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My Charity Afghan Is Complete

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I finished edging the afghan with the help of my felixes (orange ones included) and washed it several times to try and get rid of some of the fur. I then aired it out and took this picture.

My afghan on the clothesline

On Monday, I’ll mail it to San Francisco where Afghans for Afghans will sort and mail it to Central Asia. I’m having some separation anxiety as I’ve worked so hard on it and now it’s headed to a place I can only dream about. I’m working on a patchwork afghan for myself in the same colors as the one I’m sending because I love them and I have lots of black yarn left over.

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Allergies

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I went to see an allergy/asthma specialist because my asthma has been bad lately, mostly due to the incompetence of one of the doctors at my local clinic who basically threw pills and inhalers at me when I came in complaining of congestion and tight-chestedness. The consensus from the good doctor I saw was that I really should see a specialist who deals in allergies and asthma and that I was probably allergic to my cats. I was skeptical because I’ve had cats since I was born and I would have manifested an allergy by now.

Well… I saw the allergist and they did a skin test on my back. I’m allergic to multiple types of grasses, dust mites, oat pollen, and… mildly allergic to cats. She was not happy to hear about my feline herd and explained that I would have to ban them from the bedroom. We also talked about my asthma and came up with a game plan for how to deal with it. She’s keeping me on my meds as I’ve not really had all that much stability and it would be good if we could have me on something long enough to make a difference. (I’m also getting sick of having pills and inhalers thrown at me every time something new comes out on the market.)

I explained to my cats (who were all sitting on the bed when I got home) that I was allergic to them. They stared at me as if to say “and this is our problem???” *sigh* I can’t really ban them from the bedroom so I think I’ll have to clean like a banshee and get some old sheets to use as cat spreads.

Some Maroon and Gold Pride

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TwinCities.Com: The magical Gophers make the Final Four — and team history — after a colossal upset of top-ranked Duke.

The screaming was audible all over Minnesota last night when the Gophers beat Duke. It’s not quite the fanaticism I saw in Ohio with OSU football, but I think I kind of like this better. (Sorry Dawn.) This was definitely an interesting victory given Lindsay Whalen’s injury mid-season and Janel McCarville’s mom undergoing chemo but still making it to Norfolk to see her daughter play. If they win the championship, this will be big news for women’s sports here in Minnesota.

I have quite a few girls who play basketball in Jon’s congregations and quite a few who head to Gopher games whenever they can get tickets. Maybe I’ll see a few of them out there some day?

Troll-Beating

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Someone went to this post and left the following comment:

All this is opinion none of it was backed up biblically and you’re completely attacking the writer who you are opposeing. If you really want to make a difference pray and take your own advice.

To that person, get a flipping life and learn some basic grammar and punctuation. Before you post some stupid drivel, actually read the post. And for the love of Cora, don’t ream me on a post that’s 10 months old — it shows utter stupidity since most people don’t look for new comments on their archives. (I have comment notification.)

The jerk who left that comment has been I.P. banned and I’ve sent a message to their administrator explaining that someone at said I.P. was engaging in spam. So for all you trolls, don’t mess with me. I will make your life miserable.

Worshipping at the Church of the Holy Comforter and Eating Klub

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After Jon left yesterday morning, I tuned into MPR and fell asleep listening to it. I did some devo time before I fell asleep and for the first time in years, I actually wasn’t sorry to be missing church. I was just so tired because it seems like life is non-stop for us and we’re always doing something religious or church-related. I woke up when Jon called to tell me that he was coming home and could he stop and pick anything up for me at the store?

When Jon got home, we got Dairy Queen for me (we were down to eating random combinations of things in the pantry) and headed to the laundromat to wash the comforter. It took three cycles to get everything out and after it was dry, we tossed it in the car, ran home, I tossed some khakis on, and headed to church for the klub supper. (Klub is a potato dumpling with ham in it. It’s a member of the “Scandinavian-foods-that-haven’t-been-eaten-in-Scandinavia-in-100-years-because-these-foods-were-eaten-by-dirt-poor-peasants-that-immigrated-to-America” family. )

We were assigned to be greeters for three hours but we really only needed Jon and I was trying to find something else to do. I took people to tables at first but the busy time came and I saw that we needed people to bus tables instead. I think the organizers were surprised to see me doing it in my nice khakis and everything but nobody complained and I actually had more fun doing that than greeting. I finally got to sit down and eat around 7 and everyone was watching me to see how I’d like the klub. The verdict: it’s bland (as most Scandinavian food is) but not bad with some sour cream, pepper, and salt. There was also ham, carrots, coleslaw, and various desserts. I’ve now been initiated into the cult of Scandinavian food and people are making plans for the lutefisk festival in town this summer — something I’m going to skip because lutefisk is against my religion and my dietary practices. (I try to avoid things that contain ingredients that the EPA has banned the usage of because they are corrosive and pollute large bodies of water — like Puget Sound.)