After I Broke the Senior Project System

OK, maybe *I* wasn't the person who broke it, but many hours and much cursing later the tech wizards in the dungeon across the street from the Building In Which I Climb 73 Stairs Every Time I Want to Get Something off my Desk have agreed that the thing is indeed broken. Well, duh, every time I edit a project title, students' names disappear as if wiped away with a sponge. Maybe they will be able to fix it this weekend while I write my comments ... or maybe not. But at least they're no longer implying that I'm an idiot for not being able to get the database to do what I want.


D#2's amaryllis has bloomed and looks spectacular (see above), which is very nice because we are still entombed in ice around here (see below).


A visual poem by my spouse, above. And below, finally, pictures of the River Rapids Socks, knit on Knitpicks size 2 dpns, in Yarnpig Petunia, in the fabulous Mountain Majesty colorway (thanks again, Bea, for saving this for me. I adore it, and the rest is going to be a neckwarmer!). . This yarn is soft and squishy, delightful to work with, and a combination of colors that make me extremely happy. May I say that I love everything about these socks --especially and most deeply the yarn --except the fit? It turns out that I am exceptionally picky about how tightly or loosely a sock grabs my foot, and these are just too darn loose. Bummer.