We went for a short ramble Saturday with the Kid’s friend. They took some encouraging, until they transformed into Bugs Bunny, Speedy, Super Why, and finally Bugs Bunny and girlfriend and Spot Bunny and girlfriend and me as Taxi Rabbit. A crowd, considering we’re three people, and only one of us over four [...]
So we’ve been discussing the orange sweater. I’m knitting it in one piece, back and forth (a cardigan, you see), knitting a garter stitch button band as I go. I have no idea how I’ll do the sleeves. I was informed weeks ago that it will have a hood (so I don’t have to worry [...]
At la playa fria, we buried the kid. Or did we find toe seedlings coming through the sand?
We played soccer with Uncle’s puppy. Border collie and cocker spaniel, both parents mixed. Four months old, and a sweetheart. He wanted to play with the rabbit, who wasn’t too worried.
Abuela and the kid [...]
I really should knit up that robot for the kid. He’s been patient, but I think he’s aiming to take over the house. As long as he builds robots that clean toilets and put away stuff, I’m happy.
First things first - Don’t worry Margaret! He didn’t do it!
The other evening, the Kid was telling me what his chores are (he’s great at vacuuming the bathroom and I’m sure he’ll be great vacuuming the rest of the house when we can find the floor again). He said he dusts and said, [...]
We speak Amurrican and Mexican mostly. When the boys (husband and son) are in full goof mode, we get some odd phrases thrown around.
“Te voy a partir el queso!” (something along the lines of “I’m going to win so hard I’m ripping your head off” 
(literally “I’m going to cut the cheese!” Which leads to explaining [...]
I had lunch with my grandmother on Thanksgiving - the Kid stayed home with sniffles. He’s mad because he hasn’t been able to go with me to see her. “But I’m not sick today!” I asked her about her favorite pies. She was a fabulous pie baker, I hear. She [...]
I know, I know. How cold can it be in Oakland, California? Cold enough for frost in the morning. And we feel it in our lovely old uninsulated house. My husband is stingy about the heat, which isn’t to say I’m not stingy with it myself. But he beats me to it, so he can [...]
The green sweater is completely done, and already well worn. Time for it to go in the laundry again soon (but it takes so long to dry!)
And I may have pictures of it one of these days.
The Kid’s birthday party happened last Sunday - a rip-roaring success, with a lot of help from friend and [...]
