The turtle is adorable…I’m so glad you get knitted gifts too! And, how neat you were able to go out for choc./hot cocoa today as a treat. I actually thought of you and hot choc. this evening…after getting my hip reset again, my first thought was that I needed a treat and maybe I should have hot choc. – in my favorite mug. 🙂 (Chocolate soy milk was easier though…but, it was still chocolate.) Hope your chocolate today was as much a treat as you’d hoped…it sounded like a good day. And that’s really neat you shared your book – doctors are people too…and they’re pretty impressed with authors, I’m sure.
Best wishes and thank you for sharing your stories,
Abby

hmm, I ‘Alison’d’ a colleague a while back. Just because. I had brought some knittingto work to fill the quiet time, and the colleague commented that the colours were lovely. It was a net bag to put groceries in. so when I finished it, I gave it to her and it completely floored her. I figured if she liked the colour, she should have it. She kept saying stuff like “but I didn’t give you anything for this”. To which I responded, ‘that’s why it’s called a gift. the fun is in the giving.”

L’chaim to you too!

XO

Alison, I must say you got me back to drinking hot chocolate — I’m a tea drinker, but, oh, my, hot chocolate on a cold day is fabulous! I have a question regarding someone being Alisoned: Does that term only apply to knit goods? or only tangible goods? If one receives a small supply of humor, has the individual been Alisoned? Just wondering.

And speaking of humor …
TOMBSTONES

Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York: Born 1903–Died 1942. Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was.

Thurmont, Maryland: Here lies an atheist, all dressed up and no place to go.

London, England: Here lies Ann Mann, who lived an old maid but died an old Mann.

Ruidoso, New Mexico: Here lies Johnny Yeast… Pardon me for not rising.

Uniontown, Pennsylvania: Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake.Stepped on the gas instead of the brake.

Hartscombe, England: On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle went out of tune.

Nantucket, Massachusetts: Under the sod and under the trees, lies the body of Jonathan Pease.
He is not here, there’s only the pod.
Pease shelled out and went to God.

I would say we’ve Don ahead and had a good time reading your jokes!

Does giving some of one’s yarn and needles to a new knitter count as a drive-by? 🙂

I am glad the follow-up visit went well, and you even had the energy to go out for chocolate! Hooray!

If we’re verbifying people, we could say we just got “Don-ed” and it made us laugh. Alternately, we could say, “I need a laugh. Got any good Don’s for me?”

My knitting (and crochetting) is mostly the sort that has to be donated anonymously (scarves to a homeless shelter) or to people too young to object. (My grandson has a tendancy to spit on my gifts.) I did just finish decorating a sweater with ribbon embroidery for my great niece, and I think that turned out well.

One of the problems with recording gifts is that when giving charity, you’re not supposed to let the left hand know what the right hand is doing.

Occasionally that also happens to me when I’m knitting, which is NOT a good thing. Or when playing the piano!

I’m so glad you were able to go out after the surgeon’s visit. Another step to normalcy.

I like the Ravelry idea!!!! I look forward to its development.

So glad to hear that you were given a good report.
The cafe sounds like a wonderful place. I hope you go again very soon.

To life!

I love the turtle…so cute. I have a Dr that is very special to me also. He has been my specialist for over 10 yrs. I have had a hard battle with endometriosis (I had my hysterectomy when my girls were only 10 months old)and he has always been the most caring, understanding Dr. I have ever been to in my life. Since moving I travel 200 miles to see him. Being under the care of a great Dr is priceless!

To Life!
Amen!

To life! You are so right!

Dear Allison, I’m glad you’re feeling better and back to the morning chocolate. Hope all will continue well for you. I’m about ready to start one of your shawls using Kauni which I think will do well. If I don’t like it’s looks, I think I’ll use Mini Mochi or JoJoLand Melody. I like both of them but I really want to use the Kauni. I think it does such a neat job of striping on circular or triangular shawls. Best of luck to you. We go tomorrow to see our younger nephew who leaves next week for the Air Force. Cross your fingers for him too.
Ann and the Purrers in Dallas, Texas, aka Furknitter on Ravelry
Purrs to Aunt Allison from the Furries, Bun, Isis, Cookie, and spooky Mitzi purrrrrrrrr

It’s wonderful to hear how much better you are sounding. Here’s my favorite Don on today’s theme: on a tombstone in CT “I told you I was sick.”

How about a blog? Like the Zimmermaniacs blog, where anyone can post their EZ project. With appropriate forethought on categories, it could be kept well organized. I’m sure you’d have volunteers to help with the admin side (approving requests to join/post, etc). Like me, for instance. I’d volunteer.

Ravelry would be a great spot to share inspiring drive-by knitting stories of thanks. Not sure some reasons for gift-knitting are as inspiring, like I’m knitting as surprise scarf for a friend who’s husband left her for a co-worker, and although her therapist has been very helpful, turning 40 has been really hard on her. Maybe TMI and not very inspiring. BTW, love that drive-by turtle to bits! How cute!

Hmmm… drive-by knitting… I like that! I also love that you’re out and about, doing normal things, giving thanks as you always do, and reminding us all of the beauty of human connections. Thank you!

Praying always…

This post is a blessing. So happy to read that things just keep getting better.

LynnM, that IS inspiring: everybody goes through their own hard times of whatever type, and here you are noticing, caring, and reaching out to someone in a situation that an awful lot of people could relate to. Thank you for knitting that!

Here, here! Cheers to you, lovely lady, and to your doctor too.

Hot chocolate. Aaah, the luxury. I had some myself, just today. When we can’t have everything, the things we *can* have are more precious.

You sound good. Keep healing, OK?

Lynn (who knew about the turtle when it was being knit… happy you’ve got it now)

The turtle looks right at home, I’m glad he made it safely there :-}

I love your turtle, does he have a name yet? He’s sooo cheerful!