Chrissy's Photo A Day

3-20-15

A day thinking about life and death. A day punctuated by small joys. The smile on my grandmother's face when I told her I loved her. When she said she was waiting for her husband to pick her up. When she winked at me.

3-19-15

I knitted Grandma some little socks because she has sores on her ankles and heels but her feet were cold. I made cookies. I made chicken soup, and she had some from a spoon. This is not easy. I had nightmares last night.

3-3-15

I made alpaca mittens for my friend Drunken Waffle.

3-18-15

We arrived after an 8 hour drive at my grandmother's house. She is preparing to depart from this world. It is sad and surreal and makes me feel deep things.

On the way here I found out I was awarded a grant I had applied for. I was elated!

3-17-15

My students working on performance assessments.

3-16-15

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3-14-15

Fund raiser for the local Habitat chapter. I was surprised at how many people I knew or recognized.

3-12-15

Party for the 100th anniversary for the C of Ed. Orange and Blue style.

3-10-15

I got a new computer! This is my office at school.

3-8-15

Crab gumbo. Literally.

3-6-15

No sleep for many nights. Migraine so bad my student Kat comes over to bring me flowers and bananas and yogurt.

3-2-15

My students learning engineering design.

3-1-15

Dinner at The Hound

2-28-15

I finished this little outfit today so that my friend, drunken waffle, can use it in a photo shoot she has coming up. I'm looking forward to the time when I can make little things like this for my grandchildren.

Dan came home today. Then my mother came over with a cake that she made during a cooking class she taught. I got to watch all my favorite TV shows again with Dan since he missed them week.

2-27-15

Drunken Waffle and I went on a road trip to Camp Hill, Alabama where we saw some Tibetan monks making a sand mandala on the floor of an old Unitarian church. We also drove around and looked at decaying small towns.

2-25-15

Tonight a friend of mine from work came over to learn how to knit. She was a very good student, and after three hours I had her doing all the basic stitches. It was really fun to get to know someone new out of the work setting.

2-24-15

I making this hat for my friend to use in a photo shoot, and I tried to figure out how to put pink fluff in the ears. This was not the best way to do it. I taught class tonight, and when I came home and had a terrible headache and really needed my evening dose of medicine. It was difficult to get through the day. I didn't even go into work until it was time to teach, and I couldn't find a place to park because there was a basketball game and a baseball game going on. One of my students had to take my car out of a loading zone and move it for me.

2-22-15

My friend Doug made these for me. He dropped them off today in a box. They are so cute! I would like to have one for every window in the house.

2-20-15

Today is my mother's 81st birthday. She had a party for herself with another friend whose birthday is the same day. The food was really good, the cake was exceptional, and I enjoyed catching up with some of her friends who are now my friends too.

2-21-15

Dan is out of town, and I am tapering, so therefore I'm doing a lot of knitting.

2-19-15

I hosted another knit night tonight, and even lit a fire in the fireplace. This is my friend, drunken waffle, figuring out how to cast on. I taught a student from Saudi Arabia to crochet.