If Not Bitter Then....What?

OK, maybe bitter is too strong a word.  Claudia and Liz both pointed out how unZen it was to be bitter.  And, I'll confess that it isn't really bitterness (there was just a button, you know?), it is just a bit of envy, mixed with sadness, that so many blogger 'freinds' are meeting up in a place, full of fibery goodness, and I won't be there.  So many people are going to MSWF from all over the country and wish I could, too. 
The pain comes more from missing the meet ups, not necessarily the fibery stuff.  You make many connections with bloggers that feel like real friendship. (And, of course, they most certainly are.) It's only natural to want to meet up face to face, knit together, break bread and solidify that connection you just KNOW is there, strong and real.  So Laurie, you will not be the only one 'holding down' Blogland this weekend. We'll be here, folks! So, make sure you post, brag, take tons of pictures, buy lots of yarn or fiber and rub it in, K?  'Cause I'm very Zen and can take it.

Happy Mother's Day to all whether you mother kids, animals, husbands (or wives), friends  or just yourself.

Comments

[Cassie]

Ok. Lots of pics and rubbing it in. I think I can manage that. ;-)

[Teri]

Happy Mother's Day to you, Margene! You are one of the Goddesses of SnB! :)

[Kathleen]

We'll be missing you....

[Betsy]

I am home too this weekend, but by golly I am going next year. My knitting posse' and I are planning already. One of is there now. humph!!!

[Jaimi]

I'm with you, Margene. I'm even on the proper coast and I'm not going *sigh* I'm having serious thoughts about Stitches East though....

[Cathy]

Don't forget EPWM - we will be knitting/crocheting/shopping/dancing with delight that weekend, oh boy oh boy... and poor Anne - right area and still missing MDS$W... could be worse for us, yes?

[Cara]

You will be missed.... Sharing is NOT gloating! ;-)

[Teresa C]

I'm home this weekend as well, Margene. I have a really good reason to be here, but I had hoped that my Mother's Day present could have been the trip to MD. Oh well. I plan on knitting my way through the weekend anyway and that is really just as good for me. I am not as bitter as I may have seemed last year. I really need to make room for more stash anyway, if you know what I mean. Have a great weekend.

[Vicki]

You hit it on the head again, Margene. I'd have a blast with the sheepiness of it all, but it's the people part that I yearn for most. I'm so envious, I think my blood is probably green...

[Beth]

Not bitter - but disappointed. That's my word for it. So to eliminate a little of that left-out feeling, I'm going to make another side trip today to Threadbear. :) It's not MDS&W, but it'll do.

[Sandy]

I think I'm going to my LYS today to offset the feelings I 'm wrestling with. Can't knit til Sunday, but good things come to those who wait.

[Jean]

Well, I admit it... I'm GREEN with jealousy! lol. Like you, it's mostly missing out on the fun of sharing the experience with all the other fibery people. I'll be having a little drawing over at my blog this weekend to make it up to those of us stuck at home!

[Kim]

I can understand the bitterness of not being able to meet up with friends--I think it's a natural feeling. Maybe someday someone will organize one giant knitting blogger knit-together. Wouldn't that be something?! Everyone have a great Mother's Day weekend--whether you're a mom or not.

[Laurie]

Well spoken. (And I love your kissy face.) If one is fortunate to live long enough, you discover that today's thrill is yesterday's ho-hum. All things pass by, and this, too, is part of that evolution. I'm just havin' too much fun posting about it.

[Wendy]

I am totally with you girl! I can't wait to see all the pictures...in some ways it may be better than actually being there?! Okay, maybe not.

Thanks for the kiss - right back attcha!

[Anne]

Do we need an "I'm Not Going" button? I went last year and it was fabulous, and I'll miss it mostly because I'll miss getting to hang out with my pals and meet all those bloggers that I've been reading all year, but there's always next year.

[Lauren]

I'm with ya. Let's all entertain each other in the interim.

