Miserable Blogger

Miserable blogger describes me in more ways than one today. OY - I keep saying I need to tell you all that I made my very first sock and a world of other things. But nooooo! I don't want to put that on until I take a picture of said sock to show the world. So, I put it off and off, etc...

And I'm miserable because I've had off and on GI distress for the better part of a week. Yup miserable top and bottom today.

I've been wanting to post on the Knit List that my knitting was deemed "Inspirational" last week! Yup - I was at a blood banking conference. Yes, just as boring as it sounds. In my other life I'm a blood banker doc - so if you see someone on a board somewhere calling herself "Bloodqueen" that's probably me, too. I just get alot of people wondering why I have such a dark, goth sounding name so now I use DocBeccy more than BQ.

So, during the first day of this conference I'm sitting there in the dark - mind you this was a supreme sacrifice since we were in a conference center at the shore of Lake Tahoe and the weather was spectacular. So, are we outside revelling in God's glory? NOooooo. We are sitting in the dark prying our eyes open to listen about strange antibody behavior.

While doing my best to stay awake I whipped out my palm pilot and played some solitare to combat the eyelip droop. I realized how stupid this was because I couldn't look at the slides this way and I had my knitting up in my room just begging to be paid attention to. So, at the break I went and got my lovely self striping sock and the next thing you know - one by one participants came up to me to show me they had brought their knitting in to occupy themselves!

Later, in the elevator a lady - actually one of the moderators asked if I'd been knitting. I said yes and she said that I'd inspired her to bring her knitting with her to the next meeting since I was one of the few that managed to stay awake during the talk.

So - I'm chalking this up to a "Knitting in Public Victory"

Btw - I love knitting socks! Now I just have to take a picture of it, my baby blanky that needs to be given away before the kid can walk and my Hanne Mermaid WIP.

Hopefully after aleviating blog guilt I can get my other end to start feeling a little better.

Coolest Product

I just put a new button - for those of you that read an earlier post you know what an accomplishment this is for me - on my blog for the niftiest product I've seen in a long, long time. The Pursekit!! Click on the button to the right and check it out. If you've EVER had to search in your purse for a missing whatever you will immediately see the genious of this product. I'm not only going to make sure I have one in every size but give them as gifts until everyone I know has at least one. I only wish I had thought of it. No wonder it was one of Oprahs favorites a couple of years ago.

Having a hard time getting moving on this Monday since I stayed up way too late working on my Hanne sweater. I was at the second underarm gusset and didn't want to stop until it was finished so that I didn't have to pick it up and wonder where the heck I was in the process of the short rows mixed with the increases. I'm finding the hardest part of this is the second half expects you to look at the instructions for the first half and do them backward to create a symmetrical product. OY! I'm not that clever.

So, check out my pursekit link. It will probaby make my knitting bag - homemade felted one from Knitters Stash - way more organized.

Happy Easter!

We're having a gorgeous day here and the songs from the service keep echoing in my head, "Halleluja, Hal-le-lu-jah" He is risen!

So to make it the perfect Sunday I took a nap and am now waking up and will approach the kitchen momentarily. I dragged a frozen ham and four little cornish game hens from the freezer yesterday - hopefully they are nearly thawed. I waded through a bazillion cook books looking for a nice recipe for the hens.

Next Sunday our "Treasures At Hand" group from chuch will have a crafting Sunday. Several of the girls have asked me to teach them to knit. Can't remember the last time I taught someone how so I hope I can be a patient yet helpful teacher. Will get to knit some of my Hanne sweater after dinner. In a perfect world I'd fit a swim in there, too but not sure if that's all do-able since it's after 4 pm already.

So, how banal is all of this to read. I must take a pic of my baby blankie and get it to the mommy. DH just doesn't like how expensive it is on my phone since we didn't spring for the Pix option and have to pay per pic. I told him - it's for my blog so that's reason enough. I'll do it tomorrow before I leave to give a Melaleuca presentation.

Hope your Easter celebration of new life in our Lord was blessed. Thank you Lord for your selfless death and glorious resurrection for us.

Trying to get into the blogging habit

I'm impressed that so many bloggers post every day without fail. Developing a good habit has never been my strong suit.

I'm trying to get back in the groove of being at home after a week at my part time job in Sacramento. When I'm working I'm torned between how nice I have it by not having to work at a job everyday and how much I miss the professional interaction that I get when I'm with others of my profession. So, after a week away I wade through the mail and then read the local papers - find out who got the most votes in the Congressional race to replace our disgraced congressman. Now I'm catching up on the e-mail and then it's straighten up the house time.

Our worship team is graciously allowing me to sing with them at the Easter service tomorrow despite not going to rehearsal this week - I wonder if I could attend rehearsal via conference call? So I have to practice my music. I was in a group for awhile where one of the ladies had to go to Singapore for awhile and we actually did a webcast type of rehearsal so she could learn the music with us. Hmmmm

The more knitting e-mail I read about socks the more intrigued I'm getting with the whole sock knitting idea. My Hanne sweater is on size 3 needles and that's the smallest I've ever knit on - it doesn't seem too bad. My hands have been very stiff in the past but now that I finish my knitting sessions with the "Pain-a-trate" from Melaleuca my hands feel fine. So, maybe going to even smaller needles for some socks would be do-able.

Well, I'd better get moving. My dear husband just left to run errands and take the dog to the park so I should do something less self absorbed.

KnitDoc-KNIT!

This is soooo embarrassing! It's been months, MONTHS! since I've "blogged"! As if I had nothing to say. Obviously nothing could be further from the truth. What is so pathetic about why I have not posted - despite multiple trips away and the unexpected death of my mother the end of January. I FORGOT HOW TO POST ON MY BLOG!! So that's the truth and I'm hanging my head in shame.

So, in the interim I've finished my round baby blanket but per usual I haven't done the finishing so I can pack it up and give it away. I got a new picture phone so I suppose I can use that since our bottom of the line digital camera is not worth the effort. Since finishing that I've been plodding away on my Hanne Falkenberg Mermaid jacket. I love, love, love this project. I'm a little over halfway done so the project is getting a little big to haul around so I'm seriously considering trying my hand at some socks for the first time! Socks in San Diego! I must be on the edge or something since I almost never wear socks but they seem like an interesting, very portable project.

Finally, we had the best vacation on the Zuiderdam cruise ship - Holland America line with my Melaleuca business group. That's the ad you see on the right side there. I LOVE THIS COMPANY!! Fabulous products from a company with the highest integrity. So, if you haven't heard about Melaleuca let me know and I'll clue you in on how to live your life without toxic chemicals.