I AM GOING TO BE 50...A GIVEAWAY

Yes we are [friends] and I do like to
pass the day with you in serious and
inconsequential chatter. I wouldn't
mind washing up beside you, dusting
beside you, reading the back half of
the paper while you read the front. 
We are friends and I would miss you,
do miss you and think of you very often. 
I don't want to lose this happy space
where I have found someone who is
smart and easy and doesn't bother to
check her diary when we arrange to meet. 

~Jeanette Winterson

On Friday I will turn 50!
[September 6th]
Inside I think I will always
feel 17, that hasn't changed,
but the calendar says different.

I wanted to thank each and every
one of you for your friendship.
You all mean so much to me,
and I am honored to call you my
friends. I look forward to reading
your comments, visiting your
spaces, reading about your days.
My only wish would be that
we all lived closer and could
visit in person.

Always on my birthday I like
to give a gift to someone dear
to me. This year I put together
a little knitter's gift bag....a
note pad, a sheep tape measure,
two  sheep stitch markers,
all put in a little cloth bag that I
decorated with a sheep button. If
you would like a chance to win
please leave a comment and I will
randomly select a winner on
Friday before I head out to celebrate.
Emerson's [my only grand] school is
having Grandparents Day and I will
be traveling to have lunch with my
favorite five year old,  I think spending
the day with Emerson will be the best
gift ever, I am just a little excited.

UPDATE; This giveaway is open
worldwide.

Before I go did you hear that my all time
favorite shoe company has been nominated
for the Martha Stewart Made in America Award?
It you have a moment would you please vote?