LoopyKnits

Our family members head home tomorrow. They should be able to get back to their houses safely, as they live about a 45-minute drive north of Gulfport. They know that their homes survived with minimal wind damage, although they lost many trees. But it’s been a traumatic experience. One family member rode out about 8 [...]

Just some happy news to report: My in-laws, sister-in-law and husband and their kids, and brother-in-law are back in town staying with us and a family friend. I am *so* glad they are not on the road, trying to make it back to south Mississippi right now! They were heading home to check their properties, [...]

I’ve just been surfing the web to see the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, and I’m overwhelmed, dismayed, crushed to see the devastation. And I’m also so grateful that — by all accounts we’ve heard so far — our family members and friends in Gulfport and Biloxi and McHenry (a bit further north) are safe. [...]

A few signs that the day will be “interesting” if you’re not more careful:

When you look down to see that your deodorant is sitting beside you on the bed and you are reaching toward your armpit with your undereye coverup stick.
When you wonder briefly what deodorant would do for bags under the eyes. (Probably way [...]

The good news in my current small project on the needles is that I’ve discovered (woo-hoo!) that it is indeed possible to knit cables while using circulars. It’s *exactly* like doing it on straight needles, which makes perfect sense now that I think about it. The only things I’ve had to change on the Beehive [...]

Well, my hubby is a bit dispirited because he went for a sleep study (at my nagging for his scary snoring), found he has sleep apnea, and he has to use a CPAP (continuous positive air pressure) mask. It came in the mail yesterday — two boxes of instructions, a pump to move the air, [...]