Life and Pillowcases

My daughter's husband has some Irish blood in him so he wants their baby to be a Lassie.

Every once in a while I get an email from JC Penneys offering free shipment on a catalog purchase. I found a lamp and pillowcases on sale. I received the lamp but I couldn't figure out where the pillowcases were. The lamp came the beginning of the week. Today my husband put the garbage out for collection tomorrow and found the pillowcases on the ground in their so plastic bag. We've had some very rainy days and nights. The cases are dirty but hopefully salvageable.

I needed a kick start as life sure has a way of messing with your health. I'm on my third dose of antibiotics but hoping this is it.

I made a dishcloth a friend sent a pattern for. It turned out but the second one I started last night and worked on all this afternoon is now being tinked. I finish the clapotis and I'm so disappointed with it. The dye lots didn't match so I thought if I alternated rows it would be okay but all I did was make the one side very tight and probably won't be able to stretch it when I block the darn thing. I think I need to do some mindless knitting for a while.

Tomorrow is the day we finally find out how Anna Nicole died. I sure wish they would tell us who the daddy is too. My favorite talking heads can't seem to come up with other topics but Anna Nicole.

Is it Raining?

Well just when you think things are going okay.

I started with draining from my sinuses into my chest Sunday. I thought maybe I can nip it in the bud. It was not to be.

Monday my husband and I went out for breakfast. When we got home I reminded my mother that my sister was coming over to take her to the doctor. Mother wanted to go to the post office and then grocery shopping. About 30 minutes later my husband came in the door with the package my mother was going to send.

Mother fell in the post office and none of the tellers saw her but three ladies did and helped her up while men came in and walked around her. When my husband saw these ladies helping my mother he got out of the truck to help. She said take me to the hospital. He was on his way. I called my sister as she was coming over early to see the new baby. Then I cancelled the doctor appointment.

When my sister and I got to the hospital my husband said it was bad. Mother had a fractured hip and needed surgery. My sister and I stayed at the hospital until mother was out of surgery. Mother told us to go home before she went into surgery but we wouldn't do that.

Yesterday I woke up and could hardly talk. Tom didn't want me to got out as it had snowed as I wasn't well. I called the doctor but didn't get a call back until 4 p.m. and telling me I had to go to the walk-in clinic. My husband dropped me off and went over to the hospital to see my mother. In the mean time my sister called and said he was down with the flu.

I have a touch of pnuemonia so I slept most of the day. My husband made supper and then took some things to my mother. He said she wasn't in a good mood. My mother has been on vicodin for years for her back and she complained more about her back then she did her hip. Then she refused to eat and had a melt down. My sister had visited her earlier and called me with a list of items she wanted. My mother will have to go to a nursing home so she didn't take that well either. It's only until she heals.

Between all this my nephew-in-law was sent home from Iraq because his dad died.

Knitting wise I'm trying a Clapotis with sock yarn. I wanted ocean colors but the company I ordered from called me and said they were out and would I choose another color. The new color is more of an angry ocean.

So long Anna Nicole

I have never seen this kind of newsworthiness about a person who hasn't done anything worthwhile in society.

I'm as bad as the next person watching the events unfold but by the second week I had had enough and then it went on for another week. It was all about the money for Howard Stern and Virgie Arthur. Did anyone truly love Anna Nicole? I sure didn't care for her. Did she care about anyone but her son Daniel? When I heard about the will Anna Nicole left I sure did wonder. What woman signs a will like that leaving everything to her son and nothing to future spouses or children.

At least with all the coverage I did my fair amount of knitting.