"Your Router is Toast"

This is what I was told by the Geek Squad. The good news proved I wasn't a total idiot when it comes to tweaking gadgets. "You did everything I would have done." Great! Now tell me what the problem is with my freaking WLAN!!! Apparently these gadgets that just sit there soaking up electricity actually do have a shelf life. According to the above Geek, anywhere from 6 mos to 6 yrs. Good to know. Now I'm $80 poorer but I'm back online and hopefully, more secure! I actually went 3 days without checking my email or reading my blog lists. I felt so out of touch!

I've caved into the Noro temptation to knit myself some winter socks. The colors are so yummy! I'm almost done the first sock and have pictures - so I'll be posting those soon. I managed to knit another inch on the hubby sweater, too! My search for Moda Dea Bamboo Wool continues. I'm afraid no one around here carries it contrary to the manufacturers advice. So, I'll have to bite the bullet and pay for shipping. Blech... At least I'll have my yarn to begin the wild man's turtle amigurumi! And as for the market bag? Well, I'll have to take it back down again because I found another skein of the Handicrafter Colonial cotton hidden behind stacks of other colorways at the JoAnn's in Portland. It's no where to be found online and I was despairing of ever finding it in my colorway to finish the "dreaded thing." Now I'll have to tear myself away from the socks to finish it...NOT!

We had a terrible start to the day yesterday. Of course it could have been due to the fact we were really late getting home Saturday night from my SIL's house. He had so much fun playing with his cousin and we were having a lot of fun playing cards and drinking...well, I was drinking anyway. What do you call someone who rarely drinks and is handed some really tasty wine??? 3 sheets to the wind! Yup, wild man had been really wild that day and I was ready for some loosening up! Anyway, we got home later than expected and he didn't have a good nights sleep. So when we got up on Sunday all he wanted to do was go outside and play. We packed him up and went to church instead. This was not kosher with the wild man and he let us know by throwing the hugest fit in the middle of church. We packed everything up and just left. We didn't even get through the first hymn. I think we're going to have to think of another alternative for church. There's a nice one locally and they have all kinds of kids programs. Maybe for a while we should just hang out in town. Anyway, we took the wild man to the Maine Mall and walked around a little while then came home. He was so pooped but he didn't nap well.

While the little guy was out, hubby and I did some more cleaning and reorganizing. I've gotten more done in the kitchen by emptying out a shelf of cookbooks and sticking all my fathers crud on the shelf and off the kitchen counter. It was REALLY cluttered. Now the cookbooks are on a bookshelf out in the mudroom with plenty of room for more (which I definately have in storage and will LOVE to bring down!). Now the kitchen looks much cleaner. I also reorganized a cupboard to fit more foodstuffs rather than have them sitting out on the counter. And, the big change? All of the little man's bottles and bottle accessories got tossed out. :( My little guy is growing up!

This just in from my good friend viscioussweettart:

Quote for the day:
'Whatever you give a woman, she's going to multiply. If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her. So - if you give her crap, you will receive a bucket full of shit."

Since I am a woman, obviously, I quite agree!

So fellow Patriot friends, I'm bummed out about our quarterback, Tom Brady. I don't think we'll see him for the rest of the season and I know nothing about the backup QB, Cassel. He did a decent job not tanking the game yesterday but how is he going to perform the rest of the season? It would be too much to ask for a repeat of the whole Brady/Bledsoe thing. Maybe Cassell will step up, bring his A game and simply hold everything together so we'll at least make the wildcard. Only time will tell and most of the NFL analysts will speculate for weeks on this newest development. Still, bummer dudes.

I'm sure there's much much more to say but right now I'm plum out of ideas. Speaking of plum, I'm heartily enjoying Janet Evanovitch's Fearless Fourteen!

Happy Knitting and a belated Happy Birthday to the wild man's Auntie Sue! Love you!