My Favorite Sweater

Well, I have made it this far, I think this is my 4th day of blogging if I manage to get this one posted. For those of you that don't know...November is National blog post month (or something like that). I have posted on another site that I am on, just haven't moved them over to this site yet...attemping to follow the post a day thing. So my subject is my favorite sweater. I received it quite a few years ago, but it was in perfect condition. It is 100% wool, a plum color with some white stitching on the edeges. I wear it all the time and used it more or less as a coat. It is so warm and comfortable, it is no doubt my favorite sweater. Well, for the summer it had been in the basement since there was no need of it. I actually had forgot all about it, like I do most of my winter clothes when the get packed away for spring and summer. So...yesterday I come home from dropping off my son for Sylvan (yes, I put him in for math again...although he is right at grade level, I want a jump start on some things and am hoping to get into Algebra next year) and I am on the computer putzing around. My daughter is jumping up and down and wanting to tell me something and my Mom keeps telling her NO! I have no clue what they are talking about...whatever just let me have 10 minutes to myself. My daughter proceeds to leave the room, I don't know what she's doing...just glad for some peace to myself and trying to enjoy it as it just doesn't happen very often. If it isn't my kids, then its my parents or the dogs. Well, she then comes in the room with something behind her back...my Mom is sitting there too not happy with whatever it is she has. She brings the "surprise" that is behind her back in front of her. At first I don't know what it is...then I look a little closer... IT IS MY SWEATER!!! I am so shocked, I just couldn't understand what in the world happened to my sweater. I wanted to cry, remember, it's my favorite. Well, my sweet mother, in whom I truly appreciate...washed it. I quite frankly don't know what she did (maybe it was in hot water-she says it was more lukewarm, or not cold enough water) but it is completely ruined. Basically it looks like she felted it (washing natural fibers in hot water will felt them really a pretty cool process when it is on purpose...but not when it is on accident ). I said, ok...whatever (remember what that word actually means when said by a woman?!?). I told her she could have the sweater, she is a very tiny woman...It shrunk so much and is in such bad proportion that it wouldn't even fit her!! So, I had to say goodbye to my favorite sweater yesterday, it is rather ironic I guess...the person that ruined it is the one that bought it for me