Day 2 ..... Jury Duty Week

Making good progress on my two knitting projects this week as I am in the Juror Pool. Today is Day 2. Yesterday, Day 1, our panel was called up (along with 3 others) for a murder trial. A murder trial that was projected to last 8 WEEKS!. Fortunately, we had already booked a vacation so I was excused from that one. Whew!

Today, my panel and another panel were called up - they were still picking jurors at the end of the day so that will continue tomorrow morning. My name was selected near the end so HOPEFULLY the jury will all be picked by the time it's my turn to be considered. This trial is supposed to be shorter than the one yesterday but I'm not sure if my vacation plans will save me this time.

In the Juror Lounge I have been spending my time reading, knitting my Noro striped scarf and knitting the red sweater for my darling hubby. So far I have been able to bring my pointy, dangerous weapons (a.k.a. knitting needles) through security although I have been told that sometimes they won't let them in and people have to hide their knitting under a bush outside.

In other news, Mini has returned from the body shop and now looks back to normal. Since I got it back late last Friday it still needs its winter servicing. Next week (assuming I am not on a jury).

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Anonymous said…

Jury duty! Let's hope it's a short trial without any gruesome evidence if you get picked. Better yet if you're not picked, though it can be pretty interesting. If you remember, I was on a jury about 11 or 12 years ago. It only lasted 2 or 3 days so it wasn't too bad. I got to be the foreman and announce the verdict!

Glad to hear Mini's back all fixed up.

November 22, 2007 at 3:42 PM

Knitting and Party Outfits

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The crabapple tree in the front yard. The one time out of the year that the tree looks nice. The lilac bush in the back yard. We've had such a lovely cool spring that the lilacs have actually been in bloom for about a month! Yummmm - cupcake recipes! Thanks Auntie Anne! Ooooh and a beautiful apron! Here's Thea making one of the cupcake recipes! Notice how the cupcake cups are arranged. And here are the finished cupcakes. They were delicious! And here a couple of pictures of my friend Steve's amazing garden. I took these photos today (May 29). These are tree peonies!! Aren't they amazing. I've uploaded more photos of Steve's amazing garden on Flickr.

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Remember that sweater I started back in December?? Here it is completed at last. Except for being blocked. It was ready for Valentine's Day. Here's my sweetie modelling it. I got a lot of work done on the sweater while out visiting my Mom and Dad. Here's my Dad looking pretty good after his surgery. And here's a photo of my lovely Mom... I also got a chance to visit with my brother. In Victoria, the grass is green and flowers are blooming... I wish I had a picture of what it's like here in Toronto but my camera has an E14 error at the moment.

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