{"id":2646,"date":"2011-03-28T20:01:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T01:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2011-03-28T20:01:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T01:01:04","slug":"how-lucky-am-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2011\/03\/how-lucky-am-i\/","title":{"rendered":"How Lucky Am I?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My wonderful son spent the weekend with me.  He&#8217;s kind, easy-going, fun, hard working, and quite talented.  He designed and built that <a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2011\/03\/my-new-cone-rack\/\">wonderful cone rack <\/a> a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend I was almost out of firewood and we were in the middle of a late March cold snap.  I was completely willing to turn on the oil furnace for the remainder of the season.  Michael decided that he wasn&#8217;t happy with that, so instead he went outside and cut,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/sawing-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/sawing-1.jpg\" alt=\"sawing wood\" title=\"sawing-wood\" width=\"445\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/sawing-1.jpg 445w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/sawing-1-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/sawing-1-148x150.jpg 148w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/sawing-1-400x404.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>split,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/splitting-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/splitting-3.jpg\" alt=\"splitting wood\" title=\"splitting-wood\" width=\"440\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/splitting-3.jpg 440w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/splitting-3-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/splitting-3-146x150.jpg 146w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/splitting-3-400x409.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and carried some firewood into the house.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/carrying-wood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/carrying-wood.jpg\" alt=\"carrying wood\" title=\"carrying-wood\" width=\"450\" height=\"343\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/carrying-wood.jpg 450w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/carrying-wood-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/carrying-wood-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/carrying-wood-400x304.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enough to both get me through the remaining frigid temps and have a bit left in case we have a storm that knocks out the electricity.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the day, while I was weaving, he offered to wind my hand painted skeins of yarn into balls for me.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winding-yarn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winding-yarn.jpg\" alt=\"winding yarn\" title=\"winding-yarn\" width=\"450\" height=\"431\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winding-yarn.jpg 450w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winding-yarn-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winding-yarn-150x143.jpg 150w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winding-yarn-400x383.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI would have been happy if he&#8217;d wound the next color I was going to use &#8211; 8 skeins.  Michael didn&#8217;t stop till he&#8217;d wound 27 skeins!  So I&#8217;m a&#8217;weaving now!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your turn: has someone gone above &#038; beyond for you lately?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/challenge-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/challenge-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"challenge-sm\" width=\"150\" height=\"26\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2548\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My wonderful son spent the weekend with me. He&#8217;s kind, easy-going, fun, hard working, and quite talented. He designed and built that wonderful cone rack a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend I was almost out of firewood and we were in the middle of a late March cold snap. 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