More Than I Could Handle

Kim sent an e-mail saying that she had done math all on her own (and it was right!) and at the same time I looked up to see my son holding hands with a girl.

146

Thanks to a clearance sale at Wal-Mart, I was able to give each niece a play cookware set and a pretend food set. When you add it all up, they each got 146 items. One SIL asked where was she going to put it all. I said, "That's not my problem, I'm the aunt." I love being an aunt. We get to make our own rules.

Settling Down for Some Light Reading

One of my favorite things to do when it is cold outside is to wrap up in a warm blanket and read a good book. Tonight's selection is A Graphical Approach to Precalculus with Limits: A Unit Circle Approach by Hornsby, Lial, and Rockswold. No, I'm not totally sick. I'm reading this because I get to teach this quarter!

Yes, I Am A Math Geek

This was so funny to me.

I was demonstrating our new course management software to my colleagues. One of them noticed that I had posted an announcement for my students that we would be using the Math XL program. He could not figure out what Math 40 was.

I Had to Face the Truth Today

The T-man is taller than me. I had suspected it for a while, but refused to find out for sure. Bebe decided to do a comparison today. He is taller, but I am still the Mom!

Off the Hook

Mittens for Akkol is my favorite group to knit for. They can use a variety of things that I like to knit. There has been a real need for socks, but I just have not been able to knit socks lately. No matter what I try, nothing seems to work. Just as I decided that I had to get past that and knit some socks, another organization came through and donated enough socks to meet the current need. So I cheerfully cast on a pair of thrummed mittens towards the end of last week. I can't believe how fast I finished them. I also photographed the first pair of thrummed mittensthat I ever made. Both pairs will soon be on their way to Mittens for Akkol along with a really big pair of socks that I completed before the will to knit socks left me.

	I used this pattern, which is the first pattern I ever used for thrummed mittens. My next mittens will have a gusset thumb.
	This is me modeling one of the first pair of thrummed mittens that I started while visiting Kim.
>	Just so that Kim will believe that both are done.
	Just in case you want to know what the inside looks like.

Real Sick

I have been so sick that even doing math has not made me feel better. I have missed two days of work this week and plan to stay home tomorrow. I even went to the doctor. At least the mono test was negative.