I'm Blind as a Bat

Friday, Jul. 30, 2004 - 3:29 pm

Cripe! this font is coming out small--I don't have time to figure it out now, but IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN hold down your CTRL button and roll the mouse dial (between the buttons, if you have one) up or down to enlarge the font on your screen.

Friday, Jul. 30, 2004 - 1:46 pm

Woo hoo! I like my new colors and graphics--keepin' it fresh....

Just time for a quick note today, then I gotta do some work (well, since I'm at work, anyways). Ryan didn't care for swimming that much (??!), so he's sitting out til next summer. Holly loves it, and even is jumping in now. Emma's read about 10 books so far this summer, and written summaries of them all--she's almost half done with her 5th grade reading for the year. Tim's got (well, we all had) a summer cold last week. The weather here is now calling for 2 inches of rain by Sunday. I am almost ready for our giant yard sale on the 7th--it BETTER NOT RAIN THAT DAY.

I made a purse for the bag-along, but I have to get handles for it. I started Denise Augustine's August doily for my parents to take down to my sister when they visit her next. I still have to join the freakin' pineapple blanket, but the squares are all made at least �.

Tuesday, Jul. 27, 2004 - 2:25 pm

She says that it's 65 and sunny in Rochester, and it's actually been raining all day. In fact, we have not seen the sun here in 18 days. It has rained every damn day. So much that even though we had our roof fixed last year, it is leaking again. So much that the toilets won't flush because the ground is so saturated [I have no idea how THAT all works--nor do I want to, I know only that when it's really rainy here, the toilets don't work that well.]

And I see that the internet mood is "happy"--what the heck!? I've never seen it be anything but tired.

I know, pictures. I can hear you thinking, "Who cares about your weather, I want to see PICTURES of your pineapple afghan. It's done, right?!" Well, smartypants', all the squares are done, so there. I just have to block and join them. And you KNOW how much of a pain I think the whole digital camera thing is!

I have also completed a watermelon doily--from the current issue of Country Woman magazine; a scarf from the Vogue book below; and am 1/3 of the way done with my new crochetville c-a-l called "bag along" (it's supposed to make you think of "tag along" but I doubt anyone's made the leap, lol!):

I swear, pictures are coming.

Quiz time!

You are Rerun!

Which Peanuts Character are You?
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See you soon!

Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2004 - 2:37 pm

Right now, in Rochester, we are having the mother of all rain storms. It has been raining for almost 5 days straight now (hence, no progress on the desk below). It makes me so depressed, I can't do anything!

Well, how's everyone doing on the

!? I hope you haven't fallen off the wagon--I slipped a little, but am back on again. Still on bedrooms (link to checklist at the left)--I will leave it there until the end of July, since people usually have more than one bedroom.

Ok, remember how I said NO MORE PROJECTS UNTIL PINEAPPLE AFGHAN IS DONE!? Well, I cheated. I made a scarf from my new book. I just needed a teency break, I swear! I am back to squares now. 5 left to do, then joining. Chug, chug, chug. Pictures of everything tomorrow.

Summer's been crazy busy so far, I cannot believe summer break is almost half over! Emma's been doing library programs, swimming lessons, and is signed up for a week of old-fashioned school soon. She's been reading up a storm, too.

Holly had her first swimming lesson today (she's 2), and she loved it, I hear. She gets in the pool with Tim, and he swishes her around, etc. My mom and Emma sat on the bleachers with Ryan (he's 1), who had "a totally forlorn look on his face" according to Tim. [Ryan is the waterbug of the 2 babies, but we had to pick one to go in with Tim. Holly's older, so she got to do it.] The instructor noticed, and asked if that was Tim's son, and when hearing why Ryan was sidelined, she offered to have another instructor hold Ryan so he could participate too! Wasn't that nice?! I hope he likes it as much as I think he will. I can just picture his inner thoughts, "That's the BIGGEST bathtub I have ever seen!"

I'll leave you with another quiz:

You're Siddhartha!

by Hermann Hesse

You simply don't know what to believe, but you're willing to try

anything once. Western values, Eastern values, hedonism and minimalism, you've spent

some time in every camp. But you still don't have any idea what camp you belong in.

This makes you an individualist of the highest order, but also really lonely. It's

time to chill out under a tree. And realize that at least you believe in

ferries.

Take the Book Quiz

at the Blue Pyramid.

Thursday, Jul. 15, 2004 - 2:12 pm

How to make a Michelle

Ingredients: 1 part competetiveness 1 part crazyiness 5 parts empathy

Method: Combine in a tall glass half filled with crushed ice. Add a little fitness if desired!