were without power twice today.. happy to say, one outage was for only about 1 1/2 hours and the other (after dinner!) about 2 hours. it looked and sounded like the keeper of our planet was mighty pissed off and trying to take us out with force far beyond our puny selves! the winds are calm now, but expected to pick up again during the night, and as usual the Oregon coast has suffered the most with high winds and rough ocean. i don't think they are flooded again though. During the dark i was able to entertain my spoiled self with my fully charged macbook and the internet! so that's a good thing. it kept this twisted queen mom from freaking out!
On the knitting scene, i've got a piece of entrelac about 8" X 12" and have started making some small mitered squares, eight of them attached together by picking up stitches along a finished side.... no sewing together for me if i can help it. photo tomorrow if there's enough light.
and on the family scene, we talked to Soren, my Danish semi-son, last night! He had all kinds of news... in my opinion the most exciting is that he and Pia are expecting a baby boy in May. So i will be a semi-gramma for the 2nd time!! I haven't even seen their first child, Laura, yet! but we hope to remedy that next fall!! He says that 2 X semi-gramma makes me a legit gramma. the background info is: Soren was an exchange student and lived with us for several months, and we've stayed in contact since then (that was 1988 or so) While Soren was here his parents came for a visit and we had a marvelous time with them! Then the next year we went to Denmark for his high-school graduation, and had another great time with his family. And we went back for another visit when Soren and Pia got married (about 2002???) Another wonderful visit... his family and extended family are lovely folks and were so very hospitable and fun to be with! During all those years between high school and marriage, Soren came back for visits here several times. So that's what's behind the "semi-son" stuff.... he's not a son in the strictest sense, but kinda sorta like a son = semi-son. And it warms my heart that this sweet person calls me his semi-mom and friend!
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