it won't kill you, really. now do it.
2007- 7 pairs so far! 
05/13/2007
Mom
Mom-
Thanks can't even begin to say it all. But its a start.
Thanks Mom, for all the hugs. I needed every one of them...
Thanks Mom, for the lectures and advice, now I understand your wisdom..
Thanks Mom, for being proud when I made good. And for being supportive when I didn't...
Thanks Mom, for guiding me when I was lost, and knowing when I had to find my own way...
Thanks Mom, for being an inspiration and a friend...
Thanks can't even begin to say it all, but its a start.
Thanks Mom, most importantly for being my Mom.
I love you. Happy Mother's Day Mom.
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05/04/2007
Baby love
What a week er, two weeks its been! So much has happened. Among the sleep overs, birthday parties, various chores and Mike being home on break, Kailey has been one little fussy baby. After talking to her Dr. I finally decided to have her tested for acid reflux. She has been very drooly, fussy, has the hiccups a lot, and seems to swallow frequently too. The Dr. called for a 18 hour ph study, and an ultrasound. Damn. It was a long 18 hours in the hospital while she was having her test. Both Bryce and Allysa had reflux, but they threw up. A.lot. Bryce had excessive periodic breathing too. Baby Love, has periodic breathing too. Quite a bit for her age too... our Dr. being on the safe side prescribed an apnea monitor for her to wear when she is sleeping. It has two electrodes attached to a belt that she wears around her chest. It monitors her heart rate and her breathing. Hopefully she won't have any episodes... Our Dr. also put her on Zantac and Reglan (no idea if I spelled that right). Which should stop the reflux, and hopefully heal any damage that may have been done to her esophagus.
Baby love has some new hand knits to show off, After picking up some cotton at the LYS two weeks ago I casted on for little hat
(clicky on all pictures to embiggen)
Stats:
Pattern- Ruffled tulip hat by fiber trends
Yarn- 1.5 balls Paton's cotton worsted white, approx. 2 yards Patton's martinique in pink.
Needles- size 7 Clover dpns
Started- April 22, 2007
Finished- April 25, 2007
Notes- I used white for the whole hat, Instead of using the pink for the heart pattern. I used purl sts instead. And pink for the tie. Next time, I will in large the heart pattern and knit the heart patten with all purl sts. Its a little big on her right now, but she will grow into it. She is already 12lbs 5oz!
Baby love looks so sweet in Daddy's arms. (Daddy didn't know I was taking pictures, hehe!)
Baby love has a few MDK bibs to show off too,
Silly Mommy put the button hole on the wrong side of one! The buttons came from a tin of buttons I found in the basement of our home. I don't know how long they have been down there, it was a great find!
Now that Baby love is napping I'm going to go take a shower, I really should clean (ick), or knit (oh knit!), or maybe nap... mmm... nap....
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03/27/2007
Another special day
Today my baby Allysa it is your birthday. As, you promptly reminded me the moment your eyes cracked open this morning. Last night I said to you "this is the last day your 2." and you replied with a smile "yes, me THREE!" now llysa, you are three.
(Allysa age 3)
I find it hard to believe just three years have flown past. In that time you've learned so much, you've grown from a baby to a toddler and now your almost a preschooler. You teach me so much each day, make me smile ear to ear, I love you little llysa. I hope you have a fabulous birthday. Now slow down, your growing to fast!
(Allysa a few minutes old. Sorry about the crappy pic, its a picture of a pictrure)
P.S. I'm waaay behind on my emails, but I want to thank everyone for wishing Corra a Happy Birthday! She enjoyed reading each comment, and she asked me who everyone was. Thank you for helping make her birthday a special day.
P.P.S. fiberlisious post coming up! Now that I bought a new sling for Kailey I might be able to finagle more computer time ; )
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03/21/2007
To my Corra
Some how, I don't know how this quite happened. But today my little Corra turned 8 years old.
(Corra age 8)
Its amazing how quickly you've grown and how much you've learned in the past 8 years.
(Corra 3 days old, she looks so happy to have her picture taken!)
You've grown into such a loving, creative, sweet individual. You swell my heart up with love. I'm glad to have been blessed with you my sweet little girl. I love you, and I'm glad that I'm your Mum. Happy Birthday little girl. I love you.
~ Mom
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03/20/2007
Don't label me sista!
