Did you have a good mother’s day? Oh sure, I know it’s been a few weeks, but I can still bring it up. Mine was good… Turtle surprised me with flowers:
He did a pretty good job for a ten year old, mais oui?
Also – it’s the end of the year at my job, so to say that I’m wicked busy is an understatement. Nevertheless, I did get some knitting done.
My Vesper socks are finished.
Actually they aren’t mine… they are for my mother – a very late Mother’s day present.
I’m also working on a pair of Spring Winds. I have one done:
Erm… ignore the messy coffee table and the dog toys in the background.
The pattern is by Laura Linneman and the fabulous yarn is by Sarah at Perfect Day. I’m really liking the pattern and the yarn, but I will save my review until the project is complete (hopefully this weekend!).
Other than that, I’m looking forward to the Memorial Day weekend. Saturday, I’m having 4 cubic yards of mulch delivered to my doorstep and it’s going to be nothing but me, dirt, and flowers. I’d been holding off doing the beds for one reason or another – it was either too cold, too hot, or it had rained. So I’m sure I’ll have pictures for you.
My hydrangeas have some lovely blooms and my clemantis has really come into it’s own this year (after FOUR FREAKING YEARS OF BABYING IT). I’ll take some snapshots of that as well and post them up.
The only other thing I had to talk about was something that I saw yesterday. Seems that Melissa Etheridge has decided to split with her wife of seven years Tammy. Tammy has taken to her blog to refute some claims made by Etheridge in a recent interview on television.
I bring this up, because it’s just something that I am grappling with with this blog. How much is too much? I don’t blog too much personal information anymore. I don’t change my facebook relationship status anymore. I think twice before posting photos to flickr that aren’t tagged as private. I am keenly aware of the stats for this blog.
Because of this, I’ve struggled with my written voice… once very brash and in your face. I’m a little more gunshy now… timid almost. My knitting is one thing, but to give the internet an insight into my personal relationships is something totally else.
And it never bothered me before, but I’ve reconsidered – because once it’s out there, it’s out there. And you can’t take it back. I’ve embarrassed myself more than a few times with my crazy tales. I go back months later to read the posts over and literally wince.
So, I have regrets about how much I’ve shared… mainly because, in my mind, it vests the audience in your life… and then when your life takes a tumble, everyone comes along for the ride.
I could have a change of heart, but living out my personal pain and trauma on a blog is not something I want to share anymore. And though I feel that my quality of writing has suffered due to this, it’s a decision that I feel is necessary to make.
I do feel badly for Tammy though…
Tags: knitting, LaLa Knits, Mama's Day, Perfect Day Yarns, Socks, Vesper Yarn
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