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one more update for the plagiarism saga: D#2 heard that the other four students who were accused as well will also be allowed to rewrite their papers. I did not realize that their cases involved this very same assignment. So I am extra glad to have pursued this – it sounds like there was a lot of confusion regarding the paper.

I realize that the drama of all of this may have blinded you to the very real knitting content of yesterday. Knitting content is something of a rarity around here and I would hate for you to miss it! It involves knitting, mathematics and a very cool doohickey! hurry, don’t be the last to know!

I also forgot to mention that I have decided to approach the Pig of the Day project a bit more methodically. At first I was just snapping pictures willy nilly. But as of this week, I am going room by room. All of this week’s pig pics and most likely next week’s are in my bedroom. I do this as a favor to you all since I understand it is imperative that you know the exact placement of items in my vast pig collection. you’re welcome.

Do you remember those Reese’s commercials where two people would be walking along, one eating a bar of chocolate and the other munching from a peanut butter jar? And they would bonk into each other, co-mingling their respective snacks and each exclaim, “You got chocolate on my peanut butter” “Well you got peanut butter on my chocolate!” and it was kind of lame but we all got the message and here I am how many years later remembering it all so it was worth every penny they spent on that advertising campaign? Well this picture is exactly like that minus the lame business

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my two favorite things, together at last!

threesomes

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I have died and gone to heaven. I recently discovered that my phone service allows me to do three way calling! I spent Sunday afternoon chatting with Vicki and Cara, Sunday night in my favorite chair, knitting and watching the Oscars with Cara and Flair. Then yesterday morning it was Ricki & Peggy. I have been sitting on a gold mine this entire time and never knew it! it’s triple the fun (now I sound like a gum commercial).

As I am typing this, I am watching the E! Channel’s Fashion Police show. They are claiming that viewers phoned in and declared Beyonce the best dressed. This is not to be believed. That woman looks like a perpetual pageant queen. Actually a very funny thing happened during Sunday’s Oscar phone call. Flair and I were saying how hideous Beyonce’s dress was and suddenly Flair thought she heard someone saying that Armani did the dress.

flair: OMG she just said Armani made that gown no way did Armani make that thing

me: are you sure she didn’t say My Mommy?

I hope that reads as funny as it was – it was a side splitter for sure!

Hopefully today will hold some laughs – I am off to do battle at D#2’s school. I was raised by teachers and I kid you not when I say that every female on my mother’s side of the family were teachers. I do not interfere, preferring to let them (both the kids and their teachers) do their jobs. This has been a wonderful policy and both girls have done marvelously well in school.

Well, D#2 has been accused of plagiarism. I take this kind of thing very very seriously and if I thought for one minute it were true, believe me heads would be rolling around here. I might be all fun and laughs with the girlfriends, but my daughters have an entirely different opinion of me. They think I’m kinda scary. And I am kinda scary. Anyway in a four page paper, the teacher claims that because D#2 did not cite the thesaurus used for translating one word of old English (they are studying Macbeth) that this is plagiarism and she should get a 0 for her work. None of the papers used citations. Up until this moment, D#2 has maintained a 98 average in this class and gets glowing comments on all progress reports. I would also like to add that this very teacher is also the faculty adviser for the National Honor Society. They had a preliminary meeting for all students eligible. When she walked into the room and took a head count, she announced that this was way too many students. Since that day she has accused five students of plagiarism. I think it’s a load of crap and I am requesting a meeting with the teacher, the principal, the guidance councilor and D#2. Wish me luck – I am so not used to this. I need to channel some calm yet fierce energy instead of this wild furious hysteria I am feeling.

and before I forget, your pig of the day

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and they sing – in unison!

Progress has been made on my sweater project. I am pleased to report the body has been put on hold and work has begun on the sleeves! I wanted a bell shaped sleeve with a turned hem and found this pattern has the very thing. So it now has a bit of everything – % system, Big Girl Knits waist shaping, Knitty patterning …… a design casserole.

We had a bit of snow last night – not as much as predicted but enough to make a 2 hour school delay and requre some shoveling. Which I must run along to do before work …..

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as promised, knitting & pigs! I brought the sweater outdoors to take the picture and while I was out there decided to also take a picture of a cute little pig plaque that is on our deck. I have emerged momentarily from the lightbox. : )

D#2 is away on a college trip with a friend and her family. I am going to put in some extra hours at the knitting shop. And a quiet weekend is ahead …….