A Very Merry Christmas, Indeed!

I have to preface this with the following statement: I was very, very, very spoiled this Christmas. I’m not even sure I should blog about all this, because I’m afraid I dreamt it and I’ll wake up!

Christmas morning started out with Denis giving me some great DVDs. But then when we opened up our stockings, I found a 256 MB memory card and this certificate…which of course immediately got redeemed for this camera:

(I want to feel guilty about running out and buying my dream camera the day after Christmas, but I can’t, because Santa Claus said I shouldn’t. With luck and a little time to practice using my new toy, the photography on this site should become considerably better.)

After opening up our gifts to each other, we went to my parents’ house. The deal was, “we’re keeping Christmas simple this year.” So when I got a box of lovely fiber I was happy, because I really need to start spindling more now that the Christmas knitting is done.

But then a really big box was placed in front of me…a really big box which contained the spinning wheel that I had sort of vaguely decided I liked the look of months ago but figured I needed time to practice with my spindle so I thought a wheel would be something I’d get a few years down the line. I mentioned it, once, to my mother. Once. I don’t even think I showed her a picture. (It’s a Kromski Minstrel. More details here.)

So, yes, Santa was very, very good to me this year. I guess I must have been a very good girl! And I promise I’ll post pictures of the gifts I gave out soon!