Friday, April 7, 2017

Weekend Plans and the Start of Match & Move

Hello and welcome to the weekend...almost.  My 10 a.m. conference call has been cancelled, there are bagels, fruits, pastries and cheeses in our main kitchen at work and it's not raining at the moment, so life is good!


This is the weekend of the Steel City Fiber Festival - can't wait to go.  My friend Carol will get to my house by 8 tomorrow -- in time for a relaxing coffee and snack before we take off.  The Festival doesn't open till 10, so no need to rush - it's only an hour away from me.


There will also be presents!!  Both Christmas and Birthdays since Carol and I have not seen each other in ages.  Our usual contest is who can get the best gift for the least amount of money.  I may have mentioned in an earlier post that so far Carol holds the record:  she scored for me an out of print book on Ackworth Samplers for $0.25 at a yard sale.  This was years ago, and I still haven't been able to top that one.  Always fun to try though.


And, of course, food is planned.  Barbecue shrimp (a New Orleans dish) and salad for dinner Saturday (and drinks of course) and probably pancakes for Sunday morning.  We both love to eat...but we are both trying to lose weight too.....


Meanwhile, I've managed to do a little knitting on the Match and Move shawl:




Loving this so far.  I've decided to make this in 4 colors...next up will be a splash of red followed by a pale, pale grey.  It's a slow but steady growth - it grows by one stitch only every row.  It is a very meditative, comforting knit which I am really enjoying.


After Carol leaves on Sunday, I need to try to do some more on Sigla and the socks that I've started.  Knowing myself, I'll probably be exhausted after a girl weekend and will need a nice nap - lol.


Fletch and I are planning to watch a new episode of Chef's Table tonight or start on Versailles which has been highly recommended.


Reading-wise I seem to have slowed down.  I was reading "Year of Wonders" by Geraldine Brooks which is a novel about the plague.  It's good, but I was struggling to get through it.  I finally let it go back to the library (it had expired on my Kindle a few days ago).  I started "Beautiful Lies" by Clare Clark, but am not really enjoying that.  I'll send that one back and either start "Friction" (Sandra Brown) which Nancy recommended or "The Swans of Fifth Avenue" (Melanie Benjamin) which Bridget is reading.  Options are a good thing.


So, what are your weekend plans?  What are you reading?

13 comments:

  1. Fiber fest, friends, food - what more does one need for a fun weekend! Enjoy

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  2. It's cold and rainy here, but its suppose to be amazing this weekend so I plan to be outside as much as possible!

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  3. Oh I love the gift challenge! My kind of frugal fun! I'm planning to read a neighbors book on living with her autistic son if Amazon would ever deliver the thing. It was due yesterday. delayed. Still on truck ....waiting waiting for todays drop. Weather outstanding so I'll read in the sunshine on the porch or deck!!!!and knitting too

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  4. Have fun at the fiber festival. Safe travels.

    We are off to St. Simon's Island this weekend. Stephen wants to go to Fort Fredrica. So, we shall GO! LOL There might just be a stop at the yarn store on the island too. :-)

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  5. A fiber fest weekend!!!! How wonderful. I used to make bbq shrimp all the time when I had a house full of people to cook for. Now The Mister just has the store steam it for him. We've gotten so lazy in the kitchen since it's just him and I.

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  6. I'm reading the Weight Watcher points list that isn't coming close to satisfying this piggy girl's hunger. My weekend plans are to pout about that, in addition to my usual crabbiness. Your knitting looks great!

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  7. Sounds like a great time ahead-enjoy your friend and the time together. I'm glad the knitting is satisfying; it looks good!

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  8. Been catching up on your blog posts. Yikes on that snake! Hope you and Carol have a great time at the festival! Love seeing all your projects. Such a bummer about the pooling. Love your Sigla though. As for reading, I actually loved Year of Wonders and I also enjoyed Swans of Fifth Avenue. I'm actually in a Bronte re-read at the moment. Finished re-reading Wuthering Heights and am now re-reading Jane Eyre. Both are probably my third time through. Enjoy your weekend!

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  9. What a delightful weekend you have planned! I'll be looking forward to your thoughts on the Steel City Fiber Festival. I'm only about an hour away and might make plans for next year. That is going to be a beautiful Match & Move, and I hope you have time for both more knitting and a nap!

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  10. I hope you spent a ton of money on yarn!!! I wrote that festival down but it's too much of a trip for us right now. Maybe next year?

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  11. Your weekend plans sound so very nice. Always special to meet up with an old friend. Have a wonderful Monday.

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  12. Looking forward to hearing about your fun weekend!

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  13. that sounds like a delightful weekend! my "girls weekend" was a long one and I'm just now getting back to reality. sometimes the re-entry is hard!

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