Was that you?

Being Geologists, my husband and I were completely jazzed about the earthquake this morning. Of course, my husband woke up and immediately thought that someone was trying to get into the house. I think that if he took my relaxed attitude, he would be less worried about someone breaking in to the house. My thought is this ... it would be easier to apprehend them once they have tripped and fallen over the toys on the floor. Let them break their own necks trying to walk in the dark in OUR house: Much easier than trying to beat someone to death as they are coming in through a window.

No thanks...

Sorry, still no pics, as we are still in the midst of a data transition...

We have been sick in Chet Skeinsville for what seems like an ETERNITY. I feel like all I have done this whole winter season is wipe snot! And it never seems as though it is going to stop! OH! And to top of my pissy mood? IF I HAVE ONE MORE F'ING TISSUE GO THROUGH THE WASH, I AM GOING TO LOOSE MY F'ING MIND!
I had a pocket full of tissues go through the washer AND the dryer, on a dark load ... i cannot even START to tell you how bad I freaked out about it. I am still mad about it.

As E.B. put it : "I have been prostrated by the agony of the damned..."
Deadwood anyone? I have been watching it A LOT lately.

I have too many irons in the fire. I have some Etsy plans that need to start rolling,
I still have two more baby gifts to start, and I am trying to wrap up the Never Ending Baby Outfit.
I have been torn lately on what to do with the other 2 items I am planning to make. The person I am making the Never Ending Baby Outfit for is a new good friend of mine. She always LOVED the little outfit Big Boy used to wear, and I vowed to myself that I would make her one if she ever had another baby. My reasoning was this ... it is not that often that you find someone who REALLY appreciates, and ENJOYS hand made gifts.
I have not written about my recent knitting projects because my yarny foundation
has unraveled a little over the past few months.
I wanted to make 2 more little baby gifts for friends of mine that I have had for YEARS. The problem is this ... That beautiful BSJ i made for my cousin's baby? Never heard ONE WORD about it after I gave it to them.
It is one thing to hand a gift directly to a person, and have them thank you right there on the spot. But this gift was left with his parents to pass on to him. I know the gift was transferred to them too, because I asked his folks :).
I have heard nuthin'. Nada. If they didn't like it, fine, they didn't have to say "it is hard to say thanks because we hated the colors". A simple thank you would have been nice.
I have had this happen TWICE this year.

I don't think that my knitted gifts are so wonderful that they have to be put up on a pedestal,
under spotlights and glass. I also don't make these things and then set back and wait for the accolades to pour in. No, I make these gifts because I feel as though the stitches I form are bound together by love. So much of me goes into the items I make and give away!

The things that I make, I feel, hug that baby with the warmth and love I feel for that child. I constantly find myself let down because I would think that another person could at least see the specialness in what was made for them. This is why I am now trying to decide whether I should even "waste my time" on the two other gifts.
I am tired of getting my feelings hurt.
Sometimes I think that people have become so accustomed to getting
cookie-cutter-made-in-China-pieces-of-crap, that they don't really know HOW to receive something that they can't take back if they don't like it. I would have thought that I would at least get a "Thank You" via his parents had my cousin said "wow, that is nice she made this for us!"

I don't know what to do. I love making the baby things for those special little people, and this alone tells me that I should just go ahead and make the little things. But I get SO ATTACHED to what I make, and to the WHY I am making it, then my stinkin' feelings get hurt when I that little gem goes unappreciated. I wish I could just let the item go, and say "here's your gift ... DONE! Start next item in the queue, and I am gonna make something FOR ME this time!".

What the hell?

New on my list of rants this week:

Salmonella reported in Malt-o-Meal(AGAIN!)

How in the HELL is salmonella getting into a DRY cereal? And not only HOW is it happening, HOW IS IT HAPPENING AGAIN? I heard that the ones that they are recalling are puffed grains? What are the conditions in that plant that are allowing for this contamination?

I PARTICULARLY LIKE THE LIGHTENING BOLT effect. To me it says '"KAAAAABAAAAAAAM Malt-o-meal! STOP IT! STOP STORING YOUR CEREAL GRAINS THE WAY YOU ARE! p.s. -- see, I CAN strike twice..."

and another thing...

I got so mad at the tv weather dude this morning (I have not had my caffiene yet so I had to take the morning out on someone) and he was standing there in front of the radar screen saying "well as you can see there are some small heavy rain bands coming into the area.." as he dismissively points at a few fading green splotches on the screen between Skeinsville and Cowtown. Then he is acts all nonchalant as he start backing out of the screen to allow the 7 day forecast picture to pop up ... and as he backs up, his fat ass moves out of the way and uncovers a SOUTHERN FLATLANDIA- AND MISSOURI-SIZED ORANGE AND YELLOW REGION ON THE RADAR.... now, WTF is THAT? Isn't THAT something to be concerned about? Could he not see it because his FAT ASS WAS IN THE WAY? Shouldn't we have been told about that seething area of nastiness? I could give a crap about the sprinkles that are on their way, I want to know about the BIG STUFF that is likely to hit while I am wrangling the kids into, or out of the daily WalMart, Target, Meijer, shopping circuit. They are willing to tell us exactly how much rain they think we are going to get 7 days out, but when Armageddon is rolling up the prairie at us, they don't see it as something important?

3...2...1...and were ON!

Crackle .... crackle ....

Hello? Well, it looks like we are up and running again. The two year old P.O.S. computer we had finally gave up the ghost (again) and 3 mother(f'ing)boards and a power supply later, it is basically in the garbage. All I am going to say about this at this point in time is that the Computer Fixit guys said that they have seen about 20 of these very same computers with the same problem/s ... I have decided that now, I am not going to let this issue die. More to come.

For my birthday, my wonderful husband got me a little Mac Mini. I guess "little Mac Mini" is redundant, but it is soooooo little and cuuuuuuuuute, and MINI! I feel like using baby talk when I see it! I am now learning Mac stuff. I went out and bought "Macs for Dummies" -- the book is wonderful, and I am learning a lot from it. I guess that makes me a dummy :)

I have finished a few projects since my last posting, and I am almost finished with another baby gift. As I am eager to get to learning my new Mac stuff, I am distracted and don't feel like talking knitting today (gasp! i KNOW, write down this date, because it probably won't happen again for a long time!). Well, to be honest, I don't want to talk about knitterly things until I learn how to upload my photos and stuff. Talking knitting is one thing, but pictures of knitting is quite another! ;)