Weekend Warrior

I had a very busy weekend. Starting with this little sweet thing. I actually made it last weekend. It only measures about 2 1/2 inch. The perfect size for a lost tooth. It was just in time, too. My Little Miss lost her first tooth on Friday. I've been feeding her various sticky candies all week in hopes of getting the little bugger to come out. Turns out all I needed was an uncut up apple. Then, I thought about many teeth I lost in apples. And so much healthier.Then there is the Dashing. This is the beginning of the weekend picture. The sad thing is that I am still not finished with it. That is because I spent all my knitting time on a second Koolhaas. I wanted to be warm for this...We took a drive up to Frazier Park. You would of thought that there would be more snow since the 5 had been closed for three days. Of course, it was the day after the freeway was reopened and the place was packed with sledders. We did actually manage to find our own private run that we slide down a total of three times. Okay, time to go home! Well, we really stayed with friends that lived nearby.

Here is my second attempt at a Koolhaas for myself. I ended up really not liking the way the colors were coming together. Also, the best part of the pattern, the lattice design,didn't show up very well. So, I frogged the entire thing. I think that I would get better use out of the yarn if it were a Huckleberry Ascot. So, in the end I don't feel bad for frogging a nearly completed project. Did I mention that I had gotten all the way to the crown decreasing? To finish up, I've made my own Icanhascheezburger. Our friends have this usually very sweet cat. This trip, he decided he was going to hang out on the highest spot in the house and avoid everyone, even one a certain blogger was trying to be nice and pet his head. So, I blew in his face. Then it got really funny 'cause he would get so mad. Here he is at the end of the weekend.

Paying It Forward

I got a huge compliment yesterday in my inbox. One of the bloggers that I read said that I made her day. Little o' me. Julie awarded me for making her day! You can read about why she does the crazy things that she does here.

So, here are my awards to those bloggers that make my day.

• Natalie- Because she introduced me to knitting and to blogging; and that the two go together wonderfully.
• Julie- Because she really did make my day, and made me feel special.
• Kirsten- Because I always enjoy reading what is going on with her blog.
• Victory- Because I love seeing the photos she posts and I like seeing what is going on in her brain. (I've been trying to pick it for 29 years--she's my older sister.)
• Connie- Because she is so sweet and it is so nice that she follows the knitters that knit her patterns.

Now apparently the five of you are suppose to post five people that make your day. I am not going to hold any of you to this. Ex specially since, Natalie is decorating a charity event this weekend and my sister is too busy bringing my 3 day old nephew home.

One more thing...since memes seem to be all the rage this week, I've seen a few 10 Unusual Things About Me. I thought it would be fun to list the unusual things that may be the underlining cause of my being so unusual...

1. I almost fell in the Grand Canyon when I was 4 years old.
2. Same vacation, I almost drowned. (my big brother saved me both times. He was handy to have around.)
3. When I was 5, I was in a car accident and they used my little brother's diapers to soak up all the my bleeding from my face meeting the side window. One year later, I had surgery to remove glass that had been healed over next to my nose.
4. I almost poked out my eye with a copper wire when I was 6. During the season finale of Greatest American Hero, too!
5. When I was 10, I hit my head on my bunk bed and a piece of oak got lodged in my head. My brother tried to pull it out and it broke to later heal over. I can literally use me head to "knock on wood,"... hahaha
6. I've knocked myself out cold, twice. The first time was in high school and all my friends called me KO (KnockOut). Ironically, those are my initials after I got married.
7. At some point in High School I screwed up my right wrist and can't bend it all the way back anymore.
8. I can't remember how many "head injuries" I've had. But all of my CAT scans have been negative...hahaha.
9. I actually didn't break any bones until I turned 18. I have a 10% compressed fracture of the T-12 vertebrate. That sucked.
10. When I was 25, I fell and fractured a teeny, tiny, little bone in my left wrist.

Surprisingly, I am still able to walk, talk and sometimes speak clearly!

"eeeeee"

I really wish I had my camera with me yesterday. I took a trip to my allergist to get my shot. I've been having more trouble with my allergies in the last six months and feeling very congested. So, my Dr. decided to stick a camera up my nose.

It really wasn't that bad at all. They numbed my nose with a spray topical. It completely numbed my two front teeth, also. I've never had my front teeth numb. It's enough to encourage you to brush three times a day. I felt like I would accidentally bite too hard, break them all off, and not feel a thing.

Then came the camera. It was kinda cool to watch the video. He went all the way back to my vocal cords. They shake like little maracas when you say "eeeeee."

Apparently, the left side of my nose is anatomically correct. The right side of my nose is significantly smaller. It explains why I feel everything on that side. So, now I am on a new, striker regiment. If I can't get myself comfortable, then surgery is an option. That is not an option! So, I have to start using my nose spray twice a day - I hate it - and rinse my nose daily. That is really interesting. You pretty much spray 1 cup of a solution up one side of your nose and it drains out the other.

I love my allergies. Knitting is the perfect hobby for me since I am allergic to most trees, grasses, and weeds. I spend a lot of time inside.