Thank you so much for your supportive comments concerning my recent set back* with the shawl.  I have been so overwhelmed with work that I haven’t been able to respond personally to all of you.  I want you to know that your advice was welcomed and well-considered.  As an update, the patient is recovering very […]

Phone rings.
Me: “Hello?”
Hubby: “You have knit night at the LYS tonight, right?”
Me: “Yes, why?”
Hubby:”Do you think they would have olive green yarn?”
Me (thinking): He does know I am going to a yarn STORE, right?
Me (outloud): “The chances are pretty good.”
Hubby: “While you are there can you buy one skein for me?  I think it will make […]

 Gratuitous Saturday Sky picture, which has absolutely nothing to do with drinking.    However, I will enjoy the bright sunny day that has presented itself.  They are few and far between in Michigan.
It is also nice to have good weather when company is coming.   Hubby and I are hosting a wine tasting class.  This really nothing more than a good excuse […]

Obviously, I was a little stung earlier.  (I even debated posting about it, but if you can’t be honest in cyberspace…)  I was feeling rather stupid and that hurt a bit.  I know that it was more a matter of me reading too much into the relationship than deliberate meanness on her part.  Which is sooooo […]

Shocking, but true.  Hand me a box of tissues. I’m having one of those days.
A dear friend has turned out, well, not to be.  It is causing me to doubt the strength of all my relationships.  Reality is mostly perception.  When perceptions meet disillusionment, the lesson learned is painful and lonely.
Tomorrow I’ll start over but […]

From my family to yours, Merry Christmas and Joyous Holiday Wishes!

You would think from the way I would jump every time my phone rang last week that I was expecting a call from the Pope himself. But, no - I was waiting for something far more important. (Not that a phone call from the Pope wouldn’t be something to brag about.) By Thursday, my phone […]