My father is doing much better post stroke. He has given up smoking, and most of the residual affects of the stroke seem to be gone now. He is back to irritating my mother on a daily basis - a sure sign he's feeling like his normal self. The two have been together for about 29 years and fight like cats and dogs, even though they love each other dearly. I think my favorite, and most annoying, thing he does is tell you that you remember something he doesn't.
Him "What's the name of that girl?" You: "What girl?" Him: "You know. That girl. The one in the movie with that guy." You (sarcastic): "OH. THAT Girl! I have no idea what you're talking about." Him: "You do. You remember her." You: "Yeah, yeah her" (as you walk away wondering what the heck just happened).
My biggest projects to date (the blankets I made for Pops, my mom, Sagittarius and his mom), were such a big hit at Christmas, that I am finally making one as my first big project for myself. I am working on the pattern titled "Blissful" in the Big Book Of Quick Knit Afghans published by Leisure Arts. I love the easy to work with patterns in this book so much that this is the fourth one I'm doing from it. I did all of them in double the yarn.
I made "Sunny" in Caron yarn (color is Rose Tones) for my mom
I made "Sunny" in Caron yarn (color is Denim Tones) for Sagittarius' mom
I made "Comfy" in Caron yarn (color is Forest Green) for Sagittarius.
I love the basket weave.
The link to the book on Amazon is here.
A couple weeks ago, Sagittarius received a tax refund and we used it to get a Nintendo Wii. We love playing games together, as evidenced by the fact that this is our third major gaming system (fourth if you count my Nintendo DS Lite). I came into the relationship with a Playstation 2, he with an XBox 360.
However, we both had a main purpose for getting a Wii besides being able to play new games. We both want to loose some weight. We have a treadmill and an excercise bike in the attic. We just don't get a chance to make use of them during the winter as there is no insulation up there. We thought the Wii Fit would make exercise more fun by combining our love of video games with it.
It has been about a week and a half since we started. Our weights have gone up and down a couple pounds both ways. Although we're not expecting to loose a substantial amount of weight, we are both feeling a lot better.
February 5th was our ten month anniversary. Sagittarius took me to dinner to the same restaurant where we had our first date. After dinner, as we waited for dessert, I asked him how many more months to go until we were 114. He said he didn't know, but said he had something to ask me. He got up from the table, walked over to my side, dropped to his knee, pulled out a diamond engagement ring, and asked me to marry him. I said yes. Well, I actually said "Of course", and kissed his beautiful face.
I still protest Valentine's Day as a Hallmark made up holiday which has nothing to do with the man it's named after. Yet, today I am happy and I am in love. Valentine had nothing to do with it.
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