INDIAN WELLS - PARABAS OPEN - We finally went to watch the pros (Gauff, Pegula, Fritz and more) play

 Our first Tennis Match to watch was the singles match between USA's Coco Gauff v. French's Lucia Bronzetti. It was a nail-biter with Coco down at one point 2-5. But she rallied to win in the 3rd set tie-break and she looked stunning in her yellow tennis outfit while doing it too. 

We also watched the women's doubles match with Gauff teaming up with Jessica Pegula (the announcer said ...Pa-----GOOLAh). 

 

We also watched a men's singles match with USA's Taylor Fritz (rated number 5 in the world) where he was spectacular playing against Sebastian Baez of Argentina. Fritz did some fancy drop shots that made the game more exciting, as he handily won the match.

We even met some D3 Tennis players from Colorado, who were here taking in the games and some sun. It was fun chatting with them over lunch. 

We even managed to squeeze in a men's doubles match, which was so fast-paced the ball was a blur. 

After a full day in the sun having loads of fun, I sat out by the pool and worked on my knitting to come down from the tennis-high so I could go to sleep. 

Knitting - the American Way

Did you know there's an American way to knit? No, neither did I. Not until my mother-in-law tried to help me with a stitch I dropped. Then she took my needles and started to work the yarn but I was like, "what are you doing?"

She said, "I'm fixing it for you." But it looked so strange the way she was holding the needles. And then my son's gfriend said, "that's because you knit the American way."

"Huh?"

Then they both tried to explain to me (they both being from a different country originally...Denmark and Germany) said, "You knit backwards."

"Huh?" I said again.

Then they showed me. There is a Continental way to knit and an American way.

Yep it's true. And if you don't believe me, just google it and check out a few youtube videos.

But that's the way I've always knitted and now I'm wondering if there's an American way to crochet... ;D

Mother's Day is just around the corner

With Mother's Day creeping up on us, I started thinking about what sorts of gifts I'd want. I already have so much that I thought...I'd like something homemade, or maybe something planted for me. Then I started hopping around the blogosphere and I found this:

How bout homemade knitting needles? These ones are made out of chopsticks. Aren't they cute?

And they could be personalized to match a mother's style.

It was a fun blog where I found these. If you want to check out some other great homemade ideas, hop over here.

And I hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend :D