Steve Barton, Male Nurse!

I am so proud of Steve! He has decided to go back to school with the goal of getting a nursing degree! If you know Steve, you know he would be an excellent nurse, especially if he decides to work with geriatric patients (RNs DO have to wipe a**es sorry Skyn), and if he did that, he would become the second person in the history of the ICNE to choose geriatrics as his specialty ;-)

Anyways, if you are available to tutor him through chemistry, just email lol.

Yay For Befana!

Susna sent me a Befana gift: The Emergency Knitting Bag, with a darling little tiny tape measure and a teeny tiny wooden crochet hook. Now I'm all prepared for those dreadful times when I'm stuck somewhere with nothing to do (tae kwon do practice, waiting in the car for kids to get out of school, sitting in the doc's office etc). Thanks Lorene! You're the best!

Just An Idea...

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It Can Now Be Revealed...

At least I hope the B has received her Haiku Contest prize. If not, stop reading now Mary Beth!

This is the super appropriate Grand Prize for the Fluther Haiku Contest. Meet JOSEPH. I have a pattern for a knitted Nativity Set (Alan Dart, and I def. need to make it, it's super cute). Could this BE any better for the authoress of that timeless classic in poetry "Joseph"? I expect Joe to have a place of honor in your home Mrs. D.

And in further contest/prize news, I just came up with the MOST BRILLS idea for Katie's prize. As you may recall, she was the chief whiner about B-Z winning the contest with a non-haiku entry, so I threw her a bone and gave her 2nd prize.

I'm not at liberty to tell what the prize is, but let me assure you, it's going to be beyond great. It's going to take me a little while to knit it, but it'll be worth the wait Katie!

Nerd Alert

So I'm totally looking nerdy today. I'd take a pix, but you know how my pictures turn out and a self-portrait would be really not pretty.

My glasses had an unfortunate collision with Mikey's noggin. That thing is like a boulder. He came away unscathed, but my specs got broken. I had to put them together with tape until I got home (hence the nerd/Poindexter reference), then Skyn repaired them with some epoxy. I still look like a nerd, but at least I can see. Off to the optomitrist for new spectacles on pay day!

Maybe for something like this?:

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner Pt. II

I won a free pattern for this darling "Evie" doll. I NEVER win anything so I'm pumped. My winning entry said that I had 4 great-nieces who love their babies and this dolly would be perfect for them. Guess I'd better get knittin'.

So True!

This was on "Go Fug Yourself" today:

I recently considered buying a Slanket to wear around the house. Until I realized that, for me, getting a Slanket was like the equivalent of taking out a television ad announcing to the world that I have just given up.

LOL, I might just have to buy one now!