Strange Conversations
My foray into the world of blogging has generated some interesting conversations between my husband and I. The most recent was yesterday.
DH: All the yarn is green.
Me: Yes, that's this month's color.
DH: You are sending a box full of green yarn and stuff?
Me: Yes, and I'll be receiving a box full of green stuff. That's the way the swap works.
DH: I'm jealous. Nobody ever sends me a box of green stuff.
Then there was the conversation about Stitches Midwest.
Me: I'm going to meet Marji at the Stitches convention.
DH: Is that your friend from high school?
Me: No, that's Meri. Marji is a blogger. I've haven't met her in person.
DH: You plan on meeting a total stranger?
Me: It's the same as you meeting "strangers" for fishing trips.
DH: That's different. They are friends of friends and it's fishing!
Me: Yes, you are right. Agreeing to meet unknown persons in the middle of the woods for fishing is much safer than agreeing to meet them in a crowded convention center. I really should be careful of anyone who has a passion for sticks and strings.
DH: Exactly!
How about the times I try to help him keep all of my new friends straight? I sound like I'm describing a soap opera plot.
Me: Donni's going to shave her head to raise money for cancer research.
DH: She's the one in Australia you sent the scarf too, right?
Me: No that's Sharon.
DH: I thought Sharon was the one in Canada?
Me: Are you thinking of Sarah - my SP spoilee or Peggy - my scarf maker?
DH: I thought your SP partner was from Georgia?
Me: That's Lisa. She was my SP spoiler.
DH: Oh. So Donni's shaving her head?
All of this has made me very aware of how many doors I have been given the chance to open to discover new ideas, places, and friends. It wasn't very long ago that I felt very alone in my passion for knitting. I knew people that knit but for them it was a way to pass time when nothing more pressing was happening. Not that every blogger I have come across knits. However, the fact that we choose to publicly talk about our knitting, sewing, or other crafts indicates a passion that I can't find in my immediate circle of local friends.
I'm very blessed that I have been given the chance to carry on strange conversations with my husband.
DH: All the yarn is green.
Me: Yes, that's this month's color.
DH: You are sending a box full of green yarn and stuff?
Me: Yes, and I'll be receiving a box full of green stuff. That's the way the swap works.
DH: I'm jealous. Nobody ever sends me a box of green stuff.
Then there was the conversation about Stitches Midwest.
Me: I'm going to meet Marji at the Stitches convention.
DH: Is that your friend from high school?
Me: No, that's Meri. Marji is a blogger. I've haven't met her in person.
DH: You plan on meeting a total stranger?
Me: It's the same as you meeting "strangers" for fishing trips.
DH: That's different. They are friends of friends and it's fishing!
Me: Yes, you are right. Agreeing to meet unknown persons in the middle of the woods for fishing is much safer than agreeing to meet them in a crowded convention center. I really should be careful of anyone who has a passion for sticks and strings.
DH: Exactly!
How about the times I try to help him keep all of my new friends straight? I sound like I'm describing a soap opera plot.
Me: Donni's going to shave her head to raise money for cancer research.
DH: She's the one in Australia you sent the scarf too, right?
Me: No that's Sharon.
DH: I thought Sharon was the one in Canada?
Me: Are you thinking of Sarah - my SP spoilee or Peggy - my scarf maker?
DH: I thought your SP partner was from Georgia?
Me: That's Lisa. She was my SP spoiler.
DH: Oh. So Donni's shaving her head?
All of this has made me very aware of how many doors I have been given the chance to open to discover new ideas, places, and friends. It wasn't very long ago that I felt very alone in my passion for knitting. I knew people that knit but for them it was a way to pass time when nothing more pressing was happening. Not that every blogger I have come across knits. However, the fact that we choose to publicly talk about our knitting, sewing, or other crafts indicates a passion that I can't find in my immediate circle of local friends.
I'm very blessed that I have been given the chance to carry on strange conversations with my husband.
posted by Jae at
8:59 AM
10 Comments:
I have these conversations all the time with DH. He tries valiantly to keep up and now after 6 years with one of my online groups (and a real life get together across the country), he is having an easier time of it :)
My hubby stopped trying to keep up lol...
Glad to see you signed up for SP8 :)
Okay, so those conversations are hilarious. I never seem to remember actual conversations like the ones you describe. Other conversations go through my head - but not the funny ones. No, I'm not schizophrenic.
Love it! That conversation sounds just like ones me and JT have. (although he isnt jelous of the yarn) But I do rave on about other bloggers as though they were part of my immediate social circle and I suppose and a 2006 kind of way you are!
The is the same conversation I have with D ... I've given up trying to explain who everyone is, I just say friends, lol.
Hee hee.
Thanks for the compliments on the sock bags. If you want to swap for one, email me.
Cute Hubby! *L*
My Sweetie has asked me for a map of all my friends, with their names and the facts about them so he can follow along.
Those are hilarious. Your husband sounds very patient and good-natured. And, yeah, if I were him I'd be more worried about meeting fishers in the woods!
heehee - ditto! your package arrived today - thank you so very much! I'll be posting my photos and blogging about it soon - I love everything! And it smelled so good too! Your package will be at the post office on Friday - you should have it by Monday or Tuesday! My hubby says the same things - you get the coolest packages!
Yes, I have these conversations too!! No-one can actually keep straight who or what I am talking about. I have to preface everything with - My Knitting Secret Pal..... or The Knitting Coven ....... And I can't believe how many lovely people I have 'met' either!!!
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