SNB

I love my group of friends at Stitch N'Bitch. We meet every Tuesday night to knit and talk and laugh. Well, last night, I never laughed so much in my life. It felt so good to let loose and have some fun. I sat next to Casey and everything we heard seemed to be "dirty". Tracey was helping Jose with his project and we heard things like "You're putting it in the wrong hole", It's too tight", and "You may have to rip it out". I was laughing so much I had tears in my eyes. Of course I screwed up the glove I was working on and had to rip it out and start over again. But I didn't care! Sometimes you just need to let loose and have fun. I'm glad for my snb friends let me tell you.

Well, the painters have just arrived to start work on the office. They're patching and maybe doing ceilings today then painting the next couple of days. That should totally do my sinuses in. They've been pretty bad lately, every time I blow my nose it bleeds. I think it's dried out or something. I have my CPAP machine set to humidify so that should be helping but it's not. Oh well, hopefully it won't be too bad.

I saw the previews for the 3D Alice in Wonderland movie. It looks good, I really want to go see it but don't want to go by myself. Hopefully I can find someone to go with me. Anyone interested????

Well, that's all for now. Ta ta.....

Sunday Surprise...

Well, Saturday morning I work up at my usual time of 6am (my internal alarm clock is used to that from the work week). As soon as I opened my bedroom door, the puppies mugged me. I wondered why they weren't snuggled with roomy and then I realized that he wasn't home. He'd left a note that he'd left fifteen minutes earlier and wouldn't be home till late. I was annoyed that he'd left before the sun even came up but that's the way he's been lately. I hooked up with my co-worker Dave and we went shopping at Joanns down in Hagerstown. I finally found my Omni-edge ruler for quilting. Since I had a good coupon I also got a cutting template. We then went to Y2knit and got some yarn. I also got a set of really nice wooden cable needles. Maybe I won't lose them so easily. I'm always losing the plastic ones. I started on a pair of fingerless gloves but when I finished the left hand I realized I'd flubbed the pattern so will have to frog it and start over. Frustrating yes, but I don't think I liked the thickness of the yarn I used anyways. Gonna try a yarn that's a little bit heavier. So that's how I spent Saturday night, watching TV and knitting.

Sunday morning roomy surprised me by asking if I wanted to go antiquing in New Oxford. He'd come home only a few hours earlier after being out all night so I didn't expect him to want to do anything. So, what the hell, I agreed and off we went. He bought a McCoy vase for his friend Pete, weird I know. He said that Pete collects that kind of stuff. Was wondering why he was thinking of Pete when he was out with me, but let that one go. Didn't want to start anything. We got home a little after lunch. I was going to make us something to eat but he said he was off to Pete's house, big surprise. Guess he couldn't wait to give him the vase. Not sure what's going on with those two, don't think I want to know. So I spent Sunday afternoon with the puppies,
my neighbor Nancy saw I was home alone so came over for a short visit. It was nice to see her. I was thinking about going over to her house, it's like she read my mind! I usually do that with my sisters. I'll be thinking of one of them and they'll call, or visa versa. I spent the rest of the evening crying cause I was watching that movie "The Notebook". I'm such a suck for a good romance. I also like James Garner movies. He was a cutie.

My knees are hurting today from all the walking I did over the weekend. Not sure how I'm gonna make out hiking. Will have to start out slow. I also have my metal walking stick and the one I made when the Bradford Pear tree got hit by lightening. I found a rather straight branch, whittled it down, then sanded it smooth. Roomy stained it for me. Came out really nice. I can use one of them to lean on. I sent away for a compass that hooks onto you so maybe I won't get lost! Nancy wants to go walking after dinner once the snow melts all away. It's suppose to rain all week so I guess we'll start after this incoming storm. Just hope we don't get any sleety ice. Just rain would be okay as long as it's not too much or my crawl space will flood again.

This coming Saturday I'm suppose to go to a Craft Guild meeting with Lori and Pam up near Harrisburg. I'm not going to get too excited about it as they've bailed on me in the past. We were suppose to go see the Terra Cotta Soldiers at the National Geographic Museum but it was sold out on the weekend showings. Not their fault, but they did ask me to dinner Friday and then called last minute to cancel. I ended up reheating left overs. Blah....

Roomy told me he wouldn't be around for St. Paddy's day. Maybe I'll just go out and have a cold one by myself, unless you're interested in going with me??? No reasonable offer refused! Well, lunch time is over so I best be getting back to work. Till next time....

Lonely...

I dread the weekends, Saturdays are so long and lonely, I'm not used to being so alone. It's very depressing. I keep thinking that maybe when Spring comes with it's warmer weather I'll be able to get out more and won't feel so depressed. It's going to take a lot of adjustment to swing my mindset around. Ughhhhhhhhhhh, I hate feeling this way. I used to be so happy, crapola. I need to find what will make me happy on my own now. I can deal with the nights alone as I watch TV and knit. Sundays I usually do my ironing etc. But it's the Saturdays that have got me down now. I figure when the snow melts, maybe I'll start hiking up in Calendonia. I need to lose weight anyway. It will also help me lose some of this angst and caged animal feelings that I've been experiencing. I used to shop to feel better but I can't afford that anymore. I need to find meaning and happiness in my life. I will let you know my progress. Wish me luck my friends......... Every journey begins with a single step....... step.......