But today, I've got some cheer for you - a lovely basket of brightly colored Julia Yarn sitting in the sun in the studio to brighten up your computer screen.
But wait, there's more. I'm going to take away all that grey November gloom. It's time for the biggest giveaway yet this fall. Here's what I've got for you all. I'm so excited - I wish I could enter!
1. From my friend Gail Callahan (aka The Kangaroo Dyer) an assortment of different colors of her very own hand-dyed yarn.
2. Again, from Gail, an autographed copy of her fabulous book Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece.
3. From me, a copy of Mary Jane Butters' MaryJane’s Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook - For the Farmgirl in All of Us
I love this book and I want to share it with one of you. You'll have a great time reading about Mary Jane's farm and how she lives her life in Idaho. It is jam-packed with so many great ideas.
4. From me, an autographed copy of my latest book Color by Kristin.
I love all my books but this one is probably my favorite so far. I was able to fit in pretty much everything I wanted to share with knitters. And the projects are so much fun.
5. From the fine folks at Nashua Handknits, 15 skeins of my soft and colorful JULIA Yarn. This will keep you busy all winter combined with my book Color by Kristin!
Here's what you have to do to enter.....Answer the following question in the comments section of the blog. Are you ready? I've been working on it for 2 weeks.....
Question: If you could do anything in the next year, absolutely anything, what would you dream about doing? Forget about your job, your familial obligations, your house, your friends, and just do it for yourself? What is that dream?
Contest ends next next Thursday, November 18th at midnight. I can't wait to see what you come up with! Remember to leave an easy way to get a hold of you. Thanks everyone!
389 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 389 of 389I would grow wings and fly over the ocean with the albatross. But in all reality, if I have to stay earth bound. I would stay home and use the time to rework my garden area...do all those things that you say, "if only I had the time." Then, once my year was up, I could still look out my window see what time and nature evolves...
I would travel throughout Ireland and Great Britain with my husband, learning to spin with him, and knitting lovely warm, bright sweaters, socks, scarves, hats, anything, from local yarns, while expecting my first child.
Oh, to dream.
Two things (and I'm not trying to brown nose...really!)
1) Travel to Ireland and at least 1 month.
2) Take a "Get Stitched" class on your wonderful farm.
I would spin spin spin and knit knit knit. I would travel. I would design socks. I would hike every day. I would knit with every color of Julia yarn!
Well, since I'd have nothing else to do, I'd gut my kitchen, extend it out back and build a roomy family room. This would open out onto the deck of my dreams. Come summer, I'd sit on that deck sipping iced tea and knit until the sun set. I think since I'd be so busy knitting, I'd have to hire a chef to cook in that state of the art kitchen.
I would love to take my Mum, who is now in an Assisted Living home, back to her homeland of England to visit our family.
What I want to do for myself -- make the time to exercise!
I would love to take one of those beautiful knitting cruises that are listed in the back of all my knitting magazines.
I would spend the year in Paris, and travel to lots of other nearby places in Europe - Spain, Italy, Portugal, Germany. I'd take intensive language courses in French and knit at the Paris cafes with every spare moment. I would be in heaven. Thanks for encouraging us to think big! Jackie (jzlpbc@aol.com)
I would travel everywhere! There are so many places I would love to go, including Peru. A friend of mine went to Peru and came back with luggage full of yarn and yarn crafts and I was so incredibly jealous. I would looove to go to Peru!
Also, best giveaway..ever!!
laceym5@hotmail.com
I would visit the Greek Isles, not caring that I can't speak the language, feasting on new foods & drinks, relishing every minute. And while there, I would knit socks don't have ladders!
jjkerratverizondotnet
I would love to quit my job, and just knit my way around the world. I could see myself on a tropical beach knitting socks. Although I probably wouldn't need socks then huh? Thanks for the giveaway. Debbie in Alaska my Ravelry ID is gussek
Since it is a dream and can be absolutely anything...
I dream to have one more year with my lovely mother, she passed away in 2006 after more than a decade with Alzheimers and one more year with my brother, he passed away from cancer when we were kids.
I'd love for both of them to know my children and husband and have a blissful year of healthy, sweet, uninterrupted time together again as a family.
And while I'm dreaming, I'd like to add the discovery and cure for cancer during this year. So we all can have more years with our children.
That is my dream.
xoxo Beth
I would find a nice stretch of deserted beach with a small (but comfy) house - heck, a hut would do, and listen to the waves, the wind and the gulls. That would be a perfect year!
I can't even begin to explain how hard this is for me to answer. I'm 27 years old, and I take care of my disabled 66 year old mother alone. My boyfriend lives in California - we've been dating for 2 1/2 years. It's very hard for me to imagine forgetting about familial obligations. I'm from Appalachia, and it's very ingrained in me. I guess my dream would be to first know that my mom was somewhere safe and happy in order for me to feel like I could truly enjoy my own dream. I went to graduate school in the Midwest, and it was very hard for me. My dream would be to own a home near Snowshoe Resort in WV, spending time sleeping late and staying up late pursuing my favorite rejuvenating hobbies: knitting, yoga, and reading. In this dream, of course, the boyfriend will be able to be there, too. Who am I kidding, I would love for my mom to be there, too, but I would mostly just appreciate knowing that I have help and don't have to take care of her alone anymore.
You can reach me at SusanNMarshallATgmailDOTcom.
I would want to visit Israel and see the places where Jesus walked. I would also like to see Greece and the other Bible lands. Wow! My brother ran in the 2500th anniversary marathon and I'm so jealous! (his sight-seeing, not the running!)
I would travel to every knitting workshop, camp or festival that strikes my fancy. I would take a friend along and we would laugh, knit, eat,drink & shop of course!
A year free of responsibilities.... ahh! As a full time teacher with one son in college and the second entering in September, I'd spend the year on me! I've always wanted to take the Master Gardener course, a full year commitment with daytime classes. I'm a compulsive gardener so this program would be a dream come true. And then there would be yoga... early morning classes and those in the evening. I'd be so relaxed, I would find time and peace to pick up some of those knitting patterns I keep putting aside for "later". I can't forget ballroom dancing classes with my marvelous husband. Romance, stiletto heels, and sexy dresses. Oh but if it could come true!
Oh this give away is too good to be true :0)
If I could, I would move to Idaho .... in a one room cabin, and have 5 sheep. I would like either a pond or lake, some form of water that I could look out my window and see :0) I would LOVE to spend my days gardening, tending my animals, and living off the land. I would love to spin and knit by the hearth ....
