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10.23.2006 :: In which she damages a vocal cord

Have you ever wondered if you talk TOO much will there be consequences? I submit to you that it DOES matter. Silence IS golden. My left vocal cord is protesting very much. The last 24 hours, if it starts to rumble even a bit, there is a cramping, searing pain. Sort of a reminder of how much freaking fun I had this weekend while at The NY Sheep and Wool, Rhinebeck to all of us in the know! (you too)
I wonder how you adequately describe being with people that instantly are friends. It's a bit impossible.
And you will be seeing lots and lots of photos like this one over the next week, I'm sure.
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(NO! I do not mean, yellow and grainy! I mean stuffed with knitters!)
I strive to show you the other side of the knit-togethers. The hidden side.
I give you....Rhinebeck as seen by Sandy.
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Not only yarn, but the rare gems and MINERIALS. Very rare indeed.
Who wants to check out those WINE CRAFTS??
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What kind of beers did you plant?
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How can a knitter have ANY fun with these strict rules??
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Did you really think you were getting out of this without a sky shot? Come on.
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good messages prevail
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Speak another language? The message is for you too!
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This one is like those 3-D pictures, you have to focus in on it for a minute before you can see what you are really looking at. (NO! I don't mean yellow and grainy! STOP THAT!) A hat. Yes, you heard me. A hat.
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Right as I was about to start whining and crying in the diner during breakfast, I saw this on the menu. I stopped. I was hungry and did not want to be kicked out. Rules are rules.
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Ed. The Eveready Diner
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More complete photo of Ed. And random diner diners.
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Good message. I hope you saw it if you were there. (henna hand owned by Miss Leigh, who WILL start blogging again if she does not want a dose Of Sandysknitting Whoopass!)
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You said it, brothah! (LOST reference. Extra blog points if you recognized it) (NOTE: Blog points are not real and cannot be redeemed. Ever.)
Fun seems like an inadequate word for the comfort that I felt this weekend. I miss it already.
I am on vacation this week, so I plan to sit here in my beat up pajamas (the ones I would not wear even among friends) until I WANT to dress in clothes.
It may take a while!

Posted by Sandy on 10.23.2006 AT 10:23 AM

Comments

hah! we had breakfast at the same diner on monday :-)

Posted by: vanessa on 10.30.2006 AT 01:45 PM

Quote: "You said it, brothah! (LOST reference. Extra blog points if you recognized it) (NOTE: Blog points are not real and cannot be redeemed. Ever.)"

Ah Desmond, Desmond. Now there's a guy that would look good in a kilt =D

Love the pictures!

Posted by: Tina on 10.26.2006 AT 09:08 PM

You and I would have FUN at a fiber festival!! :)

Posted by: Chris on 10.26.2006 AT 03:22 PM

I think there should be an extra day to Rinebeck where all we do is sit around in our jammies and recuperate. whew!

Posted by: Judy on 10.25.2006 AT 08:47 AM

Crying?!? There is no crying at Rhinebeck!

It was wonderful to see you again and have some time together. Hope to see you again sooner.

Posted by: Ruth on 10.24.2006 AT 11:11 PM

That picture was from... Tastebuds! The smell from that place was great. I'm sorry I didn't have the pleasure of meeting you this weekend.

Posted by: Risa on 10.24.2006 AT 03:33 PM

It's the curse of the internet that we can be so close and yet so far.

We will meet again. ; )

Posted by: Vicki on 10.24.2006 AT 02:13 PM

Dude, that is an awesome menu picture. No crybabies! Our new slogan.

Posted by: claudia on 10.24.2006 AT 12:29 PM

Miss you already! Great signage. Hope the vocals are back and you're enjoying your post-Rhinebeck vacation. Thanks for the ride, fun and hilarity there and back.

Posted by: Manise on 10.24.2006 AT 11:41 AM

Holy cow that looks like fun! Gotta love that Ed!

Posted by: Carol on 10.24.2006 AT 10:58 AM

Oh how wonderful to see your pictures. Keep them coming, it seems like just sooo much fun. A geek like me would have fit right in there. So keep them coming-I'm glad but not surprised that you had fun. I hope you're feeling better soon. :)

Posted by: Kimberly on 10.24.2006 AT 10:33 AM

Great pictures. Sounds like such a great time...so many blogs I have been reading today are sharing their experience. I am green with envy....that would be a fun time for sure!!!!

Posted by: Alisha on 10.24.2006 AT 09:33 AM

It was great meeting you even if it was only for a short time. And you are so lucky! A whole week of vacation - with all your Rhinebeck goodies!

Posted by: Lisa on 10.24.2006 AT 06:46 AM

Loved your post today! Took a little of the sting out of not being there!

Posted by: Annie on 10.24.2006 AT 06:14 AM

I absolutely love your photo-journalist shots. Ironic as it seems, the one I like best shows Bananas Foster French Toast (the No Crybabies one)! Can you tell I am hungry? ;)
=:8

Posted by: Kimberly on 10.23.2006 AT 11:37 PM

That made me chuckle - a lot. Loved meeting you and the 8 gabillion others. It was the greatest time I've had since I went to Disney World.

Posted by: beth on 10.23.2006 AT 09:05 PM

Hugging you was better than I ever thought it would be.... ;-)

LOVED LOVED LOVED LOVED LOVED that I got to FINALLY meet you!!!!!!!!!
L, C

Posted by: Cara on 10.23.2006 AT 08:47 PM

That's the Tastebuds motto. I think Imay have given them as much money as I gave Linda Diak. What a fun photo collection, Sandy! Damn, I wish you lived closer.

