http://www.knitnik.com Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:56:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'll admit it right here. I've never had any measurable bit of athletic skill whatsoever. I've been known to trip over my feet. I tried tennis, basketball, dance, gymnastics, cheerleading, and was no good at any of them. I was a reasonably decent roller skater (who ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/08/26/so-how-do-i-market-this-skill/ I'm sure that could be taken in several contexts. In this case, it's decision-making help. I can be a tad indecisive (yes, I'm hearing those snorts) at times. Shea picked out 2 sweaters for me the other day, both of which are a dark orange (1 summer, ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/08/16/i-need-help/ that this is how people find my site. Obviously there aren't enough sites out there about what girls do for fun when they're home alone. I'm sure they're quite disappointed when they get here. Because, you know, I'm rarely home, and when I am, it's almost never ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/08/14/im-truly-frightened/ My life is always crazy this time of year. I work in HR at a school (OK, I actually AM HR at the school - just me), and in 3 more working days, I have 30+ new employees starting work, and the day after that, my other 220 employees ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/08/13/in-defense-of-non-posting/ will take over her old room! Hayley has been gone for 2 weeks (first to chorus camp, then on a plane BY HERSELF to go to Grandma's for a week). In that time, she has turned 13, and has called home exactly twice. On her new cell ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/07/20/while-the-mouse-is-away-the-cats/ Forgive me, oh great and powerful Internet, for I have sinned. It's been 5 1/2 weeks since my last entry, and - whoops, sorry, channeling someone else's childhood. There has been so much going on the last few weeks, all leading up to today - my last day ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/06/26/catching-up/ and I'm almost finally back up to speed. Short version of the long story - I was sick. Really, grossly, coughing, fevered, feeling like crap, sick. Off and on for about 2 weeks. Thursday before last, Kim guilted me into going to the doctor. Strep ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/05/18/almost-3-weeks-later/ In my last post, I talked about feeling good.  My mom says this cursed me, and apparently she was right.  A week and a half ago, Mark brought me home some nasty virus.  That, combined with all of the &*#@^%$ oak pollen outside right now, has conspired to make me ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/05/02/home-alone-whats-a-girl-to-do-2/ For the first time in a long, long, long while, I've been feeling pretty good. So much that I actually got to tell my rheumatologist that I've been feeling good. He's so used to seeing me when I feel like crap. Instead, I've been waking up (early, ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/04/20/feeling-stronger-every-day/ I have friends at work who struggled for years with infertility issues, then finally gave up on the idea that they would ever have a baby.  After struggling with that for a while, they decided to start the steps toward adoption. There were some ups and downs on this, but ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/04/13/surprise/ So if there's a teeny-tiny completely unrecognizable picture of me on the Harlot's website does that make me semi-famous?  Yeah, I didn't think so.  Here's her pic of the balcony crowd:  http://www.knitnik.com/2008/04/09/semi-famous/ Disclaimer:  We got home really late last night.  I am really really tired.  This post probably will sound like a 4th grader wrote it, and I don't care.  I can't be witty, I can't be funny, but I can just lay out the facts of the day.  If you're looking ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/04/09/going-to-see-the-yarn-harlot-in-charlotte/ If you read me through a reader, or allow pingbacks or trackbacks to your site, please forgive me now.  I have spent probably 9 hours in the last 2 days reformatting and moving all of my posts from the old site to the new site, and in the process, the ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/03/29/an-apology-in-advance/ 2 posts in 1 day to make up for a month of nothing? Today is the last day of our official Spring Break - we were out beginning last Friday and we go back Monday. This is probably the first break in 3 years or more where we ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/03/28/10-days-off-and-nowhere-to-go/ No, I haven't fallen off the planet, at least not yet. Between life, life, and lots more life, well, life has just gotten in the way. Oh, and don't forget chaos. There has been lots of that as well. Add to that my handy-dandy new WordPress ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/03/28/lets-hope-i-can-get-this-right/ I had to ball these up. Yes, the drying was hurried up a bit with the portable heater. I couldn't help it - I was here, I had the time, and I wanted to see what they looked like! I tried reskeining one, which nearly ended in ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/02/19/because-i-have-no-willpower/ Since we now have a Martin Luther King day tradition of yarn-shop hopping, Kim decided we also needed to have a President's Day dyeing tradition. This year we decided to bring Sarah (who has never dyed) in on it. Much plotting and scheming commenced, and we decided to ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/02/19/a-good-day-to-dye/ We live in North Carolina. It rarely snows here, and when it does, well, it's not usually much, but you'd think that the Apocalypse has come. Last night it snowed enough to cover up the grass, and one of our former Floridian friends called to say that she ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/02/14/no-school-no-school-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah/ Just kidding, really. It's been a whole month since I blogged, and I've tried, really, I have. I sat down, started thinking about what I needed pictures of, got up, tried to take said pictures, and the camera battery was dead. And the charger was missing. ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/02/09/as-a-matter-of-fact-i-did-fall-off-the-planet-whats-it-to-you/ I had a notice before Christmas that I had jury duty today.  Yuck - I mean, nobody likes jury duty except my husband, and he's only been once, and actually served on a jury!  I on the other hand have been 2 or 3 times, and have never actually even ... http://www.knitnik.com/2008/01/07/a-close-call-and-a-long-story/