Crafting since birth; drinking since noon.
Month: September 2009
Not much new to report
From Aunt Gay’s daily email – Tues 9/29 3PM. Joe is still in ICU, still on the ventilator, still running a fever of about 102. The consensus among the docs is that he doesn’t have an infection, he has an inflammation of the pancreas. As far as I can tell, …
Selfish
Fiber: Shetland Wool Colorway: Selfish Yardage/Weight: 324 y/200 g Notes: from the Spunky Eclectic Fiber Club (June 2009)
How many posts can I title “Daily Unca Joe Update”?
Two emails from Aunt Gay today – Mon. 9/28 Joe still has a high fever, though not as high as yesterday. He’s off the cold bed again. Still in ICU, still on the ventilator. I hope to talk to some doctors today. All other signs seem to be holding stable. …
QOTW – 2009/09/28
And the Question of the Week is… If you had to kill your own food, would you become a vegetarian? My answer is after the cut.
Uncle Joe update
I just had a lovely conversation with Aunt Gay, and they’ve finally gotten Unca Joe’s fever down. This is the email she sent out earlier today – Joe’s still running a high fever that won’t come down. They’ve cultured everything but probably won’t have results for several days. They’re leaving …
Daily Unca Joe update
I was about to post this: Joe’s still in ICU, still has a fever, still on the respirator. The pulmonary doc hasn’t been in yet, but he was hoping to start weaning Joe off the respirator today. They tell me that’s done slowly. Joe’s going in for a CAT scan …
The Italian Stallion vs. the Garbage Truck
(Originally posted on July 10, 2008) Thursday is trash pickup day in my neighborhood; I usually forget this and then when walking the dog I feel that I’m being stalked by the garbage trucks. But I am always amused by guys in their boxers running their trash bins out to …
Friday Photo
2009: The Year of the Afghan (September)
Yarn: Steadfast Fibers Wonderful Wool (gray); Trendsetter Merino VIII (red) Pattern: 2009 Afghan: The September Square (Ravel it!)
Unca Joe critically stable! Aunt Gay getting rest!
Once again, pretty much just copy-paste from Aunt Gay (and also sending her love and hugs): Wednesday, Sept. 23, noon. Joe’s still “critically stable,” still in the ICU, still on the respirator. I just talked to the surgeon, whom I like very much. He says Joe’s where he should be, …
Poll of the Week
Linen Crest
Yarn: Louet Euroflax Originals, which Jag and Antony gifted to me long enough ago as to be embarrassing that I haven’t used the yarn yet! (Clearly it was just waiting for the right project…) Pattern: Based on a sock pattern I’ve done a couple of times, Crest of the Wave. …
Your daily Unca Joe update
Basically just quoting an email Aunt Gay sent out a little bit ago – As many of you already know, Joe had emergency abdominal surgery Saturday night, Sept. 19. It’s now Tuesday and he’s recovering slowly. He’s still in Intensive Care. They scared me pretty badly this morning when they …
Linkdump
Here’s one for Betharoopie – The Best Muppet Show Beatles Covers. The surprising links between anger and time perception. Rotting Stench From Mysterious Apartment Not a Dead Person, for Once. Here’s one for Sharon – How to saber open a bottle of champagne. Jonathan Coulton as Fall TV series oracle. …
Boston Sunset
Fiber: I believe it’s a wool/silk blend, though I forget the particulars Colorway: Boston Sunset Yardage/Weight: 160 y/85 g Notes: picked up at Mind’s Eye Yarns the last time I was in Boston
He’s OK, but Unca Joe is in the hospital
My apologies if you’re one of the people I didn’t have time to call or email yesterday; let me preface this with Uncle Joe is Strongy McStrongypants and between his own natural inclination to not be ill and everyone’s thoughts, he’ll pull through this just fine. Uncle Joe is in …
QOTW – 2009/09/21
And the Question of the Week is… when you go to a restaraunt that you go to a lot, do you order the same thing every time? Or something different? My answer is after the cut…
The one where Aunt Gay and Uncle Joe save the day
Did you know I’m going to be 40 in a few weeks? I KNOW! How come I still have acne? What’s up with that? In no particular order, some things that I wanted to do were… go to Walt Disney World and stay in the Animal Kingdom Lodge where I …
Off the Wheel in 2008
This should catch me up on the Spinning recaps… [pictobrowser type=”flickr” userID=”haldechick” albumID=”72157622402944264″]
Bork bork bork!
Funny story – about a week ago, I noticed that my laptop wasn’t always getting power. I started to have to wiggle the cord (close to that little magic black power box, not close to the laptop) in order to get any power. So yesterday I ordered a replacement power …
Tiltshift Saturday: Niagara, Canada
Friday Photo: Green Man, with frog
So I mentioned the other day that I’m doing a Photo-of-the-Day thing again (you can see them here); so instead of a new photo every Friday now I’m going to choose one of my favorites from the last week of daily photos. From a technical point of view I like …
The one where you probably don’t want me to take care of you when you’re old
I’ve been thinking for days about coming up with a new tag for posts like this, something like “not up for discussion” or “shut your piehole, bitches” but enough time has passed now that I think I might not burst into tears if someone says “sorry about your cat”. Having …