I know I may not talk about him much but I do have an older brother. I don’t talk to him as much as my sister because 1) He lives on the other side of the country in Seattle 2) There is 3 hour time difference, he doesn’t have a cell phone and he’s never home,and occasionally checks email. He kinda of reminds me of the Leonardo DiCaprio movie “Catch Me If You Can”. While all of his doings are very legal, he is always off doing something and hard to catch up with. He’s an artist, does volunteer work with children in the arts, missionary work, a board member of a chocolate company,and much more. Up until this year he was in school working on a Ph.D. but has opted out with his second Masters degree. It’s hard to date women when you’re in school so hopefully we can get him married off now so my sister can get off my back. (Know any single woman looking for a 6’7″ college educated, Christian man, with no children?)

Now that he’s out of school and working, we’ve been hearing more from him. He’s even sending out late birthday gifts. Yesterday, this box was at my door.

Only my brother’s creative mind could come up with this. Notice the “handling” instructions. It says from “The Ghetto Packaging Corp”

Inside was this light.

It is a Starlightz from artecnicainc . It’s this cool earth friendly light fixture made of paper and each one is hand-made. It goes great with my living room furniture.

Now I just have to find my brother so I can thank him.

My sister will be in town tomorrow so I’m sure to have fun stories to tell on Monday. The Vex pattern may be up this weekend too. Hopefully.

When you’re trapped indoors with nothing but a laptop, tv, and magazines, you are liable to get yourself in a little trouble.

Never should one be up at 4am buying yarn or anything else for that matter. I did that yesterday. Not good. Did I forget to mention that I’m the type of person that buys new things to make myself feel better. Sad but true. If I’ve had a bad day then you’re likely to find me in a Target somewhere. But I digress.

I bought this the night after my surgery.

I’m going to try my hand at a lace shawl. The Shallowtail Shawl from the latest Interweave Knits. Mamacita has this wonderful secretary. They fuss and fight like the Odd Couple but she is such a wonderful woman that takes care of my mother and talks about us like we are her own kids. I want to make her something and Mamacita thinks this would be a good one.

I’ve been reading the latest InStyle and Vogue magazines. When I get a chance I’ll show you all some of the cute things that I want to buy. I need to go buy a lottery ticket because that will be the only way I can afford all the things I want.

The tonsils are gone. The surgery went well. I went in early Thursday and I was back home by noon. My parents came to take care of me this weekend and it was a great comfort just to have them here. I’m not in much pain but the drugs I’m taking keep knocking me out. I don’t know how people get addicted to this stuff cause I’m not enjoying it.

Thanks to my drug-induced state I don’t have much of an attention span. I’ve been working some socks and doing some reading. I haven’t been too successful with either. I keep falling asleep mid-sentence or mid-knit.

I’ll be on sick-leave from work for the next week, so I’ll be back to fill you in on all the fun I’m having while I’m trapped in the house.

Red, The Dog, and Snuffy will keep you company while I’m away. See ya later.