Well I just got back from my doctor. I’d rescheduled my Monday appointment for today, figuring I’m off work anyways, might as well get it over with. News I really wanted before the weekend, let me tell you…

The little Smarties-sized bump behind my ear is just a cyst. Nothing to worry about.

The little hard dot on my skin is a benign tumor. When I asked how he knew it was benign he said “that’s what I went to medical school to find out”. Encouraging.

And for a grand finale, the reason my wrists have been hurting with little electric shocks, the reason my fingers are numb in the morning: I have carpal tunnel syndrome.

What a great thing to tell an avid computer geek/knitter right before her birthday.

Another RAOK! Sweet Christina sent me an ecard yesterday, a perfect little pick-me-up. Christina, I don’t know how you knew I spent all day yesterday on the couch with a migraine, but your card was the perfect thing to make me feel better for a few moments!

Thank you so much!

Another RAOK! Sweet Christina sent me an ecard yesterday, a perfect little pick-me-up. Christina, I don’t know how you knew I spent all day yesterday on the couch with a migraine, but your card was the perfect thing to make me feel better for a few moments!

Thank you so much!

Another RAOK! Sweet Christina sent me an ecard yesterday, a perfect little pick-me-up. Christina, I don’t know how you knew I spent all day yesterday on the couch with a migraine, but your card was the perfect thing to make me feel better for a few moments!

Thank you so much!

To Jan: thanks for the sweet comments! I’m pretty partial to him myself. 🙂

To Kimberly: Mike has been doing a lot of auditions in the last year or so. He still works full time, but I know if he got a big break he’d go for it! He was an extra in this movie, no speaking but definately visible on screen.

To Jo: how are you doing? Thank you for stopping by my blog. I’ll surely be posting engagement news once it happens!

So let’s see. Not much happened over the weekend besides Yannick’s birthday. Saw some friends and family, hung out. Today I knit up a bear for Teddies for Tragedies. After my little attempt at charity knitting failed miserably with the Lakeshore Hospital, I wanted to do something, so when one of the Montreal Knitting Guild members reminded me about the project I knew I had time to do at least one, and I finished it tonight. I’ll post a pic once Yannick gets home with his camera. The website for the teddies is here: http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/lassie/322/pattern.htm#

Now I have to spend the rest of the week finishing up the baby outfit before the shower on the 18th. I’m off all week except for Saturday, I have to work then we’ll go up north for a birthday dinner with Yannick’s family, because my birthday is this coming Sunday, the 11th.

Oh, I got a surprise in the mail today! Another RAOK! What’s going on? Nothing for an entire year then 2 in one month!!!!

Jennifer Smith thank you so much! The bath salts smell scrumptious and I can’t wait to take a bath. I have a good library book so I promise I’ll be using those this week! And the lip gloss…how did you know I collect them???? You are so sweet, thank you so much!

Maybe there’s a reason to have faith in this RAOK thing after all. I think I’ll send something out, give some of this karma back…

To any Montreal knitters, see you tomorrow night at the knit-out on Monkland! Second Cup on Monkland, 7:30-ish pm.

To Jan: thanks for the sweet comments! I’m pretty partial to him myself. 🙂

To Kimberly: Mike has been doing a lot of auditions in the last year or so. He still works full time, but I know if he got a big break he’d go for it! He was an extra in this movie, no speaking but definately visible on screen.

To Jo: how are you doing? Thank you for stopping by my blog. I’ll surely be posting engagement news once it happens!

So let’s see. Not much happened over the weekend besides Yannick’s birthday. Saw some friends and family, hung out. Today I knit up a bear for Teddies for Tragedies. After my little attempt at charity knitting failed miserably with the Lakeshore Hospital, I wanted to do something, so when one of the Montreal Knitting Guild members reminded me about the project I knew I had time to do at least one, and I finished it tonight. I’ll post a pic once Yannick gets home with his camera. The website for the teddies is here: http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/lassie/322/pattern.htm#

Now I have to spend the rest of the week finishing up the baby outfit before the shower on the 18th. I’m off all week except for Saturday, I have to work then we’ll go up north for a birthday dinner with Yannick’s family, because my birthday is this coming Sunday, the 11th.

