Chapter 12 of The Scarlet Letter.

Today Thing 1 leaves for the Galapagos Islands with his grandparents and I receive that horrible weepy phone call every parent dreads.

Thing 2 and I get another crafty weekend and I share video of his first dance recital. Tonight, watching a splashy dance number he announces that all he wants to do is be on TV. Have we created a monster or was he doomed from the start?

Kewl pics from Burton's Alice in Wonderland (oooh, ahhhh...or eeek! ugh!); fave sock heel yarn found (colorway 35); getting closer to identifying 15 pretty blogs (who knew I'd have no time to look); I close in on a complete edit of my complete draft of my complete novel (who knew it would take this long...you sensing a theme?); I change my Sock Summit travel arrangements...SFO, I hardly knew ye.

Get your 2009 Challenge Ideas in! We're half way through the book!

And, sadly, farewell to Michael and Farrah.