I have dreamed this for some time ... Thank You for allowing me to share it with you !!!
This is such a lovely give away ... I would be so tickled to win !!!
Thank You !!!!
Barb
knoblicklady@yahoo.com
If I could do anything in the next year, it would be to get back to my roots - to follow my true dreams. I used to speak French fluently. I used to paint. I used to cook. I gave up all of that to work in the business sector. For some reason, I felt I didn't have the time to do the things I love. I would love to get back to the things that mean the most to me - knitting, cooking, enjoying nature and speaking French.
Oh, this is such an easy question for me to answer. Without a doubt, I would start a small Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goat farm. I have been researching them for years, and even went to a working farm Bed & Breakfast that features them, to learn more. The problem is, at this time, I don't have the resources or freedom to do it. But that is where my passion lies. Would do it in a heartbeat if I had the chance.
Kelly P. kiwibirder@verizon.net
May Canadians enter? I'd love to go back to school (probably for math).
ikkinlala AT yahoo DOT ca
I would like to take a road trip and just travel around leisurely enjoying myself. I would stop at every antique shop, yarn store, and coffee shop that I possibly could
tanyainjville at yahoo dot com
I'd like to escape to two places - to India and do a volunteer placement (on a women empowerment or environmental project) and then tour new zealand (boy do they have sheep there!).
I would love to take my husband to Ireland to see all the colors of green! I would then finish our barn and fill it with all the Alpacas that we have room for. I would have a studio in which to have all kinds of fiber related workshops and have a special time for kids to learn everything they can about fiber. That would be the perfect life!
I'd pack my camera and my knitting bag... a few good books and I would head to a yet undetermined B & B... a sanctuary... a place to be alone and knit or read or take spectatular photographs. And, also a place to nest with other kindred souls to share a pot of coffee, a glass of wine and stories of our lives, while clicking along with our needles... Ahhhh it is fun to dream. Thank you.
I'd pack up my husband and go white water rafting down the Colorado River--beginning to end.
Travel.........back to Australia. Was there in 1987. Want to go back and explore more of the country. And since I would be close, also visit New Zealand. Got some great yarn! Bought a sweater from there. (Still have it)
I would move to a smaller city than where I am now, but one with good public transit. I would get a dog. I would restart doing some art, drawing or collage or painting, and do more knitting.
I was lucky enough once to deliberately take 3 months off of work. I didn't make a lot of plans. I spent more time with friends, swam laps or went to a yoga class most days, cooked, knitted, and things like that. It also was the first time that I can remember when I felt really, really well-rested. That makes every waking moment better. If I had a year, I'd do the same thing again and take some of that time to indulge little whims like learns to draw, have an even better garden and actually eat or can most or all of it, and things like that. I'd also plan a trip to Scandinavia to see a bunch of textile museums, including the Bohus museum.
I would travel the British Isles and France with my family.
I'd love to take a year off and do some work on my house, spend time with my family and just relax!
I would quit my job, move to Afghanistan and set up a community-based knitting, spinning and weaving production project that would provide women with skills and a sustainable income. I would like to see the items sold world-wide. I'd also work on getting badly-needed basic medical supplies to women in Afghanistan.
A very wonderful and generous giveaway - thanks, Kristin!
I would finance a local yarn store, run by my knitting friends with great coffee and munchies, with a comfortable place to sit and knit and lots of yarn (especially Julia) invite designers to teach great classes and I would give a friend who just lost her husband a full scholarship to Stitches East.
Travel to all the places I've ever dreamed of going to, and really be able to take the time to immerse myself in a place as a 'local'. That would be such a life changing experience.
I feel fortunate to have so much of my dream-life already in place, but what I crave is time to enjoy it.
I thought and thought and I'm doing what I want. I've been retired from teaching for 7 yrs. moved near my daughter in Nashville and can't think of anything I would do differently. I knit with a group and I volunteer at a museum. I happy the way things are.
I love the part about not having to work (I've never done that)! I would do all of the things I love like cook, bake, learn to knit better, learn to crochet, stamp cards, scrapbook, finish some of my counted cross stitch projects, sew and spend more time with my family. It sounds wonderful!
be home, take care of loved ones, knit, relax, read, etc. .
I'd quit my job and move to Afghanistan, where I would like to set up a community-based knitting/spinning/weaving production project which would provide women with skills and a sustainable income. I'd set up a website for the sales of these items and I would bring them to shops throughout the world for retail sale.
I'd also work on bringing in much-needed medical supplies.
Thank you for your generous give aways!
I would retire and take a train across Canada, knitting all the way!
If I could do anything next year it would be to hike the Grand Canyon. I am not yet in good enough shape, and if I could skip the getting ready part and just do it, I would be thrilled! There is something about the colors in the rocks against the clear blue sky that calms me and excites me at the same time.
I would love to take the summer off, take lots of knitting lessons, shop for yarn for days on end, and knit til my fingers fall off!
I would love to hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine with husband and/or several of my crafty, outdoorsey friends. We've started section hiking it here in New England but it would be great to do the entire through hike!
My dream year would be to travel and spend time with each of my five children and their families. I'd play with the grandchildren and visit yarn shops in every area. Hopefully there would be some free time to knit, knit, knit! No interruptions, except maybe an occasional lunch with girlfriends :)
I would love to leave my job for a year and take my husband and son for a trip to Asia.
I would go to England to see my half sister. We found out not too long ago that we have this half sister! From a World War II romance between our dad and her mom. She is a great person and we (my three sisters here and me) wish we had known about her years sooner. I would love to see her part of the world and also see where my dad was during that war. My husband is a military history buff, so he would be thrilled to go as well! And I would get some British yarn, too! Goes without saying!!
I would like to go south for the winter and sit on the beach and knit all day long. Just relax.
I've really enjoyed reading some of the replies. Seems travel is a big dream for many. I traveled a lot in my youth, and still like the idea of being in another place, separated from the ongoing demands and expectations of life, but I no longer like the idea of the GOING and getting there. Sigh. So, I guess my dream would be spending time in that peaceful state of MIND and spirit, with just enough challenge to keep things interesting!
-Deborah (mtmom on Ravelry)
spend a year with my husband, doing his projects at home, and then some road trips and camping with him. Then knit, do some cheesemaking, gardening, cooking, time with grandkids and kids and friends- lots of homey, comfort dinners together!
