Non-Knitting Update

There's been very little knitting progress here this week. I did finish the hand portion of one of the mittens for my mom's birthday. However, when I went to add the thumb, I discovered that the pattern had told me to make the opening absurdly low. There would have been very little cuff over the wrist, and there would have been over 2 inches of empty mitten flopping around at the end of the fingers. Therefore, the mitten has taken another trip to the frog pond (it's third). I have noted the new thumb placement on the pattern's chart, and the fourth time should be the charm. Not that I'm thrilled about needing so many tries.

I haven't even begun my sister's birthday hat yet, so it doesn't look like I'll be winning the Knitting Olympics this year.

The good news is that I went to the dentist today! Thanks, Julie, for your recommendation. I'm Very Pleased with this dentist, which is really the first time I've been able to say that about a dentist. True, I did feel the Novocaine shot a bit more than I did with my last dentist. However, I didn't feel the drilling AT ALL, and there was new decay under the (already deep) filling that had fallen out, so I'm particularly impressed by that. In fact, it's been nearly four hours since I got the shot and I can still barely feel the right side of my mouth. This may make eating dinner interesting.

Also, I got my tax refund this week, so I've ordered a gizmo that I think will help with some of the slowness I've encountered lately on my home computer. I don't want to jinx things before I get it hooked up, but it's arrived, and I'm hopeful.