Arial - You're pretty normal. That's certainly not a bad thing, as a lot of people like you. Take this quiz!
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Thanks V!
Monday, March 20, 2006
What Font Are You?
Arial - You're pretty normal. That's certainly not a bad thing, as a lot of people like you. Take this quiz!
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Thursday, March 16, 2006
How Lucky Are You? Well, it is St. Patrick's Day!
| Your Luck Quotient: 68% |
 You have a high luck quotient. More often than not, you've felt very lucky in your life. You may be randomly lucky, but it's probably more than that. Optimistic and open minded, you take advantage of all the luck that comes your way. |
Happy St. Patrick's Day to all my Irish friends!
A Very Difficult 24 Hours
My father lives in NC. I live in OH. I do not get see him very often. Neither one of us are phone talkers either so we only talk about once a month. So when he called last night, I was glad to hear from him. I updated him on some stuff happening in town with people he's known forever. Then he said to me "Well, I've got some bad news". I'm not sure about this so replied with "OK, what is it?". His reply, "I've got prostate cancer". Well, you could have knocked me off my chair with a feather. I was not expecting that! He then proceeded to tell me about his doctor visits and the biopsy he had done last week. He will see the urologist again in 2 weeks and discuss his treatment options in more detail.
I was very optimistic during the phone call. The owner of the company I work for is a prostate cancer survivor so I know the survival rate is high when found early. It sounds like Dad's was found early so I'm very, very hopeful. I also talked with his companion and she told me some things he forgot. He is 76 years old so does tend to forget sometimes. They will keep me updated on how things are going and they hope to make a trip to OH sometime in April.
When we hung up, I lost it. He is my only parent. My mother died over 9 years ago of emphysema. I still have a hard time because she and I were so very close. Much closer than my dad and I. I am also an only child. I have no siblings, no spouse and no children. If something should happen to my father, I will be totally alone. That scares me.... Granted, I do have aunts/uncles/cousins but they are not the same as your parents.
He will survive. He is a fighter. After all, he has had open heart surgery including a valve replacement. It is quite possible that something other than the cancer will be the cause of his death when the time comes. But, the word "cancer" has such awful connotations to it. I have had extended family members die of cancer... My grandmother on my mother's side in 1971. And, one of Dad's sisters in 1995. So it does run in the family so to speak.
And, just last Saturday I had some blood work done. On the form, you had to note any cancer in the family. Now I'll have to add his name to the above 2 relatives.
On an ironic note, because of my employer's survival, his wife (also works in the office with me), is very, very gung ho on raising money for Relay For Life. Back in February, I told her I would raise money and walk this year for our company team. Never did I expect that I really would have such a personal reason for this.....
Please keep my father in your prayers. And, if interested, any donations to Relay for Life would be more than welcome.
I was very optimistic during the phone call. The owner of the company I work for is a prostate cancer survivor so I know the survival rate is high when found early. It sounds like Dad's was found early so I'm very, very hopeful. I also talked with his companion and she told me some things he forgot. He is 76 years old so does tend to forget sometimes. They will keep me updated on how things are going and they hope to make a trip to OH sometime in April.
When we hung up, I lost it. He is my only parent. My mother died over 9 years ago of emphysema. I still have a hard time because she and I were so very close. Much closer than my dad and I. I am also an only child. I have no siblings, no spouse and no children. If something should happen to my father, I will be totally alone. That scares me.... Granted, I do have aunts/uncles/cousins but they are not the same as your parents.
He will survive. He is a fighter. After all, he has had open heart surgery including a valve replacement. It is quite possible that something other than the cancer will be the cause of his death when the time comes. But, the word "cancer" has such awful connotations to it. I have had extended family members die of cancer... My grandmother on my mother's side in 1971. And, one of Dad's sisters in 1995. So it does run in the family so to speak.
And, just last Saturday I had some blood work done. On the form, you had to note any cancer in the family. Now I'll have to add his name to the above 2 relatives.
On an ironic note, because of my employer's survival, his wife (also works in the office with me), is very, very gung ho on raising money for Relay For Life. Back in February, I told her I would raise money and walk this year for our company team. Never did I expect that I really would have such a personal reason for this.....
