I’ve got nothin’ kids. I’ve spent the week being dragged around to different things for Munchkin’s birthday and watching what little money we had for said events fly away at rapid speeds. Plus side is that Munchkin was very happy with his birthday week and no horrible family scuffles occurred..

  • I don’t anticipate much blog posting, IMing, or commenting going on around here as I’ve recently been slapped with a case of tendonitis in my right hand and it is killing me to type. I’ve pulled out an ergonomic keyboard from the garage and changed back to a regular click mouse from the trackball that I used before but it doesn’t seem to be making enough of a difference. I am reading blogs but I’m trying to keep the typing at a minimum to avoid making this any worse. Sock knitting is also out at the moment.. so I’ve been spending a lot of time walking around the house with nothing to do.
  • I am able to knit for short periods on things with larger needles.. so I’ve been doing a bit of knitting on the Kureyon Entrelac scarf (danica from knitty) because its on size 8 bamboo needles and is easy to pick up and put down without losing my place.
  • I finally managed to find Munchkin somewhere to get his hair cut without coming out either traumatized or scalped. We ended up in the same beauty salon that hubby’s grandmother gets her hair done… think Steel Magnolias and you’re pretty much there. The white haired ladies in the dryers looked at me like I had 15 heads as I walked by to use the restroom… though they were completely taken with my son. His hair (though much shorter than when we walked in) looks very cute and was exactly like he wanted.. just like “Zack and Cody” from the Disney channel. We’ll be going back before Munchkin starts school next month to have it touched up so that he doesn’t look like a shaggy dog.
  • If I haven’t mentioned it lately.. I love Ravelry. They included a pattern search which allows you to browse all patterns in the system - I spent 2 hours looking at scarf patterns and adding them to my queue. My hand had better get well quickly because I have a LOT of knitting to do.
  • Last night while watching tv I came across “A Model Life” on TLC which is shaping up like a less mean-spirited and less “Survivor meets Fear Factor” slower version of “Americas Next Top Model”.  I watched the entire show mostly because it was set during the winter months in NYC and the girls were wearing beautiful knit scarves and hats. I was very taken with the American (they’re all international - making things a bit more interesting) girl’s knit hat which was a large ’sloppy’ looking dark gray wool number with ribbing. I wonder if it actually was wool though due to the fact that she states she is a vegan and I know there are a lot of vegans who won’t wear wool or silk. I went browsing around online for a still of her wearing the hat but couldn’t find anything. I am hoping they replay the show so I can get a better look at it so I can duplicate it.

Hopefully I’ll be back to blogging soon.. but it might take me a while to respond to emails. Its already taken me close to 3 hours (I’m writing in bits) to make this post and my hand is burning. Catch y’all soon!