It is on days like this that it’s hardest to live so far away from my sister. I really wish I could say this in person:
If I was there, I would take you shopping and then out to lunch. We could go to Blackwater Salt for shrimp pasta or to Le Pain Quotidien for a fabulous salad and dessert. Or maybe just grab an egg sandwich at Praline’s and head to as many yarn shops as we could fit into a day. Or you would take me because I cannot drive in DC!
Sally wrote about how well I took care of her when she was here for the Bohus Exhibit, but she takes care of me, too. She listens to my ongoing work sagas (allowing me to go on and on about things she does not care about or understand), and when I call her sad and depressed, she spoils me. Rotten. I mean it!
She is such a good friend to me and sometimes is the only one who understands me. I don’t know what I would do without her.
So, Surly, please enjoy your special day. If I was there, I would make you a Cockeyed Cake to enjoy with coffee AND some shortbread cookies to nibble with tea. And we would sit and admire your Bohus and sort through your fabulous stash looking for inspiration.
It would be a really fun day shared with my little sis.
Aww. Happy Birthday Sally!
Comment by Wendy O'C — February 15, 2009 @ 10:27 am
Oh, Happy Birthday Sally! Susan, that’s a wonderful tribute to sisters. I’m missing mine today too.
Comment by rudee — February 15, 2009 @ 11:43 am
Happy Birthday Sally!
Comment by oldcinderella — February 15, 2009 @ 1:30 pm
Happy, happy Birthday! Wish I had a sister like this…well, wish I had a sister!
Comment by Nancy — February 15, 2009 @ 2:01 pm
Happy Birthday. I wish I had a sister, too. Somehow, brothers just don’t understand us the same way sisters do, do they?
Comment by 2muchfun — February 15, 2009 @ 3:07 pm
Happy Birthday! My sister is my best friend as well and I don’t know what I’d do without her! YAY to sisters!
Comment by Cara — February 15, 2009 @ 3:23 pm
Happy Birthday! The older I get the more I treasure my sister. She also lives far away and I can’t wait to see her NEXT WEEK!!!
Comment by Libby — February 15, 2009 @ 4:07 pm
Thanks for all of the birthday wishes!
Comment by surly — February 15, 2009 @ 4:14 pm
Happy birthday, Sally – I hope it’s great, and filled with knitting!
Comment by Donna — February 15, 2009 @ 6:40 pm
Happy birthday Sally! You are both very fortunate sisters and it is a pleasure to share in your relationship, even in a very slight way.
Comment by LaurieM — February 15, 2009 @ 6:47 pm
Hippo Birdie 2 ewes. (and maybe those ewes can give you some nice soft merino, while they’re at it)
Comment by twinsetellen — February 15, 2009 @ 7:48 pm
Happy Birthday Sally
Comment by Eryka Jackson — February 15, 2009 @ 11:54 pm
Happy Birthday Sally
Comment by Fine Bessot — February 16, 2009 @ 12:34 am
That is the sweetest post I have ever read! I wish I had a sister. Happy birthday Sally 🙂
Comment by Minh Hoang — February 16, 2009 @ 9:33 am
Belated birthday greetings, Sally. May it be a great year for you.
Comment by Julie — February 16, 2009 @ 10:19 am