as defined by ME.
1. a time to get things done around the house, when one has an extra set of hands from the working husband, and the older child is home from school to entertain the younger child.
2. a time to spend together as a family, outside in good weather, inside in poor weather.
3. A TIME TO NOT HAVE TO WAKE UP AT THE ASS CRACK OF DAWN.
Yeah. 6 am, bright and early, "mommy!" it's my 2 year old. Now, don't get me wrong, she's the cutest little girl on the face of the earth. However, cute as she may be, I do not want to get up at 6 am to see her. I can wait until 7 or even 8. Enter said child's room, get her to lay back down. I am sitting on the floor, and lay my head on her bed. She isn't moving. I'm taking this as a good sign..maybe she's going back to sleep. Nope. She sits up and asks to "get out". sorry, but it's not time to 'get out' yet. So i go lay with her. I think here I get another 5 minutes of sleep. Then, she uses her newest talent, of flipping the light switch. But then won't turn it off.
In the end we leave her room at 6:30. she needed to go potty. She then watched 10 minutes of tv before having a cold bagel with a thin layer of cream cheese for breakfast. Now, I like to think I have mastered the 'art of dozing' which I have been practicing for just over 3 years. It involves not falling asleep all the way, by paying attention to what's on PBS. My son plays along great, always has. My daughter, she's learning. Learning to keep me from getting any sort of rest doing it. As soon as I'm to the point where, if I stay there for 15 minutes, I actually get a little rest. And if I can get in two or three 15 minute spurts, then I'm pretty much "good" until around 1 pm. And from there on out, if I'm not moving, I'm falling asleep. Yeah, so I start to doze "I hungry" (she's just eaten breakfast), "I need go potty" (this one is ok), "I want my drink" (you have your 'stay cold' cup with milk in it. drink that. "It all gone" (*shakes cup* hmm nope, there are at least 5 swallows in there)
And to top it aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllll off.
My coffee pot is broken. It will not do anything when I flip it on, except light up that stupid on off switch. Damn it, I don't need a small orange/red glow. I need hot water, so I can put my crappy instant coffee mix in it, and get some hot caffeine in me!!! LIKE NOW DAMN IT!!!
I wasn't wanting to go to the store today. I was actually wanting to change the oil, oil filter, and pull the tires off the van so my husband can replace the breaks. (He's home on disability, so he can do these things now, but because his back is so bad, he needs my help, which is fine, I don't mind. But when it's raining, and I wasn't planning on going anywhere, AND, I don't have any freaking coffee!!!! NOT COOL. At least the microwave works, but I swear it doesn't taste the same.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
addiction!!!
If you are on facebook, you MUST play packrat (and add me, and we can work together!)
Joan, just in case you read this, it's all your fault. I sat here for 10 minutes after realizing I needed to pee, only to play looking for one more freaking sleep card. LOL
For all you parents out there, keep your fingers crossed, my daughter has been wearing panties since Tuesday morning....she's had 1 accident so far. We leave for the chiro's office at 11:45, and I'll put her in a pull up, but keep your fingers crossed anyway. I'd love to be 'done' with this. You see, my van does not have ac...and well, diapers are hot, as are carseats. SO, she'll be so much cooler in her carseat with out the diaper.
I hope I hope I hope I hope!!
Joan, just in case you read this, it's all your fault. I sat here for 10 minutes after realizing I needed to pee, only to play looking for one more freaking sleep card. LOL
For all you parents out there, keep your fingers crossed, my daughter has been wearing panties since Tuesday morning....she's had 1 accident so far. We leave for the chiro's office at 11:45, and I'll put her in a pull up, but keep your fingers crossed anyway. I'd love to be 'done' with this. You see, my van does not have ac...and well, diapers are hot, as are carseats. SO, she'll be so much cooler in her carseat with out the diaper.
I hope I hope I hope I hope!!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Babies and Angels
This last year has been very busy in the pregnancy department for many of my dear friends. First up today is Miss Pipers First Birthday!!! Happy First Birthday Missy Piper!!! Her mother, Leanne, and I were pregnant at the same time with our 2005 babies. Needless to say, with those babies only being 2.5, Miss Piper was a big surprise!!! I was Leanne's "Phone Doula" for most of her pregnancy, and the majority of her labor. Mom chose to have an unassisted birth (meaning, no midwife at her home) after careful research and consideration. She called me early in the evening to let me know she thought labor was beginning. I put my kids to bed, and then chatted with her on Yahoo IM for about an hour, then we moved to the phone. She was laboring very nicely, we were guessing she was around 3-4 maybe 5 cm most of the first 2 hours. Since her average labor is 4 hours long, we weren't expecting to go much longer. She let me go for a bit after washing her dishes. The contractions were abour 3 minutes apart, and she was having to pause at the peaks to breath a little. She called me back less than an hour later to announce the birth of Piper Serenity!! Born 16 minutes after midnight on April 22nd!! (I hopeI got that right!!!)
