Several Days at once

I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.

~ Jennifer Yane

It has been a crazy week.  Crazy.  Zachariah was sick a couple of weeks ago.  There was a vicious flu that was going around and he got it with a passion, losing 5 pounds in one day.  He had been all the way up to 53 pounds and actually over the last two weeks has been down to as low as 46 and is finally back up to 48.  Sigh.  Anyway, Monday night he said "my ear hurts."  Okay.  So Dave and I talked about it and we decided that he needs to see the doctor.  I took him Tuesday afternoon.  No temperature.  No sore throat.  But both ears are badly infected, including the fact that the right one (not the one that hurt) was almost ready to rupture.  lovely.  On the other hand, sitting around at the doctor's and pharmacy and I took him to his favorite place in the world (the library), gave me mucho time to knit and I worked on and finished his cap (which I had started on Monday) and got most of one of the mittens done.  Of course, the yarn is bulky and the needles relatively large (size 7 for the ribbing and size 8 for the body).  Pics of the hat and mittens are below.  I am crocheting a scarf, lengthwise.  I find crocheting especially boring and doing short rows just make me crazed. 

I have almost finished Zachariah's scarf. I did finish his hat and mittens. Using my latest favorite yarn (Joann's Sensations . . . this is in denim).

I hate using dpns so I put off doing the final rows or so until I have to. The pic above doesn't have the cap nor the thumb done on the right mitten.

and here is where I am using the dpns to close up the thumb.

I have finished Janet's Lucy bag.  It is even felted.  Here is a pic of the unfelted bag:

The light green blob to the right is was to be a pocket.  It didn't shrink enough, so I am thinking about making it into a change purse to go along with the bag.

Of course, all of this needs to be done by Sunday.  Janet will be in Cleveland (coming from Dallas) and we are meeting for lunch.

This is another weekend coming up where we will be going from one place to another.  Market Day is Saturday morning (the 4th graders are to volunteer -- along with their parents -- we have to be there at 6:30 a.m.).  Lindsey has her OMEA (Ohio Music Educator's Association) competition at 8:50 a.m.  Zachariah has swimming at 9:45.  Lindsey has swim practice from 1 to 3.  We have 4:30 mass (Lindsey is playing the violin and I am an Eucharistic Minister).  Oh, and we are going to watch Groundhog Day on Saturday.  Gotta have some fun!