IN SICKNESS...

On Friday February 15 at 10am, my love & bipedially challenged, Steve hit the deck. He fell in our yard on a spot of ice breaking his left ankle. We spent a romantic afternoon in the ER at UMASS with our wonderful Murse, Eduardo.

Steve spent the next week at home waiting to see an Orthopedic surgeon (thanks to Aunt Lyn, it only took a week). Surgery was scheduled for Tuesday February 26, 7:30am. After 6 1/2 hours of surgery, he had a plate & 7 screws installed to the fibula and 2 screws to the tibia malleoli.We spent the next 3 DAYS hanging out at the hospital! Thank you to Murse, Peter for a great job.


Spent another 4 days at home, before returning


to work Tuesday March 4.
Steve had his stitches out this week & got an air cast. He is still on crutches, but can do a little more for himself.

Steve has been a wonderful patient. No complaints, no demands, no whining. He has been made aware our differences in this area & is still willing to marry me. I should probably take him up on it before I get seriously injured. You don't often get to try out the marriage vows before the wedding.

ROLLER BOOGIE

Last night my sister's friends threw her a 30th birthday party at Skylite Roller Rink. It was a blast. I haven't been on skates in about 22 years. Her friends, boyfriend & some of our family attended. Both of our aunts & uncles skated! I couldn't believe the number of us that took the chance.


Of course, Betsy was dressed for the occassion. She bought that silver jacket just for the evening & her boyfriend gave her new skates for her birthday. When are those gonna come in handy again? The best I could do was my off the shoulder Flashdance sweatshirt & rented skates(the latter I wouldn't have been caught dead in 22 years ago)

From the 4th grade to about 7th, my best friend KellyD & I went to the roller rink reliously. When I say reliously I mean we spent every Sunday all day instead of church. We had our own skates(white w/ red or blue wheels were acceptable), lycra skating skirts worn with nylons(makes your pasty pre-pubescent legs look tan. hot, huh?)& skate covers(who wants to see your laces, yuck!) My skating skirt was the most incredible shade of aqua blue that would make Toni Basil spontaneously break into a cheerleader pyramid. I looked like a string bean in a mini skirt. Last time I skated I didn't have any boobs. Now, not only am I worried about that, I have an ass to haul around too. Center of gravity has changed. Good times!

FINALLY, A SWEATER FOR ME!

I started this cardigan during the frustration period of the project below. It's coming along wonderfully. There is a problem in the armhole decrease math. I am winging it. I have contacted 2 people doing this project. Neither seems to have been bothered by the mistake. So I motor on,

 optimistic. The back is done, as you can see. The stitch pattern is so easy, but looks complicated to non-knitters. I felt like the back came out a bit small for my size, so I bumped up the size of the front panels(which I am doing at the same time on one needle) by 2 stitches. Gotta make sure they cover "the girls".

Another Sweater, Another Set of Problems

I started a sweater for my sweetie.
I found a pattern that seemed simple with a great texture. It can be worked from the top down, which needs to be done because he needs to be able to try it on as it goes along. We took the time to pick out the right yarn & color.
I'm about 5% in. There's already a problem. I think it's the pattern (it's always the pattern). I spent an 1 1/2 hours at the Sheep Shack getting help(thank you Liz). When I left, things were motoring along. I picked it up again the next night, DISASTER!
If anyone can help... I seem to lose the stitch pattern somewhere when I transition from back to top of right front.

Missing China

I am looking for missing pieces of dishes from a set that belonged to my Nana. They are probably from the 60's. They were made by Mikasa & called Oahu. The style number is 3135-B. I already checked Replacements Ltd & EBay. I am looking for 3 coffee cups, 1 fruit bowl & 2 salad bowls.

WHAT A WONDERFUL YEAR

GOOD BYE 2007!

SUCCESS