Greetings,
Yesterday I made the jump to Face Book. I found more people than I knew existed. I am still figuring out how it all works, but so far so good, I think.
DISCLAIMER.
If I mess up more than usual in this blog tonight it is because I took two vicodin about and hour ago and they kicked in.
Today was pretty much uneventful. I went to my crochet group and that is always fun. Four women over the age of 55 sitting around crocheting and solving the worlds problems. Today we even sang show tunes. Don't ask!
This group started about two years ago. Classes were offered at our local library. I always wanted to learn so I signed up. The class started out with six people. By the end of the six weeks there were only three of us that wanted to continue. We decided to meet on Wednesdays about noon. Starting the second year we recruited a newbie, and then we were four.
We came to an agreement at the start that what happened at crochet or was said there stayed in that room. All of us had personal issues that needed some input by a third party who was basically disinterested but had constructive comments. We also agreed on no judging. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion and even if one of us disagreed with what a person said we had to do it in a civil way, and we do. I am sure we all talk to ourselves on the way home about what is said, but that is as far as it gets.
We have all benefited from our crochet days. We discuss religion and politics and just about everything else. We have a Baptist, a Catholic and two undecideds. It can get dicey at times but not hostile.
I just finished a wonderful book called the Faith Club. I recommend it to everyone that is at all interested in the differences in religion. I learned a great deal from the book. It reminds me of our crochet group.
The baptist makes just beautiful things. The catholic is dedicated to each project and they come out looking so nice. One of the undecideds is our teacher and there's nothing she can't make. The other undecided does it for therapy I think more than anything but has made some cool stuff. Including an American flag afghan, slippers and a little frog.
Today we were discussing the 24 hours that a person sits Shiva. Since we have no Jew in the group we were at a loss. Well while discussing how the word is pronounced, the tomato, tomaato thing came up which lead to the show tunes.
We still don't know how to pronounce Shiva, but we got to sing.
And that was my one day @ a time. I am going to Google now to find out about Jewish funeral customs.
Stay tuned.