Something about being labeled as something, or labeling someone else bothers me. Mostly because we are more than just one thing. Let me explain. The other day while dropping Allysa off at the sitters, I was asked by the sitter to show off my Charlotte's Web shawl that I've been wearing under my jacket. My sitter wanted The lady to see it (she's the sweet Grandmothery type) said "oh, your a knitter! I hate people like you!" She was joking and laughing. (She explained that she had tried to learn how to knit. But couldn't) Recently Lynda wrote about her encounter with a yarn shop owner. The owner labeled her as just a sock knitter? This hit a cord with me.
Mostly because lately, I've been just a sock knitter
its all about the easy, as my SIL would say. All about the easy. Easy is what my brain seems to be able to handle right now while Kailey is still in the newborn stage. Easy has become too easy, I've grown bored with socks and want something different. I'm now craving a sweater. Because don't we all want to knit a sweater on the first day of Spring?
Mr. Mailman delivered my knit picks order and the 2 knitting pure & simple patterns I ordered from One fine yarn. Now that I have the neck down v neck shaped cardi in my hands, I don't know what yarn to use. It calls for a dk or light worsted yarn. I so very want to knit a sweater right now, but my biggest problem well, is my boobs. (such interesting google hits I'll get from that sentence. I'm sure) I'm nursing Kailey, my boobs are huge. Soon my boobs will return to their normal size. (non existent) So what to knit, what to knit? I want to knit something that will still fit next year! I've been scouring the net for dk or worsted weight that knits 5sts/inch on size 6 needles that isn't horribly expensive. Is that too much to ask?
So, am I just a sock knitter?
(New Seacoast Panda from yarn4socks.com gilded Lilly is mine, ashes and roses & sorbet are Mom's. btw yarn4socks is having a 20% all yarns containing green till the 22!)
yes, I'm a sock knitter.
I'm a wife, a mother, a sister, a daughter. A friend.
I am crafter, a knitter, a quilter. A needle artist, a paper crafter, a photographer.
I am cook, a repair-woman, a home owner. A volunteer, a jewelry artist, a decorator.
I am me, among many things. But most importantly I am loved.
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03/12/2007
Two of a kind
Friday my little guy was in a play called Three of a kind. Had to be *the* cutest little play eva! When the curtain rose there where tears in my eyes. If the play wasn't so funny I probably would have bawled. B played one of the three wise men, he had to memorize 6 lines. Smart little guy memorized all of his lines! (Seriously when he came home a month before the play telling me he had a speaking part and had to memorize lines, my head started to hurt. Kid forgets to flush the toilet for crying out loud, and you want him to memorize 6 lines, what?)
(B's the cute lil guy in orange.)
Also on Friday I finished my barely mentioned on the blog socks. They are two of a kind ; )
They are a perfect match right down to the little pink stripe going around my top of my foot. Clicky on the pick and see.
Have you ever some across something that you liked so much that you didn't want to share? You wanted it all to yourself, and didn't want to tell a single soul. Because your worried that if you do tell, ya'll have to share. Well... that's how I feel about this sock yarn, and the store I bought it from. I mean, come on look how cool it striped:
The colors just blend into each other, keeping me intrigued watching them change row after row. I wanted to keep the dyer and the store a secret. I didn't want to tell... but I don't keep secrets very well. Oh no I don't. I have to tell you where I bought this yarn, because the service is great, and they have great sales. I have to tell you what kind of yarn this is, because you have to knit with it. It's just too neat not too.
Two of a kind socks
Stats:
Pattern: casted on 56sts, knit 15 rows K2, P2. Then K6, P2. Short row heel, classic toe.
Yarn: Twisted colorway Octarine purchased from yarn4socks.com
Needles: Knitpicks circs US 1
Time: 2 weeks 3 days
Notes: Ya wanna know what else is neat about these socks? The colorway's name Ocartine, Oct meaning 8 (pretty sure about that) 56 divided by 8 equals 7. And the stitch pattern I used is a 8 stitch repeat. Ain't that neat. I guess math can be cool ; )
PS. Guess who found her thumb?
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03/06/2007
Smitten with Mittens
I haven't had a whole lot of time lately to knit, my knitting time has been replaced with sleeping time! Waking up every 2-3 hours at night sure can tucker a person out! Now, while I've been sleeping instead of knitting my Mom must have been knitting instead of sleeping! Mom knit mittens for the kids, each one of them got a pair
Even little Kailey sized mittens
See that smile? I think she loves them. Check out what Allysa had to say about them (sorry about the crappy video, Mike took the good camera back to work. And I learned a new lesson. Even though when your taping holding the camera up and down and it looks ok. You can't rotate it on the computer! So please enjoy this sideways photo ; )
(here's a link, too just in case, and see the Christmas tree still up in the background? grrrrr!)
