... a wedding and three funerals ...
So, this has turned out to be the summer-of-little-blogging. Sorry about that. Despite the title of this entry, it's been overall a pretty good summer. I've had a lot of family time, and not so much knitting time -- and I think that this is perhaps how my summer was meant to be. But I have been busy ... here is the catching up of my summer, via photos (a.k.a., the lazy blogger's way to update) ...
... the family photo of the summer while in Massachusetts -- here, on our way to a wedding. The wedding was a cousin of the Big Sweetie's, and we were excited to go to a happy family event. See that shawl? I'll blog about it next (it's one of very few FO's this summer) ...
... I did make a visit to the Black Sheep Yarn Shop in Needham, MA, where I (oops) I happened to accidentally acquire two skeins of Colinette Jitterbug. The shop was in the same town as an aunt of the Big Sweetie's that we visited while she was in hospice care. She did pass away while we were back there, so we went to her funeral as well. (A sad family affair, though I think the Big Sweetie was appreciative of the opportunity to pay his final respects. She was an amazing woman.) ...
... Back in Colorado, here is the view from my favorite mountain bike ride, from mostly our front door to the Flatirons in Boulder, a truly phenomenal ride that I'm happy I can do on a regular basis. (And yes, this means I've barely been running this summer.)...
Back in Colorado, I attended my second funeral of the summer -- the 22-year-old son of the secretary of my school was killed instantly in a motorcycle accident. It wouldn't be quite so sad if he didn't leave behind a new wife and baby daughter ... On the other hand, maybe it would have still be as sad ...
... the new WIP of the moment. It's Benjamin Moore 's Pearl Harbor and Durango Dust, or in other words, The Biggest House Project We've Ever Done and Will Ever Do Again. (My recommendations: don't, folks, paint your own house -- especially if you live in a bi-level like me, and are deathly afraid of heights.) ...
... and that leaves me with the third and (please!) last funeral of the summer. I had blogged (on our now defunct family blog) a loooong time ago (three years, almost) about our friends Mike and Laura. After that blog post, Mike and Laura split up and I helped her through her extremely awful, nasty and difficult divorce. When Mike and Laura reconciled last year, I drew back from their lives as I just could not go down that road again. (I also had other things on my mind last year, remember.) Despite all the other friends of ours saying that Mike and Laura were supposedly happily in love and happy to be together again, I learned of some horrible news this last Monday. I'm still in complete shock, and just trying to put one foot in front of the other and to remember to feed the kids. I will be attending whatever memorial service that she will be having this weekend (or maybe next week). That's really all I can say about that for now.
I did receive two great packages recently, but alas, no photos. I'll blog about them shortly as well as the (very few) FO's of the summer.
... the family photo of the summer while in Massachusetts -- here, on our way to a wedding. The wedding was a cousin of the Big Sweetie's, and we were excited to go to a happy family event. See that shawl? I'll blog about it next (it's one of very few FO's this summer) ...
... I did make a visit to the Black Sheep Yarn Shop in Needham, MA, where I (oops) I happened to accidentally acquire two skeins of Colinette Jitterbug. The shop was in the same town as an aunt of the Big Sweetie's that we visited while she was in hospice care. She did pass away while we were back there, so we went to her funeral as well. (A sad family affair, though I think the Big Sweetie was appreciative of the opportunity to pay his final respects. She was an amazing woman.) ...
... Back in Colorado, here is the view from my favorite mountain bike ride, from mostly our front door to the Flatirons in Boulder, a truly phenomenal ride that I'm happy I can do on a regular basis. (And yes, this means I've barely been running this summer.)...Back in Colorado, I attended my second funeral of the summer -- the 22-year-old son of the secretary of my school was killed instantly in a motorcycle accident. It wouldn't be quite so sad if he didn't leave behind a new wife and baby daughter ... On the other hand, maybe it would have still be as sad ...
