Why?

What do you do when you want to call a friend that is no longer a friend? To make matters worse is that I don't know why she is no longer a friend. I have asked and I have not gotten a response. What a difference a year makes between friends. Last spring.... working out, coffee shops, lunches, play dates, drinking at our favorite watering hole. This year nothing. Last July fourth.....friends. Actually, my best friend in Mooresville. This year nothing. And Why? Why the change? I know that if we were truly as close as I thought we were; then we could discuss what happened. Alas, that is not the case. Well here is a quick letter to my friend. I know this post is far from normal. I needed to get this out. This is my closure.

Dear Friend,
I miss talking to you. I miss our workouts. I miss heading to the coffee shop. I miss boat rides with the kids. Didn't we plan trips together with the kids??? What about the girls weekends that never happened? Do you miss these things? I would love to be friends all I need is an explanation. Just be a friend and talk to me. My friend, I know that you will not read this. But if by some strange chance you do. Call me if you want to talk. I would call you but I have tried that already. This week has not been an easy one and I needed to talk to you.
Forever Your Friend,
Maria



Knit on,
Maria

The base and bottom ruffle of my Sasha skirt is finished in Navy. I frogged my bind off because I wanted the skirt a touch longer. I am now working my way up! The next color is Grape. I was hoping to finish this long ago. Now I am pacing my self, to a slow and steady finish. Next will be Cochella. My Ravelry queue is getting longer and longer. I know that I have many lace projects listed, I do not intend on doing all of them I just can't decide!

This came to me from a long time friend...

Thought for the day:

Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"

Thanks Angie R. for the truth that makes us laugh.

You will not go blind....

I bound off the stitches and you will not go blind. I can still see. I have finished the yellow blob and I will take pictures soon.
I am now full time working on my Sasha. In a lovely array of purples and handpainted linen. I will be traveling to Ponte Vedra, FL soon and I have all intentions of finishing it while there and starting a new project. I might be crazy after the trip since I will be traveling in a 15 passenger van with 5 kids! Goddess give me strength or really good earplugs. If you hear of a North Carolina woman arrested for failure to stop for a blue light it will be because I either could not hear over the screaming in the van or my earplugs worked too well. Also don't send bail money I could use a vacation!

Binding off 950 stitches

My Sweet Dominic. This kid can have a face of an angel!












Anthony's end of the year Party! Colors everywhere!






Anthony and Pop at the Father's Day Celebration. Tony was out of town and could not make it, so Pop came and it made Anthony VERY Proud!






In my world of Knitting: Is is possible to go blind binding off too many stitches? We will see. This process is taking forever.

What can a book do?

I am not a fast or efficient reader. I must read each and every work. Many times I reread details several times. But when I find a book I like I tend to read obsessively. So two nights ago I picked up my latest book, Friday Night Knit Club. It had taken me a while to read this one. I am not too thrilled about how quickly the changes from scene to scene happen, although now that I am three fourths thru the book I am use to it. I read several passages from the book and they hit home with me. It made me question if I can be a better me, mother, stepmother and wife. Can you be a better me and be a worse wife? I don't know how to be anything other that who/what I am. I have thought about this a lot. Can a fiction book truly change your outlook and deeply change who you are? Do you really want to change? I am hoping with the help of wonderful friend and a bunch of knitting together that I can come up with an answer.

May 27th

We have field day today and I am two colors from completing the largest project I have ever started. I hope to submit the design for publication if it gets done and I get the pattern proof read. Oh yea I need to take pictures. I guess I will do that on my Friday field trip! Here is just a sample of yellow. Bright yellow.