Just in case you have no idea what she is saying, here's a monologue:
They make me laugh! Stay tuned, maybe sometime this week I will hopefully finish my socks! (hey! quit laughing ; )
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02/19/2007
3-day weekend
We had a 3 day weekend this weekend, after the kids having 3 days off last week thanks to the snow storm (which by the way, why wasn't it called a Nor'ester?) it was like we had a vacation from school. I'm looking forward to tomorrow which will hopefully bring back some bit of normalcy to our house. I say some, because Bryce has a cold and he's being dragged to the Dr tomorrow. Kailey has her 1 month appointment and I'm hoping to have him checked out too. He's supposed to have his adenoids removed this coming Monday. The kids where able to spend some time outside in the snow this weekend. They enjoyed themselves immensely and its a good thing Mema keeps us stocked with mittens!
Here's B's crazy socks after a day of wear, He loves how the socks don't match! When I asked B how much he liked his new socks he replied with
"This much!!!" ahhh, this is why I love to knit him socks. Do you know what is so crazy about these socks? I have a walnut sized ball of lapis left over. Crazzzy! The needles didn't even get a chance to cool before I wound up a hank of brand spanken new sock yarn! More on that tomorrow, Here's a pic of Kailey holding my needles
gotta start 'em while they're young!
PS Does anyone know where you can purchase downloadable Knitting Pure and Simple patterns? I'm dying to have the top down V-shaped Cardigan and don't want to wait a week for it to be mailed to me.
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02/15/2007
Happy Belated Valentine's Day, and thank you Mom!
Yesterday I really wanted to sit down and write a nice post about Valentine's day, wishing ya'll a happy one, and telling you how we celebrate it. Also telling ya'll how much you mean to me. How reading your blog posts inspire me to knit more and craft better. How your encouragement and complements make me feel. How much I appreciate and care for all of you, and am thankful for the wonderful world of knit bloggers. But hey, a nap sounded a wee bit more enticing, sorry! The kids and I received a packaged from my mom and dad containing beanies!
For all of us! Kailey with mine and....
her new sweater! (sorry I thought I took a picture of her with her beanie too, but I can't find it now!) Thank you mom, I'm loven the color. You should have seen Mr. Mailman hopping through the snow to deliver it!
I'd say we got some snow! But we found ways to keep ourselves occupied while the snow fell all day yesterday
we're almost outta cookies!
PS I finished the 2nd borelo, but dinner's almost done!
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02/13/2007
There has been knitting, and finishing too!
Between my naps and such, there has been a bit of knitting and finishing too! These poor little booties have been waiting very patiently for buttons, they fit Kailey's feet fairly well with a pair of socks. They are so cute, ya almost want to knit a pair for every little girl ya know
ok, I do want to knit them for every little girl I know. But everyone I know who's pregnant is having a boy!
Stats:
Pattern: Mary Jane booties from Knitting for Babies walmart brochure found in check out line.
Yarn: Joann's sensations Bellezza Collection Tesoro 100% wool, color 954 Leftover from Comforting Jenn square
Needles: US 3
Time: ummm... knitting time maybe 2 hours per bootie, but they've been waiting for buttons for 3 weeks!
Notes: I started the first bootie Jan 17 and finished it that night, I started the second bootie the morning of Jan 18 and finished it sometime during my hospital stay. Then the little booties sat around waiting for lil buttons which I found upstairs in my button drawer.
Sometime in November I bought a hank of Inca Cotton from Stitch your Art out to knit the baby borelo from One Skein. Then the knitting blah's hit, and I finally casted on sometime last week.
Stats:
Pattern: Baby Borelo from One Skein
Yarn: Inca Cotton 100% Organic Cotton Ecru
Needles: US 8 knit pick options
Time: 1 week maybe?
Notes: I forgot to change to a size 9 needle when knitting the ribbing, oops! I think it turned out well. I'm hoping if I put the leftover yarn together with the needles and the finished sweater it will magically reproduce and I will have a baby gift for Mike's cousin who had her baby boy last week. Hey one can dream right? ; )
one more, cause she is so darned cute
Sometime during the first two weeks I knit these
2 of Abigail's 4 corners dishcloths, Abigail you where right they are the perfect knit when one can't concentrate to well.. and yet I still managed to screw up my second cloth (the green one) one side is smaller than the rest. No idea what happened!! The red one is also a good inch bigger around than the green one. I guess I was more "relaxed" when I knit that one! Abigail just came up with a cool new scrubby pattern called tribbles. Finally, something to do will all that leftover cotton!
