Cough...cough....cough....day 6

I just counted and I've been sick for 6 freaking days - you'd think now that I'm eating healthy and actually excercising, I wouldn't get sick as much but nooooooo.
At least I felt human enough to knit today....lots of knitting.....frozen juice bars.....inhaling steam from the shower.....and daytime TV.
BTW, Can I tell you I love Rosie & Ellen. I can't wait until Rosie gets her own show again - maybe I'll actually buy a TiVo then.
Anyway, I'm going to try to go back to work tomorrow - I still can't catch a decent breathe without coughing up half a lung but I don't think sitting in front of the TV is helping much either.
The good news is I'm almost done with my brickhouse purse. I got the idea from Mason-Dixon Knitting's washcloth and this one is knit up in a black and pink cotton. But I'm calling it brickhouse because that's what it looks like - bricks. My camera phone did not do the colors justice. I'm almost done knitting up the handle holders - then I'll stitch the bugger together and try and find some bright pink brocade-ish something to line it with. Plus I need to paint and lacquer the handles....something I'm not willing to do with this bug clogging up my airways. Maybe I'll bribe my darling daughter to do the painting for me. I should have a totally finished purse and pattern by the weekend! Finally!

Ah - Chew

Apparently, too many nite games makes you come down with a nasty sinus infection. I'd been feeling bad since Tuesday but thought it was just allergies. By Friday night I was full on sick as a dog - didn't even get out of bed on Saturday. And here it is Sunday and I'm still coughing up a rainbow of junk so it'll be some hot tea then back to bed for me.
You'd think spending the whole weekend in bed would mean some progress on some of my unfinished work. Nope -too sick to knit - and that's just wrong.

In knitting news - my order from webs arrived - 9 skeins of Cascade 220 in the dark plum color for a Noni purse for..............me! I'm also going to make a Noni for my aunt's birthday but she loves the noro colorways - so I need to decide on a bag and a color - but I've got all summer :)

In non-knitting news - I may have mentioned this before - I got some reading glasses. I was hesitant to go to the eye doctor because I had a bad experience with Kaiser - getting glasses that did absolutely nothing for me yet cost about $300. My new insurance is much better - went to a local office - got reading glasses and a very detailed exam - never had my eyes dialated before - and spent barely $100. So here I am looking all smart n' shit.......

....buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks.......

I don't care if I ever come back......one advantage of putting all your Giants paraphernalia at your desk is that people offer you tickets. I got offered tickets for the game last night but turned them down because it's Weight Watchers night. After rushing home to meet up with my friend who goes with me (and who drives since I'm car-less), I get a call saying she can't go. Too late to get a ZipCar to go alone, I watched the Giants game on TV and ate too many Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches. But, my niece called, she's got tickets for tonight's game - so I'll be rushing outta work again today to meet her up for tonight's game. And I'm bringing my knitting - I've got way too much knitting to do! Plus, it's Singles Night. Giants baseball, a bag of knitting, single men who are baseball fans, garlic fries & hot links....what more could a girl want? Yep, another Bonds homer.