Mom has good days and bad, depending on how much she tries to do any given day. Things are best when she stays on top of the pain and avoids too much activity when she is feeling good. She will be here at least through the 11th, possibly through Christmas, depending on how her appointment on the 10th goes.Well, THAT was fun. NaBloPoMo year #4 wasn't what I thought it would be, but that's OK. I have been doing what I should be doing.
In the last month I've made significant progress on some Christmas knitting. I made a pig's ear of a section last week by accidentally yanking my needles out of a cabled section - the horror! - but some time in the knitting store gave me the confidence I needed to sit at a table there and pick up the stitches again. Until then, the thought of fixing the mess that I had made of that project almost made my stomach hurt. I'm back on track, and I like it again. It only took five minutes. I seem to know more than I think I do. I can handle things when the wheels fall off. I'm learning to take a wee time-out and then dive in again. Knitting is paralleling life and teaching me, among other things, that It's Not Always All That Bad. Thank you, my dear internets, for reading and being my time out during a crazy month.
Take your needle, my child, and work your pattern - it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that...one stitch at a time, taken patiently. - Oliver Wendell Holmes (thank you, Posie!)









