I'm Just A Party Animal!

Friday was September 1.  That means a lot of things to me.  September 1 is always New Years Day to me.  January 1 just doesn't have the same meaning.  September 1 was the start of a new school year for 50 some years; first elementary school then middle school then high school then college then working in an educational environment.  I get excited just thinking about it! .  New classes, new friends, new clothes, new beginning. Once you live by the school calendar, you'll always live by the school calendar.  It's like a racehorse hearing My Old Kentucky Home or a boxer hearing the bell or a Dalmatian hearing the fire-siren.    

​Dick and I celebrated my New Year in a very special way.

Ok, just change drinking coffee to drinking wine and that's me!  I remember when I first read Stephanie Pearl McFee.  I thought she was writing about me.  When I saw this on Pinterest I thought, "OMG! That's me!"  I sent this to Thea, Linda and Kathy Friday night and they all said that was exactly what they were doing but without the coffee. Maybe you would like to see what I was knitting.

I love this but I'm not going to say much about it because I'm planning on devoting a whole post to this magnificent piece of knitting.  I can think of no better way to spend a Friday evening than partying with a glass of wine and knitting on this treasure.  

September 1 means something else to me.  It is the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Breast Cancer Awareness Month means Survivor Shawls.  Last year I donated pink yarn to Ann's By Design for a Survivor Shawl class.  This year I'm not only going to donate the yarn, I'm going to make 25 magic balls so participants can dive right in and knit.  

That is about 25 magic balls.  What I've started doing is cutting yarn into 10, 12, 15, 18 and 20 yard piece and dropping them into bags marked with the yardage.  Then I will randomly pull out yarn until it measures 450ish yard.  Doesn't that sound fun?  I'm not kidding. I really mean it.  I love to make magic balls, I love to knit Survivor Shawls and I love honoring Breast Cancer Survivors.  Making balls of yarn to create shawls to be given to Breast Cancer Survivors.  Is that wonderful or what?!?!?!

​It's Monday (Labor Day evening) and guess what I'm going to do?

Change Friday to Monday and coffee to wine and you know what ai'm doing.  Cheer!