A Festavus for the Rest of Us...

Natalie in her new Grinchy Green Sweater...

Well yes, it's been a while since I've updated.

Things have been difficult. Changes are being made. Struggles come with the territory. None of these things are fun topics on which to blog, so I have spared you the details.



Let's just say I'm on my own for a while. I'm back at my parent's house. I'll be here for a while. I'm in counseling, I'm working on my 'issues' and I'm confident that things will work out one way or another. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for your prayers, and for understanding my darker times.

This weekend I knit a sweater for Natalie in Grinchy Green. I ribbed the belly so it will hopefully fit more snugly there. Neither of us seem to have our appetites lately, so she's dropped a sweater size right along with me. That's a true friend.

Emily will be coming for Christmas; She's in Turkey until then and having the experience of a lifetime.

I'm working at the checkstands still. Meeting lots of very nice customers and keeping my smile burning brightly for them.

I saw something funny on one of the back roads here last week. There's a piece of property with two cows out front by the road. One morning on my way to work I see a man leaning over the fence petting a cow. No car nearby, no bus stop. Very random. But what made it noteworthy was the two-dozen long-stemmed red roses he had in his other arm... Was he courting this cow?? Or perhaps I had failed to recognize her for who she was: Miss Americow!

Nothing surprises me on Whidbey Island.