So what am I, chopped liver?

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

I suppose the upside is less risk of identity theft.

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Tornadoes and severe weather in MN and WI today, but not right here. I took a nap in the afternoon  (yay! naps!) and woke enough to hear rain and maybe some wind, but went back to sleep. The power went off for about half an hour at about 6 pm. And that was that.

#2 son called at about 6:30 to tell me he was fine. Apparently there were tornado warnings for the Eau Claire area, where he and his girlfriend are visiting her mother for the weekend. I was grateful for his thoughtfulness, although I had no idea he was in peril.

Smokey called shortly after from work to tell me about the tornado that touched down in Hugo, a far-flung northern suburb of St. Paul; a 2-year-old boy was killed, his older brother was critically injured, and 20 people were unaccounted for. Yikes.

#1 son is in Chillicothe, Illinois for an outdoor rock festival that he is attending with a very good friend from college whose family lives there. Chillicothe is in northwestern Illinois, which may be in the path of the storms. But I am NOT a worrier, so I am NOT worrying about him. He is driving his friend back to law school in St. Louis tomorrow so I won't see him again until Tuesday.

So I am doing what all good knitters do when their families abandon them.

• Give thanks to the Knitting Goddesses.
• Have a beer.
• Knit while listening to an audio book.
• Knit while watching a DVD.
• Knit while meditating on my good fortune.
• Eat chocolate without sharing.
• Read knitting blogs.
• Finish the current pair of socks on OTN.
• Think about what to cast on next.
• Do NOT make dinner.
• Compare stash yarn to patterns; ponder same.
• Wind yarn into a delightful center-pull ball (Brooks Farm Acero, mmmmmm!)(The second link is to Ravelry; the color I have is the same as the second skein on the left, the one in mimknits' stash)(I have two skeins of that color and one of a similar color that has some deep blue in it; all acquired from Norma when she destashed at New Year's)(I am now all a-quiver to cast for something from this gorgeous stuff, never mind the 3 or 4 other projects currently OTN.)

I think I may need some input on a project I am contemplating. Pictures and words tomorrow. If I get out of bed soon enough :-)

Comments

[Kristine]

Meanwhile, there is a whole Facebook group for people with my name! Be glad...

[Cathy-Cate]

You are indeed unique!

There are lots of people with my IRL name. No other Cathy-Cates, though, I'd venture to say.

I had a similarly peaceful evening Saturday when I sent everyone away; acquaintances had invited us over, and they're nice, but there were going to be a number of people I don't know, and I'm still not feeling the best since all week. Especially when I eat. So I told the family to go without me and I stayed home and puttered around here and there and read and knit. Plus the older girl-child is grounded from the phone over the weekend for infractions, and had at this point told her friends so, so the phone was blessedly quiet too. Ah, paradise!

[lisa]

Yikes indeed about all the tornado news. Surprisingly 16 people have my name in the US. I was born in 1961, and my first name was #1 name that year, so maybe. But the last name is one of those French St. names. I knew there was some Canadian politician with my name that came into googledom in the late 90's. Until that time if I googled my name, the first page was mostly about me, including notes about spruce beer I posted to some listserve in the 80's, before 'internet'! I LOVE cherry tree hill sock yarn... have fun with it.

[Sheepish Annie]

Good to know that you were not in the path of destruction. And that you have all that wonderful "alone" time with your yarn!

[Amy]

Amazing how that storm did so much damage, while 35 miles away we had sunshine and blue sky.

And my poor brother--while he's in the hospital, his house (St. Michael) suffered hail damage on the siding for the third time in as many years.

[deb]

Good to know you're all OK. My Kathryn is in Wisconin for the weekend (New Lisbon) The family did call to tell us they were all OK; it never occured to me to check because I didn't know about the storms ujntil this morning!

[Jeanne]

Sounds like you are having a fabulous weekend!

[Chris]

Yikes - I had no idea about Hugo. I think that was when it got sort of creepy looking out here and I was wondering where my flashlight was, just in case...

[Suzanne V. (Yarnhog)]

I don't exist, either. Not under my maiden name or my married name. Neither do my husband, kids, parents, or siblings. We are the ghost family!

I envy you your solitude. My very social husband has invited everyone we know over at some point this weekend, and we are expecting somewhere between 5 and 50 people for a cookout today (he's not sure). Oh, and it's raining. I am about as anti-social as it gets, so none of this is good news to me. Can I come knit and eat chocolate with you instead?

[tut-tut]

Scary to have kids out there, isn't it?

Yarn sounds great . . .

[Cindy]

Glad the storms missed you. I grew up near Hugo, so that caught my attention on the news right away.

If I use my full name there are two of me, but if I use what I always go by, there's only one. Maybe the other gal is Cindi, or Cindee or maybe she just doesn't shorten it.

[Carrie K]

There are more of me. Maybe I'm the last Cylon?

Still need input on the project? Meaning: inquiring minds want to know what the project & questions are.