….to my week, and to this blogging session.
I spent about 15 minutes writing an entry, only to find that it has disappeared off the face of the earth! Maddening!
At any rate…..I was cat sitting for a friend who has three marvelous cats. I was on my way to do the evening visit on Monday, and as I walked up the sidewalk, my feet flew out from under me. Somehow, probably in trying to break my fall, I ended up landing square on my right knee. Other that the visceral “WOW! That HURTS!!!” the first thought to go through my head was that we wouldn’t be able to take lunch to an exercise buddy who has broken her ankle.
After I landed on my knee, I must have thrust myself back to get my weight off the knee, and I ended up in the shrubbery, where I picked up several slivers. I looked and felt like a beached whale. No one was around to assist me, and my phone was in the car. There was nothing I could use to pull myself up.
I slithered over the sidewalk and into the grass, and tested my knee. I was finally able to rise, and was very surprised to find that I was able to walk. I fed the cats, and loved them up quickly, and headed home, in case something dreadful was yet to come.
I seem to have lucked out. I have a few miscellaneous aches and pains, and two spots of skin scraped off the cap of my knee, but I seem fine otherwise. I’m taking anti-inflammatories. My knee is warm to the touch, and I developed some bruising Wednesday afternoon, but if that’s all that happens, I’ve gotten off easy.
The sidewalk looked dry. I could not see ANY ice at all on it, and was really shocked when I went flying. Elegante Mother has had some balance problems recently, so we’ve been very cautious about footing. I lucked out. I was embarrassed, but not mortally. I’ll get over it, especially since I’m still up and walking!

I attend an amazing senior exercise class. I started going long before I qualified for the age requirement because I had arranged for Elegante Mother to take this class. Rather than sitting around and watching her exercise, I joined the class. Recently I asked the ladies in the class if any of them crocheted, and discovered a gold mine. I told them about the Share a Square Project that Shelly Tucker of This Eclectic Life has organized, and they made granny squares for the afghans that are being created for kids going to cancer care camp this summer.
We realized that we could help Shelly by offering to put together two of the afghans, and asked her to send them on. We met a week ago to begin stitching around the squares. Five of us rimmed 48 squares that afternoon, and two of us completed another 24 during the week.
We met again yesterday to finish edging the last 24 squares in black, and started assembling the first of two afghans. We’ll interrupt our work this next week as we prepare for Easter, but we should be able to complete the afghans by early April.
It’s been incredibly satisfying to contribute to this project. To learn more about it, and see some of the completed afghans visit Shelly’s blog and click on the “Share a Square” button on the right side of the page. When we finish our two, I’ll take a picture and post it.
P.S. DON’T send Shelly any more squares! I envison a house overflowing with them, pushing the walls out! She has enough! *G*