I wanna say first thank you all for
always being so sweet and kind to me. I know I haven’t been a very good blogger
lately – I’ve got so many new blogs I want to go through, and so many old blogs
I need to catch up on.
This is just such a busy time! We’re
finally nearing the end of Ramadan (which seems to get harder and harder every
year), and next week we’re heading to Yemen for the end of Ramadan and Eid (the
celebration we have at the end of the month of fasting). I don’t know if you
guys have been keeping up with the news of Yemen, but the situation is not
good. There are suicide bombers and looting, the electricity/phone
lines/Internet are only on for about five hours a day, and there’s very little
water.
So why are we going? That’s where my
husband’s family lives. My DH is half Yemeni and half Spanish. That isn’t so
weird in and of itself, but when you combine the two of us (my mother is
American, from North Carolina, and my father is an Arab, from Kuwait), you get a
mix most people consider strange. At least, that’s what people around here
think.
Anyway, we’re going to Yemen next
week and I’ve been busy preparing. The anxiety has been good for my knitting
though – I finished
my scarf!
Isn’t it a beauty? It’s got random
bumps and the edges are all over the place, but it’s super soft and warm and I
can’t wait for winter to wear it! Love love love love love.
I’ll be honing my knitting skills
some more. I get very determined about these things. Some people enjoy learning
new languages or how to play musical instruments. This is where I’m happiest –
playing with thread.
Love you all to bits,