1: My wrist still hurts, meaning that I can't knit.
2: This past week I've sufferered through the worst cold I've had in maybe 5 or 6 years - it really was a bad 'un and completely knocked me off my feet - still not fully fit!
3: My boyfriend has been working in Montreal since September of last year, only returning home for quick visits every 6-8 weeks or so.
4: I can't go to Canada to visit him, (even if he could spend 5 minutes to be with me), because my visa expired and won't be renewed 'til I return to England.
5: He probably won't be coming "home" with me for Christmas.
Doesn't sound like that much, but all I do is work.... I need a break.
So THANK YOU SO MUCH for the following:
In the post today; a little package from little Olde Engerland:
My Mummy is the best Mummy in the world!
I haven't read any of Stephanie's books before, but I know she's very popular with the in-crowd, so I'm looking forward to this.
(The chocolate wrapper in this photo is empty.....I devoured every delicious crumb, slowly - mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!)
One of my lovely knitting students gave me these:
We're going to be in a pom-pom making frenzy, (once my wrist is fully functioning!)
My students are flippin' ace! And of course they're all bonkers about knitting!!!
Yesterday evening was my first official book signing. (at the Point)
I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was great!
We had a good turn out and everyone was very supportive.
I still had most of the knits, so I placed them out on the big table to be fondled/tried on - they look so much better in real life than they do in the book. (I took a few photos, but they were a bit blurry.... I may post them later)
I was allowed to babble on for a good few minutes about the projects and how they came to be, so much so that I lost my voice this morning!!! - I do tend to go on unless someone tells me to shup up!!
Thank you to everyone who came out to support me - I appreciate it so much!
Special thanks to Johanna, what a fabulous friend you are! Thank you so much for the lovely sunflowers - they're smiling down at me from the mantlepiece right now and look so pretty - you really showed up my boyfriend there!!!!
I carried the projects, (stuffed into 2 large bright orange bags - yes that was me on the subway taking up all the room!), over to Knitty City today where they now fill the window display. My second book signing will be there this coming Wednesday at 6pm - so if you're in the city for Thanksgiving - come on down - I'd love to meet you!
Thank you and goodnight.
5 comments:
I'm sorry for all of those no-good very-bad things--but I'm glad you got such cheery presents and had a Real Book-Signing!!! Which is so exciting and impressive.
I hope you find a better doctor soon--sorry I have no advice, I've yet to meet my new doctor--and that the wrist gets better! No knitting=no fun at all!
Sorry for the bad things, but I hope I can bring you some good news. You can get your visa stamped in your passport in a US Embassy in Canada (Montreal included). Appointments are make way in advance, but you should check it out (one of our colleagues did it this way, no problem). I did a little research, and you can start here: http://montreal.usconsulate.gov/content/content.asp?section=visas&document=applying you can book an appointment online or by phone.
Hope that helps.
Stephanie's books are good - she is the Yarn Harlot and I read her blog regularly also. How nice of your mother to send you such a great gift. I hope your wrist gets better soon - not being able to knit is cruel and unnatural!
I hope your wrist heals soon and everything else starts to go your way.
Your Mummy rocks!
Dearest Heather, of course you had a wonderful birthday weekend.. as you should.. mine is this sunday and i'm already planning a bunch of stuff.. including a wonderful evening withmy new boyfriend!!! yahooooo finally.. andit only took me 4 months of being here.. hee..hee.. he is a friend of my neighbor's and he's been divorced too and is a dad.. and is wonderful.. enough said.. and the irony is that his birthday is 8 days after mine.. and one year before.. so i'm the older woman in his life for a change haha.. knitting like crazy for SWTC and loving it.. got two new jobs working at a dealership inthe service dept driving the courtesy shuttle and at walmart.. yup that's the one.. as a cashier.. i don't want any more responsibility.. haha.. and i get to knit in my free time at the dealership!! lots of hugs and rest that wrist.. hugs karola
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