Another 2005 mama friend had a little boy, on St. Patrick's Day 2007, and another 4 hour labor! I believe, he was baby number 8 :D Welcomed into a very loving family!!
On July 17th, we welcomed a boy, the 2nd boy born to a friend in Guam! Another UC! Mom's labor was about 7-8 hours, and a beautiful boy name Kenneth John was born!
November 14th saw a new baby girl for my friend Carrie, a quick labor, and a good size baby! Mama's 2nd girl, daddy's first :D
November 25th or 26th a friend in Canada gave birth to her first son! Another UC, almost a water birth, but mom was so relaxed, she made herself get out so labor would keep going!!!
February 15th, my friend Amanda, announced that her water had broken with baby number 5! We waited on pins and needles to hear if she had a boy, or a girl!! And it was a girl! Born a few short hours later, at home in the water!!
On March 12th, another 5 time mama gave birth to her 5th. This time a boy! Another beautiful homebirth (waterbirth) for this mama.
March 22nd, my very very good friend Jill gave birth to another beautiful girl, after a 4 hour and 4 minute labor! And, yes you guessed, another home water birth!! She was about 2 lbs bigger than her sister! She was a long awaited arrival after over a year of trying, and many angels.
April 4th was the planned c/s for a good friend having her first baby girl! This beautiful little blessing is also her last baby. They're both extremely happy!
And now we get to the angels. There were too many. Several chemicals, blighted ovums, and miscarriages. Lovely women, with such tragic endings to much wanted pregnancies. Each mother deserving and loving the child growing with in her belly, only to have the hopes and dreams of new life taken from her, in such a painful way. Having been the victim of such loss, I know the heartache that comes with it. Every day I send my love to these friends. Most of whom, have gone on to give birth to healthy children. One of whom is still pregnant today, and officially in her 2nd trimester. The other. My dear friend, the reason for todays celebration of life, and wishes of love to the angels we have lost. She has just learned that her, very much wanted, slightly surprise, pregnancy and newest life, will not be ending the way she had hoped.
Today I remember, and celebrate those loved and lost. Today I hold friends even closer to my heart.
Know you are loved. Know you can always lean on me.
Another 2005 mama friend had a little boy, on St. Patrick's Day 2007, and another 4 hour labor! I believe, he was baby number 8 :D Welcomed into a very loving family!!
On July 17th, we welcomed a boy, the 2nd boy born to a friend in Guam! Another UC! Mom's labor was about 7-8 hours, and a beautiful boy name Kenneth John was born!
November 14th saw a new baby girl for my friend Carrie, a quick labor, and a good size baby! Mama's 2nd girl, daddy's first :D
November 25th or 26th a friend in Canada gave birth to her first son! Another UC, almost a water birth, but mom was so relaxed, she made herself get out so labor would keep going!!!
February 15th, my friend Amanda, announced that her water had broken with baby number 5! We waited on pins and needles to hear if she had a boy, or a girl!! And it was a girl! Born a few short hours later, at home in the water!!
On March 12th, another 5 time mama gave birth to her 5th. This time a boy! Another beautiful homebirth (waterbirth) for this mama.
March 22nd, my very very good friend Jill gave birth to another beautiful girl, after a 4 hour and 4 minute labor! And, yes you guessed, another home water birth!! She was about 2 lbs bigger than her sister! She was a long awaited arrival after over a year of trying, and many angels.
April 4th was the planned c/s for a good friend having her first baby girl! This beautiful little blessing is also her last baby. They're both extremely happy!
And now we get to the angels. There were too many. Several chemicals, blighted ovums, and miscarriages. Lovely women, with such tragic endings to much wanted pregnancies. Each mother deserving and loving the child growing with in her belly, only to have the hopes and dreams of new life taken from her, in such a painful way. Having been the victim of such loss, I know the heartache that comes with it. Every day I send my love to these friends. Most of whom, have gone on to give birth to healthy children. One of whom is still pregnant today, and officially in her 2nd trimester. The other. My dear friend, the reason for todays celebration of life, and wishes of love to the angels we have lost. She has just learned that her, very much wanted, slightly surprise, pregnancy and newest life, will not be ending the way she had hoped.
Today I remember, and celebrate those loved and lost. Today I hold friends even closer to my heart.
Know you are loved. Know you can always lean on me.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Is it really a weekend?
I wouldn't know, I was still up too early. broken sleep, all that fun stuff. With all my friends having babies, you'd think I was one of them with the sleep I managed last night.
