We’re Baa-ack

I like taking an extra day of vacation time and starting back to work with a short week. It also gives me an extra day to recover from a break that reminds me of the Berenstein Bears and Too Much Christmas. I work hard and I play hard. OK, I knit hard, too.

This holiday season I hosted five parties. My office party, the one here for Chuck’s former co-workers form the health department, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Whew! I’m not complaining, I enjoy stuff like that.

The past days in WA were wonderful, having hit three knit shops, watching five movies without falling asleep (the key is to stay sitting up), spending New Year’s afternoon playing Catchphrase (a traditional family past time), and knitting for countless hours. One of the highlights was snaring a new person in my knitting web. I have created a new knitter – the 13 yr old daughter of a friend. I’ve read that, as a knitter, you always remember who taught you and I’m honoured to have that space in someone’s life. The first photo is my close friend Lynn, my eldest daughter and my new knitter, Samantha, with Gracee, on the beach two blocks from our place in Bellingham. The second is a scene from a round of Catchphrase for blood. All in all it met my expectations for a perfect break: we ate too much, drank good wine, visited three yarn stores, shopped some good sales, had fun with friends, and slept without an alarm clock.