where am i

Well, we made it. Both of us. While I was writing a big fat check, Oldest Daughter was given a list of instructions for post surgery. Then they took her back. I was fine. I had tea and knitting and a new Seattle Metropolitan magazine. I took a break from knitting and picked up the post surgery papers. Mistake. The first thing listed was bleeding, and then oozing. "Is it getting hot in here?" I stopped reading and began scanning. Stitches? Dry sockets? That was it. Woozy, I set the paperwork down and hoped for the best.


The surgery went well. I was expecting to be in the waiting room for about an hour and 15 minutes. It was under an hour when they told me they were starting to wake her up. Boy was
that a mess. Loopy and numb and disoriented. Poor thing. We made it home and she was a trooper. Me? I was a trooper too. I actually took bloody gauze from her, twice. Big stuff for me.


By the afternoon she was done with the numb, happy to have an assortment of pain relief drugs and insulting her brother. She is going to be just fine.

While in the waiting room I did this.





Almost the entire foot was knit while waiting. I finished the toe this evening. I am not sure I would ever wear something like this. But I made it to fit my big Sasquatch foot, so I suppose I will wear it as some point.


You know you have been living in the Pacific Northwest a long time when you can spell Sasquatch correctly.

pass out

Here is an embarrassing thing for a mother to admit. I do not handle doctors, or injuries, or talk of treatments, at all. It has always been this way. When I was in high school my father was diagnosed with diabetes. While he was in the hospital the nurses had us practice giving shots with an orange. They gave me the orange and the needle, they said something about just under the skin, and that was it. The next thing I know people are grabbing things out of my hands and trying to keep me from hitting the ground. Happened again when Oldest Son was a little guy. He had a high fever and I took him to the emergency room. They drew blood and the next thing I know there is a large male nurse standing next to me with smelling salts. It was at that point that husband took over any real medical issues. Until yesterday.



This morning Oldest Daughter is having 6 teeth removed. Yesterday we were sitting in the oral surgeons office, they were telling us what to expect. I started to shift in my chair. I really wanted to lay down. They kept talking about stitches and salt welter and medication. It was too much. I could feel myself getting pale and starting to sweat. I was wishing I had thought to have Husband deal with this. This morning I am wondering if I will be able to handle it all when we arrive home. Just typing this is causing me a bit of a freak out. I will try to be strong.


While in the waiting room I will be working on this.

This is the newest Rockin Sock Club sock. I think it is called the summer of lace. In this pic you can see the ankle ribbing. Here it is with the cuff folded down.

It is cute and flirty.

This is already in the car, just in case.

Not having worked a heel in the middle is making this rather boring. Round and round and round on size 1's. After measuring I think I will need 9 sets of stripes before I start the toe. I will do the afterthought heel before I begin the second sock. I am just not sure what to expect. If I hate it I can make the second sock in the regular fashion and redo the first one. Oh please, do not let that happen.

slip sliding away

Those of you who had been reading this here blog know that I am not a Yarn Ho. I do not have a large stash, or even a desire to have one. I pretty much hit the yarn store when I have a project in mind. If by some chance I do succumb to a pretty skein, it will be knit up into something before too long. I think last night I may have crossed the line.


Dream In Color is a wonderful yarn. It is soft and cushy and the colors are beautiful. I have knit a pair of socks for Husband with Smooshy and a pair of Flap Top Mittens for Grandma using Classy. I LOVE it. I can not get enough. Apparently I am not alone because the only LYS that carries it is out and Loopy Ewe has been out and I have been left wanting, wanting.




Tonight I tripped upon a Sneak Up at Loopy Ewe and I ordered 4 skeins! Yes, me, 4 skeins! Do I have a single project in mind for any of them? No. I did take the time to ask Husband if he thought a particular colorway was dark enough to wear with black pants. Then I clicked that colorway and another besides. 4 skeins! It is a slippery slope my friends.

no time to be clever

There is new stuff up at The Loopy Ewe. GO!

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if you're happy and you know it clap your hands

The camera is back. Woo Hoo!

Tonight is the Celebration & Thank You Dinner for my camp staff. Then I can close the camp book until January. Woo Hoo!

As previously posted, Friday was my first mammogram. The LYS sponsored the Swedish Bus and promised goodies for all who took the time to have their breasts squished. The goodie bag presented was spectacular!

Not at all what I expected. Makes the squishing go down easier and I will do it again next year.

While at the LYS this jumped into my bag.


MMMM Dragonfibers Hand dyed Blue Face Leicester Roving color Candy Corn MMMM


Rockin' Sock Club August kit.



Very cute, a little lace fold over anklet. The colors are very Peter Max. Should be a quick knit. Tan added little beads to the points of her cuff. She's so smart

I did some spinning this weekend.

I am trying to move my spinning skills along. I now have the motions of spinning and drafting simultaneously. Now I need to even it all out. So much fun.

And finally, the Mariner socks for Oldest Son.

I have never used yarn that stripes so precisely. As I came to the point to make my heel flap I realized that the heel would make the stripes all wonky. Twisted Sisters provides good instructions for the afterthought heel. It requires cutting the fabric!! I resisted it all day, but last night decided it would be good to learn something new. So I am knitting round and round until the toe. Heel later. Cross your fingers.

M I C K E Y

The daughters had an ultra-fabulous time at Disneyland. Oldest Daughter went to bed right after dinner. Youngest Daughter talked and talked and talked about every ride. She talked in the car on the way home. She talked through dinner. She talked while we had a fire on the deck. At some point I realized that her words were slurring, she sounded drunk and needed LOTS of sleep. Now she sleeps.

I spent this afternoon at the airport. FYI, Sea-Tac is not in Seattle. It is south of Seattle, in between Seattle and Tacoma. For those of us that live at the north end, a trip to the airport is like a trip to hell. Only in hell I imagine good music and tasty things to eat. At the airport you get crap.

So here I am am, up late, researching schools for Youngest Daughter. I am tired and switch to blog checking, and it hits me. I have not checked the mail toady. Pitter patter across the street and there it is, the new Rockin' Sock package. It has been sitting in the box all day. Pics tomorrow, I am a spoiler.

The camera is home, Yahooee!

getting to know you, getting to know all about you

I am one of the lucky ones and was able to join Ravelry months ago. I began to put things up right away, but was sidetracked. I am back at it. This evening I have added a couple of people to my Friends list. At first I was not sure I should be adding people. I mean, Tan, sure, I feel like she is my friend. But who else? There are blogs I read and comment on, shops I frequent. Are those OK to add to my Friends list. I added a couple but am now wondering if I should take them off.

Books will be the easiest to add. It is a click and drag sort of thing and I think I will do that next.
OMG, I just finish my library. I have an embarrassing number of books. There are even a few I had to leave out. Does anyone else out there have a library like mine?

After books will be stash. Stash is small, but I will need to learn how to work the Flicker and Ravelry together. Finished projects will take longer. Pulling them out and photographing may or may not happen. Lastly I will get to patterns. Considering that I am still working on writing them down, that may take awhile.

So who is on your Friends list? Am I being too sensitive?