Today I had a three way with Vicki and Ann. Then Georgie popped in for a few minutes. It was quite the morning. Vicki wrote a very nice post today (which turns out to be a contest – so go- have fun) about how she and Ann quit smoking TWO YEARS AGO. (I’m bursting with pride, by the way!) I’m not sure I remember when I started reading Vicki – she was one of my first blogs for sure. When she first quit, I sent her this huge box of stuff to help her and she sent some of the bounty off to Ann. So I started reading Ann. Her blog was, you know, okay. Nothing special. But I read, because she was friends with Vicki and I love Vicki, so I started leaving her encouraging comments too. Then, that summer, Vicki came to New York and Ann and I crossed our respective rivers to pay homage to the Knitorious One. About 30 seconds into our meeting, Ann let the F-BOMB fly and I knew we’d be friends forever. It was love at first curse word. Since then we’ve traveled together, spun together, made fun together and Vicki gets all the blame.
I left a comment over at Vicki’s that said: “I send you a big box of goodies and you give me Ann.” I was reading the comment to Ann (because I like to read aloud to her all the time – it’s the only way I know she reads the blog) and she said something like – what kind of secret pal swap was that?! And I said, YEAH! It’s the TAKE MY PAL PLEASE Swap. It amazes me on a daily basis that I could be such great friends with a person that takes in shit off the street. Literally.
Seriously though – my life is made SO MUCH RICHER (in the heartfelt sense – these girls have COST me money for sure!) by them. I can’t tell you HOW HAPPY I AM that you both quit smoking. I want you around for a long long LONG time.
Speaking of valuable people in my life – go on over and give Margene and big ol’ HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Have a great day my friend!
In other news, my “real” life (as opposed to my knitblog life) is completely and utterly boring. Yesterday my only goal was to load the tax software onto the computer. I got so carried away, that it turns out I’m pretty much finished them. There’s a couple more boxes to go through – but I’m only looking for one or two papers and then I’m DONE. Much faster than I expected. I’m a laugh RIOT.
Knitting wise, I started the armhole decreases on the back. Hopefully that will be done pretty quickly. YAWN!!!
God help me. I think I put myself to sleep.
Just reading about you and ann cracks me up. I am very honored to call all three of you friend!!
I come here looking for sturm und drang and you give me Turbo Tax?
Turbo Tax and THREESOMES, Kay, with GEORGIE (makes FOUR)!! Sheesh, what you have to do to please some people. ; )
It is pretty much a love-fest and you’ve almost got me cryin’. Turbo Tax definitely brings me back to reality, though. Two down here, one (big one) to go!
I thought, “Hahahaha. She’s put everyone else to sleep too. Look, there’re only 3 comments. Oh. So far.”
You know, Ann has enriched my life, too, though unknowingly and from afar. I learn new things from her constantly. I should probably read her archives, though, because this lastest nugget is pretty significant. I have a tin milk box on my front porch. I get milk delivered into it. I’d better go disinfect it–maybe replace it. You never know.
LOL you are too funny. Good friends are hard to come by.
Damn a three-way huh? Well if Stephanie’s the yarn harlot, y’all are definitely the Knitting Whores 😉
Good friends are hard to come by and they are always a gift when you find them. You three are all very special and that is multiplied a thousand fold when you’re together.
Not sleepy, really. Just cozy. This is a good place to make friends…
so I guess now I’m supposed to leave some kind of mushy comment about how knowing you has enriched my life and you’re the wind beneath my wings?
fine. You’re the wind beneath my wings.
are you happy now?
you’re really more like the wind beneath the sheets. 😉
That sounds like a pretty good life! Enjoy the calm……
Oh, that Ann. It was she who encouraged me in my early baby-steps-blogging days. Of course Ann’s brand of encouragement is to yell, “now all I want to do is eat rice/apples/that thing you made for dinner, but it’s Sunday night and there’s no food in the house! Thanks a *lot*, Jen!” Which I found encouraging. No, really.
All kidding aside, you and Ann and Vicki make a really superb team. Thank you. 🙂
I admire anyone who does their own taxes so that is not so boring to me! I agree about the wonder of ending up with such treasures as the friends we have all made during the past few years of blogging. I hope you and I get to meet in person one day:)
Hilarious! I wasn’t reading Ann back then, so I have not seen that post. Now everyone who reads Ann knows…she really gives a crap!
Did I mention that I like that… The Knitorious One? Wow. I don’t even mind that Nancy called me a whore… a Knitorious One?
; )