Anyway, I'm busy chatting a friends "ear" off...we're on iChat, and I'm probably bugging her to death. Love ya lady ;) She's getting her oldest daughter ready for a soccer game, and my kids are sitting on their rear ends watching Harry Potter. And I'm just now sitting down to eat something for breakfast at 10:00. And yes, it's another bagel, NO I didn't burn this one.
For those of you who don't know, I carry a torch for am completely obsessed with the Harry Potter books. I didn't start reading them until November '05, but managed to devour all 6 of them before the 7th came out. And was on the list for the library as soon as they had a list! (yes, I was on the list before the list people, they had to start one because so many people kept calling to ask if there was one yet, or coming in to ask if there was one yet.) And I had the book in my hands with in 10 days of it's release. I was done reading it in 2 days (hey, I have kids to take care of, otherwise I would have been done in a matter of hours!!!) Then, joy of joys, dh and I both got Christmas checks, and mine was almost enough to buy the complete BOX set!!! I think I only had to pay $30!! Oh and let me tell you, they're beautiful!!!
Now, because I love these books so much, I'm starting to really dislike the movies. I've of course seen them all, several times over. And the amount of things left our is astonishing. And just makes me want to explode sometimes. I don't know how they're gonna manage to do 6 and 7 with out screwing it up completely. Oh wait, they already did that. By leaving out major plot lines, and some minor ones that are needed to fill in gaps in what they do show! (Are you thoroughly confused yet?) I won't go on and on about it, but when my husband has asked a couple questions reguarding the movie, especially when we watched Order of the Phoenix together, I couldn't answer them with out pausing the movie and filling in the back story, which could take 2 to 10 minutes. We had to take a couple smoke breaks!! He would ask something like "Why is Snape in the Order" or "what did the prophcy say?" "what does that mean" All good questions, but they're almost all answered in the book!!! And if they try to back track and fill in these gaps they're gonna have to make 8 or 9 movies!!!
Anyway /harrypotterrant
More spring pictures!!!
Looking up at the pecan tree, toward some oak trees I think. I was trying to get a shot of the new pecan buds.
My pitiful tulip leaves. I have yet to get a tulip, they've been in the ground 2.5 years. At least the leaves are some nice green to look at.
Some of the cotton we grabbed last year. Nicely dry, not sure what we'll do with it.
Here is a pretty shot of the dogwoods at the end of my street. I love these trees!! They're so beautiful! Here is one more.
And here is the fig tree I planted last year. It may not make it back, it was SO dry last year.
Anyway, I'm busy chatting a friends "ear" off...we're on iChat, and I'm probably bugging her to death. Love ya lady ;) She's getting her oldest daughter ready for a soccer game, and my kids are sitting on their rear ends watching Harry Potter. And I'm just now sitting down to eat something for breakfast at 10:00. And yes, it's another bagel, NO I didn't burn this one.
For those of you who don't know, I c
Now, because I love these books so much, I'm starting to really dislike the movies. I've of course seen them all, several times over. And the amount of things left our is astonishing. And just makes me want to explode sometimes. I don't know how they're gonna manage to do 6 and 7 with out screwing it up completely. Oh wait, they already did that. By leaving out major plot lines, and some minor ones that are needed to fill in gaps in what they do show! (Are you thoroughly confused yet?) I won't go on and on about it, but when my husband has asked a couple questions reguarding the movie, especially when we watched Order of the Phoenix together, I couldn't answer them with out pausing the movie and filling in the back story, which could take 2 to 10 minutes. We had to take a couple smoke breaks!! He would ask something like "Why is Snape in the Order" or "what did the prophcy say?" "what does that mean" All good questions, but they're almost all answered in the book!!! And if they try to back track and fill in these gaps they're gonna have to make 8 or 9 movies!!!
Anyway /harrypotterrant
More spring pictures!!!
Looking up at the pecan tree, toward some oak trees I think. I was trying to get a shot of the new pecan buds.
My pitiful tulip leaves. I have yet to get a tulip, they've been in the ground 2.5 years. At least the leaves are some nice green to look at.
Some of the cotton we grabbed last year. Nicely dry, not sure what we'll do with it.
Here is a pretty shot of the dogwoods at the end of my street. I love these trees!! They're so beautiful! Here is one more.
And here is the fig tree I planted last year. It may not make it back, it was SO dry last year.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Happy Birthday Poppy
Today is my dad's birthday he's 54. And will probably kill me for saying that. Not that he can so much as turn a computer on...but hey. Ya never know! I have to ...HAVE TO, remember to call him. I forgot last year, and felt bad for weeks.
