Surviving the long wait. Karaoke and knitting circle!. Pink toasters available!

Outstanding job larrabee!! Way more than I can accomplish!!

 Thank you! 

But honestly Rick, you could do it!

Feeling so emotional this week. Been busy sorting things out here while my wife sorts things out there and gets ready for her flight. Sobbing earlier just out of the blue.

You know it also takes an enormous effort to write 'my wife' each time. I was married before for sixteen years also in a same sex marriage. We 'married' long before it was legal and then got the legal bit when civil partnership came in in the UK. Once I was on phone to some telephone or gas company and dared to say 'my wife'. They said could I hold the line, covered the phone badly and had a good laugh with their colleagues. It was heart breaking. So I always feel a pang of shame and anxiety when just putting it out there. But it is legal here and it is legal in the US (and hopefully staying that way!) She is coming on a wife visa, something that would have just seemed inconceivable 20 years ago. So I'll keep calling her my wife, and working towards feeling delighted and proud to say that,

I did my swim for triathlon training today and already raised £100 of sponsorship for MindOut thanks to some lovely people!

Feeling so emotional this week. Been busy sorting things out here while my wife sorts things out there and gets ready for her flight. Sobbing earlier just out of the blue.

You know it also takes an enormous effort to write 'my wife' each time. I was married before for sixteen years also in a same sex marriage. We 'married' long before it was legal and then got the legal bit when civil partnership came in in the UK. Once I was on phone to some telephone or gas company and dared to say 'my wife'. They said could I hold the line, covered the phone badly and had a good laugh with their colleagues. It was heart breaking. So I always feel a pang of shame and anxiety when just putting it out there. But it is legal here and it is legal in the US (and hopefully staying that way!) She is coming on a wife visa, something that would have just seemed inconceivable 20 years ago. So I'll keep calling her my wife, and working towards feeling delighted and proud to say that,

I did my swim for triathlon training today and already raised £100 of sponsorship for MindOut thanks to some lovely people!

I realize there's a way to go yet but thankfully things are moving in the right direction. 

Tonight's togetherness song from the film Pride set in Welsh Valleys during 1980s miners strike. My ancestry on my father's side is Welsh as far back as records go, though i never lived there. The song bread and roses is apparently inspired by an American poet.

I realize there's a way to go yet but thankfully things are moving in the right direction. 

Yes 

I'll take a photo when I'm more awake tomorrow ... but I may have put all the stress of my job and the visa app into making a baby blanket tonight. It turned out pretty well! (I've made the pattern before, so second time it gets much much easier.) My friend is due in about 3 weeks so it's good timing to need to unwind with mostly mindless tasks. My package has left tamworth and should be delivered by EOD. And now I continue praying that with brain fog i didn't miss filling in anything important or skip a document.

I'll take a photo when I'm more awake tomorrow ... but I may have put all the stress of my job and the visa app into making a baby blanket tonight. It turned out pretty well! (I've made the pattern before, so second time it gets much much easier.) My friend is due in about 3 weeks so it's good timing to need to unwind with mostly mindless tasks. My package has left tamworth and should be delivered by EOD. And now I continue praying that with brain fog i didn't miss filling in anything important or skip a document.

Excellent! Look forward to seeing pic!

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Feeling so emotional this week. Been busy sorting things out here while my wife sorts things out there and gets ready for her flight. Sobbing earlier just out of the blue.

You know it also takes an enormous effort to write 'my wife' each time. I was married before for sixteen years also in a same sex marriage. We 'married' long before it was legal and then got the legal bit when civil partnership came in in the UK. Once I was on phone to some telephone or gas company and dared to say 'my wife'. They said could I hold the line, covered the phone badly and had a good laugh with their colleagues. It was heart breaking. So I always feel a pang of shame and anxiety when just putting it out there. But it is legal here and it is legal in the US (and hopefully staying that way!) She is coming on a wife visa, something that would have just seemed inconceivable 20 years ago. So I'll keep calling her my wife, and working towards feeling delighted and proud to say that,

I did my swim for triathlon training today and already raised £100 of sponsorship for MindOut thanks to some lovely people!

Sorry some a**hole ruined it for you.  I would proudly shout MY WIFE from the rooftops!

Sorry some a**hole ruined it for you.  I would proudly shout MY WIFE from the rooftops!

Thanks! I've noticed people are more out there saying 'wife' in America, and a little more reserved here - there's a surprise. I'm borrowing my wife's American - um - confidence  

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Shout it, I'll back you!

Shout it, I'll back you!

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Happy fuzzy blanket


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Gorgeous! It looks so cozy!

Happy fuzzy blanket

I know some kitties who would appreciate just such a blanket! 

I know some kitties who would appreciate just such a blanket! 

Yes! I have to keep mine off it while making them. There's a yarn called homespun that mine adores, anytime I make a blanket with it she claims it - and every time I give one away made with it, their kitties claim it. My husband even has a neighborhood cat who decided to adopt him who loves it. (He really is the cat whisperer, last night a new neighborhood kitty followed him home.)