The easy life

Yesterday was a completely fun day. From 10 until 4, all I did was play.

Knitting class was a blast, where I was finally able to wrestle my 6" square into a three-dimensional, albeit deformed bunny, continue work on my chenille scarf, and get patterns for the projects I want to try next.

Lunch was fabulous. MaryAnn, Hannah, Angie, Sug (pronounced "Shoog," short for Sugar), and Maggie went to Jubilee Gallery, an old farm house turned into an artist's gallery and lunch room, and spent 3 hours laughing and talking. The food was inspired, the company warm and congenial, and the setting was delightful. Then Hannah, Angie and Maggie came up to La Casa Redondo to check out the blackberries for future picking and marvel at my messy, weird house.

Next week, we're going to try a couples dinner outing and see if our husbands mesh well too. Wow. All of a sudden, I have a social life!

Today, Bill is headed for the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, for a gathering of the Blue Ridge Ural Party (BURP for short) to try his hand at making new friends too. Who knew there were other Russian motorcycle enthusiasts in this neck of the woods? So Echo and I will hold down the fort and have a little quiet time together this weekend, while Bill goes wandering.

I could get used to this kind of lifestyle.