It’s that time of year again – my favourite time of year. I get to go home, and it’s happening tomorrow! The girls and I are beyond excited – especially as I have a surprise trip planned to Paris that is going to blow their little minds.
Expect a lot of pics and updates from our travels. OK, don’t expect that – but if I can manage to post once a week then I’ll consider myself winning.
I am entering a lace shawl the NY State Fair competition as usual, and as usual I have not finished my submission as early as I’d have liked. I’m going to send it from home as I did last year. Hopefully it will fare better – last year I didn’t send it as early as I needed to because my parents’ house was burgled, and with all the drama, upset, and police milling about, the shawl took a back seat. THEN, when I did get it finished, I sent it to the Fair by next day delivery. It should have arrived in plenty of time as the deadline was 5 days away… however, it took a week to get there, and the entry was disqualified. Boo hoo for me.
Anyway – here’s hoping for an easier time of it with my shawl this year. And in general, actually. As well as the burglary, I had a tooth break while I was home, and then I wasn’t able to fly out on the allotted day because my green card had been one of the things stolen and I couldn’t travel without it. It was a lot of cost and aggravation all around – but worse for my poor mum who disturbed one of the burglars as he was rifling through her bedside table and she woke up. Very scary! I should add that we were all home asleep when it happened.
So – off we go tomorrow for a new trouble and drama free adventure, fingers crossed! Can’t wait!