... the new WIP of the moment. It's Benjamin Moore 's Pearl Harbor and Durango Dust, or in other words, The Biggest House Project We've Ever Done and Will Ever Do Again. (My recommendations: don't, folks, paint your own house -- especially if you live in a bi-level like me, and are deathly afraid of heights.) ...... and that leaves me with the third and (please!) last funeral of the summer. I had blogged (on our now defunct family blog) a loooong time ago (three years, almost) about our friends Mike and Laura. After that blog post, Mike and Laura split up and I helped her through her extremely awful, nasty and difficult divorce. When Mike and Laura reconciled last year, I drew back from their lives as I just could not go down that road again. (I also had other things on my mind last year, remember.) Despite all the other friends of ours saying that Mike and Laura were supposedly happily in love and happy to be together again, I learned of some horrible news this last Monday. I'm still in complete shock, and just trying to put one foot in front of the other and to remember to feed the kids. I will be attending whatever memorial service that she will be having this weekend (or maybe next week). That's really all I can say about that for now.
I did receive two great packages recently, but alas, no photos. I'll blog about them shortly as well as the (very few) FO's of the summer.
posted by jenifer at 9:34 AM
18 Comments:
Oh Jenifer, what can I say. How awful. It just seems so unreal when things like that happen to people that you know. On the flip side, it does make us remember how precious life is and how wonderful our lives really are. Despite all the stuff we think is crap.
Take time for you. Sounds like you need it.
{{hugs}}
Oh no! What a tragedy for their children. You've certainly had a challenging summer. I hope the fall goes smoothly for you.
1) i'm so sorry for your losses. both family and personal friends. let me know if you need to talk. (SPAN offers counseling there... the agency hosting the vigil?)
2) You were SO close to where I live!! Waaah! I know family vacays are so busy, but next time, at least coffee, k?
I don't know what to say...I'm so sorry for your losses also. What a shame.
Wow--you've had a tough few months. Sorry to hear about your friend's death. Having worked for years in a domestic violence program, I am all too familiar with these situations (and pretty good about reading between the lines). Sigh. Hugs to you.
I'm so sorry for your losses. Please know I'm thinking about you during this difficult time.
Oh my goodness. that is so sad to hear about your friend. My thoughts are with you.
We have been through a lot of loss in our lives over the first 6 months of the year. I understand the struggles.
How horrible!! I am so sorry to hear about all the tragedy in your life. Take is easy.
Sometimes life seems so black and white. There's a tragedy at one moment and a wedding or new baby at the next. And it feels like there's no time to breathe in the middle. It sounds like you've had a really tough summer - I hope you get some time to breathe soon.
Also... I just realized you don't live all that far away from me... I'm just north of the Flatirons. In fact, my view is almost exactly the same, except from the north!
Oh, Jenifer, I'm so sorry to hear about the recent losses in family and friends. That is so tough to deal with, a friend that loses her life to DV. I had a friend that broke up with her ex and had moved on with a new guy and her ex broke into the house and shot her. Such a tragedy for all and now the kids will be without both parents. Sometimes you wonder where people's minds go or if they even think of the consequences of their actions.
Please know you are in my thoughts as well as your friend's children.
I would be in total shock, too. Oh, how very, very tragic about your friend Laura. *hug*
What a tough year it's been for you! I had a colleague my first year out here who tried to kill his wife - who barely escaped with major injuries. It was such a shock to everyone that he could do such a thing. I'm thinking of you! Let me know if you want to get together and talk. Or just sit and knit quietly.
I am so sorry for all of this loss in your life.
Oh my gosh, how fun to "meet" a fellow Jenifer. I can honestly say I
have never actually "met" another Jenifer with one N let alone a one N
Jenifer who KNITS! whooohooo.
Where are you from (not asking for specifics 'cause that's kind of
creepy)? I am currently at work and cannot check out your blog...but will
later.
Thanks for writing me. Sorry I had to comment, didn't have your email.
hello, just seen your name in someone's comment box. just blogging around and reading your thoughts.
UGH! First, I emailed the wrong Jenifer (what's with THAT?) and THEN I couldn't find your email addy.
So, email me from your email addy (vs. from blogger who suck b/c they don't give it to us anymore) and then I can write you my colors. . . . . .
Just stopping by to say hello I have been so slack lately with my own blog and also stopping by the blogs linked from mine, so I am trying to fix that :)
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