Knitting to Keep My Sanity ... Well, Sort of

And I am .....

I haven't been knitting as I have been setting up my little blog, my Ravelry space, writing grants, getting kids signed up for college, high school and re-enrolled in their elementary school. Makes me sad, because I feel non-productive.

But in the meantime..a little bit about me:

You Are 40% Weird

Normal enough to know that you're weird... But too damn weird to do anything about it!

How Weird Are You?

Your Personality is Very Rare (INFP)

Your personality type is dreamy, romantic, elegant, and expressive. Only about 5% of all people have your personality, including 6% of all women and 4% of all men You are Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Perceiving.

How Rare Is Your Personality?

and .... matches my hair

Your Passion is Red!

You've got that spark - a good dose of intensity, power, and determination. You do whatever you want in life ... to hell with what anyone thinks! With so many interests and loves, you're always running around doing something new. You have fire in your eyes, and it shows. Bet you're even wearing something red!

What Type of Passionate Woman Are You?

Well, this is kinda cool...

Meet MeSelf!!!

Get a Voki now!

I have a little robotronic greeting for you - Push the play button! I really shouldn't be so delighted by such silly things!!

I wish I could say that this was a true and accurate representation of me ... it was ... a couple of children ago.  However, the tunic-loving, wild child is always present.  Unfortunately for the above mentioned children, that side is not hidden.

A sad trip ... and oh, I do wish I was at a different place in my life

Next week, our family is celebrating Spring Break - golfing (NO, we don't do it well - just learning - but someone should explain to me EXACTLY why knitting on the course invokes points and gaffaws - to me, it seems an example of ultimate efficiency!) and horseback riding at a Hyatt resort for a couple of days.  We will then spend the next couple of days in our hometown hanging out with friends and family, relaxing, eating and visiting.

But I should back WAAAAAYYY up.  Why did our Spring Break plans develop in this way?  Our original plan was to visit the college my eldest son has been admitted to, committed to, but has yet to visit - in a state that no one in our family has ever seen.  But then --- the news hit --- via Ravelry that my most favorite needlework/yarn store in San Antonio, the Yarn Barn of San Antonio was closing its door after 37 years in business.  The owner, on her website, talks about finding another owner and, with God as my witness, I actually did talk to my husband about the logistics of running a reasonably high risk business (I am an academic professor with NO real world experience whatsoever) 200 miles away while managing a family of 4-5 in Houston (really, Honey, the drive isn't THAT bad!!  I can still pick everyone up by carpool - Honest!).  All the time, sort of entertaining the idea of keeping the professor gig, while adding the shopkeeper gig (HEY, a kid is going off to college - I had some extra time).

My blessed spouse of 23-1/2 years knew to just let me talk until I listened to myself.  Then I suggested a trip to San Antonio so that I could visit the store one last time (he "lovingly" refers to it as my "mothership") before it closes - and thus the trip was planned.

So how pitiful is that - changing the plans of 5 people to make a pilgrimage to a dying yarn store.  Or how blessed am I - that I have a family that understands my hobby, its importance and the importance of this one shop (really, I am not that crazy about every shop) to accommodate  me on a holiday.

I choose to believe that I am blessed - each child (on their own) has offered to go with me to pick out yarn for a project for me to knit for them - the highest honor :-)  Blessings abound!!

Welcome .... Happy Catholic Readers

OOOOHHHHH ~~~~~~

I'm sooooo excited!!!!!! My first link from another blog, and one of my most favs one at that!

Julie at HappyCatholic mentioned my blog on her blog ... and so it goes.

I must do a little tattling about Julie --- she is the MOST fabulous person :-)  I got to meet her in person last August when I was taking my board examinations.  We met up at a knitting store, gabbed like lifelong girlfriends, and had a fabulous dinner.  Meeting her was like a ray of sunshine during an amazingly stressful time in a strange town - like finding a long lost family member.

I consider myself blessed to have made her acquaintance.