In which I digress hugely and attempt to distract you with spring flower photos

When Howdy and I first started dating, he would cringe whenever I started a conversation with, "I used to date this guy..."  As time wore on, I ran out of "guy I used to date" stories and moved on to something even more horrifying for him, the "I heard it on NPR" stories.  In that fine tradition, yesterday on All Things Considered, I heard this essay on blogging and marriage...check it out!  If you can listen to it and not recognize one item as something that you've done/said/thought, you haven't had your computer very long!  As Julie would say, the essay was "blog-worthy"!

In a semi-related story...you've probably all figured out that I'm a statistics junkie.  I love my little maps and hit counters.  I've got to tell you, since I've been paying a lot more attention where my hits have been coming from, it's really changed my perspective of the Olympics. 

A sample of one of my stats pages In the last two Olympics, it was all about the USA.  It was only the games we won that I was really interested in and with the exception of the Sale/Pelletier fiasco, I can't say I remember very many of the other participants.  This year, I am watching with fresh international glasses on.  I know that I can go to my little Frappr map and see real people that are reading my words from the countries that we are playing with and all of a sudden, it really doesn't matter if we win or not, because it's like rooting for your friend's kids in a soccer game, even if they score a goal when your kid is the goalie, it's still pretty neat.

>>>These are my first Spring flowers.  (If this is my last blog entry ever, it's because Howdy killed me for using one of our Riedel glasses as a vase.)  Do Daffodils and Hyacinths return annually in Houston?

Phew!  Shot of insulin anyone? LOL!  On to the knittage!

There are four more rows and then the heel.  It's 4" so far.  Too short.  I figure I can use up to 12.5 grams of pink or yellow and still have enough yarn to complete the socks.  So far, I've used 8 in the yellow.  You know what this means...

Happy Valentine's Day, too!  Continuing our international theme, I am making Howdy Beef Stroganoff for dinner.  He will be thrilled!