Oh, I got a surprise in the mail today! Another RAOK! What’s going on? Nothing for an entire year then 2 in one month!!!!

Jennifer Smith thank you so much! The bath salts smell scrumptious and I can’t wait to take a bath. I have a good library book so I promise I’ll be using those this week! And the lip gloss…how did you know I collect them???? You are so sweet, thank you so much!

Maybe there’s a reason to have faith in this RAOK thing after all. I think I’ll send something out, give some of this karma back…

To any Montreal knitters, see you tomorrow night at the knit-out on Monkland! Second Cup on Monkland, 7:30-ish pm.

To Jan: thanks for the sweet comments! I’m pretty partial to him myself. 🙂

To Kimberly: Mike has been doing a lot of auditions in the last year or so. He still works full time, but I know if he got a big break he’d go for it! He was an extra in this movie, no speaking but definately visible on screen.

To Jo: how are you doing? Thank you for stopping by my blog. I’ll surely be posting engagement news once it happens!

So let’s see. Not much happened over the weekend besides Yannick’s birthday. Saw some friends and family, hung out. Today I knit up a bear for Teddies for Tragedies. After my little attempt at charity knitting failed miserably with the Lakeshore Hospital, I wanted to do something, so when one of the Montreal Knitting Guild members reminded me about the project I knew I had time to do at least one, and I finished it tonight. I’ll post a pic once Yannick gets home with his camera. The website for the teddies is here: http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/lassie/322/pattern.htm#

Now I have to spend the rest of the week finishing up the baby outfit before the shower on the 18th. I’m off all week except for Saturday, I have to work then we’ll go up north for a birthday dinner with Yannick’s family, because my birthday is this coming Sunday, the 11th.

Oh, I got a surprise in the mail today! Another RAOK! What’s going on? Nothing for an entire year then 2 in one month!!!!

Jennifer Smith thank you so much! The bath salts smell scrumptious and I can’t wait to take a bath. I have a good library book so I promise I’ll be using those this week! And the lip gloss…how did you know I collect them???? You are so sweet, thank you so much!

Maybe there’s a reason to have faith in this RAOK thing after all. I think I’ll send something out, give some of this karma back…

To any Montreal knitters, see you tomorrow night at the knit-out on Monkland! Second Cup on Monkland, 7:30-ish pm.

Danielle,

Thank you. In the (almost) 1 year I have been a member of the RAOK site, yours is the very first actual RAOK I’ve received. You have no idea how much this means to me!

I don’t know how you knew to put together the little package you did for me, but everything is perfect! I have loved Ahava products ever since I took a trip to Israel in 2000, and have always wanted to try their soap. I adore taking baths, and salts to ease the muscles are the absolute perfect thing because we have been having such humidity here that my Fibromyalgia has been acting up, plus I’ve been knitting so much that my “pre-arthritis” in my hands has been sore. I have next week off from work and I’m already planning which book to bring into the bath! The Purell is great because I don’t have one small enough for my purse, and as for the Sharpie…how did you know? I used to write, wanted to be an author, and I’m like a kid in a candy store when I go into Bureau en Gros (the French version of Staples or Office Depot). I LOVE school supplies, and green is one of my favorite colors!

Everthing you chose is so perfect for me, I don’t know how you knew. You probably just threw stuff together, but please know that you did REALLY good!

🙂

This is my brother Mike:

This (circled) is my brother Mike in the movie The Greatest Game Ever Played. This is the addy where you can find the full trailer for the movie, including the above scene with my brother Mike:
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=trailer&id=1808610186

Tonight we all got free passes to go see an advance screening of the movie, which will open in theaters in about a month or so. By paying careful attention to the background, I saw Mike about 5 times. On the big screen. Tres cool!

I also got driven to work and to the movie by my dad, meaning I could knit on the way, and did about 10 teeny-tiny rows on the baby outfit. Only 2 pant legs and 2 pairs of socks to go…. 🙂