Hi Kristin
Love your blog and hope to see you at Vogue knitting live in January. Having one year off work to participate and complete the Nihon knitting school certifcation program would be a slice of heaven. I want my knitting to speak to me so that when i put my knitting down i dont have to rely on my marks etc. So I could look at my knitting and know exactly where I am up to.
To be able to design, graph, steek, knit different styles and be grounded in the basics is my one true wish. I recently attended Loani Priors wild tea cosy class and you learn some good basics in that course. Leaves you hungry for more.
Many thanks for this competition. Kerry in Sydney Australia
Spend the year being a sponge -- taking classes in color, drawing, design, spinning, animal care, photography, etc. Take all of your classes! Goals for the year: (1) challenge myself (2) face my fears (3) explore the realities of living on a farm raising sheep, alpaca and goats (4) learn so that I can share with others in a way that conveys excitement, support and encouragement and (5) find joy and contentment in every moment. Kristin, thank you for this opportunity to do some thinking about what I would love to do and then compare it to what I am doing. The real challenge is realizing I do not have to wait for a gift from a stranger to make any of this happen. I can do this! xoxo Nancy Pinn ncpinn@gmail.
What a question--so hard to answer especially because when I read the other comments, other people's dream years sound so compelling. But as for what I would really do with a year in a parallel universe: I would go serve an apprenticeship with a master cheesemaker--preferably on a sheep farm where knitting in my free time would be encouraged!
What a fun experiment--thank you for prompting us to indulge our colorful imaginations!
I think I would go back to school. I left my career and became a stay-at-home mom many years ago. I have loved being home with my family! No regrets! But I think it would be nice to nurture that part of myself again.
I think I'd have to take my husband to Paris for at least a week to explore & share it with him.
nservant at gmail dot com
I would build a granny house with a large studio space for myself, let my oldest daughter and family live in this house, and then take a trip with my younger daughter to Europe. When I returned, I'd go to several fiber conferences. I'd be knitting all the while.
I would buy a little part of a dune on the Florida coastline and build a sweet gingerbread cottage with an inviting front porch complete with hammock. I would sit and watch crimson red sunsets, try to write a smashing good novel and sit and knit many inspiring projects while listening to the roaring surf !!!
Cory
I love reading everyone's various dreams. I have two - move south to warmer climes (Asheville? Savannah? Nashville? Austin?) and take a few months to travel across Europe and Australia visiting friends I haven't seen in years. If I could add a third, I'd end up in India at an artist-in-residency.
What a great question! Nothing like dreaming to chase the grey's out of your brain. I would spend a month on a walking tour of the English countryside. Walking inn-to-inn, staying at cozy little places, talking with the locals, chatting with English shepherds. This has been my dream ever since I read my first James Herriot book as a teenager.
I would spend half the year traveling (something I love to do but rarely have time/money for) and half the year completely remodeling/restoring our little 1930's cottage.
This is a profound question, Kristin! But I'm sure you knew that. It's difficult to unwrap all the constraints and attachments and obligations that condition knowing what that would be.
My guess is that I'd resign my jobs (day and freelance) b/c forgetting about my house means ignoring mortgage obligations. I'd start studying music and taking voice lessons again -- singing was a big part of my life until after college. Maybe it would turn into something to do professionally, maybe not, but I never gave it a chance.
aghaglady...I would return to my childhood on our Island in Maine. I would love to spend time walking around the island, and be with our herd of wild sheep. Listening to the waves and rocks roll in and out with the current. Eat our own lobsters, and fish. Live in our granite house, and smell the ocean again..............Alas, all is no longer there....but my memories are.....
For 12 months I would like to experience the changing seasons in the Uk. I would rent a cottage in a little village. I would be inspired by the beauty of the countryside to draw, sew,stitch,knit and crochet. I would immerse myself in village life, talk to strangers, make new friends and when it was all over I would go back home and enjoy those wonderful memories for years to come.
A wonderful giveaway thankyou for the opportunity.
Have a great week.
If I could accomplished anything, it would be to find a cure for autism. In the mean time I will continue to support autism research and pray for a cure.
Travel!!! Italy, Ireland, Australia .... so many places I would love to go. But, I would really love to win this giveaway!! I bought your book but would use it as a Christmas present!
I would knit, travel (go on vacation by myself), and go back to school to study something I liked. I would dramatically downsize-especially the books I have already read and have no reason to keep.
Wow, all the travel sounds wonderful! I would love to travel to Ireland, Scotland and Rome, but if I did have a year I would love to make a difference in someone's life. I would rock babies in the NIC unit so their Moms cold have a break. I would read to kids in homeless shelters so they could catch up and I would spend A LOT of time with our 3 yr old grandson. I also want time to finish all of my knitting and practice my spinning. I will be retiring in 2 yrs from my special ed job so I have been thinking of what I would do,Sleeping late would also be great!
I would live for a month or more on a farm with sheep raised for their wool. I would help care for them and learn to wash, card, and otherwise prepare their wool for spinning. I would spin mounds of fiber and no longer be a beginner spinner.
I already dye yarn, so would delve into dyeing fleece and combine colors through carding rather than combining them in a pot or on a skein.
That is my dream.
pclark204@comcast.net HAving a difficult time leaving my comment. So the shortened version is travel to Ireland, Scotland and Rome would be great, but what I'd really like to do is make a real differnece in someone's life. I will be retiring in about 2 yrs from my Special Ed job so I have been thinking about this. I would love to rock babies in the NIC unit, read to little ones in the homeless shelters, volunteer at the porest schools where the kids need extra help. Of course I want to sleep late, finish my projects and practice my spinning skills and spend a LOT more time with our 3 yr old grandson.
Marry my fiance and spend the year living some place beautiful knitting, painting and reading! :)
Ireland, I would love to go to Ireland. My DH is not interested and my kids have already been. I want to see the scenery, the places my family came from and the textiles. And spend many weeks just sewing and knitting going through my stash and actually working on all those planned projects. Thanks, I love to dream.
mascanlon49 at hotmail.com
What an incredible question! I think I'd love to renovate the beautiful old barn on my property into a guest house/craft studio to hold all my books, yarn, fabric, and maybe even a pottery space down below. A creativity center space that was all my own and would be stamped with my personality everywhere (my zany colors aren't for everyone). :-)
I would spend the next year touring the country with my husband and daughter, looking for horse ranches that would be willing to let us work there and pay us with horse lessons, and horse knowledge. My daughter and I are determined to own horses some day and we are hungry for horse knowledge.
