The ladies are coming tonight. It's UFO Night at The Busy Needle. Everyone gathers at the shop at 7:00 pm where they stitch until 9-9:30. Dessert and coffee are served and everyone goes home with a goody bag.
At least, that's how it started. However.... about 2-3 years ago the ladies realized that I closed the shop at the usual 6 pm and had dinner with my husband at one of the local restaurants. Since then, they've called to find out where we "all" are having dinner. They come; their husbands and children come. We've had to move the shop closing back to 5:30 to get everyone in and out of the restaurant/s by 6:50 so I can get back and open the shop on time.
It's all a lot of fun and everyone has become close friends... even the husbands. (And the husbands seem to be more supportive when they see and talk with other husbands in the same situation.)
While we still try to end the evening by 10:00 pm, there are nights when we've talked until almost midnight (and it wasn't even a scheduled Midnight Madness!) Those days seem really long to me (12-15 hours) but the friendships that have developed are well worth it.
An ongoing post about the perils encountered after retirement. Moving... boredom... the second career... new friends... grandmothering... and now having less time than when I was "working."
Elise Wright
About Me
- Elise
- White House, Tennessee
- Owner of an online yarn and needlework shop, Elise is constantly working on some form of needlework. Sometimes it's knitting, sometimes crochet, but it's just as likely to be cross stitch, punchneedle, needlepoint, ribbon embroidery, or tatting.
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