KNITTING WITHOUT DOG HAIR IS NOT AN OPTION

First of all, thank you for all your caring thoughts and comments after my last post. It makes me feel so much better, you have no idea. I am just so thankful for being surrounded by such a wonderful bunch of friends, here in Atlanta and out there in cyberland. I wondered this weekend – where would I be without knitting these days?

This weekend came and went fast and I was a pretty bad slacker. I think I had to just do nothing around the house – even tho’ it looks more and more like a train wreck. So, I need to do some serious cleaning and putting things away this week since my best friend from Germany and her boyfriend are coming to visit on Friday, for almost 10 days. I am so very excited. They are very independent and will take one of my cars to discover Atlanta and the surroundings. And they will come with me to the Thanksgiving Party at Knitch on Sunday. So they can meet all the lovely friends I made here. And I will be making a big pot of Mom's German Red Cabbage dish. :-)

Which means to me now – a few evenings of cleaning and getting ready for the visitors this week. But I feel a little better today about the mixed emotions from last week, so I am in a good mood and I think the tasks ahead of me are not that overwhelming after all.

I had a bunch of nice activities this weekend. I taught two classes at Knitch on Saturday, knitting for beginners in the morning and a sock class in the afternoon. Totally love it. I am always to excited when I can share my favorite passion with other people.

On the way home from Knitch, the weather was very stormy and I saw yet another rainbow.

I truly wonder if there is any relation between my turmoil of feelings and the rainbows. It feels like Irwin is sending them to me to cheer me up. Well, it sure does the trick – at least for a little while. ;-)

I also loved the cloud formations and the beautiful fall colors.

After the classes on Saturday, I was invited to a Murder Mystery Party. I don’t know if you ever been to one. It was my first time and I had a lot of fun. Basically it is a party and every guest plays a part. You get a set of clues and things you have to say to people when you answer their questions. Half way through the party there is a murder and you will have to find out who is the murderer. And at the end there are prizes for best costumes and best performances.

The theme of this murder mystery was a wedding reception and I scored the role of the bride’s mother. The character was lot of fun. I was married to a mafia boss and all I was supposed to care about was money, clothes, and living the wealthy life of a bigwig's wife etc. So, I had to find the right outfit for that part. Thank goodness for a big closet...

And this outfit must have done the trick because when I showed up at the party, people actually said – oh, the mother of the bride arrived. Too funny! “My husband” was a very good actor and received an Emmy at the end of the evening for being the ruthless mafia boss.

It was little weird tho' at the beginning to all of a sudden having a husband hanging around at the party. Everyone is in character and sometimes the question - where is your husband - gave me a strange feeling. Bizzare, what thoughts go through you head… But all in all I had a great time.

Yesterday I hung out with Ms. Abalama. We reminisced a lot about men in general and some in specific. That is the nice thing when you hang out with a girlfriend. ;-) She was already at my house at 8am – so, lots of talking. Nancy and I are both morning people and it’s so nice when you get a bunch of things done (we were working on a very secret project – that’s all I can say here without being shot…) before noon, in your PJs. We also went to see the new James Bond movie for our lunch break. I think we both drooled quite a bit. Daniel Craig is not Sean Connery – my all-time favorite James Bond – but he comes pretty close. And afterwards we got a bunch of knitting done and I dyed my first handspun. I will take pictures tonight – the yarn was still damp this morning. I actually spun it for Nancy (my first time ever spinning an entire ball of fluff aka roving for someone else) and I can’t wait to see what she will knit up with it. The day ended with Chinese take out and a bunch of House episodes. A Sunday after my taste!

OHHHHHHHHHH, and many, many thanks to Brittany and Wayne from Knit Witch! I won the raffle at their booth at SAFF. Here is my prize:

I am so excited because I literally never win anything. And this time it is a prize all about fiber – 2 hanks of yarn called Gemini and Star Dust, hand lotion and soap and another great yarn bowl.

LOVE.IT!

More later – hopefully I’ll get a grip on the train wreck soon and have more time for posts in the future and of course for knitting and posting progress pictures.