Debbie and Me

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383753259070763180.post-48864150782122557222008-05-22T12:11:00.000-07:002008-05-22T12:31:46.231-07:00Debbie and MeDebbie Macomber was signing her newest book "Twenty Wishes" at Foxwoods Casino last night, and I went down to see her. I heard several comments from Foxwoods staff about what a nice lady she is, and she is just like her books - easy-going, not too complicated and a little bit funny. She gave a short speech first in one of the Ballrooms, then answered questions from the audience (about 250, mostly women). I bravely put up my hand and asked if there would be a knitting pattern book associated with Twenty Wishes, as there is with the other 3 Blossom Street yarn shop books, and she said there was. Later, when I finally got up to her table (long line) with my book to sign, she asked me if I was the one who had asked that question, and I admitted it. (Imagine she actually remembered my face out of all those people!) So she snuck a copy of that pattern book from under the table and gave it to me, saying "Don't tell anyone". (and since no-one reads this blog, I'm not.) She's got a fan for life in me. And she graciously consented to have pictures taken, so here we are. In case you missed a previous post, she knits and lives about 20 miles from S1 in Washington which is how I had connected with her. Another connection is that she mentioned in her little talk that she had had 4 children in 5 years, just like me. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203283605178158130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_-ijlVyfqAjw/SDXG3uhCDDI/AAAAAAAAAL4/DXEhhj6SgSs/s320/debbieandme.jpg" border="0" /> Next is a picture of the wonderful lace butterfly which D2 sent me on Mother's Day. This was on the cover of an issue of Piecework magazine which I saw at her house in February, and jokingly said "Why don't you make that for me?" It's a project I would never tackle myself - way too complex, but D2 likes extreme needlework (you should see her needlepoint!), so she attempted it and lo and behold - isn't it beautiful. To give an idea of size, it's about 5" by 7". I'm going to frame it. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203285576568147042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_-ijlVyfqAjw/SDXIqehCDGI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/zDBlMrh1WCc/s320/butterfly.jpg" border="0" /> <div>The big news at the condo is that we're having our lawns re-loamed and reseeded, after many years of crab grass being the only green to be seen. Here's what it looks like right now. But we have hope. The second picture is my small garden in front of our unit - a few perennials, including a wonderful peony, and some pansies and impatiens for spring color in the front.</div><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_-ijlVyfqAjw/SDXHfehCDFI/AAAAAAAAAMI/6aWpbHSw-j4/s1600-h/garden.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203284288077958226" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_-ijlVyfqAjw/SDXHfehCDFI/AAAAAAAAAMI/6aWpbHSw-j4/s320/garden.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-ijlVyfqAjw/SDXHfOhCDEI/AAAAAAAAAMA/PB0mB7EJB1Q/s1600-h/lawngrass.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203284283782990914" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-ijlVyfqAjw/SDXHfOhCDEI/AAAAAAAAAMA/PB0mB7EJB1Q/s320/lawngrass.jpg" border="0" /></a> Happy Spring! Flea Market season has started.Now and Thenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303027253665964101noreply@blogger.com