Oh fantastic, I just burned my bagel. I've been really enjoying them in the mornings. Light (very light) layer of butter, nicely toasted, cream cheese, and then eat it like a sandwich. Yeah, it's yummy. Of course, I set the toaster oven just a touch too high, came here to start my blog post and burned an edge of it. Crap.
Time to cut this short we've got a chiropractic appointment at 10. Peace, have a great day, and if I don't get around to it, I'll be back on Monday. But I'm hoping to get on tomorrow morning and share a couple pictures.
Oh fantastic, I just burned my bagel. I've been really enjoying them in the mornings. Light (very light) layer of butter, nicely toasted, cream cheese, and then eat it like a sandwich. Yeah, it's yummy. Of course, I set the toaster oven just a touch too high, came here to start my blog post and burned an edge of it. Crap.
In other news, lots of exciting things, not much going on here. I'm hoping to lose a couple lbs, not really for summer, but so my clothes fit me! Yesterday I pulled on a favorite shirt of mine, and couldn't even wear it around the house, because of 'muffin top' syndrome, and just feeling horribly fat in it. (I'm really not that 'fat' I have a spare, and love handles, yeah, but I hate it.) Oh what I would give to be a life guard again, being able to eat what I want not having time to eat anything, swimming all the time, nice tan...not to mention the fact that I was 16, and well, yeah, I was 16, what more is there????
Time to cut this short we've got a chiropractic appointment at 10. Peace, have a great day, and if I don't get around to it, I'll be back on Monday. But I'm hoping to get on tomorrow morning and share a couple pictures.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Family Birth History
I was inspired this morning to write todays blog by Navalgazing Midwife. The post that came up in my Google Reader this morning was about her 1982 birth to her son.
I guess I can begin my story with my birth. At least what I've been told of it. According to mom, her due date was September 23rd. Which, after 9 month of puking every day, finally came. And went. On October 1st, the OB finally tried an induction. This didn't take. October 2nd, tried again. Still didn't take. I don't know when she was sent home, but I do know that home to hospital was about a 30 minute drive. The hospital on Hilton Head did not have an maternity ward. So I was born at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Mom tells me that even though the induction didn't take she was still contracting on the way home the 2nd day. Which tells me that, she was laboring, but she wasn't dilating. Once home, she couldn't get comfortable. I was finally born on 10-3, weighing 7 lbs 12 oz and 21 inches long. And according to hospital records I was born at 43 weeks. And I gotta say, for being postdates, I was pretty light weight, and didn't look all that "old" in my photos.
My own son was born in September of 2001. I was a 38 weeks and 5 days, my labor was also induced. I had pre-eclampsia, so I was hooked up to the monitors, an IV and stuck in bed. After about 7 hours an epidural was placed, and he was born 2 hours after that. I was flat on my back, with a needle in my arm, in my back, a mask on my face, and my perineum had been cut with out my consent (episiotomy). His birth was assisted by a vacuum extractor and he was born with a nuchal hand. ("Reachin for the keys already dad!" said the OB) He was 6 lbs 15 oz and 21 inches. Absolutely adorable! Very little, very fine blond hair, and crystal blue eyes.
4 years later, in September of 2005 my daughter was born. This was QUITE a different story. Planned homebirth with a midwife. But it didn't go as planned. I was the picture of maternal health, and was content being pregnant until she decided to arrive. Around 2 am I woke up, and used the bathroom, but wasn't comfortable, wasn't contracting either. Got up, used the bathroom again, and then hung out in the living room. At 3:05 I had my first contraction. It was like instant transition. Painful, intense, and about a minute long. At 3:15 I had my 6th contraction, and my water broke. If you're counting they were 2 minutes apart from the beginning. My water was meconium stained. I made 2 phone calls, and woke my husband. At 3:30 my daughter was born into her fathers hands. She weighed in at 8 lbs 8 oz, and 22 inches. Soft brown hair, and more of it than her brother had. And sweet brown eyes.
I'll have to see what pictures I have in a bit, I need to get a couple things done before I wait around on pictures.
I guess I can begin my story with my birth. At least what I've been told of it. According to mom, her due date was September 23rd. Which, after 9 month of puking every day, finally came. And went. On October 1st, the OB finally tried an induction. This didn't take. October 2nd, tried again. Still didn't take. I don't know when she was sent home, but I do know that home to hospital was about a 30 minute drive. The hospital on Hilton Head did not have an maternity ward. So I was born at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Mom tells me that even though the induction didn't take she was still contracting on the way home the 2nd day. Which tells me that, she was laboring, but she wasn't dilating. Once home, she couldn't get comfortable. I was finally born on 10-3, weighing 7 lbs 12 oz and 21 inches long. And according to hospital records I was born at 43 weeks. And I gotta say, for being postdates, I was pretty light weight, and didn't look all that "old" in my photos.