Oh, and if there happened to be paintball at all the ranches we worked at, my husband would be a happy camper :)
Oh boy, where do I start?
I'd hop on a the plane and go to Thailand to visit my brother. He's been living there for 5 years and I have not had the opportunity (meaning available funds) to visit him there. His stories and photos of the people, the Buddhist temples and handicraft all fascinate me.
I miss him terribly and while his visits home are fun, they are not often enough.
And closer to home, if I had the chance, I'd finish up my jewelry certificate. I loved being in art school and feeding off the creativity of my classmates.
Oh boy, where do I start?
I'd hop on a the plane and go to Thailand to visit my brother. He's been living there for 5 years and I have not had the opportunity (meaning available funds) to visit him there. His stories and photos of the people, the Buddhist temples and handicraft all fascinate me.
I miss him terribly and while his visits home are fun, they are not often enough.
And closer to home, if I had the chance, I'd finish up my jewelry certificate. I loved being in art school and feeding off the creativity of my classmates.
build a tiny (75 sq ft) office shed/space in the back yard & open my own yarn store :-)
also weave *lots* more - with the hopes of selling the finished product...
I would train to run a marathon. Can't even run a mile now. I'm feeling old and 50. It would be wonderful to be able to run a marathon with my daughter.
swhite7189@bellsouth.net
I've been watching a lot of British television lately and I would love to go visit London and travel to some of the smaller villages. Maybe have a pint in the local pub and get some new ideas for a knitting project.
akwhit06@ymail.com
Open a store front which is home to a fiber section, book section, an area to share ideas and teach (free of charge everyone should be able to enjoy fiber work) with comfy furniture with great light and a coffee bar. After I traveled the world buying fabulous fibers to share in my storefront.
I've watched your studio come together because I final have a room for myself to turn into a studio. I don't know where to begin! Help....
what would I do for myself next year -- MAKE myself FIND the time to exercise. Sounds so simple, no?
Wonderful giveaway, as usual!
I would travel everywhere I could in a year, and bring my family with me of course. Starting with Europe, we'd have no schedule, but just go wherever we felt like going.
I actually am one of the people who liked the Tuesday pictures. I love the subtle shading in the late fall and winter. Since I am retired, I am doing a lot of the things I just dreamed about doing while I was working. I have lots of time to spend with the grands, catch up on my reading and time to perfect my knitting skills,learn new techniques and knit up the stash. I would like to travel more - to England, Paris and Italy.
If I could do anything, I would travel with my husband to Europe. I've dreamed about this trip for many years. It would be the honeymoon we never had.
Your question is so easy to answer, I have been thinking about it for around a year now. I would love to move my family to a comfortable well stocked cabin in the woods for a year, no tv, telephone etc. I want to get in touch with my family, nature, cooking, and living off the land (as much as possible). I imagine the closest town being at least 30 minutes away and the closest city at least a 4 hour drive. It may sound crazy but I would love to disconnect, relax, and just enjoy time with my family.
I would go to Ireland and rent a house on a sheep farm which over looks the ocean and spin, dye yarn and knit. It would be me and my wheel! Owning a yarn store wouldn't be to shabby either on that same hill~
Not surprisingly for the reader of a knitting blog, mostly I would do things that involve yarn: I would knit up and write patterns for all the designs rolling around in my head; I would make a dent in the list of projects-I'd-like-to-knit; I would make enough temari balls (Japanese embroidered thread balls) and lace wheels to have a sufficient inventory to sell; I would apply for admission to the local craft guild for said temari balls and lace wheels; I would read at least some of the books languishing on my shelf; I would lose 30 lbs; I would learn to spin, buy a loom and learn to weave, build a frame and learn to hook rugs; and I'm afraid I would need far more than one free year to accomplish these things... so I'd better just do the best I can to do them over time in all of the years to come!
First, I would take my husband away for a long European vacation. Just the two of us, spending time together with no plan at all. Then, I'd come home and buy a farm, with enough land to finally realize my dream of self sufficiency. And spend the rest of the year planning and growing anything our family would need. Of course there would have to be some sheep in there to satisfy all of my wooly desires.
In a perfect world I would live more simply. Make more of what I use, need, eat and wear. Use less. Live with a stronger connection to the earth. Find time to enjoy the world around me.
I would move to the South of France w/ my boyfriend and pet rabbit. We would live in a small village and open a bakery/yarn shop.
What a great give-away. My dream would be to go to culinary school!
Hi, well if I could I would just live simply , somewhere rural, somewhere beautiful, no TV, no big shops and do the things I enjoy most in the world - be with my family, cook, grow veg, knit, sew, read, explore, find beautiful trees to sit under and just enjoy each moment. What a great giveaway.x
Dream? Oh my! I assume that money isn't an issue, too, since all the other major things are set aside... I'd spend a quarter of the year fixing up our home and garden. The other three-quarters would be spent visiting the British Isles, Denmark and Norway. Bliss filled grey days, here I come!
Travel is, of course, tempting, but I would like some time to process some of the input of the last few years. I would spend 6 months at our rustic cabin, 10 miles south of the Canadian border. The other 6 I would spend in a condo in downtown Chicago with a panoramic view of Lake Michigan. Part of those six months would be a chance for frequent contact with the nieces and nephews plus siblings. My spinning wheels and loom would go to all places, as would the knitting. My sewing machine would get added to the chicago mix. All the notebooks from all the classes and seminars plus the get technique books would go, too. Guess I better hire a personal chef. The northern MN one will have to dehydrate everything!
Thanks for the fun and the ever-interesting blog!
I would love to re-do my studio....make it easy to work in and a nice comfy place to be. Also go to some fun knitting workshops around the US with some of my knitting friends.
I dream about taking a break, all alone, for a week or to. I'd just spend time reading, knitting, sleeping, and thinking. I could finish projects, plan new ones, and work on ones in progress.
There are lots of places I would like to do this, but more than the location it's the idea of being alone, away from home, with myself that I dream of.
Hi Kristin,
If I could do absolutely anything in the next year, without worrying about anyone or anything else, I would start the little farm that my partner and I talk and dream about. I would also start experimenting with dyes, because I love color, and then knitting and weaving with my color creations. And I would write about it all... the challenges, the successes, the heartaches, and the happiness. That's what I would do...
