Thank-you oh
Em the
Brown Owl prefect and guru of all that is good about
the granny.
While I'm still not sold on the granny square, I have taken all you have taught me and put it to use.
Not only that, but in doing these projects I have soothed my soul AND made an amazing discovery. I.e. A crochety disposition (usually caused by having a loud 'poo joke' shouted at me by the preschooler for the 50th time in the day - oh the joys of peer socialisation...) appears to be inversely proportional to the number of crochet rows (or rounds) accomplished.
Perhaps the symbolic logic lovers among us might like to see it presented as:
:( = 1/dc rows
Or put simply - the more I crochet the better I am at ignoring these things that by the end of the day are starting to really
irritate me (and that's the nice way of saying it).
May I also say in my defense, that it is not the 'poo' subject matter per se that is really getting my goat at the moment. I must admit I'm not adverse to a bit of toilet humour at times. But hearing
"hey, why don't you try some poo" followed by hysterical laughter and then repeated over and over throughout the day is just starting to wear really thin. He has even got his little sister in on the act, so their conversations go like this:
Lee: "I love you Kate"
Kate: "I love you Poo"
Collapse on the ground laughing. And repeat. Over. And over. And over. It's getting ridiculous. To the point that I have made a new house rule today. Every time the word 'poo' is used in a context unrelating to any actual need to
do one, the 'poo sayer' will be made to go and sit on the toilet for a 'think about it'. Yep, we are no longer doing the 'time out corner'. We now have the 'time out toilet'. Which is funny really, because there are certain other members of the family who have been using this toilet as a 'time out' facility for quite some time....hmmmm...
So anyway, it's wonky - there's mistakes. Nothing is turning out exactly like it's supposed to...
But hey, it's cheaper than therapy :P
