Wednesday Night Bullet Post

It's that time again; time for the randomness of a WNBP.  Let's just get right to it, shall we?

• Remember the sweater my friend Mary made for her great-nephew?  Well, to everyone's surprise, she actually got it packaged up and mailed before he graduated from high school (just teasing ya, Mary).  Check out how handsome the little guy looks in it.

What a doll!
 

• More kids in knits:  my great-niece, Ella, and great-nephew, Colin, in the sweaters I made them for Christmas.  Aren't they just the cutest kids?  I'm so happy that the sweaters fit them so well and yet there is enough room in them that they should still be able to wear them for at least the beginning of next winter.

• The wrap I'm knitting as a booth sample for Lark is almost finished.  Just a couple inches left, a picot edge on each end, a trip to the blocking board, and I'm done.  No progress picture yet, it looks just like the last picture only longer. 

• I've really got mixed feelings about finishing this.  On the one hand, I can't wait to see how it looks after it's blocked.  On the other hand, I'm going to be really sad to package it up and mail it off.  But, I'm really happy with my work on this project and I hope Lark will be happy that she chose me to knit it for her.

• I have enough of the Luminesence yarn in the color Redwood to knit one for myself, and that's exactly what I plan to do.  I'm thinking I'll wait until either late summer or early fall, though.  Can't knit the same pattern two times in a row.  It's a rule.  I wouldn't want to become known as a rule breaker ;-)

• Last night was Chicks with Sticks night, which requires a mindless project (at least for me).  I brought the crochet shawl I showed you yesterday and managed to add a couple of inches to it. 

• Weight Watcher's is still going well, for both myself and Samm.  I'm down 20.8 pounds!  I'm kind of surprised at how fast the weight is coming off this time around.  I'm not complaining though.

• Speaking of weight, when is it ever appropriate for a coworker to tell you that you were "not at your sexiest when you were at your thinnest" and then go on to say "you kind of started to look like a boy"?  Yep, you read that right, and yes, it was a male coworker.  How do you respond to that?

And the most important "bullet" of this WNBP:

• Please send lots of good thoughts hubby's way tomorrow.  He has an interview for a dispatcher's position at a nearby police station.  This is just the second step in the hiring process; he had to take a test about a month ago, and if he does well in the interview tomorrow, there will still be a background check and a lie detector test.  It's quite a lengthy process.

 

Comments

[margene]

Sending good thoughts your way!!!

[Sara]

Sending extremely good wishes you way for hubby tomorrow!

[Sheepish Annie]

Definitely thinking good thoughts for hubby!!! I have a good feeling about it!

And co-workers who mock the weight loss, refer to one's body as boyish and who wish to define "sexy" in their "outside their head" voice should be ashamed. They should also be beaten soundly by all women in the vicinity. I'll keep my cell phone on in case you need back-up.

[Charity]

Thinking good thoughts for hubby! :0)

[samm]

that is the funniest thing i have ever heard, i cant wait to find out who said that to you. i told you you looked weird when you were super skinny, and it was probably the short hair cut and the flat chest that just added to the whole "looking like a boy" thing. hahaha. just kidding. but your arms did look kind of alien like. i think you are at a fine weight were you are :)

[Amanda]

Sending good vibes your way for hubby!

[romelda mckee]

hundreds of happy thoughts are wending hubby's way!! go go go hubby!!!

[Carole]

I'll be sending good thoughts to Chris today! Hope this works out!

[Kathleen C.]

Good thoughts! Good thoughts!

Except to that co-worker... what an odd (and inappropriate) comment to make. It's like one of those compliments that really aren't...

[Amy]

I probably would have responded to the co-worker by saying, "Well then, I guess it's lucky for me that I didn't lose the weight to please you."

Good thoughts for hubby are on their way.

[Kathleen]

Good Luck, Happy Thoughts, Prayers and Good Karma are being sent your way.
I also have an interview tomorrow. After the worst interview ever last week (20 applicants all scheduled for the same time and very scary and unprofessional personel) this one should be a piece of cake.

[heather]

Crossing fingers, toes and needles! (and no, that definitely was not appropriate - -nor was it true. What a jack*ss.)

[marianne]

His interview is today, as usual I'm late to the party but I'm sending tons of good vibes his way!

Jeeze louise... I'm with our Sheepie,... with that said, it is interesting that men, in general, prefer looking at a bit more plumpness than we could ever imagine and there's a reason for that but ... meh.

Congrats on the weight lost, wish I could be saying the same thing but only just now have put my foot down and dug in my heels, so to speak. :^)

I love reading Samm comments, her humour reminds me so much of Havala.

[Colleen]

ooh good luck for hubby, hope it all goes well!

you look like a boy?? smack him up side the head. his mamma shoulda taught hime better..

still not motivated on the wieght loss... but soon. may have a job interview, but NO clothes to wear to such...

[Jeanne]

Good luck to hubby. Having been downsized yesterday, I am in full sympathy.

[lisa]

Good luck to your dh! Love all the little sweaters... And you should give that coworker some snide comment like, oh, well, you didn't lose weight to appeal to him sexually, what was he thinking???

[Zonda]

Sending good job vibes for hubby! Dumb, dumb comment..especially now a days!

[Dana]

Ack...I'm late. I hope the interview went beautifully and I'm sending (late) good wishes and positive energy.

Colin & Ella are too cute in their sweaters! The two of them look like they should be on the cover of some "Americana" magazine.

Co-worker (grrrrrr). Did you ask him, "When are you going to start looking like a boy?!?!"

[~Kristie]

Why is a coworker saying anything about your "sexyness" anyway? Isn't that a bit like sexual harassment? I would tell him that he may think you're not sexy thin, but it only matters what you & your husband think. Yikes!

I sure hope the interview went well for hubby. City & county jobs always take forever to get, but if you can get one, they can be wonderful.

[Bea]

I'm sending good thoughts, I hope it's not too late! That's kind of icky what your coworker said to you, maybe you could just say "That's what she said." ala Michael Scott on The Office? I love the kids knits and that baby is adorable! Your niece and nephew are so cute!

[Gigi]

Even though I am late, still sending good vibes! Congrats on the weight loss! I admire your achievement. =-D

[Hillary]

I'm so late but you've got my good thoughts too. What your co-worker said was icky in the extreme. People amaze me with the things they say.