It's The Dog's Fault :) The Agony of Olympic Defeat

Dear Yarn Harlot,

This is MY story and I'm sticking to it. I selected two items this year for the 2010 Knitting Olympics. Having won the gold last go-round I was confident I could pull this off. I selected something new for me and whilst not as daunting as your awesome project - a challenge for my level of knitting. I gathered all my materials (making necessary adjustments for lack of needed needle sizes).

Of course this is when "life" decided to happen.

After procrastinating a few days (yes - you read that correctly) I remembered that I failed to take into account that I had two full days of activities that I had forgotten about - cute. But it probably doesn't count.
Does making food, cleaning, and pets count for anything? Nah - didn't think so.
How about the time I got so engrossed in the movie I was supposed to knitting to that I actually watched the movie and didn't knit - didn't think so.
How about the fact it was a moral imperative that I attempt to beat my husband at Bejeweled? Didn't think so (and I didn't beat him either)
How about the fact that for some reason when I started reading the baby bootee pattern I couldn't for the life of me make head nor tails of it? Maybe so.
Does it mean anything that my two kittens thought batting at my knitting was cool mean anything? Didn't think so.
How about the squirrels in the attic were driving me slightly bonkers? I know how you feel about squirrels and yarn - does that work? Didn't think so.

Okay - last chance at a legitimate excuse - last night whilst Canada and the USA were fighting it out on the ice (which by the way congrats and I sure do wish I could have seen it - no cable here) - the dog ate my yarn. You see I decided to be nice to the dog and share some chicken with him and he grabbed the chicken and the yarn in one chomp. I was eating and knitting at the same time - yes - I was! And so I had to start the whole second bootee all over again - are you moved? Do you care? Didn't think so :( Move over USA Hockey team - right there with you.