New technology and a little knitting

Philip and I got a DVR yesterday and I am completely obsessed with it. We have been thinking about doing this since one of our friends got a Tivo a few years ago, but we never really had a good excuse to actually go out and buy this sort of thing. Right before our anniversary this year, Philip and I were talking about gifts and we came up with the idea that we would get one big gift that both of us could enjoy. We went back and forth about several ideas and then Philip proposed the DVR and we knew that was the one. We sat on the idea for a few weeks and finally, when I called to pay the cable bill I asked them to add it to our service. Four days later and we have a fancy box that records all of the TV that we want to watch. We set it up last night to record a couple of series and movies that we won't be around to watch. Just think, I never have to be home on a Tuesday night to watch the Gilmore Girls again. Of course I can already tell that finding time to watch all of the stuff we record is going to be a whole other problem, but at least when I want to veg out and watch tv, there will be something good to watch.

On the knitting front, the store samples have really taken away a lot of my knitting time, but I did buy some Euroflax to make the handtowel from Mason Dixon Knitting. This is not a quick knit, but I love working with the linen yarn and it is a great project to pick up when I need a break. Also, I have done several samples for the store, but my favorite is the pattern from Subversive Cross Stitch. I am not really a big fan of cross stitching, but I do really like the final project of this pattern. I am going to do another one of these for our cheesey bathroom.


There is one more exciting project I am working on, but I will post about it next week when it is official.

We are open for business

Yesterday we opened the store to the world. We worked until 3am Saturday morning to get everything ready in time for the opening and with the exception of some signs and other things that you can't see, we were successful.

I want to thank everyone who helped make this happen; whether your contribution was big or small, we couldn't have done this without you. A big thanks to my dad for building all of the large shelves for us to display our stuff and for coming over almost every night to hang, rewire, and do anything that needed a skilled hand; you are amazing. Another big thanks to Sarah's dad who's financial advice was indispensible and who spent two days sanding our front floors and built the shelves that my dad couldn't get to. More thank yous to Bruce, Sally, Mary, Caroline, Zabet, Joyce, Sara Beth, Chris, Tracy, and Philip who cleaned, painted, and took on any odd jobs we needed done (including designing our logo, thank you Sara Beth.) Thank you Sqecial Media for your support and for the 3 shelves you didn't want. Another big thanks to the Album which had to close for a day due to our polyurithane fumes, we are still very sorry about that and we appreciate your tolerance and support. Thank you to everyone who called or emailed us with kind and loving words, you really kept us going. Thank you mom for brightening up our opening with beautiful flowers and candy. A thank you to everyone who dropped by to bring us opening gifts; they were a great unexpected surprise. Last, but certainly not least, a huge thank you to Erik who spent almost every night helping us at the store doing everything from painting and scraping to setting up the store's electronics. I know that we have been moody and difficult to deal with at times, but we really appreciate everything you did for us and none of this could have been possible without you. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Here is Sarah helping our very first customer.

One decade down

Today was mine and Philip's 10 year anniversary (or two year wedding anniversary if you count those things.) Ten years ago today, Philip and I went on our first date to see Welcome to the Dollhouse at the Kentucky Theater. We both took today off work to finish up the store in time for our big celebratory dinner, vegetarian for two, at Bombay Brazier. Well, the store wasn't anywhere near finished at dinner time and since we would have had to return to the store right afterward we called and changed our reservations to tomorrow night so that we can go and not be rushed through. Philip, you are amazingly understanding and I love you more than words can tell. Happy anniversary!!