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Glad to be Home

I spent the weekend in Chico, a small town in Northern CA. My husband and I met there when we were attending college. The town has grown so fast, of course I am not measuring that by bay area standards. We had a great time visiting the college and town. Of course, we were feeling quite old.

The purpose for the visit was to celebrate our anniversary, and to visit my horse(I will post pictures soon). We drove up Friday, believe me it is the longest most boring drive you can imagine. We checked in and then I got up at the crack of dawn and headed out to visit my horse. He was sooooo cute and cranky. The ride started out great. My friend was yelling instructions/patterns at me (anyone who has had a riding lesson understands that). Then we jumped. He was feeling good and bucked(luckily he is a little guy a Spanish Arab) and I stayed on. Then we went into the arena for some schooling (not sure who was being schooled). We then proceeded to try transistions of course cranky decide to try to alternately buck and bolt. He was trying to make my life interesting. Needless to say I survived and I still love him, I guess thats what I get for turning him into a gelding(for those of you who aren't horse people, it's the equivalent of neutering a dog) ;)

We then tooled around the town. Of course I just happened to look up the local knitting store and we happened to pass it. I just had to go see. It's called Heartstrings and if you are ever in Chico stop by. The owner just opened the shop in June, and she was helpful without breathing down your neck! I have been searching for the Karabella pattern for the bias tank that is in their adds, it has been out at my favorite shops in the bay area, but low and behold she had it. So I had to buy it, in support of the shop and all. Of course, she had the yarn to go with it so that jumped in my basket and needles are so important. She had a pair of Latern Moon needles that made it in my basket. All of this occured while my husband was outside in the car. I am quick what can I tell ya.

After all of that, we went to my old bosses house (who happens to be a good friend) for dinner. The dinner was wonderful, her husband is a great cook and I highly recommend Coronation Chicken. I haven't seen her house for years, the last time I visited it didn't have landscaping. I now know what she had envisioned, it looks like an Italian villa with a granite drive. When you enter it is so warm and inviting. You look out on the backyard and see a huge lawn that winds down to a second patio which is next to a river. We had dinner down there and talked until 2am. Needless to say I didn't wake up for my 8am ride. In Chico, if you miss your windows of opportunity it becomes too hot to even think about any activities. So we tooled around the town and the park.

On the knitting front I wasn't very productive. I started the bias top, but I must have startitis as I only had 20 rows to go to finish the back of Audrey but the tank was calling me. Believe me if you were there you would understand.

Posted by Tiffany at September 7, 2004 8:35 PM