“This will end in tears…”

Says Marvin, the deeply despondent robot in “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”. 
Well, he wasn’t too far off. 
Right after my last post, I shouldered my backpack and Went Back To Work. 
It was brutal.  It was a TWO hour commute each way, door to door.  After staggering through the first two weeks, I politely asked to be [...]

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Whaaaa?

It’s September, and the weather turned the corner right after Labor Day weekend — CLICK.  Just like that, it’s fall. 
Well, we did have our federally-mandated two weeks of summer during August; but the summer was literally a complete wash.  I am glad to see the back of that wet drizzling nasty bastard, and look forward [...]

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Life’s Little Victories…

Going out to the “tomato patch” (OK, it’s only 3 plants) and finding a new ripe tomato for supper…
Remembering to take everything to the PO at the same time:  Sharpie pen, address, box, and contents of box to ship.
Talking with your mom whilst taking the obligatory one mile walk — multi-tasking!
Finding a new book about [...]

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Five Centimeters, Part Three

After 1700 miles by plane and 340 miles by car, an upgraded motel room and an uncomfortable meeting with my ex-husband, I am happy HAPPY HAPPY to report that my baby boy (ok, he’s 33 — still my baby) had his partial nephrectomy and tumor removal this morning, and came through with flying colors. The [...]

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Rip-it, Rip-it. Oh, THAT’S why it’s called Frogging…

As part of the on-going cataloging of The Yarn Stash, I’m finding all sorts of little and big abandoned projects.  Some, like the brick stitch vest/cardigan, are worth saving.  Some, like the blue and teal striped sweater (Horizontal stripeswhatwasITHINKING!!!!) are not.  And some, like the adult version of the Baby Surprise Jacket, are just exercises [...]

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Slog,Blog,Shoot. Repeat.

Just a quickie before bed time. 
NO.  Not that.  I wish.  Jeez.  Anyway (she said brightly!), one of the other things that I’ve been doing this month is to start data entry on Ravelry and catalog my stash of knitting yarn.  The tool/database on Rav is nice; you can show it as a list or with [...]

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Surviving the Holidays

Christmas is over. Thank God. The overwhelming consumerism was toned down this year by the recession, which was not necessarily a bad thing.
But things economically are bad, very bad. The best description I heard about the recession was from my boy, Matt Frei, on BBC World News America. He nailed it by saying that the [...]

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I Lose, But Am Not A Loser…

Hey.  Just climbing out of the shell-shocked, self-imposed trench of NaNoWriMo.  I did well for my first time out — 40K plus as of today; I will finish off the novel itself during December; as I want to flesh out my characters and locale.  Plus, there’s that tricky part of the ending…ah, just kidding, I [...]

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Bacon Gone. Me Sad.

One of the many many reasons that I LOATHE getting a physical every year is the bloodwork.  (yes, yes, getting my tit in a wringer the mammogram is numero uno, duh)  Inevitably, my (young) doctor looks at the horrifying results, tsks tsks, and tells me to lay off ever eating anything tasty again, AND to [...]

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I Suggest A Cold Compress to the Forehead…

What with everything that’s gone on in the last 3 weeks, one finds oneself reeling with shock, dismay, disgust, loathing, hatred, and sheer unbridled rage at the way the economy has gone, helped along by the gutless wonders that we have “running” this country.   I have lain down several times, and used controlled breathing to [...]

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