Rabbitch

Very interesting - I get lost which is why I never go any farther than I have to.

But I really need to know what you are doing for Finland - my favorite country in the world!!!
 

Koala twat...oh my god...my sides hurt from laughing....
Wtf are winegums???

--and I call it "the scenic route".
 

I deny everything. Most especially the Finland parts.
 

You still don't get it do you? We Americans have the god-given right to drive drunk and/or badly because we invented cars. OKAY?? No matter what the germans say (nazis!) it was us. And if a few foreigners' cars get smashed up, well that's the price they pay for all the favors we've done them through our fantastic foreign policies programs. You should all be thanking us, you know.
 

You may have been spending too much time with koalas my pet. I just hope they've kept those claws in.

I owe you an email. If I can stay awake longer than the boychild I'll get to that. I have till the end of the month to get hats to you, right? Number 2 is going on the needles this morning.
 

This almost getting hit is not your fault...your car is apparently equipped with the same invisibility field as mine. This is the only way I can explain my getting cut off in traffic while driving a large blue Chrysler station wagon. Except in my case, the intellectually challenged individuals in my encounters do not smile, but flip me off and scowl because I had the nerve to be in their way.

Anyway...regarding the hands, can I suggest a couple things? I don't know if they're available in Canada, but here they are: My daughter used to have bad eczema on her cheeks and she had success with Eucerin or Cetaphil cream. It also seemed to help when she increased the oil in her diet (take flaxseed oil capsules). When my hands get chapped and irritated in the winter or from washing a lot, the BEST thing is Cornhusker's Lotion. If you can't find it where you are I'll send you some. It looks...unappetizing (kind of snot-like) but it WILL fix hands that are cracked and bleeding. Another good lotion is Bag Balm. (Yes, it is indeed originally developed for cows' udders.) Bag Balm even helped my dog when she was scratching her back bald after a new shampoo didn't agree with her.

Oh yeah, knitting...being on a financial situation yarn diet blows. No argument. Hopefully your stash is enough to keep you going for a while. I like your hat drive idea (it's cold enough in OH, I can imagine it must be worse for a homeless person in your area). So I will get a hat or two sent soon.
 

Koala Twat - I love it!

I am also directionally challenged; however, I do not have your ability to eventually get unlost. I don't usually go anywhere without someone to direct me.

I have 3 hats ready for you and hope to make a couple more before the end of the month. I love that you are doing this. For the last few years I have made hats for the homeless in Boston and brought them down when hubby and I go for a few days for our anniversary, but we aren't going this year. Glad to have another outlet for them.
 

I thought I was the only person who could get lost in their own bathroom!

I second the corn huskers lotion. My mom carries mail and in the winter her hands crack and get nasty. She uses the corn huskers and she heals right up.
 

Please oh please tell us wtf wine gums are.
And we only shoot people like the guy in the white van. (Well, I suppose I can only speak for myself there. Some are less discriminating.)
 

I particularly like "Go soothingly on the grease road, as there lurks the skid demon." Where DO you find these sites? And what prompts the Googling of them?
I used to work in a yarn shop run by a Finnish woman. I'm waiting with baited breath.
 

Not lost....'journeying'. I know your misfortune shouldn't be my entertainment - and, honestly, I feel real bad about it, but my near cult-enthusiasm for your updates the last week are starting to spook even me. Please, put me out of my misery.
 

The guy in the white truck was thinking evil thoughts when he was smiling. "Heh heh, she's just a Canuck, she won't do anything." He wouldn't have smiled if your car had Idaho plates.

I can sympathize with you on the eczema. I've found that cold water dunkings when they itch calms those nerves down. Yeah, you freeze your hands, but I'd rather they be cold than itching.
 

I'm FAMOUS for making sharp u-turns into other people's driveways in the middle of nowhere. Just ask my passengers that came with me to Rhinebeck. How do you think we got into Morehouse Merino Farms so quickly? It was my fancy schmancy u-turning!!!

I'm surprised he didn't yell at you and call YOU some nasty names (as if it was your fault, because obviously for Americans it's ALWAYS the OTHER driver's fault) which gives EVERYONE the right to call the other driver a stupid-blind-mothafucka-got-yo-license-in-a-ceral-box-asshole while they turn red in the face from yelling it at the top of their lungs out the window!!!

So, it's TOTALLY your fault for not having FORESEEN that he would pull the u-ey.

LMFAO! Love your blog, btw!
 

Forgot to add: My son was born with eczema. I make natural bath and body products. Used to sell them actually but closed shop until further notice (basically until I buy a house and move out of my NYC apartment!).

I make soaps and creams, too. Particularly one called Heavenly Hands. I would love to send you some to help. I have eczema on my hands and it's the only thing that helps.

Email me if you're interested and I'll whip you up a fresh batch!
 

Thank you for the valuables info from the internets linkage. Henceforth I shall go soothingly down the grease roads to avoid the lurking skid demons. Or perhaps I shall tootle them with vigor. ha! I lived in Japan for about a year when I was in middle school, and the link brought back many silly memories. Among my favorites- "Hello nice schoolgirl. You will perhaps to make we photos with small yellow boy?" We were at Tokyo Zoo and a group of Japanese girls wanted me to take their picture with my adorable green eyed, blonde little brother.
 

takes one to know one babe. Damn, you had a close call there - glad the Fates were looking out for you! And I can attest to the fact that you indeed do have enough stash to get you through the next month and maybe even December. And I need to get up to see you before then dammit!
 

two things. what the hell is a winegum?

and i mailed thehat yeterday
 

Did you hear oinking from that truck? Because that man sounds like a distinct pigfucker.
Glad that you made it out ok.