Posted by: julia fc on 10.23.2006 AT 08:14 PM

Wow, that's a lot of talking! I would SO love to go to Rhinebeck someday.

Posted by: Ruth on 10.23.2006 AT 06:07 PM

Hi Sandy! Yes, I did make it home safely. Will blog later. And I am so glad you took that yellow and grainy picture of me, otherwise I would have no proof that I was at Rhinebeck. Well, unless you count the damage$.

Posted by: Paula on 10.23.2006 AT 04:33 PM

I ate at the same restaurant for breakfast Saturday and laughed at that on the menu. Glad you had such a great time at the festival.

Posted by: Christina on 10.23.2006 AT 04:04 PM

Ohhhhh, THAT's the hat! It was great meeting you and talking (or was I slurring?) with you on Sat. night.

Posted by: Michelle on 10.23.2006 AT 03:20 PM

I love the pictoral tour of Sandy's Rhinebeck! It was magical, wasn't it?
I also SO envy your vacation day today...I could have used an extra day to come down from the glee. Instead, BAM! Abrupt withdrawal this morning.

Posted by: Laurie on 10.23.2006 AT 03:19 PM

WOW!!! Looks like you had an awesome time! Love the Photos!
Hugs!

Posted by: Cat on 10.23.2006 AT 02:57 PM

It was such an amazing day. I was very sad it was over! I'm so glad I got finally meet you in person!

Posted by: Kelly on 10.23.2006 AT 02:55 PM

WOW!!! Looks like you had an awesome time. Love the photos!
Hugs!

Posted by: Cat on 10.23.2006 AT 02:55 PM

It was so nice to get to meet you in person. And ya, I got the vocal cord thing too. And I'm still in my jammies and will head up for a nap when this round of blog reading is done. But DAMN it was worth it.

Posted by: Rachel H on 10.23.2006 AT 02:40 PM

ouch. My vocal chords hurt, too!

Write to your Panera and tell them you want to knit there and drop your red scarf there.

Miss you already. I'm still in my bathrobe, but I have to get it off now and get to the doctor's appt. :)

Posted by: Norma on 10.23.2006 AT 01:53 PM

'twas wonderful to meet you in person :o)

Posted by: JessaLu on 10.23.2006 AT 01:49 PM

You gotta love Sandy's view of the world! Wish I had made it this weekend, missed you all a TON!!!

Posted by: Kate on 10.23.2006 AT 01:32 PM

It was great to meet you in person this weekend! Heck, I was in my jammies until noon today too :-))

Posted by: Kim on 10.23.2006 AT 01:26 PM

Hey, take care of those vocal folds, and yes, too much talking, or pushing to project will make them a little cranky.

It was awesome to meet you and the girls yesterday - what a great experience!

Posted by: Paul on 10.23.2006 AT 01:25 PM

Wasn't that last sign from TasteBudds?

Love the fact that you got the guys watching the DVD in the first photo. Talk about stubborn!

Posted by: Martha on 10.23.2006 AT 01:18 PM

That is one hell of a hat!

I hope you feel better soon.

Posted by: Cookie on 10.23.2006 AT 01:16 PM

Love this! I miss you!

Posted by: Kathy on 10.23.2006 AT 01:15 PM

I'm so glad I took today off from work. I'm still in my sweats. Weeee.

Posted by: Carole on 10.23.2006 AT 01:07 PM

Do you mean to tell me you were at the Eveready and we didn't run into each other? When my gaggle of girls had b'fast there both days? Do we live in parallel universes, or what?

Posted by: Jane on 10.23.2006 AT 12:36 PM

how did i miss the signs?

thanks for making my first rhinebeck special.

and i loved ED

Posted by: maryse on 10.23.2006 AT 11:57 AM

It was good to see you...but what did no crybabies mean? was that the syrup?

Posted by: Kathleen on 10.23.2006 AT 11:54 AM

It was so good to see you! Thanks for making me laugh so much, it was fun.

Posted by: Cheryl on 10.23.2006 AT 11:49 AM

ummmmm, beer.
(al la homer simpson)

alkehol + wool.
who could ask for more?
:)

Posted by: pippi on 10.23.2006 AT 11:28 AM

Hehe...what great pictures! I wanted to say that I really enjoyed meeting you and to show you I actually do know how to comment. :)

Posted by: Karen on 10.23.2006 AT 11:16 AM

Great signs. And I know what you mean, my throat's been sore since Saturday from all the talking and laughing, and I wasn't even at any of the late-night spinner/knitter gatherings! It was great meeting you!

Posted by: --Deb on 10.23.2006 AT 11:08 AM

i hope the vocal cord recovers! we wouldn't want you to lose your voice. sounds like you had fun at rhinebeck. what, no swag pics? and i'm jealous. i'm not working right now, but i have to take the kidlets to school (well, i call them kidlets, but they're 12 & 14). when they start driving, i'm staying in my pj's!

Posted by: minnie on 10.23.2006 AT 11:07 AM

Oh, I meant to ask...in that first yellow photo at the top, with all the people? Why is there someone with their back to everyone watching TV? Is that somebody's husband, doing his own thing?

Posted by: Dave Daniels on 10.23.2006 AT 11:04 AM

How can your vocal cords be hurting you? It's not like you talk a lot, you're So shy. And quiet.
Thanks for the great photos. It's nice to see what I missed. (SOMEONE had to stay back and make sure the Internet was running...)

Posted by: Dave Daniels on 10.23.2006 AT 11:01 AM

Hope your vocal chords recover soon, looks like you all had a fabulous time, thanks for the photos.

Posted by: yvette on 10.23.2006 AT 10:53 AM