I am running in the Shamrock Run this Saturday. I am nervous because I have “slacked off” a bit on my running routine this winter and (silly me) I thought the Shamrock Run would be closer to St. Patty’s Day, so I thought I had a good two weeks left to “train”.

So I’ve been running in the snow.

When you run in the snow, your brain flip-flops between thinking that you’re Rocky (WOW! Look at me! I’m a super-athlete! I even run in the snow!) and thinking that you’re a complete idiot (WOW! Look at that moron–running in the snow!).

This morning (after soaking my feet in two frigid puddles) I definitely had myself in the complete idiot category…until a lady passed me on a bicycle!

I had to believe I didn’t look as dumb as her (I sure hope not).

Happy Saint Patty’s Day everyone–hope to see some of you at the run!

As I was typing up the week’s E-EWEsletter, Emmett came galloping into my office on Sophie’s hobby horse.

“Is that your horsey?” I asked.

“Yep” he replied.

“Does your horsey have a name?” I asked.

“Yep” he replied.

“What is your horsey’s name?” I asked.

There was a pause…Emmett looked up at the ceiling…I could tell he was really thinking about this one…

“Horseradish!” he replied, and they galloped away.

How is this for a cool thing to do on a Sunday afternoon? Do you remember how YUCKY Sunday was??? Yucky, yucky!

Well, Sheas has a Free Film Series once a month, and this past Sunday they showed The General, a silent black-and-white Buster Keaton film. It was preceded by a bunch of old Bugs Bunny cartoons, but the best part… a guy was on stage playing a Wurlitzer pipe organ along with the film–it was amazing!!! When the film began, the organ lowered down into the floor. I had never seen (or heard) anything like it, and the kids just loved it.

After the movie, you were free to go up front and ask the organ player questions. He said his next appearance will be on Good Friday at the Riviera Theatre (7 pm, I think). They will be showing King of Kings by Cecil B. Demille. He said the movie was definitely family-friendly. I can’t wait to go. When else do you have an opportunity to see something like that?  Hopefully some of you will join me there!

For Christmas my parents were very generous–they gave me and Tony a gift certificate to Russell Salvitore’s new steakhouse (complete with an evening of free babysitting, of course). Before making our reservations, we saw a Russell’s commercial for an overnight package at his adjoining hotel that included dinner for two. We asked my parents if they would pretty-please upgrade their gift to an overnight of babysitting–a kid-free night…whoopee!

Tony and I had survived a very hectic week, and desperately needed to celebrate, so we toasted to a fun and stress-free 2010 and were halfway through our wonderful dinner…when Tony started feeling funny (NOT the food–the food was great). ” I think this week has just been too much for me.” he said. We decided to get our dessert to go and eat it in the room.

By the time we reached the room, Tony had a fever! He was shivering, could not get warm, cranked the heat in the room up to ninety degrees and spent the next two hours poaching himself in the room’s jacuzzi tub. My romantic night ended by scooping poor hubby out of the tub, wrapping him in towels and blankets and putting him to bed.

The next morning he was covered in hives!

After a trip to the pharmacy and a day of bed and Bennedryl, which did not help, Tony spent Saturday night at the Immediate Care Center.

Turns out, he had the Chicken Pox!!!

It is the following Friday, and Tony is finally on the mend (three large bottles of Calamine lotion later). We have since learned that the worst thing one can do when getting the Chicken Pox is to take a hot bath(oh dear).

I am looking forward to taking  Tony out for a beer at Mammosers tonight–he could use some fresh air after a week of solitary confinement.

I don’t think we will be ordering any form of chicken there though!

Move over Barney! Step aside Tickle Me Elmo! Emmett has a new hero…Julia Child.

After taking me to see Julie and Julia, I told Tony I wanted a copy of Mastering the Art of French Cooking for Christmas. Instead of the book, he bought me a six-part Julia Child DVD series called How to Cook. Each show is an hour long and covers a specific topic…poultry, soups, fish, salads & breads, dessert. Emmett discovered them, and now he is hooked!

“I want to watch the cooking lady again.” He begs. “I want to watch her flip the chicken upside-down… then she will chop the head off a fish! But first, she sniffs it (sniff sniff)…it’s fresh! Mommy are you fresh?”

For his birthday, Emmett says he wants a food mill…and a giant strainer…and a cleaver.

Pathetic. I was going to start blogging, blogging, blogging away… and how well did I do? I blogged…once. Since March! Terrible.

But today is a new day! Did you all hear that I am in training for the Turkey Trot? My dear friend Miss Anne told me that she recently read an article that states that excercize actually helps to build new brain cells–boy could I use those! I have decided that all my new brain cells will be my blogging brain cells–see how much you all mean to me? I am saving all those fresh, new brain cells just for you! 

Now this is a knitting website, so it wouldn’t be right for me not to at least talk a little about knitting, so I will share with you what I am wearing to the Turkey Trot…

…a newly-knitted…Turkey Hat!!!

That’s right, I actually knit myself a hat that looks just like the bird that will be on your Thanksgiving table, complete with a pair of drummies sticking out the sides!

Grandma Helen borrowed the hat yesterday to wear to the nursing home, and I have already heard through the grapevine that she was the talk of the bar at the Eden Legion Post!

Let me know if you would like a copy of the pattern–I would be more than happy to share the shame, I mean fame!

I’m blogging! I’m really really blogging! I am very unsteady on my fingers when it comes to anything computer, so for the next few weeks until I get used to this blog business, PLEASE bear with me! And if I find that I am spending more time blogging about knitting than actually knitting–forget about it!

Anyways, I hope this blog provides all you EWE groupies with enough humorous yarn fodder to keep you all coming back to the website! Feel free to make comments and offer me guidance!! Thanks-Erin