today was korrina's 28th birthday and she stopped by in the evening for tea and sweets before going to dinner with josh at momofuku ssäm bar at south street seaport.
i had picked up our favorite baklava at moustache restaurant earlier in the day and we had it with genmaicha green tea from sullivan street spice company. (i see i managed to neglect getting a photo of the table setting with the dessert, her card and the food gifts i had wrapped: finocchiona (fennel) salami and asiago cheese). greg and i also shared paying for a yarn advent calendar from sweet sparrow knits, an indie yarn dyer she likes.
greg was out on montauk as tomorrow morning a man will be coming to measure the ducts for a new furnace - after a cleaning and an inspection last tuesday, the technician said we needed to replace the old one.
the shawl korrina has wrapped around herself is the dust of snow shawl by helen stewart. she made it last year with the advent skeins from the same yarn dyer. i have high hopes of knitting it this year beginning december 1st as i have the skeins, but just need the will to sit down and knit. it's a very pretty shawl which she says is also a simple and relaxing project for the holidays (korrina is holding little kitten andy who has his cone on, which might make him look a little strange).
it was so nice to see her and i think it's nice to be 28. i remember enjoying my late 20's and 30's very much. i hope she does too. she is working with good people and i think she's enjoying the position and the outreach the company gives to the community. josh had picked out the restaurant and made the reservation (she had asked him to surprise her with his choice). i'll have to talk with her later this week and hear all about it.
Morton’s is doing amazing work, she’s using her God given talents are making a real difference to others. I love the Jedi card it is hilarious and her advent yarn box sounds a real treat. I have a podcasting friend who knit that shawl last year and she said it was very meditative and soothing - you’ve got me thinking now whether I should knit one!! Birth-day hugs to you dear friend to xx
ReplyDeleteGrr typo again!! Korrina 🙂❤️
Deletefunny typo! That happens to me often :) Thanks San xoxoxo
DeleteHappy birthday to both of you. 28! I married Peter when I was that age. It seems to be so long ago. How annoying that you have to get a new furnace. They are so expensive! Does the house have air-conditioning? I remember when Peter's parents needed a new furnace in their house in Ohio, Peter's grandfather recommended to have air-conditioning installed at the same time because it would save a lot of money to do it then. Oh, and find out what kind of filter the new furnace needs. The one we have now has really expensive filters, which need to be ordered. We purchased a service plan with our new furnace because it cut down on the cost of the filters and somebody comes out once a year to check the furnace and also clean it. We also get express service in case it breaks down. This plan has been a good choice for us.
ReplyDeleteWe have the service also. It does help. My sister has a friend who used to work for a furnace company and she's been writing him these past few days to get tips on how to handle the situation! My parents did get air conditioning the last time they got a new furnace . . funny!
DeleteI agree that 28 does feel so long ago! When I was picking out the photo for our "caption this" game, I came across our wedding photos and it really felt like such a different time. It was 1990 and there were no cell phones or internet. I equate cell phones with clocks. Before clocks we didn't keep track of minutes and hours in the same manner, but once clocks were introduced, our lives grew smaller I think. It's the same with cell phones . . somehow our lives have grown smaller, at the same time that they've expanded. We gain a freedom, but lose a freedom.
Oh good that you have people how know about furnaces. Maybe it is standard advice to get a new furnace and air conditioning at the same time?
DeleteSo true, Peter and I got married in 1996, so our situation was almost identical to yours, although the internet had just started to get more acceptable. Sometimes I yearn for those times without all that technology and possibilities. But maybe each generation has something like this: the car replaces the horse, the electric stove replaces the fire, etc. I wonder what life will be like in 100 years.
I wonder!
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