Thank You

My head is returning to normal today. OK, I'll rephrase that, since I know some of you are laughing at the thought of anything about me being normal. My head is returning to as normal as possible. The migraine pain is gone and I spent today rehydrating and recovering from the medication hangover. I did go to work today. There was so much to catch up on!

The sympathy and good thoughts you all sent yesterday were greatly appreciated. I'm looking forward to a quiet night tonight, a new episode of Grey's Anatomy, and knitting. I have barely touched my knitting in two days, but did work on my sock last night at Mayhem's program.

Mayhem's Spring Program was adorable. The music teacher at my kids' elementary school puts together the most amazing, original programs! It was rather loud and way too warm in the school gym, though. Here she is with some classmates...

And closer up. Pink t-shirt in the middle.

No Fooling!

Today I am going to meet The Yarn Harlot! I may even meet up with some fellow bloggers while in Ann Arbor. I have my book and sock in progress all set to go.

It's also Mayhem's 8th birthday. Yes, she's an April Fool. The joke's been on me ever since that day eight years ago!

I'll update you all later with pictures and details.

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Back now with the scoop! First, Stephanie's flight was unable to land in Detroit. She was sent to Chicago where she had to find a different, later flight to Detroit. We were told that she would be two hours late. Thank goodness downtown Ann Arbor is loaded with things to see and do, including a decent yarn shop, Busy Hands, just two blocks from the library. Busy Hands was giving a 15% discount to all shoppers!

Fellow bloggers, Knitter Bunny (Kelli), Red Dog Knits (Kristi), OCD Knitting (Dana) and a group of others walked over to go shopping. I bought some light blue Reynolds Sea Wool to make (what else?) socks. After reading Kristi's blog and trading emails, it was fun to meet her, and surprising to find I was seated right behind her! Here she is with her Otis yarn.


Of course, while we waited, we all had knitting and it was fun to talk and see what everyone was working on. There were more socks than one could count. Others worked on shawls and sweaters. I even spied one older gentleman two rows in front of me knitting what appeared to be a sweater! (See, Buddy B? Men DO knit!)

Finally Stephanie arrived, breathless, running for the podium. Standing there in her beautiful Bohus sweater, the first word out of her mouth was, "Crap!" She then described the ordeal she had trying to get to Ann Arbor. I don't think the word "arse" ever came out of her mouth, though. Not even once!

The Yarn Harlot, Stephanie Pearl McPhee, with me. She has my sock and I have hers. Steph even recognized me. "You're Karen in Toledo!"

Three Inches

That's how much snow we have here! Finally. Normally that's not something to get excited about. However, this is the first real, measurable snowfall in our area since last January! Yes, a full year ago. In Ohio. (But there's no global warming problem... don't get me started!!!) Add to that, the temperature was a whopping seven degrees Farenheit when the kiddos and I headed to school this morning. The little bit of snow isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Predicted temps for the upcoming weekend are for highs around 15.

Mayhem celebrated by playing outside on four separate occasions yesterday. Here is her face on her first trip outside. In case you're wondering, I had to play too. No pics of me, though. Sorry.

Personally, I celebrated by casting on for Calorimetry. Hats and I don't get along. I have short, curly, unruly hair. The only time I wear a hat is when I need to go out without doing my hair, and then I wear a baseball cap. With the super cold temps this week, I think I may need something for my ears.

Who knows when we'll have snow to play in again??? It might be longer than next January.