Oh what a week!

I've had a great one, and I'm so excited, I just have to share!

First, I won the Phat Fiber Super Box!!! What doesn't that mean? For posting my purchase from a Phat Fiber contributor (The Critter Ranch) in the Phat Fiber incentive thread on Ravelry, I was entered into the drawing for the monthly Super Box prize.

The Super Box contains all the samples that have been sent into Phat Fiber for a given month that are included in the monthly box preview video. I know, if you're not in the Phat Fiber world, it's complicated. Just be assured that it's a huge box full of yarn and fiber and I'm really, really excited about it!

On top of that, an added prize changes every month and is AWESOME! This month was a knitting bag from Namaste! I've wanted one for over a year now, and can't believe it's on its way to me! I got to choose what I wanted, and I picked the Laguna bag in espresso:

AND I got a $25 gift certificate to a Phat Fiber contributor's shop of my choice! Can you believe the prizes just keep coming? I've chosen to get some yarn from Stimpylab! Can't wait for that, too!

OK, now on to my next great news for the week . . . I had a meeting with the Roycroft Campus Corporation yesterday to discuss holding classes there! I'll be offering classes through the Roycroft beginning in January! I'm in the process of developing the class offerings and setting the schedule. I'm thrilled to be working with such a wonderful group. Here's a look at the beautiful facilities that we'll have classes in:

And last, but not least, HAY! For those of you that aren't farmers, there's a hay shortage EVERYWHERE!!! We don't usually contract for hay because we have such a small farm that a hundred bales isn't typically a problem to come by. Not this year. When we contacted our regular hay provider, he had NONE. And told us that no one has any left. We then started an all-out panic search asking everyone that we've ever met for available hay to buy. 

Finally, today we have some good news! Dick Martin, our "regular hay guy" was working with us to find people with some still available. Luckily, one of the 87-year-old farmers that he plays cards with has some! We took delivery of 10 bales today, with 75 more coming next week, and the remaining 15 the next!!! I've never been so happy about grass.