My own son was born in September of 2001. I was a 38 weeks and 5 days, my labor was also induced. I had pre-eclampsia, so I was hooked up to the monitors, an IV and stuck in bed. After about 7 hours an epidural was placed, and he was born 2 hours after that. I was flat on my back, with a needle in my arm, in my back, a mask on my face, and my perineum had been cut with out my consent (episiotomy). His birth was assisted by a vacuum extractor and he was born with a nuchal hand. ("Reachin for the keys already dad!" said the OB) He was 6 lbs 15 oz and 21 inches. Absolutely adorable! Very little, very fine blond hair, and crystal blue eyes.
4 years later, in September of 2005 my daughter was born. This was QUITE a different story. Planned homebirth with a midwife. But it didn't go as planned. I was the picture of maternal health, and was content being pregnant until she decided to arrive. Around 2 am I woke up, and used the bathroom, but wasn't comfortable, wasn't contracting either. Got up, used the bathroom again, and then hung out in the living room. At 3:05 I had my first contraction. It was like instant transition. Painful, intense, and about a minute long. At 3:15 I had my 6th contraction, and my water broke. If you're counting they were 2 minutes apart from the beginning. My water was meconium stained. I made 2 phone calls, and woke my husband. At 3:30 my daughter was born into her fathers hands. She weighed in at 8 lbs 8 oz, and 22 inches. Soft brown hair, and more of it than her brother had. And sweet brown eyes.
I'll have to see what pictures I have in a bit, I need to get a couple things done before I wait around on pictures.
Friday, April 11, 2008
More shorts
So I'm working on another pair of shorts, lots of fun, and excitement going on here.........
*chirp*
*chirp*
I got a sweet comment from another blogger the other day, apparently one of my readers (do I really have readers???) Clicked on her Boob-a-Thon link from my site :) I am always excited to get comments, but from a popular blogger! Made my day :D
And I'm anxiously counting the days until Deadliest Catch returns!! Only FOUR MORE DAYS!!! I am seriously a freak about this show. Why? I honestly couldn't tell you! I watched my first episode back in the summer of '06 while sitting down to nurse my baby. It was the Season 1 reacap "After the Catch" because season 2 was about to start. So, maybe it wasn't summer and it was spring, either way it was already stupid hot outside. And after that was over, they kept showing more, and it happened, I was hooked. I have been watching the recapping and mini marathons they've been showing for the last 2 weeks now.
I'm planning to have my own little Catch Party. It's a private party, so no, you're not invited. *UNLESS you are a member of one of "my" crews* which, I seriously doubt you are if you're reading this. I'm thinking some yummy sushi with REAL crab, not that imitation crap. Something good to drink, and no smoke breaks! God forbid I miss something (I know, I KNOW they'll repeat it the next day, but I am NOT missing ANY of the first episode)
now that I've jinxed myself into missing it....I'll move on.
yeah, alright, that's all I got. I guess I'll get back to my second pair of shorts (which I'll be putting down on Tuesday, if they aren't finished, again, so as not to miss anything)
And, it's time to end this craptastic post :) Thanks for reading!
*chirp*
*chirp*
I got a sweet comment from another blogger the other day, apparently one of my readers (do I really have readers???) Clicked on her Boob-a-Thon link from my site :) I am always excited to get comments, but from a popular blogger! Made my day :D
And I'm anxiously counting the days until Deadliest Catch returns!! Only FOUR MORE DAYS!!! I am seriously a freak about this show. Why? I honestly couldn't tell you! I watched my first episode back in the summer of '06 while sitting down to nurse my baby. It was the Season 1 reacap "After the Catch" because season 2 was about to start. So, maybe it wasn't summer and it was spring, either way it was already stupid hot outside. And after that was over, they kept showing more, and it happened, I was hooked. I have been watching the recapping and mini marathons they've been showing for the last 2 weeks now.
I'm planning to have my own little Catch Party. It's a private party, so no, you're not invited. *UNLESS you are a member of one of "my" crews* which, I seriously doubt you are if you're reading this. I'm thinking some yummy sushi with REAL crab, not that imitation crap. Something good to drink, and no smoke breaks! God forbid I miss something (I know, I KNOW they'll repeat it the next day, but I am NOT missing ANY of the first episode)
now that I've jinxed myself into missing it....I'll move on.
yeah, alright, that's all I got. I guess I'll get back to my second pair of shorts (which I'll be putting down on Tuesday, if they aren't finished, again, so as not to miss anything)
And, it's time to end this craptastic post :) Thanks for reading!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Sweet babies, and more shorts
I have no intention of turning this into a knitting or crocheting blog, so please feed me something interesting! LOL I swear my life is boring (which I'm thankful for most days!)
