{"id":370,"date":"2010-03-17T13:31:18","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T18:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mayhaps.com\/blog\/?p=370"},"modified":"2010-03-17T13:31:18","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T18:31:18","slug":"a-pet-angora-rabbit-might-come-in-handy-actually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mayhaps.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/17\/a-pet-angora-rabbit-might-come-in-handy-actually\/","title":{"rendered":"A pet Angora rabbit might come in handy, actually"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I told Charles about the Mabel’s Labels contest I entered<\/a>, he was, of course, curious about what the contest entailed. When I told him that I had to write about my passions, his response, without having read my entry, was “Well, I can name three right off the bat: Abby, knitting, and pugs!”<\/p>\n

I guess I really am that transparent!<\/p>\n

Unbeknownst to me, he had already used those three things to build a theme for my birthday presents, which I discovered when I opened them this morning: <\/p>\n

\"Ball \"Knitting \"Knitting<\/p>\n

A yarn ball winder, a knitted toy kit, and a knitting book, which has patterns I can knit for the pugs and<\/em> the cats! The book also has patterns for turtles, hamsters, rabbits, pond fish … and no, despite the picture on the cover, I’m not talking about patterns of<\/em> these pets, I mean patterns for<\/em> these pets! Not that we have any of these as pets right now … although I have had all, except the pond fish, as pets in the past.<\/p>\n

I pretty much immediately had to try the ball winder. Isn’t that just a beautifully wound ball of yarn? Clearly Logan thought it was! I can’t wait to try it out with the yarn swift that my dad made for me for my birthday last year.<\/p>\n

I decided to continue the theme this morning when I got dressed and I put on my sheep socks and my knitting shirt (which is conveniently also green to help celebrate the other important day today).<\/p>\n

\"Sheep \"Knitting<\/p>\n

If only I could top it off by spending the whole day knitting.<\/p>\n

Oh, and his response to my family when they asked if he had any ideas of things I wanted for my birthday: “Well, you never can go wrong with knitting things.”<\/p>\n

Can you see why I love this man?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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