Please keep my father in your prayers. And, if interested, any donations to Relay for Life would be more than welcome.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
What Kind of POP Are You?
| You Are Dr. Pepper |
 You're very unique and funky, yet you still have a bit of traditionalism to you. People who like you think they have great taste... and they usually do. Your best soda match: Root Beer Stay away from: 7 Up |
This is hilarious.... My favorite POP is Dr Pepper. So much so that I named my first dog Circo Dr Pepper. But, I do prefer 7 Up over Root Beer....
4 Things....
Making the rounds on the net and SS :)
Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Accounting Clerk at textile rental company
2. Accountant (and secretary before that) at a CPA firm
3. Secretary in a hospital radiology department
4. Secretary in a hospital accounting department
Four movies I would watch over and over:
1. Backdraft
2. Dirty Dancing
3. The Big Chill
4. Two Moon Junction
Four places I have lived
1. Wapakoneta, Ohio
2. Toledo, Ohio
3. Whitehouse, Ohio
4. Wapakoneta, Ohio
Four TV shows I love to watch:
1. Survivor
2. Amazing Race
3. CSI
4. Forensic Files
Four places I have been on vacation:
1. New York City
2. Florida
3. California
4. North Carolina
Four websites I visit daily:
1. Scrapshare.com
2. Jokersupdates.com
3. Myway.com
4. Weather.com
Four of my favorite foods:
1. Prime Rib/Baked Potato
2. Macaroni & Cheese
3. Spaghetti
4. Steak
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Somewhere warm....
2. Australia/New Zealand
3. In Bed
4. Spending time with SS friends
Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Accounting Clerk at textile rental company
2. Accountant (and secretary before that) at a CPA firm
3. Secretary in a hospital radiology department
4. Secretary in a hospital accounting department
Four movies I would watch over and over:
1. Backdraft
2. Dirty Dancing
3. The Big Chill
4. Two Moon Junction
Four places I have lived
1. Wapakoneta, Ohio
2. Toledo, Ohio
3. Whitehouse, Ohio
4. Wapakoneta, Ohio
Four TV shows I love to watch:
1. Survivor
2. Amazing Race
3. CSI
4. Forensic Files
Four places I have been on vacation:
1. New York City
2. Florida
3. California
4. North Carolina
Four websites I visit daily:
1. Scrapshare.com
2. Jokersupdates.com
3. Myway.com
4. Weather.com
Four of my favorite foods:
1. Prime Rib/Baked Potato
2. Macaroni & Cheese
3. Spaghetti
4. Steak
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Somewhere warm....
2. Australia/New Zealand
3. In Bed
4. Spending time with SS friends
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Paige's Scarf
I did it!!! I finished Paige's "scarf". Isn't she cute? :) Got to love fun fur yarn, it hides a lot.... Now I've got to decide on what colors to use for Pepper's scarf. Got to have a matching set after all.
It wasn't that hard to do since I started with 26 stitches and did the k2tog to decrease on each end every other row. Then I did a cast on and bind off of 50 stitches for each of the ties. They are too long, but I like that I can tie them in a bow :)
I tried it on Pepper also to get an idea of size for him. It didn't quite show like it does on Paige, so I may have to start with 30 or 34 stitches instead of 26 so it is longer. He's got longer legs so it looked too small on him. I will probably cut down on the # stitches on the ties also since he has a much skinnier neck!
Got Paige's costume for the next Havanese Fun Day!!!
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Learning to knit....
A year ago, a girl I worked with was knitting the "fun fun" scarves during our morning break and lunch break. Our boss was then selling them to raise money for our local Relay for Life.
4 of us were on break together every day. Myself and the other 2 envied Jane her ability to knit and crochet. Jane kept encouraging us by saying that we could do it too. Cheryl and Karen took her up on it and Jane held learning to knit sessions every break! I was too chicken so worked on counted cross stitch instead! But, as they learned, I kept thinking that I could learn too. So I set out to learn on my own by seeing what I could find on the internet.
Armed with some needles, yarn and my computer I found lots of websites. Several had some videos of how to cast on, knit, purl, and bind off. With those videos and my trusty learning to knit book (in the kit I had found at Wal-Mart), I taught myself to knit. I finally surprised the other girls and joined them in our daily knitting sessions!
Sadly, Jane's mother died in May and Jane took some family leave time. Her mother also left her a nice inheritance and since Jane herself wasn't that far from retirement, she quit her job. We miss her guidance and oohhhing and ahhing over the projects she did but she does stop in to see us every few months.
