In no particular order, my random thoughts on the 82nd Academy Awards.

• Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin weren’t nearly as funny as I thought they would be. Bring back Billy Crystal.
• Sandra Bullock looked lovely. I thought her dress was elegant and her hair was simply beautiful. I’m happy that she won for Best Actress.
• Precious won several awards and I think that’s awesome. It’s not an easy movie to watch but the overall feeling is one of hope and you can’t go wrong there. Hooray for Mo’Nique.
• My opinion of Charlize Theron’s dress: here are my boobs! look at my boobs! they are RIGHT here!
• I predicted 13 categories correctly. I think that’s pretty good.
• I saw all 10 best picture nominated films. Hooray for meeting goals.
• We played Oscar Bingo but I never got bingo. All I needed was someone to “thank God” and no one did. Bunch of heathens there in Hollywood.
• I loved the way they introduced the nominees for Best Actor and Best Actress. It was touching and wonderful to hear the things said about each nominee.
• Good for Kathryn Bigelow for breaking through and winning Best Director – the first time for a woman.
• I did not think Hurt Locker was the right movie for Best Picture but I’m not surprised that it won.
• I was hoping for a win for Avatar but it was not to be. James Cameron is laughing all the way to the bank, I’m sure.

And finally, I made Oscar cookies.

They were yummy!

And this way . . .

We all got to have an Oscar!

You know it’s a pathetic weekend when the highlight of your Saturday is a trip to the grocery store. But I’m resting like I’m supposed to and that’s about all I thought I should do.

On Sunday I made Dale drive me to Plymouth just so that I could tell you I did something other than sit on the couch all weekend. The ocean was beautiful and so blue. It really cheered me up to see it.

I’m continuing to knit on the Mondo Cable Pulli and the sleeves are just about done. I’m hopeful to have it done by the weekend but I’m not making any promises.

Except this: I promise I will be well enough to go to SPA.

As you can surmise from the title, I am still feeling poorly, but at least I am feeling strong enough to knit. Hooray! Last week the Mondo Cable Pulli was boring. This week it is the perfect project for a convalescent knitter. Lots and lots of stockinette in the round is about the only thing I can handle at this point and this sweater will see the benefit of that.

I’m feeling a bit of cabin fever at this point. I suppose that’s a good thing and maybe I’ll be ready to get out of the house in a day or so.

I’ll keep you posted.

I am still sick although I’m feeling a bit stronger today. I’m actually on the couch and after 2 days of staying in bed this is a huge improvement – for my psyche, at least. I haven’t knit a stitch since Sunday but I’m hopeful that today I’ll have the energy to at least hold the knitting in my lap!

Thanks for all your thoughtful get well wishes yesterday. I’m sorry I didn’t respond to each one individually, as I usually do, but I know you all understand.

I am sick and it hurts all over. I’ll post again when I’m better. In the meantime, here are some daisies for you. They are cheering me up, that’s for sure.

My weekend was pretty well taken up with the high school drama club performance of Anything Goes. Hannah had one of the lead female roles and Dale and I were in full parental participation mode for the weekend.

There were cookies to bake for the refreshment sale.

And there was hair to curl. 3 shows, 1 hour curling time for  each show equals a lot of time with the curling iron. And a lot of Aqua Net.

There was a bit of knitting at the start of each show but not at the show on Sunday.

At that show I took 650 pictures. That is a LOT of pictures, my friends. The post processing will take a while but here’s one of Hannah that I just love.

I don’t have to tell you that there were tears at the last performance, right? I ought to be a real mess at graduation.

It’s been a while since I’ve written a Random Wednesday post and I’ve got a bunch of little things to tell you that don’t really stand alone as “full” posts so now seems like a good time for some random.

• I’ve been working on the Chevron Love Mittens. They are beautiful but working with 8 yarns at once is beyond frustrating. Fiddly is putting it mildly! I’m determined to finish though, so in the spirit of  grin and bear it, I’m plowing through.
• On New Year’s Day my laptop screen died. The computer itself was working fine and hooking it up to an external monitor gave me the ability to work with it. Luckily I have an on-site warranty so last week 2 technicians from Dell came to the library and performed a 3 1/2 hour surgery on the poor thing. I’ve got my fingers crossed that things keep working because getting a new computer is a pain in the ass.
• I’m loving Modern Family. It’s definitely the best new sitcom I’ve seen in a long time.
• Speaking of television, Big Love is back and more intense than ever.
• But when is True Blood season 3 going to be start?
• And I could care less that 24 starts in a few days. I’m so over the Jack Bauer Power Hour.
• I just want to take this opportunity to say that I hate when people post political stuff on Facebook. Well, unless I agree with it. Seriously, though, I am learning things about some people that I just don’t want to know.
• Finally, how about some good news? Hannah got accepted to her first choice college. We are so proud of her! Of course, this brings home the reality that my little girl will be leaving the nest all too soon. Waaaaaah.

And that’s the random from my world.

Here is a beautiful December sunset as viewed from my deck. It’s appropriate for this, the last day of 2009, I think.  Dale and I are staying in this evening. We’ll probably be watching episodes of True Blood or playing cards. We’ll definitely be  eating delicious things like stuffed mushrooms and king crab legs. Hopefully we’ll be awake to see the ball drop but I imagine we’ll be tucking each other in by 12:02. We just aren’t as young and exciting as we used to be!

We hope you all have a safe and festive evening, whatever you decide to do.

Happy New Year and see you in 2010!

My Christmas festivities went pretty much as I predicted they would. On Christmas Eve we had a house full of family and friends and it was wonderful. I never saw 6 pounds of Swedish meatballs and 3 dozen deviled eggs disappear so fast in all my life! If only they had eaten all the cookies, too!

Christmas Day was relaxing and lazy, a far different experience from when we had small kids at home. These days we don’t even start opening until 11 or later and that’s fine with me. We all played with the Wii a bit and then headed for Dale’s brother’s house for a delicious Christmas dinner and more Wii playing. Seeing my 83 year old father-in-law flying an airplane in the Wii Resorts game was a terrific addition to the day!

I really did stay in my pajamas all day on Saturday. We had talked about going to the movies but I was just feeling too relaxed and too lazy so it was TV and Wii and leftovers. Ahhh.

And then on Sunday (don’t you love when Christmas fall on a Friday) we hung around, played some more with the Wii and then went to see the movie The Blind Side. It was fantastic! Excellent social commentary, great acting from Sandra Bullock and really shouldn’t be missed. It was a great way end to our Christmas weekend.

Now it’s Monday and that means back to work but at least it’s another short week. Yippee!

It’s Eye Candy Friday on Thursday, my friends.

Today I will be cooking and prepping for a house full of family and friends tonight, Christmas Eve. Tomorrow we’ll open gifts with our children and then go to Dale’s brother’s house for Christmas dinner.  On Saturday, I may not even get out of my pajamas!

Merry Christmas to all!