[julia fc]

How about a not-going-to MDSW round of Saturday posts. The weekend is usually so dry anyway, it will be like a bonanza for those of us at home? I'll put something up, even if it's only apiture of a few rows. How about it?

[Sharlene]

Don't worry, I'll be holding down blogland as well. :) I'm at peace with it. I've got new yarn ordered for myself for a Mom's Day treat, and may pick up a little something extra as well. We deserve it even if we can't be there!

[melissa]

I'm with you - not really bitter, just wistful. It would be great to see everyone.... but we need to head to the MIL's this weekend to help her clean a bit before her move.

[Debi]

I'll be keeping you company too Margene. How about planning The Great Knit Blogger Meet-Up somewhere in the middle for 2006? :) You're all welcome to come to Florida anytime!

[Tracy]

It sounds like the best of fun, but there isn't a hope in Heaven of me EVER attending one of these things. I may as well live on the moon instead of England! We who stay at home will sit patiently and wait for news of all the smoking credit cards, bags of goodies, chatty get togethers and lots of photos....please.

[Sara*]

I'm with you. Thankfully there's a spinners guild meeting tomorrow ... Or I'd be way on the bitter end of things. And the way it looks, I won't be making it to MS&W for a another two *years* ... But I won't complain about that.

Holding down blogland with all y'all, here in my own little MN apartment.

[Andrea]

I will be at home, thinking of how I have a nice life. Or, perhaps, mopping the rest of my floors. :P

[Jackie]

I do wish you were going to be there Margene. As it is, I'll only have Sunday afternoon - but I'll try to take some pics for you! :)

[Liz]

I'm not going either, and even not to NH S&W later this month... there's just too much to take care of here. Looking forward to the reports, though.

[Lorette]

I agree that all of us who aren't going should go shopping at home. Now there's a knit-a-long I can get behind. Or we could just talk about all of them while they're gone. Somebody has to hold down the blog-fort while they are having fun!

[Birdsong]

Margene, does it help any to know you are not alone in this? I live on the exact opposite side of the country, and going has never been any kind of real option, but I sure could use some knitting friends and some hugs in my life right now, as well as the chance to wear a spring dress and something totally fab that I have knit, such as my shetland lace shawl, and receive lots of oohs and aahs from other knitters who would appreciate the time I spent on it. I would also like to be basking in the warm spring sunshine (conspicuously absent here this year) along with yarns in beautiful colors and textures... I wouldn't even need to buy much....

Like you, I will be at home, so I have decided to spend part of the day at the crafts coop shop, learning the ropes from my dearest friend from my quilt club, and sharing on a more intimate level.

[Lolly]

You definitely will be missed, Margene :) You always have such wonderful weekends in your neck of the woods... post about that! I always love to read those.

[Christy]

You will definitely be missed.

Full report on Monday.

Have a great weekend! Go to your favorite place and take some pictures for us, okay? I sure love your Monday posts!

[Elizabeth]

Margene, I'll be home this weekend, too. I would love to have gone this year, but I have a new grandbaby due at any time and may have to make a trip to Charleston, SC within the next few days. I am planning on going to Stitches Mid-west in August, so I guess that will make up for not going to Maryland---except we won't get to see the sheep and dogs work. Have a good weekend!

[michele]

I'm not going either; I'll be watching soccer and softball games and trying to housetrain a puppy and wondering why I thought a puppy was a good idea when my kids are finally pretty self-sufficient...oh well...it will be fun to see the pics from those who attend. Be happy and Happy Mother's Day to you too!

[melanie]

Hey, I'm home too - peering into an empty package and eating peanut butter and banana sandwiches. I'm zen and peanut butter yo.

[Janine]

Well my take on the situation is that as I have no chance of EVER getting to one of these, and therefore don't know what I am missing, I'm not going to fret about it :). Happy mothers day to all of you over there. Our's was back in March on this side of the Atlantic.

[Sara*]

HAPPY MOTHIR'S DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's what my Saturday looked like. Today, it's 72 and sunny ... and sticky. I'm looking forward to a humidity drop, or a thunderstorm.