Okay–for starters I was on my last nerve. That’s understandable. Mate had worked very hard to round up 20 people to go to a King’s game–including our entire famndamily–and I had worked very hard to whip up some enthusiasm. The thought of our two smaller children at a King’s Game without the luxury of leaving… Read More

Okay–with any luck the two pix I took on the computer attachment will come out, because my first question is going to be, “Now do these things look like they’re worth staying all night to make?” (And the computer is NOT loading them and I’m ready for bed. We’ll try again tomorrow because the dinosaur… Read More

This morning, I was prepping my kids for the housecleaning (that is even now continuing without me) and the following conversations took place: Big T: “Mom, how clean do you want the bathroom.” Me: “Pristine.” “But seriously–what do you want me to clean?” “The floors, the floors behind the toilet, the walls, the walls behind… Read More

1. Finish the Cave Troll’s glubs by Christmas. Take pictures. 2. Start and finish Ladybug’s glubs–same deadline. Take pictures. 3. finish the last pair of socks for the Chaney women free-for all. Take pictures. 4. Finish the hat I’ve been working on as a traveling piece. This will be easy, as it’s pretty much decreasing… Read More

I’ve had to do it–I’ve put the writing on a moratorium and am knitting as often as possible. I’ve forgotten how liberating that is… and how refreshing to the ol’ cranium. I’ll be SO ready to write again as soon as Christmas has come and gone. I’ve even let an extra day come and go… Read More

Okay–my internet time is on a serious downswing here… and, seeing as this is a knitting blog, you’ll never guess the cause. Yup. I’ve been KNITTING. (Or crocheting, as the case may be.) I know this may shock some of you… it shocks me. The simple fact is, that in spite of a sort of… Read More

OKay… some really funny stuff and some not so funny stuff and some really weird stuff happened to me yesterday. Bear with me…it was all just so goddamned random. * The Cave Troll and Ladybug had an ongoing argument as to whether or not the star on the top of the Christmas tree was a… Read More

And I didn’t get any pictures. So the story is this: This week, T was trying to get his friend to go with him to the movies for his birthday. I’ve prepped the kids–nothing big for b-days. Nothing big for Christmas. T was primed, if a little disappointed, about cake & ice cream at home,… Read More

“You will get news or meet friends today, Amy, from abroad. These things could possibly cheer you all day.” What happened: During my second period class another teacher walked in with a cop. I glanced at the cop and then at my (admittedly dodgy) class and was about to say, “Okay, officer, which kid are… Read More

I was having a hard time figuring out why the house was so thrashed. I mean, didn’t I have a system? Don’t I ask the kids to clean parts before I leave it? Doesn’t Mate clean the kitchen sometimes? Haven’t I been making the short people clean up their stuff? What’s missing? Oh? Oh. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh…. Read More