46 Mommas - After the Shave

46 Mommas - After the Shave
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Can you believe this! Wow. I am so impressed with the genorosity of people and the willingness of those who are strong enough to make such a wonderful statement.

criminy

Is criminy a word?  Hmm.  Anyway, it has been crazy busy.  Work.  Kids.  School (their's not mine . . . thank God, I am done with that, although the idea of getting a Ph.d is attractive . . . then I could be Dr. Mom).  I think I should probably pay off my student loans from the Masters first.

Good news.  Dave has a job in a public school which pays more than in the parochial school where he was previously.  Plus, he is out from under the thumb of the . . . well, you know.  It does pay better but he is starting over again.  On the upside, I can get him and the kids off of my health program and onto his, which will save me a bundle.  I have to stay on mine because his has a spousal exclusion clause.  But, right now I am paying $575/month for our medical premium and mine will be reduced to $200/month unless I change plans.  I could get it down to $90/month by changing plans.  His for the family is $30/month and includes eye and basic dental.  Plus, his out of pockets expenses are substantially lower than mine ($5/$10 for one month at a pharmacy and $15/$30 for three months through mail in service).  My pharmacy is $35/$70 for mail in.  Plus he can get additional life insurance for a couple of bucks per month through age 70. 

Anyway, the whole thing is really a grand thing and I have to say we are lucky and blessed!

knitting and vacation

I drive to the park and ride and take the bus to work.  I drive our van to the park and ride and take the bus to work.  The park and ride is five minutes from my home.  I don't turn the a/c on because in the morning I don't need it and in the evening, it is only five minutes and I roll down the windows and open the air vents and by the time the a/c would be up and running, I've parked the car in my driveway. 

So about three weeks before we are scheduled to leave for vacation, my husband says that we should have the van checked out and have I run the a/c.  So, off to Sears I go.  The a/c compressor (?) isn't cycling so they cannot test the a/c and I need to take it back to the dealer.  Sears didn't charge me for that wisdom, not even a service charge. 

The very first appointment I can get at the dealer is the Monday before we are leaving (we left on a Thursday for Orlando).  The dealer calls around 10:00 a.m.  First of all, for them to look at it, the cost was $95.  They call back and hour or so later.  The lines for the a/c need to be replaced and there are a couple of issues with that:

1. They won't have the parts probably until Thursday or Friday and maybe not until next week.
2. They aren't sure that it will be the final solution but just a starting point.
3. The cost for running new lines is $1,245 + tax, but they will apply the $95 service charge to that
4. The design of the van (now you have to understand, I was "hot" for this van.  It had stow and go, it had auto windows, driver side doors and an auto hatch lift thing (all important considering that I am 5'), it is a Chrysler Town & Country extended whatever and it cost a pretty penny when we bought it new in 2005 . . . it also only has 60,000 miles on it and that is only because we have done things like drive to California and back (9,000 miles), to Florida (2,100 miles) and to upper Canada (1,500 miles).  Anyway, back to the van design, the tech said to me (and I quote):  "The van wasn't designed to withstand Ohio winters."  Excuse me . . . I bought the stupid thing in OHIO.  You dolts. 
5. And, just for the fun of it, the final payment for the van was made in July.  Yep, two days before the service call.  Go figure.

Anyway, so given our options and the fact that I told them that I wasn't going to be paying $1,245+tax for something that may not work and may not be done in a timely manner, we decided to drive our Kia Rio to Florida.  Yep.  We went from a mini-van with stow and go to a small sedan.  We had to seriously downsize the amount of "stuff" we were taking.  In many respects, it wasn't a bad thing.  Our entire gas bill for driving to/from Florida was $132.  In the van, it would have been closer to $300. 

But, I had to downsize the amount of knitting I was going to take.  I have this very nice, boxy zipper bag that fit between Zachariah and I in the back seat (and yes, I sat in the back, Lindsey sat in the front and it was a design to keep me sane!).  But I had to rethink what knitting I was going to take.  My sister had just spun me some wonderful alpaca/silk/wool blend stuff and I took it and A scarf pattern.  I brought the buffalo to make Kyle's socks.  I have enough to do the feet in the buffalo and do the cuffs in wool, which I also brought, along with a toe-up pattern.  And I brought one skein of peaches and creme cotton and a pattern.  and a variety of needles etc.

