Jeez Louise

I just wanted to say thanks to those of you who emailed me the other day during my fit of pique. I’m feeling much better now and haven’t lost any limbs or anything. So yay!
That’s all!

THE SUN IS OUT!!!
It hasn’t been OUT in over a month. I mean it. There have been days here and there when it wasn’t raining, sure, but it has been cloudy and grey for over a month now. There was that five minutes this past Saturday when I thought I could see a patch [...]

These are my answers to the Secret Pal 5 questionnaire. If you’re not my secret pal, you may not want to read this, because it will be pretty boring. If you *are* my secret pal, you’re probably wondering what the heck you’re doing here since I don’t mention my knitting often enough. But [...]

Today, my dad is 58.
Let’s see what he’s accomplished so far in his life:

And so came Yesterday. Yesterday shall heretofore be known among these parts as the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
I’ve had a few pretty awful days in my life, but none, in recent memory, as bad as yesterday was. Now you’re thinking “Really? What about when your father had the aneurysm? What about [...]

I’m having one of my stupid Very Difficult Days.
Feh.

Does anyone remember Blanket Statement? If you do, I just wanted to let y’all know that I haven’t forgotten about it. Of course I haven’t posted anything about it in months, but here’s an update:
We managed to get five blankets together. FIVE! That’s a lot of squares, guys (okay, math time… 48 squares times 5 [...]

Dear Weather,
Please smarten the hell up.
Thanks.
Love and Kisses,
Louise

RIGHT NOW I AM GRUMPY AND I HAVE A CRAMP.
IF THAT DOESN’T MERIT ALL CAPS THEN NOTHING DOES.
STUPID FULL MOON.

Two very dear friends of mine, Erika and Shaun, are running the Bluenose Marathon today. 10k in this horrible weather (we’re getting something like 50 cm of rain). I can only imagine how cold, wet and exhausted they’ll be by the end of it but I wish them the best and am so very proud [...]