Pass the Calpol on the left hand side

I was going to post about the weekend but I have been attempting to work from home today with one sick child and a laptop which refuses to connect to the wireless network.  The situation was not helped by being called into school at 11 o'clock to pick up another sick child.

Still, at least they were both on hand to help with the competition results.  It seemed churlish not to let them choose a number each, so there will be two winners this time round.

First up, Josie chose

Jenn, that's you!

Then Sam arose from his sickbed - actually the sofa, with Harry Potter on DVD, and chose

Congratulations to Yvette!  Woolly goodness will be on its way to both of you very soon.

Thank you for all the gadget suggestions.  I'm liking the sound of this mini Kacha-Kacha - must keep an eye out for that - the fact that it locks might stop the children (and occasionally the husband) thinking it's a toy, as Carol and Sarah mentioned.  I am suitably impressed by Lauren's 8 Chibis and Cheryl's many, many ways with paperclips.

Quite a few of you mentioned the magnetic board.  I love my one of these as well, in fact I'm thinking about getting another one, but I discounted it in this post as it doesn't really fit in the pencil case.  As for tape measures - well, we could do a whole post on them alone couldn't we?  I love my Clover (natch) tape measure - lovely smooth return action on it.  Erin mentioned the GoKnit pouch, which I have just purchased also.  Perfect size for carrying a sock around, which is the perfect commuter knitting, so I am a fan too.

Coming tomorrow, barring continuing sickness, I'll tell you what we got up to at the weekend and what I got up to at Olympia, including my purchases, one of which may cause surprise...

Comments

[Tracy]

Aha....you've decided to come clean ;)
You tell those children to get well soon, mind you I think if I had the new Harry Potter on dvd, I'd come home sick too!
Make sure you don't catch it....

[Chris]

I have all the Harry Potter's on DVD (including the new one), and I'm often tempted to stay home sick to watch all of them. ;)

[Hazel]

Hope Josie and Sam are better soon.

[Emy]

If you like the Clover Kacha-kacha, we can do an international swap (I'm in Singapore.)