Does anyone see the problem here?  One scarf pattern.  One sock pattern.  One cloth pattern.  I have nothing done.  Did I bring a scarf pattern that I had done before?  No.  I brought a new one, which I have decided is rift with errors.  I got it from my sister (actually ripped it out of her magazine and will have to wait to see if there are fixes for it in this month's magazine).  ALL the way to Florida, I putzed with the stupid pattern.  I ripped it out. 

Men's socks.  Are.  So.  Boring.  Buffalo is nice but not excitingly soft or pretty.  I started it with size 7 dpns.  Too big.  Rip.  Size 6 dpns.  His feet are big but not THAT big.  So, on the way home, I continued knitting on the stupid sock, up to about Akron and then I decided that it was not only boring and blah and big, the sock is too big.  Maybe I'll make him a hat out of the buffalo.

So two weeks in Florida and no knitting to show for it.

we're back and I have a couple of pics

Vacation was super-fabulous.  I was out of the office from Thursday, July 15 through Sunday August 1!!  Because of my job, there were times when I had to do some work and log in, but I kept it to a minimum and only if I couldn't do something on my blackberry.  The one woman in my office was little peeved about the length of my vacation . . . on the other hand, there is a lot to be said for working at the same place for 38 years. 

I haven't downloaded any of my pics from vacation.  On the camera I took to work, I do have one picture of Zachariah from vacation.  The rest I have put into my laptop and need to move them elsewhere. 

Also, I do have a pic of the summer swap package I received from Chris Love.  The box arrived yesterday.  Great timing and it was chock full of fun stuff from Lake County, California.

There is a beautiful coffee cup, a bag of organic decaf coffee and a soap bottle apron.  There are maps and information about the area and the Love Family Farm.  There are two glass beads, which didn't show up too well in the photo.  There is a book, Chopping Spree, by Diane Mott Davidson, which I have yet to read.  And, there was a skein of alpaca yarn (4 oz.) in a beautiful shade of grays and blues (almost into the purple range).  Thanks so much Chris!  It is a great package.

We hold these truths to be self-evident

I haven't read the Declaration of Independence through since my high school government class, called, rightfully so, "We the People." We reviewed the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.  As a major project for the class, we re-enacted the Constitutional Congress. I think it was the first and last time that the teacher did it. After much argument from us, we actually did two ways. We had huge arguments about abolishing slavery and women's rights and indentured servants, etc.  To pacify everyone, he had us do it first as if we were in 1776, keeping in mind that slavery was alive and well in the colonies, along with the lack of women's rights and the fact that many of the people who lived and worked were indentured servants. And then, he let us have free-reign and do it again.

Keep in mind, this was 1972. We were in 12th grade and, for most of us, we were going to be the first group of 18 year olds allowed to vote. We convinced him to get us a field trip and as a group, we went to our board of elections and signed up to vote. Gosh. No wonder I still always vote.

The only thing I ask that when you are reading this, do keep in mind the time in which is was written.  Think of the courage of these leaders.  And, if you want to really get involved with this, go here.  (and if the link doesn't work, copy and paste this:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYyttEu_NLU)

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.


We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.


We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

Father's Day and a beautiful day

So yesterday was Father's Day.  I thought about my Dad a couple of times during the day.  He was such a gentle soul, full of patience and kindness.  I miss him and while at times I know that it has been such a long time that he has been gone (26 years . . . wow), at other times, it seems like it was just yesterday.  I know that he would really enjoy my kids, especially Zachariah.  I could see them playing catch or hanging in the pool together.  He always had infinite patience with the littlest of the kids.  It may be because he was the oldest of five.  I don't know.

Dave and Sarah at her wedding reception.

As usual, Dave played racquetball yesterday morning.  Lindsey, Zachariah and I met him and Dean (his raquetball partner) for breakfast.  Then Dave took Zachariah out to Camp Christopher to walk around.  Next year, Zachariah will be spending a week there.  It is an overnight camping experience.  Lindsey and I went grocery shopping and got home around the same time Dave and Zachariah did.

