Rude Nephews

As I approach the end of the cowl and the nephews' birthdays come around, I am afriad that I must stop celebrating their birthdays and much less send gifts to them.  I see the boys as very rude and supported in this rudeness by their father. Gifts I send them are not acknowledged.  When I complain I hear, "You don't give a gift and expect a thank you note." One Christmas I sent gifts, oversized stockings hand-knit.  It took me two years to knit these stockings. I heard nothing.  When I visited and asked about the stockings, the father opened a bag (they had obviously not been hung by the fireplace) and asked, "Are you talking about these?" Recently, I sent an e-card to one nephew and left him a cute little phone message on his cell phone.  I have heard nothing-no "thank you", no "I got your message", nothing.

I disagree with the way the boys are being raised in this regard. I feel taken for granted. I no longer want to go out of my way to do nice little things for them.

The Cowl

I've been steadily working on the cowl.  It is growing slowly. I should be able to send it before winter.

The Cowl

I worked on the cowl a bit tonight. I expect I will finish it soon.  Then I can block it and send it off. A pregnant woman wants me to knit something for her baby due in December.

Busy Week

These last days have been busy, hence no entries.

I knitted on the cowl and participated in a TweetChat on another mental illness issue.

I ran across WIlliam Frist's book A Heart To Serve:The Passion to Bring Health, Hope, and Healing. It's great.  I am reading Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, one of my favorite books.

Not knitting today

Today, the cowl did not get knit on. I stopped by my gyn's office today.  The baby booties I knitted for her new baby are too small and I still don't know if the baby is allergic to wool and neither does the mother.

Spent some time on a TweetChat on mental illness.  It was fun.

The Cowl

Today is Saturday.  I take Saturday and Sunday off from reading the World Book Encyclopedia to increase awareness about stigma and mental illness. I am promoting my efforts to increase the awareness of stigma in the  mentally ill on Twitter. 

The cowl I am working on is getting toward completion.  I still have a way to go, but it is getting closer and closer to being finished.

It's Been Two Months...

...since I wrote last.  My room has been disorganized and my computer has been dis-assembled. During this time, I have been knitting on a cowl for a friend of my mother's ...

...and I have been reading the World Book Encylopedia to heighten the awareness of stigma  in people with mental illness and of capacity in people with mental illness. Stigma is a major obstacle that people with mental illness face. Many people underestimate the capacity of people with mental illness. I am currently reading volume F.

Stay tuned...