Surgery Day

Yes.. that daughter of mine had screws and pins put in today.

/sigh

She's come through ok... the doctor says she must take it real easy for the next couple of days, but he also says that she can go back to school on Thursday.

I'm still camera less... booooo......

So I haven't anything to show you really.

But... even so, I've been busy with the knitting. Even more busy than usual with it the last couple of days, as I took a two day vacation from work. ( Well, even if you're 40-something, you can still act a little bit like a kid, and take time off for your birthday, huh?) I'm working happily along on the scarves, and I got to take a little trip to my local yarn store, and bought some GORGEOUS sock yarn, so I have my first ever pair of socks on the needles too. I love the challenge!

Oh yes.. and do you remember that the store had their "knitting olympics" challenge? Well, when I went in, I took the scarves I made while the olympics were on, and I got a prize! A nice pair of stitching scissors. I didn't expect that!

On the family front, my daughter fell last week whilst playing kick ball with her friends, and now has a broken ankle. Today, she saw an orthopaedic surgeon, and had a CT scan done.. if the ligament has shifted too much, we're looking at surgery, I'm afraid.

Let's hope things aren't that bad....

Anyway, that's all for today.. I must go and get my lunch bag ready for tomorrow.

A beautiful Labor Day

Now, first of all, I have to say that I did not take these photos, because my poor little camera has died. But nonetheless, this is where The Man In My Life (TMIML) and I spent our Labor Day.

He has a sailboat - a sloop - here, and we were out on the water. It isn't a big boat... as TMIML told me - "It's a tad on the old and ugly side, just like the owner" ! I just shake my head at him when he says that.. I don't consider him ugly or old at all.. and I don't even think the boat is ugly! :o)
It was just such a beautiful day... the sun shone.... the breeze - umm... breezed... and we floated along so happily. Not always needing to talk to each other.. but just basking together in each others' company, and in the warm weather.

Just a totally perfect day.

Now, though, it's time to get ready for reality to hit in the morning.. /sigh

Animal Friends

Funny how the world works, isn't it?

I sat here last night, clicking away, trying to get a half way near decent picture of the goldfish who lives with me! :o) I'd already had the idea that I would do a post about animals, see...

And then, today, before I posted, I went over to visit Michelle's blog, and she has a lovely picture of her Trinity posted...

Anyway... this is about as good a picture of Mr. Chips as we are ever going to get... he was given to me by my neighbour's little 4th Grader daughter, who had won him at a fair.

And he's doing well... has grown a bunch since June too.

My landlord will not allow any other animals, other than my Mr Chips, but one day I hope to have a place where dogs, cats, fish and birds will all be welcome

I know these next two pictures are pretty bad - they're pictures of pictures actually. But I wanted to try and show some of my other animal friends... this is Nikki, with my daughter ..

She was a lovely girl... she'd been rescued from an animal shelter, and then her owner died, so she came to us. Oh, she was gorgeous. Sadly she developed cancer, and passed away in 2001. But, you know, for days afterwards, I thought she was with me.. I'd "feel" her lying across my feet in the evening, which is what she'd always do.. and then I'd feel her hop up onto the sofa, and lie her head in my lap...

And this is really a pitiful picture.. but my little cat. Oh, she was a treasure too. She lived such a long life.. and again, after she passed I felt her around...

She was very spoiled... loved to have her turkey dinner at Christmas... got lots of special treatment when she and I both flew over to the USA from England .. loved to drink cooled Bovril from a saucer, but hated milk and cream.. and I'm sure that she had a "mum radar" in her head, because she'd just seem to sense when I was arriving home from work, and would just appear in the parking lot, and hop into my basket, so she could have a "ride" back up to our home..

Really, I've been pretty blessed to have such loving and lovely animals enter into my life...

I love the thought that they are waiting for me to get to the Rainbow Bridge one day...

Kids' first day back at school today... I felt a bit sad about it in some ways.. another summer gone by already.... and so much not done. /sigh
They seem glad to be back though, and Number One daughter is already into volleyball practice... tomorrow I will need to pick her up at 5.. I had thought about going to watch, but she says she'd be mortified.. "I'd just DIE, mum" ... so I'll take along my knitting and sit in the parking lot probably!

Just a short little post today... nothing deep... some blogs are much more in depth than this one... I just don't feel ready to share the deep "stuff" yet... there's plenty of it though.
And anyway... the little men inside my head are too busy with the hammers pounding on the backside of my right eye, for me to think of typing for too much longer...

A Sunday Morning Project

Shelf making.. and arranging!

Remember that bookcase which collapsed the other week? Well, I cut down a couple of the shelves and fiitted them on the ledge above where I hang coats here... the ledge was just BEGGING for some wood to hold up.. honest! lol

I'm very pleased with the little extra storage space... behind the plant I have a sturdy cardboard box which is holding things (books..gifts to give.. things to sell) and on top of that is a plastic storage box with a variety of completed knitted items in it.. they will be for gifts, or selling, or for charity giving or whatever too. To the right, behind the plant is another plastic box, with plant pots and other gardening stuff..

And the plant? Well, I don't usually go for artificial plants, but I was given this one by my neighbour one night last week, and it does a pretty good job at "hiding" the boxes, don't you think?

(Getting through) Inspection Day 2008

Another week gone by... another Saturday to... umm... enjoy! Well, as much as you can enjoy spending 3 hours sitting in your local mechanics office, while your car is being worked on anyway! This was my view for the morning.....

and what did I do to kill time? You got it.. I took along one of my crochet projects.. the sunglasses were a necessity, even indoors... as the sun was bright, and hot.. and there are lots of big windows ... and well, another reason is that I had the worst allergy eyes this morning, so darkened glasses helped just soooooooo much....
And I thought I'd throw this picture of my foot in for a giggle! See the pedometer? At work they are doing the 10,000 step challenge, so that's why I'm wearing it... but I just can't get anything to pick up on it if I clip it to my waistband, so that's why I shoved it on my shoe. But you wouldn't believe the number of people who have asked me if it's one of those electronic devices - you know, the type they use on people on house arrest. lol Oh well.....
it's all worth it, just to have these lovely stickers on my windscreen now! Hallelujah... the car is good for another year!!!!!!! :o)
(By the way.. all the bloodwork came back just fine and dandy.. so there is another reason why I'm not feeling so good.. and I'm starting to wonder if it isn't just a degree of stress... )