I gotta say though, there are some amazing babies being born recently!! 6 babies in since November, 3 more earlier in '07. AND one friend is still pg, and 2 more are recently pg, due this fall. I have such baby lust it's not even funny. My uterus tingles. I want to have a little 2 yr old tantrum and shout I WANNA BE PREGNANT TOO!!! Cause I do! I want to be pregnant....I do not want another kid. Sad huh?? I wonder how dh feels now about me being a surrogate? I guess not many people would want a bipolar surrogate though huh? Not that there is really anything wrong with me, but as it stands, I'm on medication I wouldn't want to take while pregnant with any child, and not ready to be med free. So I'll wait. Hey, I'm young, maybe it'll happen. But I'm one of those extremely freakish women who (once the pukey feeling has gone away) really LOVES being pregnant! And, yes, it gets worse, I love labor and birth. I haven't felt nearly as alive or accomplished as I did when I was in labor, and immediately following the births of my children.
Heart pounding, all the endorphins rushing through my body, I won't go on about it. The baby factory is closed, and the baby lust will dissipate between now and the Autumn births, and then it'll come back. Hopefully by then I'll have had my hands on a newborn for a little while!
In other news, there are only 38...37 days until the last day of school. Lord help me. I have GOT to find some activities for us to do. At least 3 things we can do every week, rain or shine activities. That are out of the house. I know we'll hit up the library as often as possible. I mean, the boy can read, and I don't want him getting behind in his reading. We'll have to swim, have to, didn't do enough last year, and since the girl can swim, I need to teach the boy how to swim. Poor thing swims like a rock. So, I'll be looking for a kick board, and a better floatie type device for when he's just wanting to kick around the pool (sturdy ring, not the $ store one). And I probably need to get the girl another set of arm floaties. I'd like a new swim suit, but I'll wait and save up for one that keeps 'the girls' in.
Alright, I know you're just DYING to see this pair of shorties I've been working on..right?? They are almost finished, I just need to do the ribbing for the waist and a drawstring. Which I will probably finish today. They fit on one of my bears LOL, I doubt they'd fit on a real baby. Anyway, here ya go, this is in Cascade 220, in the Ladybugz Farm Honeysuckle pattern.
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The legs, gusset and rear extention.
They're so freaking tiny!!! I'm about to go work on the ribbing now. Notice how the legs are at funky angles. Not sure what happened there. But oh well. each time I joined a round row, there is a hole from my slip stitch. I've been told how to prevent that now. And you can see by the end of each leg that my tension is a bit off on that first chain compared to the rest of it. And actually the tension on each leg is different. One is looser than the other. Ah well...it's one of those things I gotta learn. I'm just proud of myself for getting this far. I made a 2 hats this winter, the first was a mess, the 2nd turned out nicely. Then I made another for my daughter in another stitch, and then moved on to 'from my head' shorts. Now I'm following a pattern. Yeah, I'm pretty proud of myself :D
I gotta say though, there are some amazing babies being born recently!! 6 babies in since November, 3 more earlier in '07. AND one friend is still pg, and 2 more are recently pg, due this fall. I have such baby lust it's not even funny. My uterus tingles. I want to have a little 2 yr old tantrum and shout I WANNA BE PREGNANT TOO!!! Cause I do! I want to be pregnant....I do not want another kid. Sad huh?? I wonder how dh feels now about me being a surrogate? I guess not many people would want a bipolar surrogate though huh? Not that there is really anything wrong with me, but as it stands, I'm on medication I wouldn't want to take while pregnant with any child, and not ready to be med free. So I'll wait. Hey, I'm young, maybe it'll happen. But I'm one of those extremely freakish women who (once the pukey feeling has gone away) really LOVES being pregnant! And, yes, it gets worse, I love labor and birth. I haven't felt nearly as alive or accomplished as I did when I was in labor, and immediately following the births of my children.
Heart pounding, all the endorphins rushing through my body, I won't go on about it. The baby factory is closed, and the baby lust will dissipate between now and the Autumn births, and then it'll come back. Hopefully by then I'll have had my hands on a newborn for a little while!
In other news, there are only 38...37 days until the last day of school. Lord help me. I have GOT to find some activities for us to do. At least 3 things we can do every week, rain or shine activities. That are out of the house. I know we'll hit up the library as often as possible. I mean, the boy can read, and I don't want him getting behind in his reading. We'll have to swim, have to, didn't do enough last year, and since the girl can swim, I need to teach the boy how to swim. Poor thing swims like a rock. So, I'll be looking for a kick board, and a better floatie type device for when he's just wanting to kick around the pool (sturdy ring, not the $ store one). And I probably need to get the girl another set of arm floaties. I'd like a new swim suit, but I'll wait and save up for one that keeps 'the girls' in.
