monday makes...


i'm a sick, sick person.
i know this because
i have decided that i cannot make all of the things
that i want to make
for christmas...
so i have started planning
for next year's christmas
today....

i know i am sick....
just go with it.

so with that in mind:

this is too cute....
mittens....
gah....i'm overloading on cute.
i could spend alot of money here....
there is a new baby coming at christmas, maybe this?
is it too early for the tree?

and then, in reality...
here is where i am...
still knitting this...maybe 10 rows more than what i had last monday.
damn headache.
gah.

remembrance day

today
eight rushed to get his army men
out the kitchen
in time to line them up
in salute
while Oh Canada played on the radio.

then he remained quiet and still
through the two minutes of radio silence...

before taking the troops with him
to line up on the couch
to pay tribute
with him
as he watched the ceremonies
on television.

he's a funny boy, that eight.

saturday snippets

after a 3 day headache from hell,
i am back.
rejuvenated and ready to roll.

i am sick of three day headaches...so i called the guy who sells
magnetic pain relief in the form of jewelry,
a necklace in my case...
and i am normally too cynical for stuff like this,
but damn it,
i want it to work...
i want to feel better.

so i'm trying it.

and that is pretty much my saturday snippet.
i am currently headache-free,
spent an evening watching "meet the robinsons"
followed by how the grinch stole christmas
while twelve made sugar cookies for the first time
all by herself....

i hate being sick,
but i love feeling better.

poetry thursday revisited...

i consider the fact of meeting you here +
considering the idea that i will probably
look as strange & weird to you
tonight
as i did then, in high school
sitting at a table alone
mp3 player replacing the walkman
cappuccino in exchange of pop
but ever present notebook
ever present scribbler that i am
silent and unaware
only one thing changed-now i don't care.