lifelong knitter

Green gift

When I took the poodles for a walk,
the green fairies left me THIS:

I feel so blessed to live in such a beautiful place!

I've enjoyed focusing on a particular slice of the color wheel
and Green seems particularly appropriate for May.
Thanks, Lolly!

Service

I think the interview went well,
next step is Health clearance and TB test.
I want to be Of Service
and am trying to remain hopefull
but unattached to the Outcome.

The Mommymobile went in for Service
at our Most Excellent Honda Dealer
and they had a FIT on display.
Signs all over it,
DEMO only, NOT for sale!
teehee.
Those marketeers crack me up.
What I want to know is whether I can run
biodiesel in the 2007 version of the CRV.
Anybody know the answer to this?
Thanks to Ann for planting the seed on
THAT one!

Oh, and one more SERVICE related
announcement....
A thousand blessings to the ebay seller
who listed the ancient cd that my boybird
has been asking for (over and over and over and...OVER)
as his birthday/christmas/easter gift the last THREE years.
THIS year I'll be SUPERMommy!

Mother's Day

I hope all of you had a marvellous Mother's day!
Having both of my birds is the Biggest.Gift.Ever.
Here are some photos from the Big Dorm Moveout...

Daughter bird's Reading Spot.

Magnolia blossom...

Bridge from the dorms to the library...

Waterlily season has begun!

I won't post any pictures of the DISASTER that is (was) my house now that all of the dorm stuff has
invaded, but there is a narrow pathway to my computer, and no exits are blocked (sigh)
so we'll just try and get it organized a little at a time.

I'm going to the Call Back Interview with the Supervisors....10AM, so
wish me luck!

injured reserve list

Let me just make something clear....

I didn't hurt myself knitting or playing the guitar,

those things just aggravate the situation.

I was trying to walk three dogs at once and they saw a squirrel

and my arm was the weak point in the equation. No squirrels were

injured or even mildly traumatized, but I got DRAGGED down the gravel

driveway with a metal chain tightened around my wrist.

OUCH! Note to self: Those expensive leashes my poodles have are WORTH

their weight in gold. SO....

I have a new wrist splint, thanks to an EXCELLENT hand therapist,

and WHAT.A.DIFFERENCE.

wow.

Okay, so NOW I'm going to rest my wrist....

toodles!

Heading South

This weekend I'll be here (tilt your head waaaay to the right....)

wearing a wrist splint...
NOT knitting or playing the guitar,
but slowly and carefully (ow,ow OW)
loading books/clothing/dorm stuff into the Mommymobile....
(I'm not supposed to be typing, either, as I have an
inflamed ulnar nerve and some tendon/ligament problems from overdoing it with
the Lambe after knitting feverishly for MSWF...ooops)
so I'll be back to the blog next week!
Hope your Mother's Day is Sweeeeet!
(the birds are taking me to Golden Corral....sigh)

Amazing

I had the most amazing time...
I completely had no idea how long I had been out in the gardens.
There are lots more layers of interviews
and decisions to be carefully considered,
and I know that it will happen only
if it is truly meant to be,
and that I'll need to make a long term
comittment if they offer me the position.
It's very exciting and rewarding work
as far as I'm concerned....
Thanks ever so much for the prayers!

Giving BACK for the greater GOOD

One of the things I vowed to do
was to give back to the TEACCH program
that has done SO much to improve the quality
of my children's lives....

So this afternoon I have a second interview
for a position that pays less than HALF the salary
I'm probably qualified for...
to help in the organic gardens and bake bread
with the residents and facilitate
independent living skills wherever possible
for someone else's adult autistic child.

Most people will tell me it is NEVER a good idea
to take a job I am clearly overqualified for,
or to go backwards down the career ladder,
but STILL....

It just feels like I'm CALLED
to this work.

If you are so inclined,
prayers would be MOST appreciated.

Best In Show

What a HILARIOUS movie! Perfect for a rainy day yesterday....
The doggies watched most of it and had a vested interest in the
Poodle that didn't win....
sigh.
I can't wait to surf through blogland this week and see the
Reports from the Festival!
Hope everyone got home safe and sound.
I'm trying to get all the loose ends tied up this week
while the Daughter Bird finishes her Finals...
Friday she'll be halfway through COLLEGE!
Amazing.

Friday funnies...

So the Boybird and I went to the MALL
as per usual,
and he had his genyooine official
NYPD K9 unit tee shirt on
(He *hearts* that shirt!) and after we had cookies
and curly fries
we were sitting in the Food Court and some
guys were snickering and making *pointy fingers*
at us. The Boybird makes his own range of sounds and
flaps his hands around some and so he kinda
stands out in a crowd, if you know what I mean.
So just about the time I'm starting to get my Momma hackles
up and do some Intervention work...
the Very Large Security Guys come up to us
and the whole Food Court goes QUIET.
These are the guys who come up from the basement when
there is Real Trouble.
I pretended I had no idea what was going on and just sat
still.
One of the Officers came right up to the Boybird
and said in a BOOMING voice...
*Anybody bothering you SIR?*
and saluted my boy.
Who of course stood right up and saluted back
and shouted *YES, SIR!*
*WELL then, maybe we need to get us some dogs,then!*
said the Big Dude.
Off they went, the other Junior Officer Dude
standing at attention by me.
I thought I'd burst out laughing,
but instead watched the pack of boys attempt to
slink away unnoticed, clearly panicked and
Freaked OUT.
The Boy and Officer Dude?
At the Pet Shop, playing with the future Police poodle puppies.
tee.hee.
Some days ARE better than others!
Think I'll go sing me a SONG about Peace and Justice.
Hope your weekend is JOYOUS....

Off to Maryland...

The last of the samples...... FINISHED!

I'll be dropping this off at MaryAnn's farm
before I go in to the store to teach this morning.

I absolutely LOVED knitting with these amazing fibers,
and I'm THRILLED that the work of my heart and my hands will
be featured at MSWF...
but I am SO NOT a PRODUCTION Knitter.
It's all about the PROCESS for me.

So I'm praying all of you Safe Travels and Blessings of Great Joy
as you journey to West Friendship for the Fabulous Festival.

I will be spending time with my OWN little Lamb, after a trip to the Boybird's Mall for
warm chocolate chip cookies and whatever else might be on his LIST.....
I'm the LUCKIEST Girl in the world!