Hmmmm........

.........okay, okay - I really don't like to post without pictures (every picture tells a story) but I was just thinking how much I've knit and how little I've blogged. In no certain order I give you "what I've been up to".

• Currently working on my last knitted Christmas gift (for obvious reason you won't be seeing any pictures of these other than on Ravelry). These handmade (and no you can't return them) gifts come as twelve pairs of socks, two sweaters, four scarves, and hopefully one Pirate Toque (guess who that's for).
• Working hard on the never ending basement "reorg" - currently I only have one room left but am finding it sooooo hard to find the motivation to finish.
• Hosted the Conquer Cancer Potluck in honor of Annie and Franki raising money for Cancer Research.
• Went and visited with my Mom for her birthday - had a great day as my Sis and her hubby were there from BC - big surprise for Mom and well worth the trip!
• Hubby has been hunting so extra time for knitting WOOT!!
• Had both my flu shot in October and my H1N1 shot this month - so far I feel fine (touch wood). Mommy, Daddy, Mr. T. and LP are all down for the count in one form or another - only Mr. T. has gone to school this week, everyone else is either in bed or on the couch.
  
• Spent a few days with Manchild, DIL, and KM in Lethbridge.
• Wrapped Christmas presents and started Christmas cards - am waiting for the tree until the furnace is cleaned next week.
• DIL and KM are here visiting this week so everything takes a backseat as memories are made - such as KM learning how to "wave bye bye" and coming down the stairs backwards on his tummy - great times and more to come (next time with pictures, I promise)!!
• I'm extremely lazy this week - I'm not even going to link to anything so there (sticks out tongue).
  

Let's Rethink This, shall we?

On 27 April I arrived at the office to find my "Notice of Lay Off" not only on my desk but in my email - I worked eight weeks of that Notice, training each and every new employee that walked through the front door - I NEVER once led anyone to believe that I was going "to retire", those were the words that the Employer told the new employees - I NEVER once told any of the patients that I was being let go - I maintained my own morales and ethics - on 19 June when I walked out of the office for the last time, I knew I did so with my head held high, never once going behind his back to any of his patients and/or suppliers.

This cost me dearly - not just financially but emotionally and mentally - hubby, family and friends were so sick of listening to me rant and rave but they dealt with it - here I sit almost five months later - still unemployed - still on antidepressants and sleeping pills - still trying to save money in creative ways such as drying most of our laundry on the line - still losing sleep over that fr*&^%g idiot!!

Well buddy, what did you expect? You pulled the rug right out from under my feet - you laid me off only to replace me with someone for less money - you say they didn't have the same job description as me but I call bull shit - you tell your patients that it's because I didn't want to drive to your new location (which you didnt have when you laid me off) - how can you possibly expect me to still refer people to your clinic?

OF COURSE I'M REFERRING ANYONE AND EVERYONE SOMEWHERE ELSE - DOES THE WORD "DUH" MEAN ANYTHING?

I Spy

....... with my little eye ..... something that is blue. Blue and cute and wearing a Nana made sweater!!

Have you met.....

......my friend, Mizzbananie? She's one of the brave to tackle The Ride to Conquer Cancer. If you're a knitter on Ravelry, checkout the Knitting Room Forum for a Potluck Fundraiser. Go Bananie!!!!

Pirate Hoodie Revisited

Remember when Mr. T. received his Pirate Tunic (Ravelry Link) this past Spring? It did fit him quite well in March but alas a couple of weeks ago he was sporting it one Sunday afternoon and as Mommy would say "looking a bit daggy". After discussion with him and my promise to return it back to him, I brought it back to Chez Nana and added FIVE INCHES to the body and THREE INCHES to his sleeves!! Hello there buddy, could you not grow quite so fast that a sweater will last ya' at least one year? Pictures to follow after Nana date night when I return it to him.

The Chaos that I Live For

Yup, I organize and clean like there is no tomorrow but I live for chaos that usually arrives with any of my children and/or subsequent grandchildren. It's a great day when any of them are home and it's always so sad to see them leave back to their own lives. Hubby was surprised at a "surprise" 65th birthday party this past weekend. Family and friends arrived from Victoria, Edmonton, Camrose, Lethbridge, and Brooks. We led him to believe that I was receiving an award at our local Legion so that he wasn't wondering what was going on when Manchild arrived Friday night and my Mom arrived Saturday morning. Here we are four generations on Saturday afternoon. The other picture with KM smiling had Mom looking to the right, but none the less this one will have to be enlarged and framed.

There were 45 people or so at the birthday party and my favorite picture was of our crew (we were missing one son who couldn't make it due to a new puppy and lack of someone to watch said puppy). Of course it's Murphy's Law that we can't all smile and look at the camera at the same time!

Happy Birthday to my one and only!!

The Apocalypse is near....

.......the vultures cometh.....

OK, not really - but Hubby does call these little ones vultures, man do they ever clean out the bird house of seeds FAST!!