Dave, generally, doesn't sit down and do nothing for very long periods of time.  He does read the newspaper every day but does it in pieces.  Anyway, yesterday, he said he was going to cut the grass and work in the garden and so on and so forth.  Instead, I convinced him to sit on the back porch with me.  He read the newspaper and read a book and the kids played and swam.  We actually were outside doing "nothing" for about three hours.  Lindsey at one point said "I thought you were going to cut the grass?" and he looked around and said "eh, maybe tomorrow.  Today, I'm going to sit with Mom and enjoy the beautiful day." 

I made shish kabobs (with scallops) and grilled tomatoes for dinner.  They were delicious. 

It was a very nice Father's Day.  Very nice indeed.

A contest . . . for those who like to make greeting cards

I love making greeting cards.  I'm just not terribly creative at it but if someone points me in the right direction, I am off and running. 

Anyway, go to favecrafts and enter this contest.  You can click here or cut and paste the URL below:

http://www.favecrafts.com/sweeps/Encyclopedia-of-Greeting-Card-Book-Giveaway

I think this looks like a great prize.  Even if I don't win it, I may have to make an investment.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others;

for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness;

and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

~Audrey Hepburn

Isn't this a great quote from a very "together" lady.  I think I love every movie she was in from comedy to mystery to drama. 

What a racket!

Lindsey went for her senior pics on May 29. 

They are lovely.

To get the number of 5x7s that I need to just give my siblings and a couple of other people pics, I would only have to spend $659.95.  Oh, and that doesn't include shipping and handling.  Or, I could get the 5 x 7 individually for only $69.95 for two (I need 10 . . . but actually could use 12).  Plus pay $94.95 for 96 wallets, oh yeah, according to Lindsey, we need almost 150 wallets, so that gets us to $634.60 . . . plus shipping and handling. 

When somone at church looked at Lindsey and said "when Jacob saw how much the pictures were, he said 'forget about it . . . that is just way too much, Mom' " and Lindsey looked at her and said "well, that's just how guys are."  I've got news for my darling daughter, that's just how this Mom is too!

The worst thing is that the studio takes all the schools photos for most of the high schools around here.  They also take all the pics at dances (Lindsey's school has three major dances every year (Fall, Winter Formal and Prom).  It is such a ripoff.  The students have to go there for their pics to be included in the yearbook.

Sigh.  Again.  I am going to be the evil mother. 

p.s.  If you want to check out the photos . . . and for the most part they are really good, except for the ones where she looks like she is selling her violin . . . go to:

Liveyouryear.com


Click on: Senior Stuff
Click on: Your Senior Session Images
Account number is: 286935
Password: 22q3b6

This past weekend - belated Memorial Day

Don't go through life,

grow through life!

~ Eric Butterworth

Friday evening, we went to Sarah and Kyle's so that they could open wedding presents.  They received some beautiful things.  I drove home.  Dave's instructions were that if there is a deer in the middle of the road, don't swerve to miss it.  Just for the record, there wasn't any deer.  And I didn't hit anything.

On Saturday, Lindsey had her senior pictures taken.  They are beautiful.  Well, they are beautiful on the computer.  We go this Saturday to preview them.  The local photographer that does all the schools charges an arm and a leg. 

I went to the Great Lakes Fiber Fest this weekend (on Sunday).  It was hot and hot and hot. 

Even though I brought a huge tote bag, I controlled myself and only bought four skeins of yarn, including four ounces of buffalo.  I told my new son-in-law that I would make him a pair of socks.  He hunts and is always cold.  I should have looked at the size of his feet first.  He wears a size 12.

My sister bought a spinning wheel and she said that if I bought some fiber, she would spin it for me, so I bought 4 ozs of something else (I don't remember what). 

After I got home Sunday, we worked in the yard getting ready to do the planting on Monday.  Our rototiller broke.  I did get all the flower baskets planted.  Dave is horribly allergic so we don't have very many flowers around and he tolerates my love for flowers.  We put hanging baskets (with New Guinia (sp?) Impatiens) on the porch posts and I have three large jars with geraniums.  I put petunias in the long planters which go in front.