If I'm lucky enough to be your winner, you can reach me at spinster1780@yahoo.com. Thanks!
I would put a month long trip to Ireland at the top of the list. I visited there for a week in 2007 and it never leaves my dreams now. I think a month would let me get around to all the sections I missed. Would be great to meet up with some of the Irish knitters and bloggers I have followed on the internet.
I would travel all around Ireland visitng where my father-in-law was born and raised. In my travels I would look up all his relatives (my husband's aunts, uncles, cousins...) and experience life in a new way. As a knitter I would explore the whole process of Irish wool...beginning with the animals and ending with the purchase of more than enough yarn to knit my own designed Irish sweater. Of course I would take my Irish husband with me!!
If I wouldn't have to work for the next year, I would spend part of it traveling to places where I want to go, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Europe. The rest of my time, I would spend doing all the things at home that I don't have time to do right now---fixing up the house and all the projects that never get done.
Oh, I would love to travel across Europe, namely, Scottland, Ireland (where all of that great wool is), France and England and end up in a great yarn shop, buying lots of yarn and doing lots of knitting. Thanks for a great giveaway!!
I would travel the U.S. for 6 months with my husband, kids, and grandkids. Visiting historical sites, state parks, enjoying and learning. We would visit craft fairs, fiber festivals, etc. Collecting unique items for my dream store. Then, upon return home buy a cute old building for a creative store - Inspired - art, knitting, classes, coffee/tea, etc. And live in a small space above the store!
Deb - dmarieknits on rav
Visit Japan, Ireland and Australia for starters. Meet some bloggers for real.
Have someone install proper heating in the house while I'm gone so we could be comfortable in the cold months for once.
I would set up the biggest knitting event in history! "Knit for Peace". Each town in each city in each country, on each continent would create squares, with a peace sign, that the local knitters would make and then join together to form a long fabric. Then each country would meet another country's knitters at their borders and join together their long pieces to their own until there was one piece long enough to wrap around the world!
Donna firstlite@nyc.rr.com
I would move to our condo in Destin, Florida, where we usually only visit in the summer. I think it would be a blast to live there year round. Of course, I would have to bring as much of my stash with me that I could haul over. angmil@charter.net
That's a great question... and an awesome prize. My answer would be to go to a bed and breakfast some place open and wild (no place in particular) and knit and hike and just be. Then I wouldn't have to cook or clean and I'd be able to sleep in or get some exercise.
And I agree with the group that likes grey days. :)
I would pack my yarn/needles and such grab my hubby and our bikes and go to the UK and bike/eat/drink/knit the whole of the British Isle! Not very unique I know but it's a wish of mine...ah just the thought of it makes me sigh :)
I would travel to Europe, and spend at least a month in paris, living like a Parisian. I'd knit every day, for as long as I wanted to, with no husband or kids or anyone to stop me. I'd go to art museums, and buy produce daily at the market, and just be.
Then I would finally learn how to ride a motorcycle - this is one of those things that I've tried (and failed) to do in the past.
Then I would want to take a cruise somewhere in the Carribean - take thousands of photographs of exotic things.
Then I'd like to go and work at a no kill animal shelter/sanctuary for the rest of my time, and read and knit during the downtime. Perhaps finally get started on those memoirs. :)
My dream is actually to make my living by designing handknitting and crochet patterns for all kinds of items! Sweaters, hats, mittens, stuff for the home. To have an unlimited yarn budget for unlimited creativity! To spend all my spare time knitting, crocheting and designing!
I'm on my way, I just mailed my first sweater design submission today!
I would devote each month to the exclusive pursuit of something I want to do, learn, or master:
-weaving
-running
-visit the Grand Canyon
-enter fully into my older son's interests
-enter fully into my younger son's interests
-learn to dance
-knit all day every day!
-figure out a really difficult relationship with a parent
-sleep late every day
-visit my best friend
-organize my house
-learn to meditate
i would spend a year in the south of france, in a villa, living as much like a native as i could. quelle joie!
my email: cupcakencorset (at) gmail (dot) com
I would take classes! Tons, and tons of classes!
Through the years, I picked up little bits and pieces of all sorts of craft, from knitting to wood sculpting, from macramé to acquarelle, but I never had time to go out and learn from people more knowledgeable than I am.
I would also like to learn Russian, and brush up my Spanish,and I would like signing lessons, and of course Tango and salsa lessons.
And I would read, and read, and craft... and maybe, just maybe, I'd try to write a book, I always wanted to. And I'd take time to walk, to meditate, to just *breathe*. Like many (well, every) woman in this world, I run too much, and in the process I forgot to live...
I would take the time to write/test the patterns that are all in my head. Combine those patterns with a bit of spirituality and write the book that wants to pour out of my soul. I would travel to sheep laden parts of the world and try and understand the differences in all the sheep and why some wool is different than other wool. But, come June I would be at the Squam Art Workshops. A place that calls to me stronger than anything I have ever known. A retreat, surrounded by like minded, creative fiber folk.
That is what I would do.
Thank you so much for asking. It feel good to write that down and for someone outside of my head to read it!
I would study painting (watercolours). Having only tried it as an introduction over one weekend, by the end of it I was completely smitten. It was exhilarating. And bring out the quilts that I have started over a decade ago so that I could finish them! And knit. Pure heaven.
I would love to travel - throughout the U.S. and also to Europe especially to Ireland and Rome. I also would love to take classes and learn a foreign language, learn more about knitting, weaving, spinning and also learn more about my Catholic faith and theology. Thank you for your blog and for the chance to win such a wonderful give away.
We have lived in eight states over the course of our 21 year marriage. Our four children were each born in a different part of the country. I would spend the next year traveling to each of those towns to spend some time with the friends we've made but never get to see.
I was put on bed rest when I was pregnant with my twins. I spent 5 months in bed, from April until August. You would think that would be the perfect time to teach myself to knit, but I actually did it after the boys were born. I was in medical school then, and 6 months from graduating, I quit so I could stay at home with my boys. They’re 5 now, and they have a 1 1/2 year-old sister (thanks to 3 different Reproductive Endocrinologists and about $70k). I have spent the last 5 years trying to get pregnant and then caring for the results (and loving almost every minute of the latter). What would I do with the next year if I could do anything in the world? Go back to school and finish my dream of becoming a doctor. I want to get back to the grind, the academics, the thinking and the doing. What does this have to do with knitting and color? Well, a girl can’t study 24-7, can she?!
