Falling in love again

Oh, I have been so crabby lately! Without intervention, my natural tendencies have me viewing the whole world with a nasty eye.  Negative, distrustful. Seeing all the dark sides of every situation first.  Joy and hopefulness are there, but hiding behind mountains of bad juju...

What to do about this?  Every day I try to remind myself of a good thing before I go back to the dark side... even a small thing... and the good stuff is all around me. My mood has me focusing on the negative, but my world has not changed (that much). All the things that are there when I am happy are still there....for example....

I am falling in love again!  With an inanimate object...a set of knitting needles!

These beauties are made from carbon fiber, incredibly strong. Smoother than silk, so very light, perfect points, and they even have my name engraved on them!  Where did I find these little gems?  I got them from my friend Linda P. (affectionately known as "Box Linda")....
  Linda's husband, Robert, made these needles. And some equally wonderful circulars...Linda and Robert plan to manufacture these needles and sell them at my shop! Available very soon, but not yet. Soon. 

I have fallen in love, I tell you! Even the name of this line of knitting needles makes me swoon.... "Ravens" 

Is it possible to be ever so crabby and "in love" simultaneously?