WNBP

It's Wednesday and that means it's time for the Wednesday Night Bullet Post, so let's get right to it, shall we?

• As you all know (because I won't stop telling you) I am still fairly far behind on my blog reading.  Because of this, I hadn't read my friend Debby's post about her "Get Your Guts in Gear" fundraiser before posting about helping friends yesterday.  Debby's husband, Chris, suffers with IBD and her lovely spokescat from last year, Charlie, had IBD.  Sadly, Charlie passed away from IBD-related leukemia last fall (apparently this can happen in cats, but not people). Chris is going to be riding in a 210 mile/3 day bike ride to raise awareness and funds for patients suffering with these diseases.  Please read Debby's post here and help if you can.  She's even offering prizes including some yarn dyed in memory of Charlie - it's gorgeous.

• It seems that Wednesday (in our part of the country at least), means it's not only time for the WNBP, but it's also time for more effing snow/sleet/rain and just plain crappy weather. I'm trying very hard to believe that winter really will end sometime (and not just on the calendar), but I'm finding it harder and harder with each storm.  There's no accumulation today, but I'm so sick of the wet and dreary weather I could just scream!

• I'm dreaming of the days of floating in my pool, with the bright, hot sun beating down on me, and a nice Stoli orange vodka & tonic in the cup holder on my float.  Please tell me those days will be here eventually.

• Just as I had hoped, Patti brought her spinning to Chicks with Sticks last night and I was able to get a couple of pictures. 

 

• Can you believe how nicely her yarn is coming out?  She's a natural, I tell ya.  She even mentioned that she'd like a lesson on my back deck with Alice in the Summer.  Of course, she said the summer of 2010, but I know she meant summer of 2008!

• I had hoped to be able to show you a finished Neverending Sweater today, but alas, it truly is never ending.  Actually, I only have about 2 inches left to knit on the hood and I'm hoping to be able to stay awake long enough to knit that tonight.

• Speaking of being able to stay awake; just a couple of days after telling you that I thought I was catching up on my sleep, I took a turn for the worse in that department.  Not that I wasn't getting enough sleep; I've been sleeping really well through the night lately (sometimes going to bed as early as 7 or 8) and I haven't even had any help from sleeping aids for the last week or so.  The problem now is that even though I'm sleeping ALL.THE.TIME (at least it feels that way), I'm still exhausted by lunchtime.  I was scheduled for a recheck with the doctor next week, but have been having some pain in the front of my neck for about a month now, and hubby convinced me to push the appointment up.  Seems I may have an issue with my thyroid (doesn't sound serious); I'm going for some blood work tomorrow.

• Samm got an adorable tattoo yesterday; it's a 4-leaf clover on the inside of her ankle.  It's beautiful!  She wants it to heal completely before I can get a picture to show you, so you'll just have to wait a little while.  Shouldn't be too long.

• There have been rumors of a Dunkin Donuts going in very, very close to my house (not in my town; we're too snobby for chain restaurants), but only about 3 minutes away in the neighboring town.  I checked with my Assessor friend there yesterday to find out for sure, and YIPEEEEEEE; it should be opening in May.  (Why yes, I do like the DD coffee; why do you ask?)  I think I'll be changing my route into work ever so slightly in a couple of months :-)

• Speaking of coffee, I've still been very good about no late afternoon or evening coffee unless I have to teach a class at night (which has only been once since limiting the coffee) and on Tuesday nights so that I don't fall asleep at Chicks with Sticks.  I buy my last coffee on my way back to work after lunch (12:30) and sip it for about an hour or so and that's it.  Any of you who know me, know what a HUGE accomplishment that is.

• Hopefully, my car will remember to turn on my road on the way home from work instead of going straight for another couple of miles once DD opens :-)

I guess that's enough of the random for one night. 

Have a good one!

Comments

[marianne]

I am so sorry about the weather you all keep getting up there! I doubt it helps much but we're already having to do yard work down here... meh...
You said it, Patti is a natural!
Bobby and both his sisters have had their thyroid removed, different reasons all three but still.... my mother had hers removed when Havala was an infant... and get this, she never had peri-menopausal symptoms... not one... (she had it removed about the time she should've been having symptoms...)
Can't wait to see the new tattoo!

[Chris]

Good for you with cutting back on the coffee! That is so hard - I know that especially when I'm low on energy (low iron, low b-12, allergy season, etc) I find myself slowly sneaking the caffeine intake up...

[Mel]

We're getting a Dunkin? Down by the outlets?

Oh, and there were robins in our sideyard when I got up today, so fear not. Spring is in the air, more or less.

[Sheepish Annie]

Patti is doing an amazing job with the spinning! Maybe she will crochet something with the yarn? :)

I may have had too much coffee..

[Amy]

Dang woman...you gave up cigarettes AND cut back on coffee? You rock.

[Jeanne]

Now you've got me dreaming of floating in your pool, too....

[Hillary]

DD Yum! That reminds me that tomorrow is donut day here at work. Yay!

[Debby]

Thank you for posting #2, as well as #1. We haven't had anywhere near the bad weather you and the Sheep have endured up there, and yet if there is one more cold gray day, I am going to scream. Despite seventybillion cups of tea per day, all I want to do is sleep all.the.time.

They can do wonderful things with thyroid issues these days (without surgery too), in the human and feline departments. My mom takes stuff for hypothyroidism and manages pretty well. Charlie had the radioactive iodine (which I hear they do for people too) and it cured him for life. Rainy takes her daily pill instead and so far she's doing great. I'd love to get the radioactive iodine for her too someday. So whatever it is, I know you're going to do just fine. Especially once that Dunkin Donuts gets built!! Yesssssssssssss!!!

[Dana]

Congratulations on your upcoming Dunkin Donuts! :) Me? I'll take the donuts (unfortunately) 'cause I'm not at all a coffee drinker. Now, if they installed a Pepsi plant somewhere nearby, I'd sneak in and run a hose to my house. LOL

Egads - - thyroid issues. They run amok in my family too.

Patti's spinning is wonderful and she looks tickled with it. Have a great weekend!

[Gina aka Sleepy Eyes]

First...yipppeee for Patti! I knew you'd convert her to us evil-spinner-sisters!

And, would LOVE to see that Clover tatoo. How adorable is that?

Seems like you're in the knitting Black Hole with that sweater...at least you know that SOMETIME, you'll emerge from it, right? Can't wait to see pics of it!

[Colleen]

we have a million DD's around here- so you're hooked up when you visit!

Thyroid? WTF now? that's just crazy

(sorry, me way behind on reading)

[Amanda]

Hi, there! I love the Bullet Posts... I can catch up on the latest as I have been behind on blogs!

I love the pics of Clover eating her cereal... She is so sweet. How goes hubby's job search?