Kristin,
I just stumbled across your blog last Fri. I think I found you on Ravelry and then here. I can't get enough. I have made 2 of your free patterns and am working on the third. I also just ordered a book of yours.
I have a pretty good life with most of my dreams coming true everyday. So that is a hard question for me to answer. Maybe it would be a visit to your farm and learn about wool. How to dye it, spin it, raise sheep etc. I am a self taught knitter and can't learn enough. Oh yeah, or maybe be on The Amazing Race with my son.
You inspire me,
Susan
Funny that so many of the comments are about travel -- my dream is the opposite. I dream of renting a little house on Payette Lake in McCall, Idaho, and retreating there without telling anyone where I am. I could knit and quilt and cook just for myself. And no one with problems or complaints could find me!
I think I am another traveler, although I would like to imagine traveling with my husband and new son and all of us discovering things together...Alaska, the British Isles, Australia, Europe...all the sights and smells that make each place amazing.
I would travel to Norway. With my whole family. Then come home and open a yarn shop.
Thanks for the amazing give away! cj
(cjnordbyATgmailDOTcom)
First, I would take my husband away for a long European vacation. Just the two of us, spending time together with no plan at all. Then, I'd come home and buy a farm, with enough land to finally realize my dream of self sufficiency. And spend the rest of the year planning and growing anything our family would need. Of course there would have to be some sheep in there to satisfy all of my wooly desires.
Julie wormtowndavis at verizon dot net
I would travel all around the world with my husband, employing knowledgeable local guides and staying in first class accommodations. I would do a lot of knitting and spinning during those lulls waiting for planned events.
Please contact me at: inglisg@sympatico.ca
I would grow wings and fly over the ocean with the albatross. But in all reality, if I have to stay earth bound. I would stay home and use the time to rework my garden area...do all those things that you say, "if only I had the time." Then, once my year was up, I could still look out my window see what time and nature evolves...
It's pretty simple, but the thing I want to do the most is take a pottery class for fun. I'm almost done my accounting designation course work, and I've promised myself I will take that pottery course when I am done.
I'd spend a year on a 'retired horse farm', working with and loving the horses... hopefully to learn how to establish one of my own when I retire.
I would run lots and lots of miles, not work at a desk/computer for one day, and spend all my non0running time with my son and husband. Maybe at the end of the year, take a break from the running and start another baby.
I would ride my horse every day and have a picnic lunch with him next to a stream--and not have him run off with me or without me
What a great giveaway. I've been pondering on your question for a few days. I think I would like to stay home and have my husband retire/sabbatical for the year. I think removing the stress of his job out of our lives would be wonderful. We could have a vacation where no one could call. The blackberry (oh, how I hate you) and work computer would be banned. :o)
Kristin,
Thanks for asking a thoughtful, dream-provoking question. I would love to move to a foreign country (preferably one whose language was different than mine and was located somewhere on the Mediterranean!) and both serve and learn from the native people. People, color, art...what could be better?
I can hardly believe how difficult it has been to answer this question. I've been thinking about it all week now, and only just now do I have an answer. At one time, I'm sure I would have easily answered it, but I think I've been busy enjoying life as it is (as imperfect as it is) rather than wishing for something else, which makes a nice change. While I would still love to travel, I think that if I could do anything next year, it would be to improve all the things I am doing already, from day-to-day tasks to creative ones. I would especially like to improve my knitting skills, and to work on design skills.
My plans would be very simple. I would quit my job and perfect all of my homemaking/homesteading skills. I would raise alpacas, goats and sheep, milk the goats and make cheese, plant a huge garden, can everything I could, and knit lots and lots. These plans include my family, of course. One day, I'd love to travel, but if I only get a year of a dream life, I would just like to enjoy my family and home without the rush and complications of everyday life
jthompson@rock.k12.nc.us
I would love the gift of time with my husband, kids and grandchildren! I love being home and would love my daughter and daughter-in-law to be able to quit their jobs to be at home with their babies until they're in school full time. I would love to erase all outside obligations from my life and enjoy family time and doing all the things that feed my soul(besides my family)...knitting, cooking, gardening, sewing, reading, etc., etc., etc. I would love to learn to spin and take some gourmet cooking and piano lessons. But I'm quite happy to rest my head on my own pillow at the end of the day!
I would buy a house overlooking the coast in Northern California, and do fun crafting/knitting for a month. Then I'd get restless and go back to work because I really do love my career, I just need a vacation badly :)
Hi, Kristin--
My dream would be to actually complete the book that's lived in my mind for ten years--on loving sexuality for survivors of sexual abuse. I would knit my way through the fears that freeze my words. Every project I touched would bloom with creativity and connect me with joy in this, my 74th year.
I would spend the year really focusing on my fiber hobbies and our little farm. I would love to write a book that inspired others to follow their dreams and passions.
Trying not to tug your heart strings, but I will use the cancer card....I have stage 3c ovarian cancer, love to knit, love to knit with color, love your aesthetic. So my dream will be that I get remission in the next year, get to knit all and anything that I want, no cost to worry about. And I be sitting right here, in my living room, on my favorite chair, in front of the fire, with my daughter and son. That sounds like a perfect life and dream to me!
Wow Kristin! What a great giveaway!
If I had a year off to do anything...I'd travel! I'd start in New Zealand where I lived a long time ago, I'd do fiber tours through Estonia and Eastern Europe, then head south to Africa for a month or two. Meet lots of women who make their livlihood from fiber arts. I'd then head north through Europe and Great Britain. Wow...what a year!!!!
One year of in depth, international fiber!!!!!
I'm torn! Like many of those who have commented, it would be wonderful to travel to all my favorite places in Europe, and go to some new areas, finding yarn shops all along the way. But then again, I'd love to stay home and knit up a storm, working through my massive stash and all the patterns and pattern books I've been collecting. Could I get through my whole stash in a year? Ha! Maybe 10 years...
Wow--thought about this so long that I practically missed the deadline! It's helpful to reflect on how much of what I dream about is actually within my reach--I do have time to write, knit, etc.; I've been lucky to be able to travel a great deal, though not lately. But if I could really shrug off family and other obligations and do what I long to do right now . . .well, then, I'd probably move back to New York City and enter a PhD program in comparative literature. Maybe add an enrichment program at the nearby Jewish Theological Seminary, study poetry and sacred texts, and write and teach. Ahhhhh!