The kids had a snow day today we baked cookies and chilled out in our jammies all day. They have another one tomorrow. Weatherman says we're getting snow
damn, I think for once the weatherman might be right! They say we'll be getting 6-10 inches of snow tonight, and 5-8 inches of snow tomorrow. I don't think they'll be going to school on Thursday either!
Updated family pic!
Bryce, Corra holding Kailey and Allysa. Just lookin' at em makes me want to smile even though right now they have remodeled Bryce's pterodactyl hot wheels track and are shooting cars from the playroom into the hallway, some cars are making it across the hallway into the living room. *sigh* they grow up too fast
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02/07/2007
oh, damn
When I had started knitting my toe up socks, Bryce looked at the yarn I was using STR medium weight Lapis) and asked for a pair of socks in that color for himself. I told him yes, If I had enough left over. After I finished my socks last week, I looked at the left overs and thought "well, maybe there will be enough yarn to knit him a pair of socks if I make a small enough cuff."
Repeat with me:
oh, damn!!! damn damn damn. I ran out where I would start for the toe decreases. Damn. I have some left over tiger's eye that I'll use for the toe. He's going to get a wild pair of socks I tell ya!
At least I got to use my new stitch markers Amanda J gave me when I turned the heel.
Aren't they pretty? I love my neighbor! Thank you!
We had another oh, damn. Yesterday. Bryce had an appointment with an Ear nose and throat Dr. since Bryce has been dealing with a stuffy nose for a loooong time now. We've tried allergy meds, everything. Dr. recommended that Bryce have his adenoids out. So out they will come on the 26 of this month. Bryce is actually excited to have them out, he says that he is tired of being so stuffy. Poor kid. The Dr said that his tonsils are enlarged too, but the adenoids are probably causing the problem. So instead of putting him though a painful recovery from having his tonsils removed too, we're just having the adenoids removed. Well, he'll have some funky socks to wear!
***added I forgot to mention Allysa also burnt her hand while she was at the sitters yesterday. She was trying to get a toy from underneath the stove. Why was she even near the stove while it was on? I can't get an answer. The burn doesn't bother Allysa at all, band aids on the other hand, make her cry and scream. Just another oh, damn for the day.
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02/05/2007
Bryce on his little sister
The other day Bryce was watching me change his little sister. After I took Kailey's diaper off Bryce asked me "what's that yellow stuff on her bum?"
I answered, "its her poop"
he proceed to say... "That is SOOO COOL!! She poops YELLOW!!"
I almost died laughing he is so cute!
Bryce age 6 holding his new baby sister Kailey (2 weeks old)
PS School is closed today on account of the *very* cold weather, the kids are making penguins and other creative things. Days like this it pays to have a fully stocked art cart!!!
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02/02/2007
toes up!
There has been some knitting here these past two weeks, I finally finished my toe up socks from my sock class sometime this past week. What day did I finish them? No idea, really... maybe Monday-ish? But don't they look nice?
(click on all pictures to embiggen)
My first sock class was in November where we learned how to start the toe, I didn't originally pick this yarn for my first toe up socks. We lost power here the morning of the class, I was planning on winding up my yarn that morning. That yarn didn't want to cooperate, its *really* hard to untangle a wonky skein in a dim room. So, in an attempt to save what sanity I had left, I had to use a ball that was already wound.
I don't particularly like the cast on that we used on the toe, looks like a funky caterpillar doesn't it? Must learn magic 8 cast on, I must, I must, I must!
By the time we had our next class in December, I had my homework finished (knit both feet of both socks) and was ready to turn both heels. I have to say I do like how this short row heel fits my heel. While I would like to learn a different cast off for the leg,
To cast off, I followed Cynthia's directions k1,yo all the way around then cast off. She said it would flare a bit, and boy does it! (She had another cast off, but I was feeling a wee bit lazy and didn't "feel" like figuring out the directions) I must learn a different cast off! I know people won't see the top of my socks, but it still bother's me.
After I slowly finished the first sock and the other one just languished in the bag. Remember this pick?
Notice how I'm wearing one hand knit sock? I have this thing with my knitting, if I put a project down and start another one. The project that I put down, well it has a *very* slim chance of ever getting finished. Some how these guys won,
Stats:
Pattern: Cynthia from Stitch your Art Out really clear toe-up sock instruction booklet. I increased up to 52 stitches for my foot.
