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A Few Little Things

The new light is up over the new bathroom vanity. It's high up because it goes over the top of the original mirror which is going back on the wall. DH and I both claim credit for picking out the light fixture with the porcelain tips to match the Bancroft faucet. I wish I had taken before photos. Imagine 50 year old rectangular metal floral looking fixtures and turquoise Kohler sinks, toilet and bathtub.

Delta (gasp) tub faucet (bought probably in protest against price of Kohler Bancroft fixtures.)  We couldn't find a tub faucet w/o the shower parts.

Kohler Shower Locker.  Look, the shelves actually serendipitously (is that a word and is it spelled right?) match the glass in the tile trim.

In other news, I participated in a tea swap with other Plurk-people. Two I actually know in real life, even! Here are my goodies from April:

Really pretty floral mug, and tea, tea, tea!
Adagio chocolate and apple chais and ginger peach tea
Mighty Leaf, in types I actually don't have: Organic Earl Grey (DH's fave, so he can share those), Organic Darjeeling Estate and Organic Breakfast, as well as Bombay Chai. Which should I try first?

We have a daffodil bud.

I won!

Katie's blog contest, that is. I have been reading her blog, Daily Thread,  for a few years. I got a package from Katie today in the mail that had an advance copy of the the book Knit Two, the sequel to The Friday Night Knitting Club, a tin of Pineapple Ginger green tea (sounds interesting) and yarn! Purple Opal Mozaik. I don't have any of that. It's purty. It is dark and rainy outside, so photos are blah.

UPS brought Dave today. Dave is a laptop table from Ikea. They named him/it. I prefer hot laptops not be in my lap, and see the itty bitty Acer netbook screen better with a table. Alas. no pink tables. Black looks cool. DH had to help with assembly, and he did the hardest part, the bolt attaching the leg to the tabletop. I got some neat Valori Wells fabric to make the netbook a sleeve and messenger bag. Still need the pattern to arrive.

Also, I told my coworker I would make her a tam to help use up some of my stash yarn. This is the Retro Rings Tam from Jaybird Designs. Note the Halloween Cactus blooming.

Tea Stash Loot

I do have something to blog about. I got a wonderful assortment of goodies from Jannett, my Tea Swap Pal. There is Mauritius tea from Teasource, which I read has a vanilla flavor.  It's new to me. There are delicious Swedish vanilla gingersnaps. cute knit-theme notecards and pink heart Post-its. She sent hand-made stitch markers, and blue sock yarn, a pretty tea bag holder, apricot and raspberry jams (my favorites) and a chai recipe and some chai spices mix. Oh yes, and lovely floral- scented hand cream.

In knitting news, I am close to being done with the left side of my Fiery Bolero. It was mainly an effort to use up my KnitPicks Shine, but I am getting worried. I have one entire ball left and tiny bit of another. Anyone have 1 ball of Shine in Turquoise. You know I would have to order $40.00 worth of stuff to get free shipping.... dangerous.

Tea Stash II

Here is my office tea stash. I would have put it on the Tea Swap blog, but Blogger is having none of it right now. I  included the African violets on the right, as the teapot pots are so cute! Some of my favorite loose black tea is here, includding Adagio's buttery Candy Cane, and Assam Harmony, as well as Tazo loose chai and Awake bags. (I just ordered a case of them.)  The Mrs. Tea and the tea-for-one rarely get used. It doesn't show up well, but the IngenuiTea brewer from Adagion is in the back, which I got  because it was fascinating in their video. Yes, I am easily amused. I like to dunk gingersnaps,  (in front of the radio, which is permanently tuned to the campus sometimes-NPR station)  in my chai.