I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in the pan, and still never forget my three men

As of 9am this morning, I am employed.  I accepted an offer this morning.  I like to keep my worklife very seperate from my blog world so I will share some, but this will be the last you hear about my work.  Yes I will be working in the social service field, no it is [...]

Malanoro

Many have read about my torrid affairs with my Japanese lover, Noro, and my Uruguyian lover, Malabrigo.  They both possess some fine qualities but just like any lover, there were some flaws.  I was known to say…if only I could combine this quality of Noro and this part of Malabrigo, I am CERTAIN that I [...]

Bob

Cuteness factor is up there but so is the fiddly factor on this one – you better know your dpn’s on this pattern- managing a small number of stitches can even make Bob blush with this knitter’s few choice words.  He’s small and very portable – I bought some cheap acrylic on sale at Threadbear [...]

Goodbye China, Hello Sheep Shorn Butts

Yup, still here, still not knitting, still quilting, and now chasing two knuckle-nuts in their SEPERATE deluxe apartments in the sky.   That’s right,  they are now in their own digs.  Without getting into too much detail, one constipated child keeps up other child who keeps up parents and then screws with their sleep/wake cycle so bad that tears [...]

Prison Quilting

Behold the final pair of Otis socks for hubby (back legs) to match the pairs I made previously for me (front legs) and the boys (on ears).  That’s all I got.  Don’t know if it is the weather, knitting burnout, or the numbing and tingling in my fingers and pain in my shoulders and neck that has [...]

Common Sense…It’s not that common anymore

Am I alone here in that my brain can only process the most brief and simpliest of tasks?  In other words, my most common recent reply to anyone’s conversations is, “huh?”  I can’t put my finger on it but man, my brain is feelin’ a little insane in the membrane if you get my drift?  [...]