A little MIA

I know it's been a couple of days since I posted on here. Things have been hectic around here.

A couple of weeks ago, the hubby and his doctor decided it would be best for him to have gastric bypass surgery. His necessary caloric intake due to the diabetes, coupled with the mess his body's in from his accident 30 years ago, makes it nearly impossible for him to lose the weight he needs to. So that's been stressing me.

Now I'm sitting here waiting to hear about my grandfather. He's been going downhill for a couple of weeks now. Tonight we got word that he's been unresponsive all day and has stopped breathing several times. Mom and dad went to see him. I need to remember him the way I last saw him. He wasn't looking good, but at least he still sort of looked like Grandpa.

It's been a rough couple of days. We're all just trying to hang in there the best we can.

Sorry for all the doom and gloom. It's the best I can do today.

Blog-a-versary

Tomorrow marks one year since I started this blog. There have been a lot of ups and downs during the year. I've even seen some friends start blogs. Pretty cool. Hope you'll stick around for another year.

12 steps

After reading Deb's post on yarn envy, this is what I came up with.

Step 1 - We admitted we were powerless over our addiction to yarny goodness - that our stashes (or desire to add to the stash) had become unmanageable.

Step 2 - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Either that or the PERFECT yarn management system could hide the bulk of our stash from our significant other. In other words, we don't want them to know the truth!

Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God and beg Him for mercy in the fight to list EVERY BIT of the stash on Ravelry.

Step 4 - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our stash. Posted said inventory on Ravelry.

Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. (Yes, I ordered more yarn for which I have no plan. But I ordered enough of it to make the largest project I've ever planned.)

Step 6 - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character, but please don't ask me to remove any of the stash.

Step 7 - Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. (Did I buy that horribly scratchy yarn?)

Step 8 - Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all by considering giving away some of the stash. Good yarn karma never hurts.

Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Sale at elann.com? No. I don't know about any sale.

Step 10 - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. So THAT'S the reason I log on to ravelry at least 3 times a day.

Step 11 - Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and our fibers and the power to carry that out.

Step 12 - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs, including yarn diets.

Choppy waters

I'm seeing the tail end of a viscious migraine and I'm still riding the wake. This one held me for four days so far. I did acupuncture, Imitrex, Excedrin Migraine, muscle relaxers, pain pills, drug-induced sleep, and anything else I could think of that might break it.

In the end, I gave up and called my chiropractor in tears. I went in at noon today and got adjusted 7 ways from Sunday. There was more snappping, crackling, and popping going on than a box of Rice Krispies.

I feel better. Better. Not good. I'm still dealing with a major migraine. I'll be heading off to bed shortly. It's time for another muscle relaxer and a good night's sleep. It's been a long week already. Thank goodness I work with some really great people.

Better than the people I work with would be the hubby. Thanks to him, I haven't had to cook during all this. And he's been great about the housework. I lucked out marrying this one. Hubby, if you're reading this, you're a prince. I'll crochet you a crown.

New blog

I've started a blog to show my finished objects. The bar on the side of this blog was just getting too long. It's a work in progress. I haven't transferred anything yet, but I will. Keep checking...if you're at all interested.

Technology war

With multiple generations in my workplace, I found this extraordinarily interesting. I'm not even going to try and explain it. Just take a look and see what you think.

Team building?

We took a field trip for lunch today. We got a bunch of food from Pizza Ranch and went up to Campus to eat lunch out in the open. It was amazing and relaxing. Afterwards, we climbed a local landmark. Then it was on to delicious ice cream. Two hours later, we were back at work feeling much refreshed and knowing more about each other.

Speaking of which, our company is sponsoring a game at the company picnic about knowing your co-workers. It's based on The Newlywed game. I think it will be a blast. I can't wait to see who competes.