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock medium weight in Lapis
Needles: 5 US1 knit picks dpns, 2 US1 knit picks circs
Time: HA! good question, 3 months?
Notes: I switched to 2 circs after I finished the second heel, so I could knit while holding Kailey. I have a new found love for the medium weight STR, it kept my toes nice and toasty yesterday during the cold weather! Even though Punxsutawney Phil didn't see his shadow this morning and predicted an early spring, I have little faith in that fat, weasly rodent. The next week Mr Weatherman says our high will be in the 10's and its going to be coooold! Good thing I finished these socks, but then again Phil does have a decent accuracy rate of being correct 59% of the time.... hmmm... I wonder if they did their math right....
Finish off this post, I want to learn the magic 8 cast on, and a different cast off... right I'll get right on that... riiiight ; )
(updated family photo to coming soon!)
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01/23/2007
Kailey, a video
Helloo ya'll! I thought ya'll would like to see a video of Kailey a few hours old. We are all doing well, Mike, baby and I are a bit sleepy still. Kailey doing wonderfully, and is breastfeeding well. (I was worried!) She is a healthy lovely little girl. Mom's going home tomorrow (sob!) Mike will be home on break for a little bit longer. Thank you everyone for your fantastic wishes and congrats!! Thank you!
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01/19/2007
Baby sighting!
Just a quick guest post from Grandma.
Baby girl born this morning January 19,2007) at 3:55am. She weighed in at 7pounds and 5 ounces. I'll have Michael post more later. I can't wait to see her!
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01/18/2007
Its almost time!
Its 430 here in Western PA and I still haven't gone into labor. Its been one busy day! Corra has a sinus infection (fun!) Mom got here around 2. We are hopefully all set to go! I wanted to leave you all with a few last belly shots, as there aren't going to be any more
Since little girl has dropped I don't "feel" like I'm 40 weeks pregnant, I feel smaller, and I think my belly looks smaller!
Corra asked me this week, "mommy, where is your belly button?" All I could do was laugh! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get something to eat and go have a baby!!
PS, Enjoy Mike's guest blogging next week! I will be away from my computer for a few days, (right, i know!) and won't be answering emails. Thank you everyone for your thoughts, prayers well wishes and support!! You rock ; )
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01/16/2007
sometimes, I think I can sew...
sometimes... I get this thought in my head that I can sew. Ok, I can sew. But I don't sew well. Even though Bryce who was watching me sew yesterday afternoon told me "Mommy, I don't know why you say you can't sew. Cause you do a good job!" Isn't he the cutest? Honestly, I'm never really happy with how my sewing projects look after I'm finished, or how they look after a few uses. But I always find myself buying more patterns, fabric and sitting in front of my sewing machine.
I think it has to do with the memories I have of sewing as a child. When I around 8 I would spend Saturdays at my Auntie Adair's house while my mom was at work, or my parents just wanted me outta their hair ; ) It was my Aunt that helped foster my creativity, she encouraged me to try new things and taught me things that her mother and her mother in law taught her. She always had fun things planned for us to do, and I can still remember kicking her butt playing Sorry!
When ever I iron fabric, the smell reminds me of Saturdays at her house. Using the sprinkle water bottle that was her MIL's and the hot iron sizzling away the moisture. Then the smell of her old singer as I would sew my Samantha doll a new dress. This weekend, after a trip to Jo-ann's last week I broke out my Lady Kenmore and tried to convince myself that yes. I can sew. At Jo-ann's I bought a nursing pillow and whipped up a cover for it using snuggly flannel
I finished up my Big Bad Baby Blanket Friday morning, after putting it and the flannel I bought for the backing through the washer and dryer I added the backing. Ha. Yeah. I can sew my ass. Piping, don't speak to me about piping. Apparently when my Aunt taught me her trick to adding piping it didn't stick in my head. I tried 3 times! THREE times, before I ripped it off for good and said screw it damnit.
I have to say though, the BBBB turned out great, the cotton tots fluffed up and softened like you wouldn't believe in the wash. I can't wait to wrap New Baby girl in it.
Stats:
Pattern: Big Bad Baby Blanket from Stitch and Bitch
yarn: 4 balls of Cotton tots in very berry.. I think... I started a different blanket with this yarn. Frogged it, and it marinated in the stash for a bit with out labels. So I'm not 100% sure how much I used.
needles: US 8 addi turbo
gauge: 4 sts/in before and after machine washing and drying
size: 27"W x 32"L
notes: I only knit 15 rows of seed stitch, I couldn't take it anymore and just wanted to start on the pattern! I also used 1 yard of flannel to back the blanket, I hope this will help the blanket keep its shape. Since its soon to be loved and washed many, many times! I was going to add piping to the edges, lets just say that didn't work out.