(and keep knitting, of course. great yarn stores in NYC.)
I would open an etsy/ravelry store and sell my knitting patterns. It is a dream I didn't think possible, but now, with the help of loved ones, it looks like it might be a reality. I'd also LOVE to learn how to dye yarn. I love color and want to explore the possibilities! From Meg (megret@hotmail.com)
As I read all the comments, I realize what a nice question that was, as we should all think about what we REALLY want to be doing with our lives, and try to do it. It also makes me realize how very fortunate I am as I am already doing what I always wanted, which is living in London, traveling all over the world and knitting as I go, on planes, trains, ferries and buses. The only thing that would make it better is if my husband would retire and we could do longer trips, if my children lived nearby and were married and happy, and would make me some grandchildren to knit for. Hopefully all that will come, but no rush. I do love those yarns, and if it is a random lottery I hope I win it, but if it is based or merit or need, i shouldn't as I already have everything I really need.Thanks for the question, and the lovely photos, they do so remind me of happy days living in western Mass.
I would fly to Europe and study weaving with one of the greats. At the same time, I would be able to visit my family in Germany.
omanitz.ny@verizon.net
I'd love to travel the world, buying sourvenir yarn from all the places I visited.
I would spend the year travelling to knitting classes. International travel would be best, but domestic travel is fine too. Because through knitting I would learn about the world, about other people, and about myself.
Lisa H. in VT
While I love to travel, my favorite thing would be to sit down with my "new" antique spinning wheel and learn to spin. I would never have time to fit this into my regular schedul and this is something that I have always wanted to do. Never enough time.
I don't know if I could totally forget about my family. Here goes:
I would travel by train, an old train, from New York across the country to the Rocky Mountains. Preferably, in an Idaho forest at the foot of a lovely, grand mountain in a little stone cottage. (I'm a backwoods girl). There I would have a kitchen garden, some sheep for wool, chickens and two goats. In the spring I'll sow seeds and plant bramble bushes; in the summer I'll harvest zucchini and corn; and in the fall I'll prepare the dyes from herbs to dye the wool from my sheep. After spinning the roving, it will be lovingly hand knitted into a shawl for my mother, just in time for her birthday. :)
I would pack up my husband and our 3 dogs and travel around the US. We would just go to all the places we've never seen and hang out until we felt the need to move on. Of course, I'll have to find LYS around the country and some sheep for my Belgian to herd.
Jamie
j.dixonk9@sbcglobal.net
i have had two dreams....
one, to hike the appalachian trail end to end... would like to do this before i hit 50, so just ten wee years to get this done!
two, to visit and spend a good month in and about Ireland. I had a good trip fund set up but then daughter needed a car and there went the fund, lol! Someday...
I have always wanted to go back to my homeland in Germany. I would love to finish the book I have been trying to write for 10 years and I would try to completely immerse myself in fiber. I would also try to take some time to enjoy myself. As a stay at home of 3 and one of them special needs, I don't get any time to take care of myself. I would enjoy winning this, I couldn't think of anything better right now.
Soonermom07@cox.net
I would take my parents to Scotland so they could see the clan homeland and go to the Shetland Islands with our warm wooly sweaters and knit as much as my fingers could handle while listening to my parents stories--getting to know them better and also learning from the local knitters.
I want that yarn!
I already am living in London and travelling extensively every weekend. Trains and planes are great places to knit! I would love have my children get married and make beautiful Grandchildren for me to knit for, and I would love to have my husband retire so we can travel for longer periods, but you cant rush these things. In the interim, I would just love to have these yarns and books and treasures
I would sail around the world, with my dog, my husband, a few good books and my knitting. Then I would stop in Scotland, buy a house in the Highlands and create to my heart's content.
I would build a country compound where my family and friends could live and share things, cook, have fun, be close to one another. It would have acres of rolling hills,four distinct seasons, and a little pond. There would be a flower garden for perennials and an organic vegetable garden. There would be church and hayrides, fourth of July parades, and Christmas lights. There would be hay and sheep and dogs and cats. I would have bird houses everywhere and lots of window seats for reading. Oh, and there have to be huge front porches with rocking chairs and screened porches as well. A giant rock fireplace would welcome everyone in the winter. The houses would be old, the ceilings high. The kitchens would be the heart of every home. That just about sums it up. If I could do that next year, I would.
Each day would be divided in half. The first would be for writing, journals, blogs, letters, any format to capture my life and the day around it. This part of the dream is for me.
The second half of each day would be devoted to the fiber arts and my goal of getting the certificate of excellence in spinning. As I work the MP3 recorder would be running so that I can share the experience with my podcast listeners. This part of the dream is for others. 365 podcasts 'in the can' so to speak, for when that precious pause in time is over and the real life of work and play returns.
Funny you asked this question, since I've actually taken a year like that for myself! I quit my job, put my stuff in storage and moved to Paris for the year. But if I could really achieve what I've always dreamed of, this year I would find a mate, get married and have a child, so that after years of knitting countless things for other people's babies, I'd finally be able to knit something for my own little one.
I'd like to move to a house overlooking the ocean to have time to finish writing my mystery novel with time outs to knit.
I would go to Italy, the country I would most like to visit in the world. Not only would the food be amazing, there would be art to see, music to hear, yarn to knit, and violins! My violin is from Italy, and I'd love to visit it's hometown, Cremona, and see all the places that the famous violin makers lived and worked.
I would like to visit various places - wherever takes my fancy - and stay there quietly. By the sea, in the mountains, etc., just relax and read and knit and gaze.
I would just find a quiet, sunny beach somewhere and knit, knit, knit!! I mean, sunshine, fresh air and fiber!! What could possibly be better than that!!!
I would go (back) to Greece - Crete - and sit on the mountain top under the pergola with the very very old grape vines hanging all round laden with grapes drinking the house wine knitting and watching and listening to the goats who all have a different size bell around their necks, running and making music. Oh and lets not forget a little plate of feta and local fresh bread.
Thank you Kristin for such an interesting challenge.
