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Friday, January 08, 2010
Watch This Space
Yesterday was Fern's birthday and I am now the proud owner of a nine year old girl. She sure is getting grown up! Her favorite present was a pair of fuzzy green pajamas.
She managed to spell her way into the yearly spelling bee again...I know she'll do even better this year. You know what sounds good? Leftover birthday cake for breakfast...
She managed to spell her way into the yearly spelling bee again...I know she'll do even better this year. You know what sounds good? Leftover birthday cake for breakfast...
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Happy New Year!
I've been thinking on and off about deleting this blog cause I never seem to have the time or inclination to "post". But something about it being not only a new year, but a new DECADE, makes me feel hopeful. One of my mother's favorite sayings has always been, As long as there's life, there's hope. And I find I'm still alive! Yahoo! All our bad times started in March of 2005, about 5 days after I started this blog, so me being the stupidstitious type, I naturally assumed it was jinxed! But since everything that was "circling the bowl" finally got flushed (not that I'm saying my life was a big ole steaming pile o' crap, but...!), I feel I have been through the worst of it now. I know a lot of people love to blog their pain for all the world to see, but that ain't me...
It's really thanks to all my friends that I haven't lost my mind! And please no comments from anyone that knows me...)
It's really thanks to all my friends that I haven't lost my mind! And please no comments from anyone that knows me...)
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Knittin' Fun in February
Well, I have been out and about so much I almost don't have time to knit! Horrors! I am just going to consider this a new beginning - and From Now On I do not give a damn (well, more or less) what anyone thinks about me, so I will post whatever the hell I feel like talking about, so I don't feel like time is passing me by with nothing to show for it. At least it will speed up my typing. I have had it up to my ass with that sorry excuse for a husband, and trying to hide it for years - I'm done!
We split up mid-November, but I didn't want to mention it and ruin everyone's Christmas holidays, but now I am letting the cat out of the bag, and let the chips fall where they may. (And if I think of any more cliches to add, I'll let you know!) I don't think there's anything more stressful than trying to act happy when you're miserable.
Fern was in the 2nd grade spelling bee on Jan. 31, it was fun, and she ranked in the top ten even if she didn't win. All the kids were getting kind of glassy-eyed after 2 hours. She misspelled "traffic", she spelled it t-r-a-f-i-c. Then she was upset and mad at herself, but she got over it. I took (and passed) the test for the Census job (with a perfect score, if you must know), now if they will just call me for an interview, I may be able to get some work. I am just trying to get used to the idea of going back to work after being at home with a buttload of kids for so long! I have told nearly everyone that I am getting a divorce, and so help me, if I can get $99.00 together, I'll do it! I have been hanging out a LOT at Ravelry, whenever I have a minute, so probably I could get more done if I stop checking for messages from the forums. But it's so fun!
At knitting we are currently working on friendship squares for an afghan for Jeanne's 90th birthday, and we need to hurry up, because we are having a party for her on the 13th of March. Her real birthday is the 20th, but her whole family is coming to Texas and she said they were not the type to come to a knitting party, whatever that means. (I think she is referring to the fact that they are from Connecticut, which means they are inherently snooty.)
Also we are working on legwarmers for a friend (Carol) to give to all the girls who go to school with her daughter. She had given her daughter some for Christmas, and all the other girls said they wished they had somebody to knit for them. Awwwww....so when we heard, of course we volunteered to help. One lady (Dot) is a machine knitter, so she is making the "tubes" on the machine, and the rest of us are knitting the ribbings on by hand. Just like making a few sock tops...
As for my personal private knitting, I am working on the Must Have Cardigan, in Patons Classic Merino Wool, natural mix color. (Made popular by the yarn harlot) It is addictive if you like cabling, which I do, I just so happen not to have done any in awhile.
Fern is back now, from going to see Coraline with her father. Him, taking his child out to a movie? Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles...
Whoops, gotta go, I do some of my best knitting watching Frasier on Lifetime.
bye for now!
We split up mid-November, but I didn't want to mention it and ruin everyone's Christmas holidays, but now I am letting the cat out of the bag, and let the chips fall where they may. (And if I think of any more cliches to add, I'll let you know!) I don't think there's anything more stressful than trying to act happy when you're miserable.
Fern was in the 2nd grade spelling bee on Jan. 31, it was fun, and she ranked in the top ten even if she didn't win. All the kids were getting kind of glassy-eyed after 2 hours. She misspelled "traffic", she spelled it t-r-a-f-i-c. Then she was upset and mad at herself, but she got over it. I took (and passed) the test for the Census job (with a perfect score, if you must know), now if they will just call me for an interview, I may be able to get some work. I am just trying to get used to the idea of going back to work after being at home with a buttload of kids for so long! I have told nearly everyone that I am getting a divorce, and so help me, if I can get $99.00 together, I'll do it! I have been hanging out a LOT at Ravelry, whenever I have a minute, so probably I could get more done if I stop checking for messages from the forums. But it's so fun!
At knitting we are currently working on friendship squares for an afghan for Jeanne's 90th birthday, and we need to hurry up, because we are having a party for her on the 13th of March. Her real birthday is the 20th, but her whole family is coming to Texas and she said they were not the type to come to a knitting party, whatever that means. (I think she is referring to the fact that they are from Connecticut, which means they are inherently snooty.)
Also we are working on legwarmers for a friend (Carol) to give to all the girls who go to school with her daughter. She had given her daughter some for Christmas, and all the other girls said they wished they had somebody to knit for them. Awwwww....so when we heard, of course we volunteered to help. One lady (Dot) is a machine knitter, so she is making the "tubes" on the machine, and the rest of us are knitting the ribbings on by hand. Just like making a few sock tops...
As for my personal private knitting, I am working on the Must Have Cardigan, in Patons Classic Merino Wool, natural mix color. (Made popular by the yarn harlot) It is addictive if you like cabling, which I do, I just so happen not to have done any in awhile.
Fern is back now, from going to see Coraline with her father. Him, taking his child out to a movie? Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles...
Whoops, gotta go, I do some of my best knitting watching Frasier on Lifetime.
bye for now!
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