Amateur Meterologist

Last Friday night, Atlanta was hit by a tornado. I was driving home about an hour before the storms hit and did think that I was seeing quite a lot of lightning, but since most of it seemed to be cloud to cloud, I thought it was more of a light show instead of a warning to get my ass indoors. Luckily, all I had to deal with was rain and some big hailstones, unlike the people who's homes and lives were impacted by the tornado. Storms came through again later on, and again nothing but rain and hailstones. Saturday kept me indoors for a good part of the day, again watching the weather news and seeing tornados popping up all over the metro area. I haven't had a day like that since I was a kid, where the weather had me pretty shaken up. But I had plans for Saturday evening to visit a friend, and so I decided that there was no way that Mother Nature was going to keep me from a "girls" night. And as it turned out, the skies cleared and Saturday evening was beautiful and I got to spend time with one of my best friends.

The attached picture of the tornado ( circled in red) also makes me realize that even during a major weather event, you can still see how beautiful things can be!

It's Been a Long Time!

I can't believe that it's been more than 2 weeks since I blogged last. Gosh, where did the time go? I know where part of it went...I hurt myself a couple of weeks ago- twisted my right knee-made walking a challenge. I know the old saying "you don't know what you got 'till it's gone", but boy, I didn't think that it would apply to my knees...at least not this soon! Thanks goodness, I can walk pretty much normally now, but i guess no dancing until a later time. The good thing about not getting around much, is that I did get some knitting done. I finished Murell's hat, and have begun one for Avery-purple and pink- I may try and have it finished before her birthday, which is in a week and a half.
I am overnight dog sitting this week, and have a little extra time to myself, so I'll blog back much sooner.

Valentine's surprise

I got a really nice surprise for Valentine's day...I din't have to really cook my own dinner, and I got candy, flowers AND jewelry!!! My SO got me a lovely set of a ring, earrings and a necklace that all have a heart shaped "ruby" in them. I put ruby in quotation marks, because the stones are lab created, but just as beautiful as the real thing.
I am really hard on jewelry-using my hands a lot at work and at home. I have lost stones out of bracelets at Jazzercise, lost rings, and nearly lost a diamond out of a ring that was left to me by my grandmother. Thank goodness I realized the stone was loose before it fell out. It's not the monetary value of the ring, more the sentiment, as it was a ring my Mema had made from a ring my grandfather had given to her many years before. It's a one I wear quite a bit, mainly to keep Mema close to me. She was the one person in my life that thought I was the BEST, no matter what. Even after her stroke, (I visited her in the hospital the day after), although she was having trouble with my name, she knew who I was and she called me "special purpose". That was the last time I saw her alert (she slipped into a coma and passed away about a week later) and the last words we said to one another was "I love you". I guess that's the best gift you can give someone. Knowing that you are loved.
Hope all your days have a "special purpose"!

Wheee, it's Valentine's Day!

No big plans for tonight. My idea is to have a nice dinner at home and knit on the hats for a while. Of course, I'll be cooking the dinner, but it's better than 3 years ago - we decided to get chinese delivered and due to the high volume of orders, ours didn't come for nearly 3 hours. At that point, we had eaten something from the kitchen and were not expecting anyone to show. When our food did finally come, my SO sent the delivery guy away. I couldn't believe that they would actually try to deliver an order after so much time, much less, expect us to pay for it! So, I will cook my own dinner tonight, and enjoy every minute of it.

Wishing you all Valentine's happiness, whatever you are doing!

Casting Doubt

Had a good weekend in Asheville. Played with my niece and nephew and did a little knitting, too. Sunday my mother, sister and I were all working on our projects together, and I learned that I cast on differently than they do. I learned to knit from a book, and they both learned from my younger sister. It works for me, so I don't see any reason to change, although that would be a good thing to ask about sometime. I guess whatever works for you, is what you do!
Maisy had a good time too...she loves having her belly rubbed and kids give the best ones (LOL).
The cats weren't really happy about our absence, but a can of food on our return was accepted as a perfectly good beginning of an apology.
Laundry on the list for tonight, and hopefully I'll get more done on the hat I'm working on for My niece Murell--beautiful, soft and very GREEN in color. Murell has been to see the play "Wicked" 3 times, I think - all about the Wicked Witch of the West.
That's it for now!

Ahhh, the weekend!

This weekend I'm going up to Asheville, NC to visit with family. I just love Asheville, mainly because it's so easy to navigate! Anyplace you go, it takes ten minute or less (living in the Atlanta area, it takes at least 45 minutes to go anywhere due to high traffic volume). I like walking around downtown Asheville - checking out different shops and just people watching. Also, the architecture of many homes (craftman style, and victorian) and the downtown buildings (art deco) are wonderful to look at. If you have the chance, visit Asheville - it's 'da bomb!