The weekend at Kate's...

As I mentioned in my last rather boring post, I was heading to the fabulous Kate's for part of the weekend. This was my first official knitbloggers meeting, and what an awesome time it was!

It took me about 2 hours to drive from Augusta to Bridgton, although I probably could have done the trip faster if the traffic hadn't been so heavy in places. Kate had warned me that the tiny town of Harrison was having a parade and would be closing down the main street for about an hour, so my goal was to make it through Harrison before that happened. And despite it being hotter than blue blazes (it would figure that me driving in a car for two hours with no A/C means 90 degree sucks nuts weather), I made it!

When I got there, Jackie was already there, so Kate, Jackie and I hung out for a bit before heading to the beach. Kate's fabulous Jason was willing to play boat chauffer for us (what a sport!), and Jackie and I decided to risk our lives and go tubbing for the first time ever! Stable Mable effing rocks!

The rest of the group got there shortly after, and we all piled onto the boat and lounged around in the middle of Long Lake drinking beer and talking. Can I just say how cool these gals (and their significant others) are? I only wish I didn't live so damn far away so I could actually hang out with them again! We had Jackie, (freckle girl) Jess and her husband Casey (who is a whiz with mixing drinks!), Jessica, Maya and her boyfriend Steve (who tried to teach us how to play a nifty Mexican dice game, but unfortunately the sun had affected my brain and I didn't get it), Kate and Jason. We floated around the lake for quite a while before heading back to shore. Once back at the Academy, we sat around and talked, discussed knitting, and drank some good stuff before Jason cooked for us on the grill (burgers, chicken, grilled zucchini, salad, pasta salad... it was awesome!).

The huge downside to the day was my own friggen stupidity... I had neglected to put on sunscreen, and being the idiot I am, I didn't notice I was getting pink until it was way too late. And since it hurt like a bitch, I ended up not staying the night with the rest of the group (and from reading Kate's mini blog post it seems like I missed some flashing? What? All this stuff happened AFTER I left? Damn it!).

Here are a few pictures I popped out... although, Maya... I have to apologize... I got a picture of you knitting your sweater wrap and when I uploaded the picture to my computer it was all wonky looking. It now looks like I didn't get any shots of just you. Sorry!!

Us lounging around and knitting (of course!):





Frecklegirl Jess:




Jackie:




Kate:


Jessica:


and a picture that Seth took of my stupid shithead moment sunburn:

Note to self: don't be a dumbass.

But I had such a great time... I really can't say enough good things about these knitters! And Kate, thank you so so much for allowing us to invade your space for the weekend! You were an amazing host!