Alright, I know you're just DYING to see this pair of shorties I've been working on..right?? They are almost finished, I just need to do the ribbing for the waist and a drawstring. Which I will probably finish today. They fit on one of my bears LOL, I doubt they'd fit on a real baby. Anyway, here ya go, this is in Cascade 220, in the Ladybugz Farm Honeysuckle pattern.
Here is leg 1, gusset and the first part of leg 2
.And here we have legs stitched together.
The legs, gusset and rear extention.
Here we have the body.
It's so little!!!!!
They're so freaking tiny!!! I'm about to go work on the ribbing now. Notice how the legs are at funky angles. Not sure what happened there. But oh well. each time I joined a round row, there is a hole from my slip stitch. I've been told how to prevent that now. And you can see by the end of each leg that my tension is a bit off on that first chain compared to the rest of it. And actually the tension on each leg is different. One is looser than the other. Ah well...it's one of those things I gotta learn. I'm just proud of myself for getting this far. I made a 2 hats this winter, the first was a mess, the 2nd turned out nicely. Then I made another for my daughter in another stitch, and then moved on to 'from my head' shorts. Now I'm following a pattern. Yeah, I'm pretty proud of myself :D
Sunday, April 6, 2008
First Shorts
I bought this beautiful yarn from a friend of mine, a few weeks back. She, and a bunch of my other friends have a Congo on Hyena Cart. I was lucky enough to enter a lottery and won this beautifully hand dyed Peace Fleece . I couldn't decide what to make with it, and I've already made 2 hats. So I chose to attempt a pair of shorts. I haven't been able to read a pattern so I decided to 'wing it' and for not following any kind of pattern I think I did pretty dang good. They're too poofy in the body, and one leg is 1 row shorter than the other, but still. And the way the colors came together is pretty cool!
And I've 'cast on' or 'chained on' for my 2nd pair of shorts. I'm planning to do color work, so here in a bit I'm going to go get the other color and work that in. I did this part last night, around 11, or I would have kept going. This time I am following a pattern though :) At least, loosly.
More pictures as I continue working. Probably when I decide I'm done with the next leg I'll snap another, and then when I'm done with the 2nd leg, I'll post an update.
School starts back on Monday, and then it's 39 days until Summer! AAACCKK!!! I need to start planning some summer activities. Something to get out and do, between decluttering and packing. The kids go stir crazy quick, and it's been sunny ONE day of Spring Break. And that day was chilly.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
My daughters hat
I've been loving crocheting the last couple months. I'd started out learning how to knit, but I'm painfully slow (it took me like 2 months to finish a poncho, and 3 weeks to finish a scarf.)
If you look back I've already made myself a crochet hat out of a funky colorway I bought on Hyena Cart. Now I've finished a hat for my daughter. It was just going to be practice for the double crochet, but she saw it and asked me to make it for her.
Here is where it was when she saw it.
That was Saturday around 7pm. And here she is on Monday modeling her hat for me.
I just love this girls hair!! It's so soft, she has perfect natural highlights, and those curls!!! Oh man, I can hardly keep my hands off her hair at all times. If she walks by me, I can be caught putting my fingers in the curls, but I never pull them like I'm brushing with my fingers. I scrunch them together in my hand because they're so soft!!
Ok, enough going on about my baby's hair.
I pre-wrote yesterday's entry because the kids had a dentist appointment at 10:30, across town. It's amazing the things we do for our kids. I detest the dentist, I can't remember good experiences. SO I take mine to a place called Children's Dentistry. They've got a little play house in the waiting room, the walls are painted a jungle theme. And there are about 6 game consoles, 3 LCD 'big' screens and 4 regular tv's. And that's just the waiting room. there are no toys. They don't need them. The kids are content to watch a movie, play a game, or run around with each other and make a racket in the 'house'.
