a little bird told me

That today is stir_of_echoes's birthday!



Wishing you a Happy Birthday, hon, and many, many happy returns!

rock 'em sock 'em

Socks always wear out in the heel, sometimes the toe, but usually the heel. And the worn through heel...makes a good hole for your thumb, if you cut off most of the foot part and use the rest for a mitt, the cuff for armwarmers. I can't wear most fingerless gloves anymore, my hands object to any sort of binding, even soft gloves or socks, but they love the snuggly warmth of soft sock cuffs. The heel-hole for my thumb, though, can't do that either, it pulls and stresses the joint. So I'm wearing a snazzy, cozy pair of sock cuffs over my achey wrist bones, pulled up to the base of my fingers, and the joints are all loose and warm and happy.

I just need to remember to snatch them off before washing my hands, or plunging them into dishwater.