DeathWitch Alice, aka Kid 1, brought home the plague. She was down for about a day. This is my second day and my head is stuffed with cotton balls. I know what needs to happen in the next scene. Wards, tracking, Piglet. Got it.
I just can’t concentrate enough to write it down.
Kid 2 decided to drive me crazy. First she forgot her helmet, then she was sent home from school, because she was crying about forgetting her helmet and the school nurse diagnosed her with pink eye. Because her eyes were red from crying. I can’t tell if it’s pink eye. There is no crust, so if it is, it’s in a very early stage. I’ve got her washing her eye with strong tea. Usually takes it right out.
She wouldn’t have pink eye if she didn’t rub the cat on her face.
She just stole a handful of French Fries, got busted – I’m frying them as I type – and dramatically fell to the floor clutching French fries to her stomach. 10 to 1 there will grease stains on that T-shirt.
Gordon called the the funeral home today to ask how much their body freezers cost. I figured if I called with my accent, I’d be labeled as a Russian mafia person. Mortuary freezers cost a lot.
The pit bull has not stopped barking. At all. Logic says that he must have some time when he is not barking but we must not be awake during that time. The thing about bullbreeds is, they love people. They love them and love them and love them. They want to be with people all the time, preferably under their feet. Just about the worst thing you can do to a bully, short of beating them, is to stick them in the back yard and never let them inside.
I wish they would just let their guy inside. He would calm down in record time.
Monkey socks, almost done. Pictures will be posted soon. You know what that means? It mean it’s almost time for a new pair of socks. Yayz! Sock therapy is the best.
…your not…thinking of putting your kid in a…mortuary…freezer…are you?
p.s. the countdown clock is AWESOME!!!!
I have got to ask you, what is the appeal of the countdown clock? I got a couple of emails asking for it, so I put it up.
Dunno, I guess it’s the equivalent of a shiny pen. You already have hundreds of pens…but this one is shiny (smiles dreamily).
The countdown clock gives us HOPE!
Piglet? Hmmmm…
Sorry to hear about the plague and pink eye! Being sick is no fun! Yay for almost-completed monkey socks!!
ROFLMAO
I’m not sure which is funnier: Kid 2 (who I’ve gotta say is NEVER boring) or the mortuary freezer (my imagination runs wild!).
My sympathy for the plague, though. And the poor pit bull.
((((Poor Ilona & Kid #1.)))))
Countdown clocks always seem to make it like whatever your counting down to is gong to arrive sooner . If that makes sense. I have a countdown clock on my blog till Magic Bleeds comes out. When I look at xxx hrs-xxx mins that seems sooner then 3 months -xx days. Especially since the clocks are always counting down.
I know it’s all in my head but it makes me happy to delude myself.
Ummm ,why do you need a body freezer if you don’t mind me asking?
And yes, leaving a pitbull outside all the time is cruel. They need LOTS of love and attention.
Ok, a few comments. Kids are like carrier monkeys. (At least mine are.) Grease stains on t-shirts — always a pain in the ass and almost impossible to take out. Tea works on pink eye?!! Who knew. And, if you never let your dog inside, why have one? Poor baby.
I am so sorry you are sick we have colds here.
The clock reminds me that I will get new Kate someday, there is a light at the end and it’s gonna be good.
I like the countdown clock. It’s like what Monika said: rationally you know that it doesn’t do anything you couldn’t do for yourself, but rationality is off in a corner by itself because your brain is playing with the shiny.
I’m sorry you’re sick. Kids are always so generous with their classmates and with their parents. I hope everyone in your family gets healthy together.
sick is bad…
I just got over an ear/sinus infection, and now my roommate is sick with tosilitis…I have been sick an inordinate amount of time this last 6 months, and I think it may have to do with all the roommates, one of us gets sick, it goes around the whole apartment and right when the original person who got sick is doing better they get it again…its horrible.
Hope you and your family feel better!!!!
Love your family stories
Hmmmm…. Kids in my class get sick and then infect me
You are the infecting infector and you know it.
It’s ok, Alice. Some kids just HAVE to sample every germ floating by. You can’t help it.
“figured if I called with my accent, I’d be labeled as a Russian mafia person. ” Mortuary freezers…….yeah i can see someone thinking that…oh well. i hope you get better some. oh and what did you and the family get on the Quiz?
