after a long day

phone rings
caller id says "SuzieJones" **
I answer.
A young female voice calls out, "Suzie! Suzie!"
I say, "No, you have the wrong number." and hang up.

Sometimes I don't feel like chatting to strangers, even if it's Bill (Clinton) or Laura (Bush) - who called us several times the last couple of days before the election. Should I be hurt that they don't call any more? - No, I'm just relieved to hear real humans and not recordings - especially since we're on the Missouri no-call list... But that's a different post...

Anyway, 30 seconds later, the phone rings again.
It's her.
"Is this 123-4567?"
I answer yes.
silence
She hangs up.

Now, I AM on the no-call list, and I think she might have been a little more polite.

thirty seconds later, the phone rings.
I check the ID - yep, you guessed it.
I am not amused.
I answer the phone with, "Here is where you say, 'Sorry that I bothered you.'"
She said, "I'm not gonna say that!! I wanna know why you've got my phone?"
I look at the phone.
I hang up.

I don't make these things up...

**names have been changed to protect the drunk and/or stupid

sinus and trekking

I have a sinus infection now also - never know if it is a virus or just allergies -either way the pain is intense

And let me say that a sinus infection can actually split a perfectly healthy tooth in two. Don't ask how I know, but I have the xrays to prove it - taken only 3 days apart.

A while ago I knit a trekking sock - it had a lot of red n green, took forever, n I really thought I'd never knit its mate.

But I did. I just wanted that bright red to hit in the same spot on the leg.I started with a provisional cast on and plain knit. after a couple inches, I figured out where on the leg that bright red color hit. Then I added yarn to the provisional cast on and knit up the leg to the right length, and cast off. I continued knitting on down, but of course the colors weren't the same at all.

As I continued, a bright red stripe developed about an inch sooner. Each time I looked at the sox, I felt as though I'd tilt to one side when I wore them. It looked as though one of them had shrunk. But I kept knitting - stubborn, what can I say? It took FOREVER...

Now they are both done, and I LOVE them. I don't really know why, but the toe has a lot of dark colors, and a hint of a turquiose that is gorgeous.

So in a fit of I-don't-know-what, I bought another ball of trekking. "Now look here," I said, "I have lots of things I need to finish. I can't start another sock right now!" But it kept calling out to me. When I took off work Thursday because I had no voice and couldn't stop coughing, I started knitting. I already have one done and am doing the heel on the second. pictures soon.