I have really only felt comfortable doing scarves. Mostly because I do most of my knitting at work and scarves are easy to do when you're talking to other people. Between April and November I had done approximately 10 scarves. I gave 8 away at our Christmas held on Turkey Day. The recipients thought it was "cool" that I had made them myself! I was amazed that several of the younger generation (late teen's-early 20's) were the most enthusiastic about them!
Here's a pic of a few of those scarves.
My mother always worked on an afghan every winter and when I finally learned how to knit, I decided I want to do that pattern someday. Only problem was I didn't know what the pattern was and I couldn't find a knit pattern for a ripple afghan that looked like hers. Imagine my surpise when cleaning out a cupboard, I found her little blue knitting bag. In it were her size 8 circular needles and the handwritten pattern for her ripple afghan! I started crying. I have already purchased the yarn but still need to practice the stitches needed before I attempt it. It uses yo's, p2tog, purl and knit stitches. Someday!
Another girl at work is also a knitter. She told us about an afghan she made which uses size 17 needles and 3 strands of yarn using the garter stitch. She has also made it using an alternating purl and knit and a different number of stitches. I'm going to make one of these when I feel a little more comfortable knitting. Right now, the fun fur hides a lot!
My current project is a bandana..... for the dogs! Most bandana patterns start small and go to large. I kept practicing the increase stitches and it looked awful! I finally found an adult pattern that starts large and decreases with the k2tog stitch. I did a small test bandana and it wasn't too bad. I had guessed on the right amount of stitches to cast on. So last night I started one for Paige using some leftover fun fur and yarn from my last scarf. Got 13 rows done between last night and today at work. Going to be a fast moving project!
4 of us were on break together every day. Myself and the other 2 envied Jane her ability to knit and crochet. Jane kept encouraging us by saying that we could do it too. Cheryl and Karen took her up on it and Jane held learning to knit sessions every break! I was too chicken so worked on counted cross stitch instead! But, as they learned, I kept thinking that I could learn too. So I set out to learn on my own by seeing what I could find on the internet.
Armed with some needles, yarn and my computer I found lots of websites. Several had some videos of how to cast on, knit, purl, and bind off. With those videos and my trusty learning to knit book (in the kit I had found at Wal-Mart), I taught myself to knit. I finally surprised the other girls and joined them in our daily knitting sessions!
Sadly, Jane's mother died in May and Jane took some family leave time. Her mother also left her a nice inheritance and since Jane herself wasn't that far from retirement, she quit her job. We miss her guidance and oohhhing and ahhing over the projects she did but she does stop in to see us every few months.
I have really only felt comfortable doing scarves. Mostly because I do most of my knitting at work and scarves are easy to do when you're talking to other people. Between April and November I had done approximately 10 scarves. I gave 8 away at our Christmas held on Turkey Day. The recipients thought it was "cool" that I had made them myself! I was amazed that several of the younger generation (late teen's-early 20's) were the most enthusiastic about them!
Here's a pic of a few of those scarves.
My mother always worked on an afghan every winter and when I finally learned how to knit, I decided I want to do that pattern someday. Only problem was I didn't know what the pattern was and I couldn't find a knit pattern for a ripple afghan that looked like hers. Imagine my surpise when cleaning out a cupboard, I found her little blue knitting bag. In it were her size 8 circular needles and the handwritten pattern for her ripple afghan! I started crying. I have already purchased the yarn but still need to practice the stitches needed before I attempt it. It uses yo's, p2tog, purl and knit stitches. Someday!
Another girl at work is also a knitter. She told us about an afghan she made which uses size 17 needles and 3 strands of yarn using the garter stitch. She has also made it using an alternating purl and knit and a different number of stitches. I'm going to make one of these when I feel a little more comfortable knitting. Right now, the fun fur hides a lot!
My current project is a bandana..... for the dogs! Most bandana patterns start small and go to large. I kept practicing the increase stitches and it looked awful! I finally found an adult pattern that starts large and decreases with the k2tog stitch. I did a small test bandana and it wasn't too bad. I had guessed on the right amount of stitches to cast on. So last night I started one for Paige using some leftover fun fur and yarn from my last scarf. Got 13 rows done between last night and today at work. Going to be a fast moving project!
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