Why have a dog if all you are going to do to him/her is stick him/her in the back yard????
Makes no sense to me. Dogs are pack animals and need to be part of a family.
I’ve been sick since Friday. I live in Ohio, so we got slightly battered (slightly battered is level one snow emergency here) by that snow storm that really hit the east coast hard. Then that first storm decided to call in its back-up, so we’ve been hit a little harder for round two. I thought it was great until I figured out I was sick. I decided to crochet socks because socks have been on my mind and I had no idea crochet socks were so easy (I’ve been living in fear of the thought of making them). I’ve got one half done and it looks like a yummy strawberry wafer, but what if I’m not sick enough to get the second one done (since being sick is what propelled me into starting a sock)?
Crochet socks?!? I didn’t know it was possible. Will have to look into it.
Yep. Just the one so far. I got the idea from http://www.dyakcraft.com/socks.htm; which as you’ll see doesn’t give you an actual pattern to follow, more like guidelines and suggestions snce you know what a sock should look like. If I ever get around to finishing the first pair, I’d like to try over the knee socks next.
But they don;t look like they would stay up… Maybe if the sock was crocheted and then a knitted rib was added to it… Crochet is just not very elastic. But I guess if you bought elastic sock yarn, you could get some give.
Yep, that’s what I thought when I first saw them. That wide leg is just begging to sag on to my ankle. But, it’s not a specific pattern, so if I guess if you you know how to make a stretchier stitch, then it should work if I want to make them longer. I started in single crochet with a random sock yarn. They feel good so far, so I’ll see how it goes. These socks actually interrupted the creepy cute collection I was making from the book I got from needlenoodles on Etsy. But, sewing, cutting, making eyes from clay and such proved too difficult for my brain since Friday.
kid 1 is definitely cute. do not call mortuarys unfortuantely we live in harsh times and small minded people might call the NSA. and all your fans need you out of the hoosecal don’t worry the plague eventually leaves
Ugh. Plague sucks – hope you feel better soon. I inherited a giant freezer from my Great-Aunt. It’d fit three large bodies easy, or 4 or 5 thin ones. Don’t know if it works or not though. You’re welcome to it. ;D
Poor doggie. He should be with his people.
I want to hear the accent!
oh noes. get well soon, ilona + family!!!!
Now you’ve got me really curious over what the mortuary freezer is for, or do I not want to know? Funny about the accent, though.
Sorry to hear y’all are sick. We pass things around, too. Hope you feel better soon! As for the clock? Realistically we know it doesn’t speed up the time when the book will be released, but it’s nice to look at and somehow tricks us a bit into thinking the time won’t be as long as we think it will if we have a fun thing to look at and count down on.
Not saying it’s funny you have an accent, just your comment upon someone misunderstanding…….never mind. I’m just digging a deeper hole. *sigh*
Um…did you mention the mortuary freezer just to drive everyone crazy?
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Feel better soon
I ams so curious about the mortuary freezer!?!
Body freezer? One with body sized drawers to slide in and out? How many bodies do you plan to freeze?
Hope you and your family will be better soon.
Do you have your next sock pattern picked out, or should I start looking for something to challenge you?
See next post
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Kids are germy, there isn’t any getting around that, even if you wanted to. My parents, who are both teachers (one 3rd grade, one 8th), say that teachers don’t escape the wrath of the plague either.
Poor dog. I had roommates that did that to their big dogs, both bull mastiffs. Their excuse for not letting the dogs into the house (for ANY reason) was they didn’t want to get their house dirty. And you’re right, those dogs loved people beyond reason. Any person. They’re the kind of dogs that would greet burglars with open arms.
It doesn’t sound like it was pink eye, but if it was, you might want to do a load of pillow cases and sheets. That crap is contagious as hell. Also, any sunglasses, glasses, or eye make up that has been shared needs to be thrown away/desanitized.
I have no kids of my own but I worked at an afterschool daycare for two years in high school. We had three runs of lice and God only knows how many runs of pink eye, despite me running around like the Mr.Clean natzi (the kids came up with that nickname). The worst was the rotavirus. I’m pretty sure it’s the scurge of God.
Hmm..desanitized?…yes, that’s a word. ~shifty eyes~…
My babysitter’s son (who is grown with kids now but will always be little Richie to us) is a mortician. He takes any and all questions extremely well. Let me know if you ever need more information!
I likes french fries