Also I sewed a receiving blanket out of some cute lamb flannel that I couldn't pass up, thanks to Wool Winder's post that inspired me to do this. I had a little bit of flannel left over from the nursing pillow cover, the blankets, and had some boyish flannel in the stash. Now everyone has a little blankie
Ok. So sometimes when I think I can sew, I can.
Prego update: still.no.baby. Today is my due date and I'm off to tempt fate to embarrass the daylights outta me. Because I have errands that have to be ran, and can not wait. Last night I think I slept 2 hours, thanks to some fluid behind my left eardrum that is causing this obnoxious freaking humming noise. My Dr told me to take sudafed for it, that damn never kept me up before. But hell I'm still freaking wired! I think the baby has dropped, but I'm not completely sure since my back and hips don't hurt yet. Grrr... I'm sure I'm super pleasant to be around with all this whining! Seriously though, will someone tell the crazy person in my head to stop humming? Or at least hum a tune? urgh!
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01/15/2007
Happy Anniversary Hunny
How can I stay in love
with you forever?
How can we make our relationship into
a lifetime of sharing and joy?
In order to stay in love forever
I must first find the right person to love
and I have, in you
In order to stay in love forever
we both must understand each other
and ourselves
and we must be completely honest
with each other at all times
We both must have our own goals and interests
and actively pursue them
We both must have complete freedom of thought
and we must encourage each other
to follow our dreams
We must always be fair, kind and supportive
of each other
We must dedicate ourselves to being
equal partners in all that we feel
and in all that we do
We must promise each other that
we will always create time
to just appreciate each other and our love
and that we will never be lazy
and take our love for granted
In order for me to stay in love
with you forever
and have a relationship that is
a lifetime of sharing and loving
I must really pledge myself
to this wonderful commitment
and I must really want to stay in love
with you forever
and I do
-Poem by Susan Polis Schutz
Happy Anniversary Hunny, I can't tell you how happy I am that we found each other. I've enjoyed our years together, and am looking forward to the future. *smooches* wubber you
ps. still.no.baby.
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01/08/2007
shopping
This weekend while Corra and Bryce where at their Dad's and I pawned off Allysa had a sleep over with her cousin I drove down to Pittsburgh to spend some time with Mike. Yes, I wanted to go shopping but I mostly wanted us to spend time with him because hell. We aren't going to get to spend time together for quite some time once little girl is born!
I really enjoyed myself. Mike cooked me dinner, and breakfast (he did the dishes too!!), and I learned next time I visit him while he is on the road I must bring my coffee maker! I was on a mission this weekend to find a new stroller and hopefully a new car seat. Especially after reading this report. Can you guess which color car seat and stroller we bought?
Ha! Like you had to guess, right? Pink, pink, pink! Yes, we now have upped the chance that the ultrasounds where wrong and baby girl will end up being a boy. At least that's how I convinced Mike this was *the* stroller. I'm loven this pink. I think Mike was really enjoying Toys R Us, and maybe even liked Baby's R Us a bit too. Its a lot easier for me to get the kids outta Toy's R Us than it was for me to get Mike outta there!!
Saturday night, while Mike was cooking dinner I casted on for the Big Bad Baby Blanket from the first Stitch and Bitch. I'm using Bernat cotton tots in very berry that I bought for $2 on clearance at Wally World a loooong time ago. I went down a needle size to 8. I've already knit 9"! I hope to have this blanket done before baby girl makes her entrance. I some how doubt that she will be born before her due date (the 16), I have an inkling that she will be late just like her brother and sister. Ok.. her Mom and Dad too! Don't worry, I won't leave ya'll in the dark. I'll ask Mom to post when I go in to the hospital, ya'll want Mike to guest post while I'm gone right? (he doesn't get this blogging thing, and needs some encouragement!)
I better get going on this baby blanket if I'm going to get it done, maybe this is her special knit?
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01/06/2007
First finished knit 2007, am i ready?
With my due date being 10 days away I'm wondering about the superstition some knitter's believe. You know the one, the baby won't come until their special knit is finished. I'm not a very superstitious person. But sometimes its fun just to believe. Last Wednesday I casted on for a ballet sweater from Sirdar Early Arrivals No. 2 and finished the knitting Thursday night after a some problems I had with the sleeve decreases. (I'm still not sure if I did them right or not!) With my belly looking like this
I swear I didn't swallow a basket ball,
and its *very* hard to take a decent picture of ones belly!