Then you get called back. Your first stop is the x-rays! The little one only held the thing between her front teeth and had those done. The boy had to bite one for each side of his mouth. He hates them. The last 2 times I've had to hold on to him to get this done. But as soon as it's over, he's happy to be there again. We now notice that the theme has changed, we are now under water! They have really gone all out on these walls folks! There are two huge fish tanks, and dolphins on the walls, even a turtle on the ceiling near the "ship wrecked" room (which is where they put the kids who have an x-ray melt down when it's time for their cleaning....we had to go in there last time LOL) . they have about 4 open areas each with 4 or 6 chairs for cleanings. Each of my kids climbed into the chair, the boy layed back, the girl sat up. She's 2.5 she was nervous. Both hygienists took the time to show my kids the scrubber and let them choose their flavor (they have quite a few, they both chose bubble gum) My son had to have some gunk scraped off and then they were polished with the scrubber. By the time he was started on that, they were done scrubbing my daughters teeth. She did amazing. Just sat there with her mouth open at the right times. wow. After her scrubbing, they flossed her teeth, and then looked at all of them. By now they were finishing up with the scrubbing of my sons teeth, and the girl was having hers brushed. The boy was flossed and brushed, and it was off to wait for the dentist! This is when we get to sit in the hallway with the orca whales. (and a LCD screen...which I think i forgot to mention, from every cleaning chair, you can see a tv...yep, pretty neat) It only takes a few minutes, and then we're called into a room. They have J's (my son) xray up, and the dentist is ready to check him out. She pokes each tooth, and then says "looks good mom, no cavities, see you in a couple years for orthodontics" Yep, we'll see you in 6 months, and then again in a few years for that. yay. And his 6 yr molars are coming in nicely. She recommended a sealant for his teeth to help prevent cavities, and then moved on to K (my daughter) and commented on how 'cute' her 2 yr molars are! another "looks good mom...does she suck her thumb?" nope, a pacifier "ok, well, she's got time, but it's already starting" yeah, I know...our goal is by Christmas to have it gone. It's gonna be FUN!!
If you look back I've already made myself a crochet hat out of a funky colorway I bought on Hyena Cart. Now I've finished a hat for my daughter. It was just going to be practice for the double crochet, but she saw it and asked me to make it for her.
Here is where it was when she saw it.
That was Saturday around 7pm. And here she is on Monday modeling her hat for me.
I just love this girls hair!! It's so soft, she has perfect natural highlights, and those curls!!! Oh man, I can hardly keep my hands off her hair at all times. If she walks by me, I can be caught putting my fingers in the curls, but I never pull them like I'm brushing with my fingers. I scrunch them together in my hand because they're so soft!!Ok, enough going on about my baby's hair.
I pre-wrote yesterday's entry because the kids had a dentist appointment at 10:30, across town. It's amazing the things we do for our kids. I detest the dentist, I can't remember good experiences. SO I take mine to a place called Children's Dentistry. They've got a little play house in the waiting room, the walls are painted a jungle theme. And there are about 6 game consoles, 3 LCD 'big' screens and 4 regular tv's. And that's just the waiting room. there are no toys. They don't need them. The kids are content to watch a movie, play a game, or run around with each other and make a racket in the 'house'.
Then you get called back. Your first stop is the x-rays! The little one only held the thing between her front teeth and had those done. The boy had to bite one for each side of his mouth. He hates them. The last 2 times I've had to hold on to him to get this done. But as soon as it's over, he's happy to be there again. We now notice that the theme has changed, we are now under water! They have really gone all out on these walls folks! There are two huge fish tanks, and dolphins on the walls, even a turtle on the ceiling near the "ship wrecked" room (which is where they put the kids who have an x-ray melt down when it's time for their cleaning....we had to go in there last time LOL) . they have about 4 open areas each with 4 or 6 chairs for cleanings. Each of my kids climbed into the chair, the boy layed back, the girl sat up. She's 2.5 she was nervous. Both hygienists took the time to show my kids the scrubber and let them choose their flavor (they have quite a few, they both chose bubble gum) My son had to have some gunk scraped off and then they were polished with the scrubber. By the time he was started on that, they were done scrubbing my daughters teeth. She did amazing. Just sat there with her mouth open at the right times. wow. After her scrubbing, they flossed her teeth, and then looked at all of them. By now they were finishing up with the scrubbing of my sons teeth, and the girl was having hers brushed. The boy was flossed and brushed, and it was off to wait for the dentist! This is when we get to sit in the hallway with the orca whales. (and a LCD screen...which I think i forgot to mention, from every cleaning chair, you can see a tv...yep, pretty neat) It only takes a few minutes, and then we're called into a room. They have J's (my son) xray up, and the dentist is ready to check him out. She pokes each tooth, and then says "looks good mom, no cavities, see you in a couple years for orthodontics" Yep, we'll see you in 6 months, and then again in a few years for that. yay. And his 6 yr molars are coming in nicely. She recommended a sealant for his teeth to help prevent cavities, and then moved on to K (my daughter) and commented on how 'cute' her 2 yr molars are! another "looks good mom...does she suck her thumb?" nope, a pacifier "ok, well, she's got time, but it's already starting" yeah, I know...our goal is by Christmas to have it gone. It's gonna be FUN!!
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