I love to knit. I’m actually in what I like to think of as my third knitting phase in my life. The first one started when I was a kid (age 12??) and my mom first taught me to knit. I wasn’t very serious about it, although I was recently reminded of some pink mittens I had made myself. Mittens? Wow. I haven’t even made another pair since! Not that I ( Read more... )

This week has been pretty crummy so far. My boys, and by that I mean my dogs, have all gotten sick. Starting Saturday night our oldest dog started with diarrhea. By Sunday night he and the next oldest dog (Max, my baby!) were not interested in eating.  Extra enticements to eat were fruitless because nothing they ate stayed down. I'll spare you the ( Read more... )