Category Archives: kvetching
How cool is this?
I never would have thought of making a bird house out of an old porch light. I don’t think I have a right to be surprised, though, since this spring a small family of birds nested in ours. Funny how … Continue reading
Uh Oh. Too much knitting.
Yesterday, I posted about my renewed fervor in finishing a project so that I can dig into that alpaca yarn that is chanting my name. I went to my Wednesday morning knitting group, and knit on the shawl. I knit … Continue reading
ugh.
The whole family has been under the weather. Nora is fine, but the rest of us, not so much. We’ll live, though. We’re staying at a hotel near the airport tonight and will fly out of San Jose at the … Continue reading
Proud mama moments
Miss Nora wanted to learn how to knit. So we sat down, started to teach her, and she decided that it was still too hard for her little fingers. But she still wanted to play with yarn. So I reached … Continue reading
I’ve lost my mojo
First, I lost half a skein of yarn to tangles. And I dropped 6 stitches about 5 rows down on the sock I was working on (still sitting waiting for me to fix or give up). Then the hat I … Continue reading
Yeee-uck, times two.
After my last post, the snow continued to melt, and the rain continued to fall. We ended up renaming our back yard “Lake Deplume.” There is 2 inches of standing water in several places where lawn used to be. Then … Continue reading
I need a back rub.
A month ago, my husband entered my name in a drawing for a free massage. A week later, I got a call from Susie with Turban* Chiropractic and Acupuncture in Morton, Illinois. Having recently survived The Consumption (the doctor called … Continue reading
I still live.. mostly
Last Sunday, I considered posting here that I was feeling better, and might actually be posting something of note in the near future. I really felt like I was finally getting over the bronchitis that had plagued me for over … Continue reading
An upper respiratory haiku
I post here to whinehacking cough, fever, sore throatwill i recover?
Angry
Last year, we grew pumpkins in our back yard, next to the alley, and someone stole the best ones right off the vine after the high school homecoming game. (We live a block from the town’s high school.) I ended … Continue reading