Michael
I finished the little finger on my glove today and even managed to cast on for the right hand.
I made the little finger narrower than the rest. It has five stitches for the third side instead of nine stitches. It’s also shorter than it is supposed to be.
I got good stuff in the mail today. My sock club came. I like this color much more than the last. I’ll have to read through the pattern to see if I want to change anything. I can’t leave anything alone. 
Isn’t it a great color?
I also got my exchange from Autumn. Are those ruffles adorable? And check out the sock yarn. It should make great gloves. Wait a minute. I’m getting too cutesy. Let me go grump at Doug for a minute. Do you know why old married couples bicker so much? Because it’s fun.
My books didn’t come, but I wasn’t really expecting them. I also got a nice check from my dental insurance. It was maximum for the year and they didn’t question anything. I hate having to deal with insurance. They want things the way THEY want it and that’s all there is to it.
I forgot to mention that Autumn received her socks. I sent along one of my sock patterns and enough yarn to make her own pair. I hope it inspires her. I also sent the rest of the yarn in case something happens. In exchange, she is sending me something truly unique. I forgot today is Labor Day hence there was no mail and no sock club kit. Pook.
Poor Gus. I had to lock him outside so I could work on pinning my quilt in peace. You would think he was dying. It was very nice out there, but he could see me and was not at all happy. There is not much left to pin. I should be able to start quilting in a day or two. And then, I can do SOMETHING ELSE!!
My first glove is almost done. I worked on it some today. I needed to get into a comfortable position for a while after all the pinning.
Can you see my little finger sticking out?
Has it changed? Or is it me? I used to like Dr Pepper. I’d get it when we stopped for fast food. Since I retired, I have plenty of time to cook so I hadn’t tasted it much in the last few years. A few weeks ago, we were out doing errands and I was rather tired so I stopped for burgers and I got Dr Pepper. It seemed weak, but I thought it was from all the ice. The other day, Doug picked up a case of Dr Pepper at the supermarket. He has always been a Dr Pepper fan. He said to try some. Even straight from the can, it did not have the burst of flavor that I have come to expect. It’s kind of—–boring. What happened?
Be sure to get my good side.
I decided to work on my quilt this afternoon. I needed to lay it out on the floor so I folded up my cutting table so I would have plenty of room and light. Zip took this as a sign for a photo op so here you are. Maude could have cared less.
I forgot to take pictures of my gloves, not that I have gotten that much done on them anyway.
I went to the dentist this morning to get some work done on my lower plate. They took out the liner and put in a new one. Then, I went to the mall and got a haircut. The last haircut I had was awful. I went to a new place in town and I will never go back. I hate to have to drive 20 miles just to get a haircut, but what do you do? My hair looks good, but I still have a few inches of color in it. It’s not very gray and the color I used wasn’t dark so it really doesn’t look bad at all. It was about 1PM by then and I was really hungry. I got an orange smoothie and headed home. Along the way, I stopped at a roadside stand and bought blueberries, Lima beans and corn.
Doug wanted hamburgers with mushrooms and onions in gravy, mashed potatoes and corn. I could never make this again and be perfectly happy, but he loves it so I make it occasionally. And I did have some nice ground sirloin. He ate three ears of corn and I had one. How does he do it? He just had a physical and blood work and all is well. I can’t eat like that. It’s disgusting!
Here, I am just about to start on the middle finger of my gloves. I made the thumb shorter than it was supposed to be. It was too long. I worked on the finger at the dentist. It is the the same width as the first finger. It was easier to figure out this time.
Well, I’m all worked up now. I just read about an increase in measles. Why? Why? Why? There is a wonderful vaccine out there people. Don’t you know what this disease can do? Do you know what it can do to your unborn child? How can you be so stupid? Come here. Let me knock some sense into you with this brick wall here! When I hear about crap like this Ijust get so upset. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. But what do I know? I’m just an old woman. I do know one thing. If there had been a measles vaccine when I was young, I would be the mother of three live, healthy children, not two.
OK. Here’s what you came to see. It was a great day and I got a fair amount done.
Snaquhar Gloves
I don’t think it got up to 80 today. The geese seem confused. Little groups of them are flying around in different directions with their horns blasting. Can you imagine what they’d be like if they had drivers licenses? I would like to say something about Canadians here, but I won’t.
Sanquhar Gloves
As you can see, much progress was made on my gloves. I even made it through the dreaded thumb gusset.
Maude helping
Sleeping Maude
I was supposed to do something, but I don’t remember what it was. Oh, well. Can you have hot flashes when everything has been removed? I never really had them so I don’t know. Maybe senility is finally setting in. I know I called my daughter this morning. My phone says so. Why hasn’t she called me back? She’ll probably call when I’m on the toilet. She’s good at that. Maude is here, sleeping under the desk lamp making little sucking motions with her mouth. Her fur is so warm. She’s making me hot.
Progress was made on the gloves today. Here’s a picture.
Doesn’t it look much better?
happy ducks
All day long, there have been ducks splahing about in the creek. It was a beautiful day, but warmer. We finally put the air on at noon, but it will probably be off again by bed time. It’s so nice to have the windows open and be able to hear the outside noises. It really has been a great week. Yesterday was the first time all week that we had the air conditioning on and that was because Doug was not well. He is so much better today and he has something in case it happens again. I am so glad that’s all it was. He’s a pain in the ass, but he’s all mine.
Here’s the latest picture on my gloves. I’m much happier now.
I worked on my gloves for an hour or two this afternoon.
ready to remove the thumb stitches
thumb stitches on waste yarn
Up a Creek in Lower Slower Delaware 
