1. Tonight is Drink an Old Fashioned at the Bar at Bambara Night–here’s to getting back on track with the 29 Things!

2. I didn’t mention it, but I sent my owl sweater pictures to the designer for a contest, and I won a prize! I won the “Ma’s favorite prize, ” meaning that the designer’s mom liked mine best, and my owl-ish goodies and yarn arrived today:

3. I haven’t checked out Martha Stewart’s blog in a long time, but yesterday’s post title was “My horse, Martyn, loves a good massage” so of course I had to go see. I was reveling in the absurdity until I realized that I would probably do anything to make an animal of mine more comfortable. And if I had Martha’s fortune, I would definitely hire a Sherpa to give my ailing horse a massage.