Britney Spears has shaved her head, and in public to boot. I'm not talking 'pixie' haircut short, I'm talking all off, smooth to the touch BALD: She's been on a slippery slope since.....well, even before her marriage to that sleaze-ball dirtbag Kevin Federline.  It's hard to pinpoint the actual thing that made her lose her mind (there's so much to choose from; the constant paparrazi presence, the divorce, 2 babies under the age of 2, the allegations of poor parenting, the...

Today is my third anniversary here at JU (thanks to 'miah for reminding me; I have a 103 degree fever so I'm not really coherent right now.  I'm not going to work today; I'm not risking infecting my patients with what I think is the 'flu.  That could be a disaster). Three years ago today, I was searching the 'net, looking for a place to start up a knitting blog.  I Googled 'free blog sites' and the first place that showed up was JU.  I liked the layout, I liked the communi...

This evening I will take Henry, his crate and his toys and I will load them all up in my truck.  I'm not going to drive, I'm already crying and I know that I won't be in any condition to handle the road conditions right now. When I get to our destination, I will hand Henry and his accoutrements over to a man and woman who will be his new 'parents'.  After saying my goodbyes, I'll get back in my truck and I'll cry all the way home. Henry isn't going to be living with us anymore.&n...

Today was day three of my new job, and I have to say that I am absolutely loving it. My patients are absolute joys to be around.  They've been married for 65 years, which just blows my mind, and are the sweetest, nicest people you'd ever want to meet.  They both have a progressive neurological disease and whilst he manages to get around the house ok, she needs a lot of help.  He mostly needs supervision; someone around to make sure he takes his meds when he's supposed to and do...

I don't know if any of you noticed, but cutepablo is at it again.  This time she (I believe it's a she) has posted 10 articles in a row.  Gilford Tuttle got warned about such behaviour, is it possible that cutepablo can be warned too?  This isn't the first time they've done this, and it gets pretty old pretty quick. Admins, can you please help?!

I wish that you could hold my heart in your hands.  I wish that you could see the love contained within it, that you could see the color of that love and feel it's warmth and know that all of it is for you. I wish that I could make you feel the way I feel.  I wish that I could make you feel the way my heart leaps in my chest when you look at me, how it races when you speak my name. I wish that I could have you know how it feels to love you......and to be loved by you.

I've made a pair of sock monkies.  I've called the boy one Spanky - and if you need an explanation for that name then I don't think you should participate - but I can't think of a name for the girl one.  You can see my kind of humor coming through with the boy monkey's name, and I'd like to continue that with the girl one. Help me name my monkey, JU, and I'll see if I can't come up with a little knitted something as a prize!

I've been saying for ages that I love the hospice work I'm doing, but that I wished I could find a way to make it a paying gig. Well, I've found a way.  Sort of, anyway. I've got a job.  It's with an extended care agency, and I'll be doing much the same thing as I do with my hospice patients (my assigned patients, not my vigilance patients).  I've been assigned to a married couple in a little town near here, and I'll be at their home from 8am to noon, Monday to Friday. They ...

I got called out Friday night to sit vigilance with a patient in their home.  Whenever I sit vigilance I ask myself (when it's all over) if I made a difference, and whilst the answer is always "yes", sometimes the difference is small or minor. This time, though, the difference was clear.  It wasn't minor and it wasn't small, it was huge.  Had I not been there Friday night and all day Saturday, things would have gone in a totally different direction.  This time the answer w...

Well, last night wasn't as bad as I anticipated.  I slept pretty well, and didn't wake up once because my ear hurt.  This morning it was a bit swollen, but some ibuprofen helped that out.  I soaked it in a sea salt solution, then cleaned it with a q-tip and some anti-bacterial soap.  Washing my hair in the shower was an experience; it got caught up around the bar and I had to use Dave's shaving mirror to untangle it properly. It's throbbing slightly now; I think that's...

I'm pierced (again): That's the best shot I could get; I had to take it myself.  Once Dave comes home I'll get him to take a better shot, but this one will do for now.

I've been thinking about getting another piercing done.   Over the years I've had various parts of my body pierced, including my tongue, navel, nose and eyebrow (and that's all I'm telling you about!). For various reasons, I've had to remove all of them.  My navel one was removed because of surgery and wasn't replaced because of the location of the incision.  My nose never really healed properly and was prone to infection (there are staph germs that live naturally in your ...

Do you have a flatulence problem?  Have your friends and family nicknamed you 'Thunder Pants' or 'Gassy McFartalot'?  Do you own stock in Beano or Phazyme? If you answered 'yes' to any of those questions, I have good news for you!  Under-Tec Corp has created 'Under-Ez', underwear with a built-in filter designed to neutralize those embarrasing odiferous emanations.  They come in many sizes, from small to XXXL, and are available in a boxer short design for men and a granny-k...

As many of you already know, JustJohn and his wife becames parents to triplets recently - two girls, Tabitha and Chloe, and a boy, Parrish.  They came a little early, but that's normal for triplets. I knitted them some preemie sized beanies and marvelled at how small they were - they fit on some apples I had in the fruit dish - and I sent them off, worrying that they'd be too small. I got an email from JJ yesterday, and attached to it was this photo: Aren't those the most darlin...