If I didn't have to worry about anything, I'd like to spend a year with my Mom and my MIL, writing down both family histories, and hearing the family stories. My MIL has Alzheimers, and my Mom's breast cancer has returned, so every moment with these two ladies is precious to me right now. I'd also have a clean house, time to knit and sew for my kidlet, make all the jewelry I wanted. (You said to DREAM. :) )
If I could spend a year doing anything I pleased, I'd love to be able to go back in time to investigate textile manufacturing... spinning flax, weaving linen, natural dyes, Italian reticella and cutwork, Italian damasks, embroidery, silk in ancient China, Tibetan thangkas. French lace, spinning and dyeing wool in the Shetland Islands... maybe I need more than a year!
dlmca@stny.rr.com
The dream would have something to do with a thriving knitting-related business.
If money were no object I would move some where where I could build a small farm with a giant studio and invite people to come create all sorts of things. I dream of a big centralized kitchen entertaining area and studio with small cottages scattered over the property for all my friend and family artists to come and visit. I think it would help spur creativity for everyone. I'd also like to travel and spend enough time in some places to really learn what it was like to live there and and learn the local art and crafts.
With the economic stress lately, I'd sell my house, give away-sell-throw out everything in it (except my knitting stuff of course) and go to Europe and travel.
I would take an entire year and travel in Europe
I'm so excited for this giveaway!
My dream is pretty simple. I would love to be a stay at home mom for the next year. I would love to watch the wonder I get to see in my kids eyes on the weekend every day of the week. I would be one happy Mommy!
I would like to travel across the US with my family in a huge camper we have a family of 12 including grandchildren, and visit many LYS and historic sites, of course I would be able to knit all along the way.
I'd love to organize my stash (both yarns and patterns). This would also unearth many UFO's (and potentially free up many needles tied up in them). I can just imagine all the new projects that would then hop into the queue.
School. Deep immersion fiber experience. A step to mastery. Spinning, weaving, dyeing, etc. I would hope to come out of the year with a much greater understanding and creative focus. Sigh.
Go to the pacific north west with my husband (and maybe our kids)
I would start by cleaning out my garage, basement, and studio and getting rid of all the stuff I haven't used since we moved in. Then I would start dyeing yarn, a full color spectrum, creating my own palatte. I would dye for days and days and days, months even. In between I would draw and design. Then I would start weaving my own tapestries. I would weave every day. When I wasn't weaving, dyeing, or otherwise working in my studio, I would work out. I would work out at least twice a day, at the gym, biking, hiking, and swimming. A year of really focusing on weaving, dyeing, and exercising with no distractions - it sounds great!
I would love to tour Scandinavia - Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark - where a lot of my family came from.
I would like to spend the next year knitting with that awesome yarn!
seriously though, I would like to totally remodel my home.
BarbArian on ravelry.
I would read and knit to my heart's content.
I'd love to take a walking holiday in Ireland, with portable knitting and a knitting friend, so that we could talk yarn the whole way.
I would finish our house that we have been building for the last 16 years. How nice it would be to have a real kitchen and trim and doors and cabinets! And if time, money, kids, etc. were'nt a problem, we could easily finish the inside work in 6 months (instead of the 6 lifetimes I think it's going to take), and then I would take a month's vacation at the ocean. And with the remaining time I would start to explore all the interests I keep putting on the back burner - herbalism, natural dying, knitting, sewing, felting.
Melissa M
Fabulous contest. I love reading your Blog, no matter the season. For a year I would like to do a bit of traveling, visit some big cities(I love in the country). Mostly I would like to do whatever I wanted or felt like doing. I would spend time with my Boer goats, knit, learn to spin and maybe learn to weave. Thanks.
That's a tough question. I think I'd take my family and extended family and travel the world.
I would love to gallop along beautiful white beaches or through beautiful green meadows with my two little boys on horses almost every day if I could! We almost do.... Well realistically I would like to have a small wooden house as opposed to our large modern house, in a cool climate with seasons, have my horses and few sheep to have wool and craft, fertile soil for my veg and herb potager.
A beautiful giveaway... I am so glad that I made it in time. I love your little swirleys and would like to get the pattern. :)
I would start my own theatre company. It would specialize in children's theatre and on weekend nights I would produce my own musical reviews.
i would live in a farmhouse in france. I would read, knit, and design knitwear. my rav name is Goodstuff.
I would spend the year travelling through the Lands of the Fair Isle knitting across Northern Europe. I’d journey the landscape of traditional 2 color knitting (and also spinning in natural fibers) across Scotland, out through the Islands and on to the countries of Scandinavia, sipping tea and eating scones the whole way. Fair Isle (the island) is described in Wikipedia as “famous for its bird observatory and a traditional style of knitting.” Delight! I’ve heard that on Shetland Island one only needs to drive along the country roads to see signs for Fiber Studios and hand spun yarns.
In the capitals of Scandinavia, I’d check into boarding houses or simple B&B and explore the knit cafes I’ve found on the internet. I’d end my year in Lapland (just a 1.5 hour air trip from Oslo) visiting a national park to see reindeer in their natural habitat . I would return home, satisfied, to sit on the couch and knit with insights to ponder and stories to tell.
I'm in Central time and it's 11:56 pm! My dream would be travel the world singing with my two best friends and teaching about the Baha'i Faith.
I would love to do a yarn based tour, starting in New Zealand and Australia, and moving with the sun, towards Europe and then on to South America. I would visit sheep and llama farms, factories or places when the yarns are made, and yarn stores. I would buy a bunch of yarn and make things as I go and take a lot of pictures, and then I would write a book.
Fun to think about!!
Betsy
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I would love to travel around the world, starting in New Zealand and Australia, exploring the different yarns of each country and the techniques that go with them. I would take a lot of pictures and then I would write a book.
Wouldnt that be FUN!
Betsy
bestbetsy@mac.com
What a wonderful opprotunity for thinking through one's life!
Time, a whole year.... for myself. I would really like to have time where I could sit down and relax at a spinning wheel or with some knitting or a good book, in front of a fire, far into the forests and far away from "civilization" - where there aren't to many city lights but where you can see the starry skies at night. Card wool, enjoy the process from wool to yarn to knitwear. Knit small things for charity to send to some place where it is really nededed (not just the regular feelgood poorkids charity but where an warm thing can really make a difference of life and death). And with a possibility to travel some, preferably with my family, to Canada, the USA and Australia, meet friends we haven't seen in a long time and for once feel that we have time off. A relaxing year, for me.
PS. I liked the swirly twirlies!
I would spend several months in Greece and then finally get all the work on my house finished. I've always worked and put things off, now I've retired I want to catch up.
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