  Just finished moving all the computer stuff into the empty bedroom, now I just have to finish moving all the craft stuff into the enormous closet and get a comfy chair and I'm all set. I managed to spill soda on my keyboard before we left for the in-laws, thought I'd cleaned it all up, but when we got home all my keyboard would do is type zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Annoying, and not at all conducive to doing anything productive. So I bought a new one. It's nice, but I'm going to have to get used to it, since it doesn't have the "feel" of the old one. Finished the second Brasil sock, started a new pair and got one finished. It's a pretty blue and white stripey fake fair isle self patterning yarn. Don't remember what kind, the ball band is in the other room. No picture since I've misplaced the camera in the moving.
Thanksgiving was very nice, not as many people showed us as originally expected. Which is a good thing, since I'm not into crowds, and they are all of Dave's family members that I don't know very well. Including the aunt that he doesn't really like very much. So, no big loss there. Robbyn was talking on urlLink her blog about video games. Dave and I are very much gamers, and recently joined urlLink Gamefly where we can rent games to try out, and keep them as long as we like for a set fee a month. We don't have a good selection of rental games at any of the video stores near us, so this sounds like a great idea.
We'll see what happens. The first two games that we rented are both for GameCube but aren't exclusives. Simpsons Hit and Run and Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy. Both of them have been a blast so far. The Simpsons game is a take off of Grand Theft Auto, without as much violence and blood. Dave likes this one a lot. I have been enjoying the heck out of the Cursed Mummy, I think I'm about a third of the way thru, and I only started playing on Saturday.
Next up is Sword of Mana for the Game Boy. Katie asked about Star Santa. He's from the 2002 Just Cross Stitch Ornament Magazine. I got my mag from urlLink Elegant Stitch. All of the ornaments I've featured over the past couple of months on my blog are from this magazine. I'm doing a 12 month ornament stitch-a-long with urlLink Chartswappers Yahoo Group . Only one more to go, and while I had fun, I'm glad it's almost over. It's a great group, mainly for swapping cross stitch charts and supplies, but there are also several other activities like the stitch-a-long, exchanges and bingo.
Tomorrow my knitting guild is having its annual Christmas party. I bought a skein of Lion Brand Magic Stripe and a set of needles for the grab bag exchange. I also bought a skein for me, since that's one of the sock yarns I haven't tried yet. Should be fun, this is my first guild party, so I don't know what to expect. 
