knitting that makes itself and other tales of woe

Can someone please explain to me how I can knit two different sleeves, following the exact same pattern, casting on the same number of stitches, counting, reducing on the money, paying close attention, and then finding that the second sleeve is a good three inches longer than the first. How does this knitting magic occur? I must know because I would very much like to apply it to other things in my life...for instance: Placing the exact same amount of money in the exact same account and having my second deposit inexplicably be three times larger. Or how about I spent the exact same amount of time cleaning the exact same room and the second time it looks three times better. Charging my phone and having it last three times as long. It just doesn't seem fair that knitting, laundry and bills are the only things that multiply on their own.

So I went to an estate sale today, sigh. At this point in the home buying process I am beginning to gnash my teeth and shake my fist at no one in particular. Our accounts are basically as frozen as the dead of winter. (I was going to use another metaphor referring to certain bank accounts of certain guys who rhyme with "sally-tan", but didn't want my name on some government list) We cannot spend an extra dollar on anything that is not a bill. Yeah, it is getting to be a real drag. I went to this estate sale and the family was selling a mid-century danish dining room table, a set of eight chair, the matching sideboard, three danish nesting tables, a pair of lamps, and matching coffee table and end tables. I am sure I could have talked him down to $600 for the whole caboodle, since he was only asking about $700, but guess what? $600 at this point might as well be $6trillion, cause we can't touch it. What is it with me and this type of furniture? We keep having near misses. I need to quit lusting after it, quit going to garage sales and browsing estate sales, and start trying (bitter pill that it may be) to count my blessings.

What else is in the news? Not a lot going on, school is out for Mimi and nearly out for the boys. I got 100% on Eye of the Tiger for Rockband2, and we are almost having some nearly warm weather. Now that summer is almost upon us, it is time to start thinking about summer plans. We're planning a few camping trips and a small vacation to LosAlamos. And that is all I have in the works for now....what about you? Any plans or news? Do share.

Let's do the time warp again......

It's just a jump to the left! And then a step to the right!!!

A weird thing happened the other day. I kept getting confused about the year. It took me a while to figure out why, it is because I have basically forgotten the year 2008. I had to look back through my blog to see what exactly happened that year. And it looks like a whole lot of nothing. I don't have a single memory that stands out as life-changing or important. Notta. For the past 15 years, I have a memory that makes each year easy to track, and of course anything before then is a blur of elementary and jr high and high school. I wish I could remember what I was doing for the entire year, but apparently, time goes on whether we realize it or not. 2008 will have to be the year that I remember because I forgot it.