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I emailed a two bedroom place on a whim. Maybe, just maybe, they would rent to us.

Nope. "5 people in a two bedroom is too much."

Uh. yah, if that was 5 adults. But this is a family looking for anything.

Ah well. I hope they find the renters they want. Me, I'm off house hunting.

Yah, it does.

Especially when I can't make daily trips out to where I would be house hunting.

*sigh*

ah well. This must be done and I will do it.

Any ideas?
( Oh yes he did! )

To what you might ask...?
( oh yes she did! )
Pray for me... please!

The kids are sick.

Hims is sick.

I'm sick.

So what do I hear today? A faint knock on my door. I ignore it. DS comes out of the bathroom and announces to all "Mommy, there's someone knocking on the door!" They nock two more times before I can get there.

I open the door. I'm not wearing a bra, but am wearing a tshirt. I'm wearing my sleeping shorts over my underwear. If its a friend, I'll still tell them to get lost.

Its not.

Two ladies and a child. Proselytizing. "We would like to invite you to our church tomorrow for..."

"We've got fifths disease here. We're contagious."

"That doesn't matter. Please come."

Doesn't matter? Uh. right. Let's just infect the entire church!

"No, I don't think so." I try to close the door and she stuffs a double business card sized flyer in my face. "Don't you get it? We're sick here and you don't want to be around us. We'll infect you all."

And I slam the door.

I wonder if they stuck that stupid card in our mailbox. :P I swear once you become christian, your iq drops 20 points.

The kids were exposed to Fifth's disease about a week ago. Everyone here is running high fevers, ear infections and more.

My problem?

Do I give them acetominophen to make them feel better and be normal kids again or just let them be sick? This is the first time that our son has just curled up into a ball ever. Not even pneumonia and being nebulized in the hospital got him down years ago. All three of them have been sleeping for hours.

If we weren't so sick ourselves, this would almost be peaceful!

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Looking for x-ray technician school?

( I hate the holidays )

I've been told that Baby's eyes will eventually solidify into one colour. It has been a year since they first started to "change" and they haven't. I managed to snap the below while she was nursing...
( magic eyes are watching me )
She's got colourful eyes. I just wonder what they mean if they mean anything at all.

I found a handwritting practice generator online. Since I can imput anything I want, I can make DS do lines whenever he throws a tantrum or anything else now! ROFLMAO

( Mama called the doctor... )
Worried? Hell ya.

( Argh!!  )

These should have been posted yesterday... Computer blurp.

( If I get a set of golf clubs, honey, you can have anything you want )

Is it bad that I broke out into song and dance on the way back to the car after dropping DS off at his first day at Kindergarten?

I was going to post this on an email list I'm on, but on the day I was going to write it, someone posted about their pet dying. I didn't think my agony was as bad as theirs.

So I'm posting it here.

Back at Crown last weekend, I went into the tent and grabbed my spinning supplies. I was going to hang at camp and spin for a while to let the baby sleep and have some down time with the kids. That's when I saw it. The other half had forced the kids to stay in the tent for a while earlier in the day for punishment for taking off on us without their waivers or something. Little did I realize how much I was going to be punished instead.

There, in my basket, was the remains of my spindle.

Yes, my spindle was destroyed. Turned into kindling by the children. I pulled it out, found hims and show him. I don't know why tears weren't cascading down my face. I was devastated. The event was barely tolerable as it was because of the heat, but I still had my spindle and my roving to play with, until I found it in pieces.

I wandered up and down merchants row hoping someone would be able to fix it or something. I found Lynn the Weaver and he and I came to an agreement and I had a loaner spindle to play with. But it wasn't my spindle. It didn't spin like mine. It didn't feel like mine.

So, after a second trip down Merchants, I had returned the spindle and was still carrying my broken one when I saw a vision of beauty and light.

There she was, my baroness. She turned to me and I fell to my knees. She was an angel sent from heaven and she promised me that my spindle would be fixed. My baron is a woodworker and does wonderful bits of magic with wood.

The rest of the event went like a lot of events go. Some boring. Some fun. But a huge shock was lifted when my Barons took my spindle and promised to fix it. I got an email from him yesterday and he said that "we're all one big family."

And you know what, he's right.

For those Colbert Nation lovers... ( Colbert and the Baby Genius )

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OPTIMUS PRIMETake the Transformers Quiz

Stolen from another knitter - mostly for one of the "secret exchanges."

1. a.What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with?
I love alpaca. Some cottons. It has to feel soft in my hands.
I like trying the new fancy mixtures like bamboo and soysilk.

b. What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
Sheep's wool. Mohair. Both of which I'm allergic too.

2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in?
Trust me, you don't want to know.

3. a. How long have you been knitting & how did you learn?
I "learned" as a teenager. I didn't really know how to knit till my late 20's.

b. Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced?
Intermediate. I can teach beginners, but I'm not that good with more advanced stuff. I knit "backwards." My front loops are in the same place as everyone's back loops.

4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
Nope.

5. What's your favorite scent?
Lavender, Lilac and Rose. Not all at once.

6. Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy?
Chocolate.

7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? Do you spin?
I spin, crochet, sew, cross stitch, miniature origami, play medievally and more.

8. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
I have eclectic tastes. What I don't like, my hunny might.

9. a. What's your favorite color(s)?
Used to be black, blues, red, and silver as a teenager. Now there's tons of purple and violet in the mix.

b. Any colors you just can't stand?
Green.
Barney purple.

10. a. What is your family situation?
Hubby, Wifey, Soney, Daughtery, Baby.

b. Do you have any pets?
I think fish are more ornamentation than pets.

11. Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos?
No real need for mittens - I chew the fingertips off. Hats maybe. Scarves, maybe. Ponchos - only if they are long enough in front. I love shawls though.

12. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
Baby hats. Shawls. Quicky one ball scarves.

13. What are you knitting right now?
I'm not. I'm typing. ;)

14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts?
Yup.

15. a. Do you prefer straight or circular needles?
depends on the project. Sometimes I'll move them from one set to another until I get the right "feel" when knitting.

b. Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
Bamboo, Brittany, and some plastic.

16. Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift?
I call them "knees" and "hubby's hands."

17. How old is your oldest UFO?
I recycle my ufos after a certain period of time. I have one that is a year and a half old and its sitting in my brain in the "do I want to work on it or should I recycle it and waste all that energy" bin. We'll see if it lasts.

18. What is your favorite holiday?
Canada Day. Cause I'm proud to be Canadian.
Least favorite is the Fourth of July.

19. Is there anything that you collect?
Geocoins.

20. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
There's a couple, but I'd have to research a bit to find out.

21. Are there any new techniques you'd like to learn?
Entrelac. I know the theory. I just haven't done it yet.

22. Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements?
Yes, but I rarely finish a sock. See (17). Size 8 cdn.

23. When is your birthday? (mm/dd) Late Spring. ;)

24. Are you on Ravelry? If so, what's your ID? nope.

(cue music) Its the Most Wonderful Time of the year....

I've loved that commercial for ages.
( adventures in school supplies )
After all, what goes around comes around.