wait to get the book and see this Ruanna. You knit so neatly and have such a flair for design. I took Miriam's chicken recipe, too. Always looking for recipes DD age 11 will eat.
Melissa
Posted by: Melissa Bailey | August 16, 2006 at 08:23 AM
Wow that food sure looks good. Its not even noon here in California but it sure made me hungry and thinking: Hey whats for dinner.
Nice Ruana... I'll have to come back and see the finished product.
Posted by: Marisol | August 17, 2006 at 11:50 AM