Labor Day and other stuff.

“Labor Day is a glorious holiday because your child will be going back to school the next day. It would have been called Independence Day, but that name was already taken.”
―Bill Dodds

I had to laugh about this quote . . . my husband is a school teacher in a Catholic elementary school in Cleveland. Their classes started on August 19. Right now he has 15 students. He anticipates anywhere from another 5 to 10 by the end of the week this week. Many parents don't bring their kids to school until after Labor Day because "that is when we started and that is when our kids start . . . " So the kids start off the school year missing three weeks of school.

We had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. Since we moved into our home 28 years ago, we have had a gathering of friends. We used to have it on Monday but a couple of years ago moved it to Sunday. It is SOOOOO much easier.

We have friends who have come every year and we add new friends every year. It is a great time. Sarah and Kyle spent the night, as did Joe and Jane and their daughter, Cortney. The festivities started at noon on Sunday and over the next 12 hours, we had about one hundred people flitting in and out of our home and yard. It is always interesting and fun. Friends we have known for 30 years meet friends we have known for two, only to find out that their kids went to grade school together . . . how cool is that!

And today it rained. It waited until after Lindsey and I went to the store (essentials needed: milk and napkins and Joann's was having a sale).

Anyway, I hope your weekend was a glorious as mine and that you got to enjoy time with friends and family.

As to knitting stuff, I ripped out my grrlfriends bag. I just wasn't happy with it and restarted it again this evening. I also bought (at Joann's Sensations Rainbow classis yarn for Lindsey's slipper/socks that she wants for Christmas . . . I would post a pictures but they don't offer the color online). Zachariah's one mitten is done (Lorna's Lace, Black Watch . . . very nice yarn).

I was scheduled to go to a knitting retreat as part of the Grindstone Knitting Guild on September 19. However, Lindsey wants to go hear what the Naval Academy has to say and they are having a forum in Pittsburgh on September 19. Since she is going to keep an open mind about her future, I can give up a knitting retreat. I think.