I love my daughter-in-law. That has never been disputed. She is the daughter of my heart! My son may have chosen her but I would have picked her without his help. For the last 15 years, she will periodically call or text with a simple request....would you make this quilt if I buy the kit? Would you fix this zipper on Charlotte's hoodie? Would you pick up these pictures at your Walmart because they somehow got sent to yours in Missouri instead of ours here in Utah. She is smart, funny, creative, an amazing mother and the wife my son can cherish for the rest of his life. So when she asked me recently to knit her a bikini top and make it ugly - for their annual Ugly Sweater Party - I immediately said yes. So, I'm knitting away on the bikini top (that she is going to wear over a neutral T-Shirt) and deciding what embellishments to use to make it ugly, and I suddenly had a thought. Why did she think of me when she needed something Ugly? Does she sit there thinking...hmmmm, I need an ugly bikini top - Hey, my mother-in-law can do ugly! Well, Beansie, I got your Ugly right here. Complete with 3 sizes of purple jingle bells so they hear ya comin'.
She's told me she already notified the powers-that-be to get the trophy engraved with her name on it. She has commissioned her entry and it's gonna win! I'm mailing it tomorrow!
We got out first snow of the winter this past week. It's the earliest measurable snowfall since 1951! Not a lot, just under an inch... but it counts! Then on Wednesdnay nite, we got another inch or so...it didn't stop me from driving to work (you all know I'm such a weenie when there's snow). It was mostly melted by the time I got home from work on Thursday afternoon.
Now for some great news, but no photos yet. Around 4 years ago, I met a young man who had been a student of one of my former schoolmates. Jane and I went to elementary school together but were in different school districts for high school. We kept in not-so-close touch for a number of years after we parted but I totally lost touch after about age 35 or so. We re-connected about 7 years ago on Facebook. I knew she'd gone on to become a drama teacher at Thunderbird High School in Phoenix and at the time we met up again on FB, she was retired. Well, about 4 years ago, Jane (or Mac, as her students called her), passed away. I made a comment on her FB page and it garnered a response from this student, Gary, who then began a correspondence with me. He has been performing all around the world, including Broadway, ever since he graduated from school. He was performing close to here (well, actually in Bartlesville, OK) and I made the trip there to see him. We had dinner after the concert and, in the course of the evening, I volunteered to make a T-shirt Quilt for him - to commemorate all the places he's performed in the last 38 years. What I thought was going to be a simple 12-20 t-shirt quilt turned out to be over 50 t-shirts and ended up being quite involved. I've had those t-shirts for just shy of 3 years and today I put the finished project into a box to be mailed to him tomorrow. He might even get it in time for Thanksgiving! I am not going to post a picture of this massive project until he receives it...so you are going to have to wait...but it's huge! And I'm quite proud of it.
Those of you readers who celebrate Thanksiving, have a most Happy holiday filled with fun, food, and family and friends. Not necessarily in that order. We have several of John's relatives coming and then, the next day is Knotwell Girls Cookie Day! Pictures to follow next week (if I get to the blog).
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