Back in the Saddle Again

Ugh! It's that time of year again; the time when school children and their parents come down with the new round of bugs, and we are no exception chez Purly. Isobel threw up on my birthday, then Nick was home with the stomach bug and a fever, then Penelope had a fever for two days, and not-as-invincible-as-she-thought Mommy got the stomach bug, then the fever, and finally a whopping head cold. Whee! Needless to say, not much has been happening around here; I'm still knitting away on the center square of my Stonington Shawl - love a good bit of garter stitch and even worked on it during Curriculum Night at the kids' school yesterday.