{"id":333,"date":"2005-12-08T08:32:13","date_gmt":"2005-12-08T13:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=333"},"modified":"2005-12-08T08:32:13","modified_gmt":"2005-12-08T13:32:13","slug":"sick-days-pretty-yarn-and-necklace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=333","title":{"rendered":"sick days, pretty yarn, and necklace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before I launch on my own list this week, I just wanted to alert my readers that Clare, the original Three Beautiful Things author, now has her own independent domain to rule: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.threebeautifulthings.co.uk\">http:\/\/www.threebeautifulthings.co.uk<\/a>. I only come up with a list once a week, which gives me plenty of material, but Clare manages to come up with three things <em>every day<\/em>. I read her site each morning because it reminds me that no matter how crabby I might be there are potentially beautiful things out there that I&#8217;m just not seeing.<\/p>\n<p>My own list from the last week:<\/p>\n<p>1. I have always taken sick days for granted, having had relatively good health. And when I had mono shortly after starting at Wesleyan, they didn&#8217;t believe in counting sick days, giving me the flexibility to recuperate. I am taking advantage of one of my sick days today to recuperate from whatever bug I picked up from a poor coworker who had no sick days left to take despite her miserable condition this week. I just wish I could share my remaining days with her so she could stay home in bed, too.<\/p>\n<p>2. Rudi emailed me last week to say that our sheep\/garlic farmer would be at the market on Sunday with some beautiful yarn. The colors were gorgeous and had been dyed using a new technique for Gretchen. I bought three mini hanks &#8212; two raspberry-colored and one in the hues of rust and ripe peach. Gretchen said it was hard to part with this particular yarn &#8212; and I understand why. I don&#8217;t think these will be knit into gift projects; these are staying with me.<\/p>\n<p>3. Last night I was feeling so poorly that I didn&#8217;t notice the packages sitting outside our door and didn&#8217;t really care when Rudi came home and brought them in. Inside one was a cd from my monthly music club (always fun), but the second was from my college roomie. She sent me a belated birthday present &#8212; a handmade cat card from one craft fair and a gorgeous necklace from another. The necklace is on a peach ribbon and looks like a Christmas bon bon. 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