mini vacation

i'm on a mini vacation, sort of. everybody is gone except me and the cats. mom and dad are in memphis visiting brent and his family. janelle is at suzy's house for a couple of days, then she's going to youth camp all next week. it's kind of nice being here in control of the remote (although there is nothing to really watch!) why couldn't the america's next top model marathon be this weekend instead of last weekend? LOL

i haven't done much of anything over the past day or so except watch tv. i didn't even knit yesterday. i've got about another 3rd of the cozy shawl to work on until i'm finished with it. i'm getting more comfortable with the pattern, but i still have to pay attention. this has been probably the most difficult pattern i've tried so far. i like the lacy patterns. i looked at the victorian lace book at books-a-million and really liked it. it's one of the books i wouldn't mind having.

i wish we would get the 2 punk knit books i saw at b-a-m in concord mills. i wish i could remember the names of them to ask to order them. they had some really neat stuff in them that i would like to make even though i can't wear them right now.

i'm kind of looking forward to this week at work. gertie isn't going to be there so it will be kind of quiet. of course babyvoice will be there and will probably be loud as she usually is. she's ok for the most part until she starts talking in her babyvoice. it's very annoying and that's usually when you will hear me heavy sigh and see me start digging for my ipod in my pocketbook. it's gotten to the point where i listen to my ipod 80% of the day. the only time i don't listen to it is when i have to talk to someone. i love my ipod!!

i talked to butterfly briefly this week. i'm still od'ing from spending too much time with her. she's been in a pissy mood and i get tired of it. she said she has talked to ninjagrrl a couple of times since ninjagrrl's gf has gotten in. i figured she'll call me when she wants to. i know ninjagrrl and her gf need private time since they live so far apart and they don't see each other in person much. they've got some things to work through and hopefully they'll get them worked out.

i think i'm going to go get a cane today b/c i've had days where i need the little bit of extra support with my knee. this past thursday was not a good day for me. i was very stiff and sore and it hurt to walk much. of course i had to go to the bathroom a million times that day too. i've got my colonoscopy/endoscopy/gall bladder scan at the end of the month which will hopefully answer some question. good news that the blood work came back ok.

well, i'm going to go now. i want to surf some of my fav blogs and see what's up.

kisses....

p.s. elliott is racing in pocono today. i think he's starting 11th. i hope he has a banner race. he and his team definitely need a good finish.