We Rode -- the unofficial diary of the odyssey

Day 1: We drove. The DVD players didn't work. We had to go home to get the spares. We are down to 2 for 3 kids. Mac played DS and listened to an audio book, so we were good. So far. We arrived.

Random Thoughts on a Wednesday, only it is Tuesday

1. It is Tuesday, but I won't be here on Wednesday.

2. The pokemon cards are still occupying my kids.

3. Chase promised me that I would have my card in 3-5 b-days, not that they would mail it in 3-5 b-days.... swine

4. 3 kids, 3 houses, 2 hotels, 2000 miles, 6 states, 1 minivan, 1 mom, 0 dad...

5. What do you take on the above adventure?

6. Wine

7. Mikes Hard Lemonade

8. Really, is there enough alcohol in the world?

9. My husband told me there was a LYS going out of business.

10. I was super excited, and was hunting around in the couch for money. I have a spare 20 hidden somewhere.

11. My friends were super excited.

12. He was wrong.

13. He is still alive.

14. Knitting makes everything better.

A knitters dozen of thoughts.

Vacation..

This is my last post for a while... going to be on vacation, and definitely NOT going to be able to post with any regularity! So much going through my mind right now, bullet points I think.

• So, can you be fired from a volunteer position. I made a really big error with MOMs Club. It isn't like I did it on purpose, I didn't read the email. Was it one of those random emails lost in the yahoo vortex? Did I just miss it? I don't know what happened, but I do know that the consequences of me not doing that are big and I hate the silence on the other end. Oh well, I think I will be happy to be removed from office!

• The price is the price is the price. I hate it when people change the price. grrr

• Oso... what to say about that... it would seem he isn't so unique anymore.

• Small frog went driving. Give the keys to the frog and look what happens.

• I hate people who respond to Bob's job loss like my husband has terminal cancer. I am sooo sorry, they say. How are you holding up? Like I should be crumbling. Sure I have some feelings about the whole situation, duh, but we are in a better place than we were 2 months ago. Then there is the other end of the spectrum, when folks ask me to do stuff that there is no way I can afford, my husband is unemployed right now. Money is tight. It is so hard to blow off fun stuff like trips to the yarn store or where ever, but we can not do that right now. I guess I appreciate the gesture. What I really appreciate is the friends that are coming up with free stuff for us to do, figuring out ways to coupon something down to almost nothing. Those folks are trying to help us still have fun, with out spending a boat load. I guess it is like a death, no one really knows what to do or say.
  

• 3 days in the car with the kids one way, 3 days in the car with the kids the other way.....

Ok, enough bullet points.

Sock Blanket Saturday

It is rainy and yucky here. A depressing 4th of July. We aren't going to fireworks, because it is so wet and gross out. So I had a ton of time to work on my blanket. Some stats:

Width: 12 squares (needs to be 16)
Length: 2 rows complete, 3rd row 1/2 way done.
Squares completed: 30
Approx. # of squares left to complete: 768 - 30 = 738

Yeah, I know it is crazy. Below a picture of the blanket.



I also dyed some yarn today. It is drying, I don't know how it will look knitted up, but it was pretty fun to do. I used food coloring that we had in the house. It is bad to leave me to my own devices on a rainy day.... My new plan is to buy some bare yarn and dye mini-skeins for my blanket. I think the colors would probably be better if I had more to choose from!

What is on the needles?

So, I am certain most of you were completely concerned about the fact that I had nothing on the needles. Worry not my fair reader, a small search through the various knitting bags through out the house surfaced some more unfinished objects. So, I had a finishing party, of sorts.

I completed my charity scarf. Our group has made about 6 scarves and hats for Jewish Family Services. I am pretty happy about that. Granted I wish it was more, but hey, it is better than nothing. I am thinking about teaching knitting as a hoog (Mac had to tell me how to spell it, so if it is spelled wrong it is his fault), have the kids make one scarf for them and one for charity. Anyway, my scarf and hat set:



Miss T, you have heard about her before, loves frogs. We decided that she needed a frog. I did not have any worsted weight yarn in green, but did have it in a sock weight. So, small frog was born. Small frog is smaller than my cell phone! Miss T liked small frog, or at least she said she did.


Small frog propped against cell phone, so you can see, he is a small frog...

Lies

Well, I finally have an answer to the question that has bothered me since the whole thing with Bob. How could these people do this to us and still get up everyday and not feel bad about it.

The answer: (wait for it) ..... The lies that are the loudest are the ones we tell ourselves.

DUH. Of course, it didn't really occur to me that they lie to themselves. Didn't think about that. That is why everyone HATES Lynn, and she thinks she is so wonderful. She lies to herself. That is why everyone despises Leon and he thinks that he is a well loved boss. He lies to himself. That is why Joel thinks he is different than his in-laws, better than them. He lies to himself.

I feel so much better about it. I just wish I could be there when someone puts the mirror up and asks them to really look at their behavior. They are deluded. I guess we were a little deluded too, we thought Bob could handle the situation, and have a positive impact. Oh, and we believed their lies too... for a little while.

Random Thoughts on a Wednesday

1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Sam!!!

2. Overheard: Mac: "Sam, you are so lucky." Sam: "Yeah, don't you want to be me?"

3. The above quote was in reference to the Pokemon cards that Sam got from Mac.

4. The boys have been playing Pokemon for an hour without fighting.

5. I may not get Pokemon, I may think it is the stupidest thing in the entire world, but I love that the boys can play for an hour without fighting. All hail Pokemon.

6. Special Agent Oso, the unique stuffed bear.... enough said.

7. When it is too hot, I complain, when it is too cold I complain. I guess I won't complain about the weather anymore.

8. Today is going to be the coldest day in 75 years.

9. What do you make with size 17 needles??

10. What weight yarn do you use with size 17 needles? Something like bulky held 4xs???

11. Why does the Garmin send you to a destination one way and home another? Can't it just turn around?

12. Free cheese is the best thing ever.

13. I want to go on a date with this hugely cute guy. He is 6 feet tall, slightly balding, with brown eyes, and a nice laugh.

14. Knitting makes everything better.

A knitters dozen of thoughts.