I'm wondering if I want to believe in that superstition. I debated about just seaming up part of the sweater, leaving an inch to be finished. Or maybe not sewing on the ribbon tie or the snap.
Why? Because I'm not ready! Even though this will be my fourth child, I still worry about labor. Will everything go ok? Will I know I'm in labor? What if I go early? What if I end up needing a c-section? What if, what if, what if?? Enough what if's to make Mike's head explode. Trust me, this was a fun midnight conversation filled with tears as my hormones drove me on a roller coaster of my lovely freak out. I know everything will work out ok, but there is always that little "what if" in the back of my mind.
In the end I threw caution to the wind, and snickered a bit at fate while I sewed the whole sweater up, added the ribbon and sewed in the snap. My bag is packed, my belly button has disappeared, and I'm almost ready to have this baby.
First Finished Knit of 2007!
Stat's
Pattern: Sirdar Early Arrivals No. 2 Design B Ballerina cardigan
yarn: Beehive baby yarn acrylic color 3427
needles: US 2 & 3 Susan Bate's circs
gauge: uhh.. gotta check that....
size: 0-3 months, to fit a size 16" chest.
notes: I had a *bit* of a problem reading the pattern, this might have something to do with my inability to concentrate lately. I'm not sure if I knit the right front and the sleeves correctly. The right front looks a bit wonky to me. With that said, this is a sweet little sweater.
I'm off to Pittsburgh today to see Mike, hopefully spend some couple time together. Their may or may not be shopping involved. ; )
I hope finishing this sweater isn't going to bite me in the ass...
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12/30/2006
Nesting?
You would think that with 3 weeks left till my due date I would be nesting like a crazed pregnant woman
(Like my new outfit? I picked it up while out "grocery shopping" at Old Navy.Mike had the kids, I was out by myself *snicker* what more can I say? hehee)
I have been very tired lately. Probably because I haven't been sleeping very well at night, its hard to get comfortable right now! I have started a baby sweater, finally.
(interesting, picture no?)
I started the ballerina cardigan from Sidar's Early Arrivals No.2 on Wednesday. I am using beehive baby yarn, size US 2 for the ribbing and US 3's for the rest. I think this yarn is older than me! I'm on the left front right now, its moving along but boy do I wish I picked a sweater with thicker yarn!
Now back to the subject of nesting, while I don't think I've been nesting. Although I'm starting to get to the point where I"m sick of being pregnant and am uncomfortable all the time. I sent Mike to Lowe's last night to get a few things (mailbox, bracket to secure a dresser to the wall, and a new toilet seat) I get a phone call from him while he is in the bathroom section. "Hon, what do you think of redoing the downstairs bathroom? I'm looking at showers right now." say it with me people "oh.no" While I may not be nesting to the extreme, I think Mike might be! *L*
This I have to add, because Dad you would be so proud.
Mike just took his new remote control truck out of the box. (The truck that I've been forgetting to give to him for 2 years now... I hid it *really* well) while he was fidgeting with it, Allysa crawled into the box! She is such a ham.
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12/29/2006
A lovely Holiday
Its hard for me to believe that Christmas is over, and that there are only 2 days left of 2006. (2 days!?! Crazy) We had a lovely Christmas, it was one of those days you wish was a little longer and you didn't want to end. I hope you all had as good of a Holiday as we did.
The kids had a ball with their gifts, and Mike enjoyed guessing what was in every package. (and was almost *always* right! He is too good!) poor guy, got all the fun "adult gifts" clothes and stuff for his trailer.
One reason to have kids, you get to buy really cool toys, play with them, and not be considered crazy. 
The kids enjoyed playing for most of the day, We went over to Mike's Mom's than over to his Aunt's. It was a great day, with family, friends and lots of good food.
me? I got the bestest present ever. This year, I told Mike how I remember baking cookies with my mom with her Sunbeam stand mixer. (Which I have now, but when you use it it seems to want to take off into orbit or burst into flames!) I told him I would love a Kitchen Aid Mixer, like they have at the kitchen store at the mall. I also told him I would never bake him cookies from a bag mix again. Can you guess what I got?
