Comments on: Here’s What I Wonder About Today

By: Kathy in Ks

Kathy in Ks — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:53:32 +0000

Can I just de-lurk for a minute to say how much I love the fact that you too make Snickerdoodles? The first time I made them for my hubby, he looked rather disappointed. I asked him about it, and he replied that he had thought they’d have chocolate and peanuts in them. I can’t tell you how long I just stared at him. I could not to save my life figure out why on earth he thought Snickerdoodles would have those odd ingredients. Bless his heart, he thought the name was like the candy bar. Since then though, my grandma’s recipe has become one of his most requested cookies.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:32:47 +0000

Twitter strikes me as the hallmark of “too much information”…

By: Kathryn in Minnesota

Kathryn in Minnesota — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:43:20 +0000

Great goat photo! I think you should drive to the Sock Summit, and maybe stop and sell your wares along the way. Remember that recent blog in which you asked us where we would take you if you visited us? (Hint, hint, hint!)

By: Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:10:25 +0000

Twitter has been oddly fun. I have connected with people that otherwise would have been a mystery to me. And c’mon, the Yarn Harlot and Amy Singer post regularly. It’s fun, and it can be very creative to find sometime interesting to say in less than 140 characters. Micro-blogging. Sweet.

Have fun with Sock Summit, and see you there!

By: Ronni

Ronni — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:42:06 +0000

I’m not a big fan of the minutia of the day things either but as a conversation tool or as a quick information passing tool it can be useful.

I feel you on the moving things in for Sock Summit. I have to move all our stuff back home to California around that same time.

By: Wanda in AR

Wanda in AR — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:11:36 +0000

I’m like Karen, I Plurk because of Wendy. My plurks automatically update my Twitter. I had them updating my facebook but that was to much information going to Facebook so I stopped it. As for sock summit, you either drive the stuff or you ship it via an LTL company, like FedEx Freight or similar. I say FedEx Freight because that is where I work. It would be cool to go and help.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:15:12 +0000

You realize, of course, I HAD to Tweet this!

I am not completely sure about its fascination – I don’t follow Ashton Kutcher. I held out for quite a while. I will admit, however, besides giving into my technogeekylibrarian side – it’s a pretty cool way to peek into some people’s minds (only the ones you WANT to know what they are thinking!)

You can’t tweet Snickerdoodles though.

By: TMTTYRR

TMTTYRR — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:19:55 +0000

I don’t get Twitter at all, either. I’m just not that interested in what most folks are up to, and frankly, I don’t think I want people to be following me that closely.

As for National Knitting Month, did you know that March is not only National Craft Month, but according to the CGOA, it’s also National Crochet Month? I don’t see why it can’t also be National Knitting Month. And I like the idea of tripling of budgets for the month. I think we need to add that it is a paid holiday from jobs as well as being exempted from all other duties. That would REALLY make it good, eh? What would be even better (for me, anyway, since I’m multi-craftual) is to make NatCroMo and NatKniMo back to back months. That would certainly induce more people to learn, don’t you think?

I have at least two rabbits (which means there are probably a bazillion), and the dog LOVES them. Funny, too, they are not afraid of the dog. Much. They will essentially come right up to him. It’s a riot!

I will PM a suggestion about getting stuff out to Portland. I have a couple of ideas.

By: Michele in Maine

Michele in Maine — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:10:19 +0000

If Oregon really isn’t a realistic driving distance for you, then by all means, ship the booth. We produce two trade shows, for one we ship everything ahead (usually the convention center will give you target dates during which they’ll accept your stuff), the other show we drive it all down (just a few states away).

If you go the ’ship to the convention center ahead’ route, there will undoubtably be things you forget to pack. For those, you can ship boxes to your hotel (you wouldn’t want to do a lot of this). I wish I could come along to help!

By: Karen in Toledo

Karen in Toledo — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:36:43 +0000

I Plurk. It’s more fun than Twitter. Plurk buds would have answers to your booth dilemma. They really would. I say ship it ahead of you and write it off as a business expense.

Right now I am trying to convince my 7th grade son that doing the Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington Cemetery really is not scary and he will not regret doing it next week. He wrote an essay and was chosen to do it, and now is terrified. I’m accompanying him and 49 other seventh graders to Washington, DC for 4 days.

No Plurk or Twitter at work so I get my work done.