The bright side
- One travel knit. ( Free destash yarn and free pattern)
- One sesame ball. ( 3/$1 sheesh. dont tell dad)
- One plate of homemade turnip cake. (Thanks Mom!)
- One short trip to SF (BART rocks)
- One visit to yarn store with Mom. $3.29
Mending a hole in a second hand sweater Mom was alternating for herself, priceless.
Sometimes, it is more pleasant to look at the bright side, instead of the crap crap crap situation. For example, this time around, we paid an arm and a leg for my interview trip. BUT ... who wants to think about that?! I prefer some sanity, if just for a moment.
J rescued me from travel-knit-paralysis with a good pattern pick. On the flight, the girl next to me was crocheting a cotton wash cloth for her mom. It took a bit of effort for me not to crafty-geek out on her. whoops. The lady across the isle had a sweater part (arm I think). The lovely flight attendance asked what I was making... that's a whole of lot of craftness.
Mom made turnip cakes for me, and transportation to and from BART station. Mom rocks. After the interview, we went to Article Pract. I have no idea why I overlooked this LYS for so long. It is a wonderful shop with lots and lots and lots of variety. It is awesome. Mom found a bag of Noro Kureyon in the 'sale hallway'. :) On our way home, we stopped at TJ for more dried cranberries (Dad really liked them and requested some more!). I told Mom the story how G ate all the Route 29 - Red & Black Licorice Piglet I brought back last time. So we stopped at Peet's (next to TJ) and she bought another tin (for G!). Spoil!
As with most visits, Mom is always working on some project. This time, it is a selvage hand knitted sweater (garage sale? second hand?). The sleeves were too long and it had a hole. I offered to mend the hole for her ... "but I would need some yarn". She ripped the sleeve seam, handed me the sleeve and some yarn. (Look closely, and you will see the spot).
Time to join the rest of the reality show. Happy almost Thanksgiving!