It's pink, its perfect, and I'm so happy. I don't' know what to bake first I'm so excited! Did I mention its pink? Thank you Mike, there will be lots more cookies this year!!
ps I've been knitting, I think bloglines resets after it reaches so many posts. Because today when I opened it it said I had 32 unread posts.... uhhh I haven't read any blogs in a week! It was 100 and something last time I checked!
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12/19/2006
Announcement
Announcement : no, no baby yet. There's at least 4 weeks left to go. If she shows up before than. I will be *very* damn surprised. (Here that fate? I'm taunting you. Prove me wrong!) But I did pick a winner from the baby name contest... We had 52 comments, 5 that didn't want in the contest (Would someone pleeease get my Dad a dog?! Can you tell he is feeling better?) for a total of 218 names. The famous random number generator (sorry I'm feeling a bit lazy) picked name #58 Zoe which was suggested from Tracey of Fuzzy Britches!!! Funny how it was that name the generator picked, Mike's been suggesting that name from the get go! Our thanks to everyone, even smart ass Dad. (Mom, get him a dog already!) We *still* haven't settled on a name... yes still... by the way, you people are great. Thank you all your sweet comments. Thank you! You rock. Really! One of the hardest things about pregnancy is dealing with the massive change of your own body, and the hormones. Lovely things those are... Thank you, I wish I could hug ya'll!
This past week I've been a *very* busy little crafter. My local LYS asked me to make her 6 scissor fobs, I made her 8 plus one for me. ; ) and a few stitch markers see?
Allysa helped... and made her own...
A few years ago, I started making calendars to give/mail to family members and friends each with a different picture on each month. Got them done. All 22 of them. Kids are good at sorting.. hehe. 
Finished 45 hand-stamped Christmas cards too. I'm really proud of this years, I used a 4x6 print and attached it to the front of the card with two Christmas theme photo corners so its removable. Corra and I embossed and colored in the star Santa's that you see in the corner of the photo.
I have to share this photo of Corra with you, she decorated this cookie at school and is was very proud of him, she devoured the poor thing after this picture!
We've also been baking, I love to bake. Really *love* to bake. Its nice to mix a few things together, throw it in the oven and walk away for 15 minutes. ya know? Allysa and I made Keena's pretzel chocolate melts today
Holy.freaking.good!
Thank you Keena for sharing your recipe with us, these where quick easy, and really freaking good. Did I mention they're good. Cause they are *really* freaking good. : )
I've also been knitting, yes, I've been knitting! I finished my first toe up sock. And I bet you would LOVE to see a picture, well.. I can't quite see my feet!! *L* This little blah moment has left me enjoying the process of knitting. Feeling the yarn move through my hand and the needles making each stitch. I've been knitting on my red scarf, and its like a toddler. It's eating the yarn, but not growing! urgh!
btw If I owe you an email, I'm sorry. there's 118 sitting in my in box waiting for me. Bloglines? I'm a bit afraid to open that monster up...
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12/12/2006
blah.....
Would you believe me if I told you that I haven't really been knitting since I last posted, ummm a week ago? I know its hard to believe. Lately I've been feeling, well. blah. Yeah, blah. Not really interested in knitting, or blogging, or reading blogs. What is wrong with me? I think "nesting" has started to set in. Because I've been cleaning. Holy crap have I been cleaning. (I've also been Christmas shopping, almost done. Few more things for Mike and the stocking stuffers. And I'm done. My mail man is going to h.a.t.e. me these next two weeks! Ok, there is also the things to finish crafting... anyway) I have *finally* found the guest bed, my bedroom is clean, and I've cleaned off my craft table. *gasps*
I think my lack of knitting excitement might have something to due with what is currently on my needles
Irish hiking scarf in red worsted weight wool. heh. boring.
first toe up socks, heh. Not interested anymore.
Seriously people what is wrong with me? Why am I not excited about knitting my first toe up socks? Learning the Norwegian purl, figuring out continental knitting (I'm an English knitter) Is it because these socks have been on the needles so long I've lost interested? Or because the colorway isn't doing anything for me anymore? eh. There isn't anything I *really* want to cast on either. Even better one of my neighbors said to me today:
"My, your getting big."
No.shit. Could you pllllleeeasse tell me something I don't know? 35 weeks, I should freaking hope I look pregnant. *gr*
ps. I haven't checked my email in a while, I'm very, very scared. ; ) oh, yeah two days left in the contest! Mike and I are enjoying reading all your suggestions, thank you!!
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12/05/2006
oh, the...
oh, the evil things they do to each other
and Corra looks *so* proud of her work too...
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12/04/2006
My little man turns 6!
Today my little man, Bryce turns 6!
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