As summer comes to an end, it truley does feel like the end of a chapter also follows. Watching my babies grow (which has been way too fast), getting ready to slumber in with my knitting as fall/winter birthday approaches and Christmas, the realistic possibility of finally moving out of state, etc, etc. Life seems to be an endless flow of changes.
Let me go on a bit about where we will be hopefully residing next Spring. In or around Asheville, NC. We passed through this town on our way back from an east coast vacation in 2009. It happened to the be the same day that the downtown was holding there labor day festivites and has closed off an entire block (that held the neatest of hippie/indie shops you could possibly imagine!). There was some awesome music, dreadlocks everywhere and the most amazing energy! It felt like the artist and individualistic part of lexington multiplied and all in one area at once. It really had the parts of lexington that I love so much just with more trees! The town is surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest. How could you beat that?! Just driving through the town, you hardly smell exhaust. There are trees everywhere. Coming off the interstate at one point to find the downtown, you go through this stretch of road that looks like you are doing a country drive.
Isnt that amazing? That is the heart of Asheville right there. Mountains and all. When we stayed the night in the downtown, we woke up at about 6am with the downtown completely drenched in the wondorous fog drifting from the mountains. As the sun run rose, the city look like it was being born. I never feel this way about any place I have ever been too, as beautiful as they may have been. Some may know the city as where you go when you want to visit the Biltmore Estate (as cool as that was), there is so much more to this town than where the fuddy-duddies go when they need a small vacation.
Isnt that amazing? That is the heart of Asheville right there. Mountains and all. When we stayed the night in the downtown, we woke up at about 6am with the downtown completely drenched in the wondorous fog drifting from the mountains. As the sun run rose, the city look like it was being born. I never feel this way about any place I have ever been too, as beautiful as they may have been. Some may know the city as where you go when you want to visit the Biltmore Estate (as cool as that was), there is so much more to this town than where the fuddy-duddies go when they need a small vacation. Researching the town in the past few years, including the school system (because if we are going to move there for a stretch, the kids will go to school eventually), I have come to find out that Asheville's school public school system is not that bad. Hence, there would be a planned out teacing curriculum thanks to the zombies of the Board of Education, but if we couldnt afford the private school path when schooling comes in the picture, I wont feel so bad for putting them in public school. It also just seems like the best place to raise my family. There is always something to do, which can lead to good behavior (in some cases). There is hiking and camping, the appreciation for whole and organic foods is a norm in the community. For example, when we stayed in the downtown this summer, we went to breakfast at The Early Girl Eatery. Not only did they offer Organic and fair trade coffee as a norm (not the diner stuff that you get at your local cracker barrel), but include in season, local veggi's in all there food. May seem picky, but if I dont want to cook breakfast one morning, I wont have to sacrafice the whole food and organic goodness I usually use.
By now you can tell I LOVE THIS CITY! We have talked about living all over the place, but I think Asheville (or the close surrounding cities where our house may actually reside), may become our home soon.
Now to change the subject; I recently started attending the Stitch N' Bitch get-togethers the past month or two. As long as I have wanted to attend these, I never did. I had an issue with feeling a little intimidated by inserting myself in this local shindig. Promising myself to attend the next publically announced (via facebook) group, I went. Only to find that 2 people that regularly attended where people I knew. Sweet. They also owned the yarn shop I shopped at for my knitting supplies called Rebelle. This place takes the Granny appeal out of knitting as soon as you walk through their door. Anyways, I am so glad I go to these, apart from having 2 little ones and feeling like I would never have much of a social life outside of my house and family, its a nice change in things. I dont feel like I am withering away in the gooberness of motherhood. :)
In the topic of knitting, I have started on one of many gifts and I am so excited to see it finished! I am trying to find projects that will use up some of my impulsive yarn buys hidden away in my stash. Luckily I discovered 3 projects that may use up an 1/8 of all that I have. My stash isnt much compared to how much people may have, but if I had more money to shop for yarn, there would be 3 or 4 times as much! Buying yarn is worse than shopping for clothes! lol
Now, I am off to start Chapter 2 of the story of my life. ;) Happy Days!
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