Sidelined...

Well, guess I was off to far too good a start on the whole knitting-for-Christmas-thing.

For lunch today I decided to make a little fried rice.  As I worked on the onions in the wok, I had Wee One break a couple of eggs and hand them to me in a bowl with a fork to scramble them.  I placed them on the granite counter next to the gas cooktop...where I always put them; however, instead of using the large middle burner (it is a five-burner), I used one of the medium-sized ones to the left.

When it came time to add the eggs, I picked up the bowl with the scrambled eggs and reached for the fork.

Bad move.

While the bowl was fine to the touch, apparently the fork was close enough to the flame to make it white hot.

The right hand is pretty badly burned.  The right thumb has a huge deep blister. 

Across the palm and three of the four remaining fingers are also blistered and burned.

sigh.

Knitting is not possible at the moment.

However, for the first time in several years, I pulled out some cross-stitch. 

The jury is still out.