I hope today is a better day, one that closes with me feeling that I accomplished something. Yesterday feels like it was wasted.
The day started early and my body didn’t want to be dragged out of bed. However, it was necessary because I had to take my sister for her pre-chemo blood work. [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Hope for a better day
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ragtime is Hard!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Goals, music on March 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The other day I decided I needed to get started on my goal to learn to play ragtime piano. I got out my “easy” book and started leafing through it.
Why are so many of these rags written in the key of A flat? That is not a particularly easy key to play in. [...]
Flying Off the Needles
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Knitting on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
About a week ago I started knitting a v-neck baby cardigan for an upcoming baby gift. The mom-to-be knows the babe will be a boy so I’m knitting this mostly in navy yarn.
When I worked at Michaels as a knitting instructor, the store manager pointed to some sock yarn they were selling. [...]
Paper Sizes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ponderings on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The other day I got to thinking about facial tissues, commonly called Kleenex which is a registered trademark of the Kimberly-Clark Company and, as a result, should always be capitalized. I realized that they are rectangular, not square. I got to wondering why that is so. Aren’t they a replacement for fabric [...]
A Trip to the Hospital
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged health on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No, it wasn’t an emergency. A hospital in a nearby suburb is closing next week. I believe senior housing is planned for their site. A new hospital, with a new name, was built in my area to take its place.
Today is the grand opening. Everyone is invited to come [...]
They’re Done!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
No, not all my various knitting projects sitting around in stages of completion. It’s my income taxes which are done.
I like to get my taxes filed as early as possible. That’s why I took all the paperwork to the accountant about a month ago. I was beginning to get concerned about when the work would [...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged holidays on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you celebrate the wearin’ of the green? I don’t so much although I am wearing green today. Seems like it’s easier to wear green than deal with all the questions about why you aren’t.
Are there any celebrations planned in your area? The “big” St. Patrick’s Day parade downtown was last Saturday. [...]
Guild Election Results
Posted in Knitting, food, music on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned in my last post, Saturday was the day of the Knitters’ Guild election. As I suspected would happen, my preferred candidate for the two contested offices was not elected. So I just hope the reservations and concerns I have about the people who were elected to fill those positions prove to be groundless. [...]
How Do You Like Your Magazines?
Posted in Uncategorized on March 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I was in Borders early this week and noticed that several magazines now come sealed in plastic. This means you can’t page through and decide whether or not you want to buy it. You must take it on faith that the content will be of enough value to you to justify the purchase.
Since some magazines [...]
Voting on my Mind
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Knitting, Ponderings on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This morning I heard part of a program on the radio that dealt with employees voting to belong to a union, etc. I wasn’t paying close enough attention to follow all the arguments but the radio host was having difficulty understanding why it didn’t take a majority vote for a union to be formed or [...]