On Monday, when it was very hot, we planted the vegetable garden.  We planted 64 (yes, 64) tomato plants and 64 green peppers.  We also planted 16 Hungarian yellow peppers.  The peas are coming in nicely.  We also planted green beans and he wants to plant green bush beans. 

Lindsey cut the back third of the acre.  I cut the front and the other rest of yard (thank God for the pool).  Dave weed-wacked the entire fence, around all the beds, sheds and play-yard!

Sarah and Kyle . . . some wedding photos

We will dance and give thanks

Life may not be the party we hoped for,

but while we are here, we should dance!

~author unknown

Dave and I celebrated our 30th anniversary on April 18.

Sarah celebrated her 24th birthday on May 11.

On Saturday, May 22, Sarah will marry Kyle.  He is a wonderful man and his family is generous and kind.  We are incredibly happy for her and him. 

And, I have to think of the special gift that Sarah is.  She was born on May 11, 24 years ago, to a single young woman, who was in a semi-serious relationship with a young man.  They weren't terribly young (she was 23 and he 27).  Together they decided that they were not ready to be together much less to raise a child.  In that decision, they gave us the gift of Sarah.  She joined us on July 17, 1986. 

This Saturday, we send her off to a new junction in her life.  To the parents who let her go 24 years ago, thank you. 

We will dance at her wedding and during the ceremony offer up a prayer thanking you for the gift.

Family and relationships

There is no more lovely, friendly

or charming a relationship,

communion or company

than a good marriage.

~Martin Luther

And ain't this the truth.

The beads are all done on the front of Sarah's dress.  I am now adding blue beads to the beads that are on the buttons up the back of her dress.  There are 75 buttons that run from the bottom of the train to the top of the back of the dress.  I have to say that while the dress was very pretty before, adding a variety of blue and bluish beads have really made this dress pop!

We are in countdown mode. 

Lindsey is getting inducted into her schools National Honor Society on Wednesday (VERY COOL).  Sarah is working  on Wednesday but she will be coming to our house when she gets off and we are taking her and the dress to Victoria's Secret to get the "right" bra.  She also wants to go to Things Remembered to get engraved gifts for the groomsmen, Kyle, Dave and Terry. 

But May is always hectic.  It might have been better to schedule the wedding for later but what the heck, it is only a weekend and their lifetime . . . but we have been just so busy . . . and it isn't getting any easier.

Dave's school is having their concert tonight.  My niece is in the play "Into the Woods" at one of our local community colleges.  Zachariah and I went on Sunday.  Lindsey wants to go on Thursday.  Friday is my EGD.  Early Saturday morning, Zachariah has an orthodontist appointment (at 7:15).  Also on Saturday, we go to Kentucky for another niece's first communion, returning on Sunday.  I have a doctor's appointment on Monday morning.  Tuesday is primary election day (with many school levies in many of the local districts).  And Dave wants to know when we can get together with Kyle's parents to make sure that everything is copacetic (sp?). 

I have been knitting cloths.  Lots of cloths.  Mindless cloths.  I have actually knit four this month and a back scrub thing (which, I love . . . my skin is very dry and my itchy backs makes me crazy . . . this thing really works).  I will post pictures.  Frankly, I like making cloths, especially if they have an interesting pattern.  I can knit them on the bus on my way to/from work.  Although, yesterday morning, my DPN went flying and I had to wait until the bus got off the freeway to fetch it.

So bottomline, when we get back to the quote at the top, it is a lucky thing that we love each other.  We do have a wonderful marriage, just celebrated 30 years on April 18th.  I can only wish for my daughter and her soon-to-be husband that they enjoy each other and their time together as much as Dave and I enjoy our time.

Exhaustion

"If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up."

~J.M. Power

I have to admit.  I am exhausted. 

Sarah's bridal shower is Saturday.  The wedding is May 22.  I have sewn probably 1000 beads on her wedding dress.

The invitations were mailed this morning.

