More on Languages

I have now, as of yesterday, used pretty much all of my languages at work.

• Spanish - helping with Spanish classes (mostly, the girls all ask, "Como se dice ...?" ) (does anyone know the html for the upside-down question mark that should be at the beginning?), and I try to think of an answer, hoping that it actually is Spanish rather than some other language.
• Norwegian - One of the girls has a Norwegian grandmother, and asked me to help her write a letter to her grandmother, på norsk.
• A co-worker mentioned spending several months in Taiwan, so I asked her, in Chinese, if she knew how to speak Chinese. That's just about the extent of what I remember of Chinese, but it sounds pretty convincing.
• Another co-worker has a son who is deaf, and she is good at ASL. We had a brief conversation in sign language.

For some reason, some languages are easier for me to understand, and others are easier to speak. I can say almost anything I want to in sign language (particularly if I use finger-spelling), but reading it is so hard. I guess I just need more practice. Norwegian, I can read and write fairly well, but I get flustered trying to speak it, and was barely catching on to hearing it after two weeks in Norway. Spanish, I struggle to think of how to say something, but when I hear it I understand most of it. When I can't think of a word, and someone else does, I'm like, "oh yeah, now I remember." Reading it isn't bad either. I guess it's mostly a matter of how I have been exposed to the languages, and how much opportunity I have had to practice.

Knitting

I promised a picture on Monday. Is it still Monday? Tell 'ya what - I took a picture, but haven't uploaded the camera yet. I'll do that in a minute and be right back. Hubby's out of town, so I can be a night owl. Of course, the picture was taken before my children played with candles and got wax on my project. Any ideas for removing wax from fuzzy acrylic yarn?

While You Wait

Angela sent me this. It's funny. Anybody on the market for a ring? It's only got a day or so left, so don't wait to check it out. It is worth a look. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4935177329