I have been woefully behind on this blog since the holidays. The beginning of January found me adjusting to the new schedule of working at Sean's school (3 mornings a week as a teacher's aide) AND increasing my hours by 50% for my work-at-home gig as a website administrator.

Then last week, we had a real tragedy happen very close to home. A house in our neighborhood was overcome with carbon monoxide poisioning. The family thought that they were all getting the flu so they stayed inside over the weekend (at the time we had single digit temps), the Grandmother and a family friend came to help them while they were sick. It wasn't the flu, and was instead CO poisoning. The Grandmother and family friend were dead on the scence, the parents and two children (7 & 3) were taken to the hospital. The father passed away the following day and the girls and mother remained in critical condition in the ICU. Chelsea (the 7 yo) is one of Ahren's close friends (they are classmates). Last year in Kindergarten I volunteered in the classroom each week, so Sean and I also got to know Chelsea fairly well. She is the sweetest little girl (reminds me soooo much of Ahren).

The latest word sounds like the girls are doing some improvement, but they will likely be in the hospital a long time. Their mother, Kelly is in worst condition than the girls. If you wish, feel free to send prayers, vibes, healing light and well wishes to the Dunn Family, they could surely use it.

Knitting wise, I've been rather lazy. I've worked some on the Raglan in the Rounds, maybe I will take pictures later. It's just so hard to muster up any energy these days for non-essential things.