I had a doctor's appointment scheduled for a 4/23 and they cancelled it.  I was looking forward to it since it was actually for an EGD and I would have to take the whole day off.  Instead, it is scheduled for 4/30.  Sarah will be taking me and we will probably pin up her hem on her dress in the morning. 

The thing is when you start planning these things, you don't think about everything else that is going on.  Sewing beads should be easy.  But I have to squeeze it in between driving this kid there and that one here and meetings, oh, and WORK.  LOL. 

I cannot imagine how my parents survived.  Five of us got married in six years.  My Mom made the bride's dresses for each of us. 

I have scheduled the Monday after the wedding as a vacation day.  I think I will sleep all day.  Ha!  You all know that I will spend the day putting stuff away.

Socks for Zachariah

"Positive anything is better

than negative nothing."

~ Elbert Hubbard

Pair 1 is out of Lion Brand.  The heel stripes are really quite nice.

I finished both pairs last week, actually at my knitting group on Wednesday.  I was determined not to leave until both pairs were done! 

The second pair was made with Lorna's Lace. 

This pair is actually the same size.  I don't know why they look so different.  It must be the angle.

And here are both pairs.  Look how nicely the heels on the brown and blue pair match up.  The biggest problem is that yarn is a lot more scratchy than the other pair.

and life goes on . . . I do another sock or two!

This past weekend I was thrilled to learn that our local rec center is re-instating the deep water aerobics classes on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The classes had been canceled during high school swim team season. My 16 year old isn't pleased in that she will be swimming before my classes and then (GASP) will have to wait until my class ends at 7:15; with my being showered and dressed and out by 7:30. My darlin' husband looked her straight in the eye and said "and we never wait for you?"

So, my new passion is socks.  I did finish the pair for Lindsey.  I have also almost finished two socks for Zachariah . . . please note that I did not say "pair." 

This is the one that I finished.  The sock that is.  LionBrand Sock-Ease.  Zachariah picked this yarn out.  He liked the color.

This sock is made with I think Lorna's Lace sock yarn . . . I guess I will have to find the yarn band.  I like this yarn sooooooo much better.  It is substantially softer.  I am doing the foot with a smaller needle.

Bella Mittens

Bella Mittens
Originally uploaded by mlj1954ohio

and they are done!

A sock and more

A sock on double pointed needles.

Ta da, two socks done on double pointed needles.

Look how nicely the pattern matches.

I do have to say that I am impressed.

And here are matching gloves:

well, actually, it is a glove . . . .

It is Lion Brand self-stripping sock yarn.  I have had it for years.  I think I'm in love. 

These are for Lindsey.  And the socks, by the way, fit!

And the socks are done too!

Bellamittens for Ravelympics

Great quote:

Life moves pretty fast. 

If you don't stop to look around once in a while,

you could miss it.

~Matthew Broderick as Ferris Buller in "Ferris Buller's Day Off."

Bellamittens for Ravelympics
Originally uploaded by mlj1954ohio

So, you see this. It is the WIP that I am going to finish for Ravelympics. I have to admit that I was impressed with how clever I was that I did remember to tag the cable with the size of the needle tip I was using. These are being made for Lindsey and the color is really more of a purple. I am on row 76 or 77 and need to finish this one and get the other one finished.

Lindsey went with Andrew to his Winter Formal on Sunday, February 14, 2010.  They had a great time. 

Aren't they cute.

On Monday, February 15, Lindsey and I went to Wooster College in Wooster, OH.  It is a very good school.  I think she would be happy there.  the student population is about 1,900.  It is a liberal arts college but has a partnership with a couple of other schools for the engineering which she desires to do.  We also met with the swimming and diving coaches. 

Later, much later, after dinner and after the discussion on the way home where she mentioned that she might want to go to Cincinnati or Akron . . . Andrew is interested in Akron and his brother goes to Cincinnati and he might want to go there too . . . we informed Lindz that whatever school she decides on it will not be the school that Andrew goes to.  Period.  WHAT?  WHY?  THAT's NOT FAIR.  As my husband pointed out to her, that the fact that she doesn't understand our reasoning is the main reason that we wouldn't allow.  STAMP!  POUT!  STAMP!  . . . mucho whispered conversations with Andrew.  Sigh (the sigh is mine).