Yarn Along

I am knitting several things at the moment. Pictured above is one of the mittens I have completed with the second on the needles. I am also knitting my first lacy shawl as kind of a test to see if I can do it. Because it is a test for me I am using up some not so nice stash yarn that is a light fingering weight. The yarn is mostly nylon but it is a bit rough once knit up and not very elastic. No pic because it doesn't look very interesting yet since I am just on the set up rows. I have knit very little lace and it is something I would like to improve this year. And the third non-hibernating project on my needles right now is this doll for my little girl (below) which I hope to have done by her birthday but it is knit on US 2.5 or 3 needles with Knit Picks palette yarn so it is slow going. For reading: again blogs but I started Organized Simplicity today on the Ipad although I didn't get far. We will see if I have the attention span to finish it. :) Go see Ginny for more Yarn Along fun (check out her new button down at the bottom of the post!)

7 Very Quick Takes

1.
Don't mix bleach and vinegar. Just don't. Go here to find out why and don't ask me any more about it.

2.
I may or may not have done this today in very small amounts with very unpleasant and dangerous results.

3.
I love Tazo Decaffinated Chai Tea with honey and milk in it. Pure Bliss.

4.
Is there some kind of virus going around that only affects males? Usually my daughter is the first one to get sick in our house but this time only my husband and son seem to be ill and Belle is fit as a fiddle. Odd.

5.
I think the only reason I have not been sick (at least not enough to need to alter my daily routines much) in the last 4 months when everyone else around me has been, is because I started taking Cod Liver Oil almost every day. Fermented Cod Liver Oil to be specific. It doesn't taste great but it is bearable and if it keeps me from getting sick I don't care how bad it tastes.

6.
I spend entirely too much time on Facebook.

7.
I am looking forward to using the new missal my husband got me for Christmas at the Latin Mass this Sunday for the first time! Yay! Does that make me some kind of Catholic geek?

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Yarn Along

A little late to the party today but you know what they say... Anyway, I have a few finished projects and one on the needles but all I managed to take a picture of this week was one of the finished Aviatrix hats I knitted for my daughter. As you can see in the second picture, it is a little small and I think I should have knit the 4+ size instead of the 2-4 years size (she is almost 3 but she is big for her age, the same size as her 4 y0 cousin in fact). Or maybe I should have just added one more short row section, hmm... I will have to try again. I will probably use the same yarn since this only took one skein and I have 4 left. It is 100% baby alpaca I picked up at a crazy craft sale in Minneapolis a couple years ago. It is so buttery soft and not at all itchy. I wish I would have bought more. I have been reading mostly blogs but also "The Temperament God Gave You", which my husband also read (well some of it). It is a short and good read that has shed some light on why my husband and I interact in some ways repeatedly with no good outcomes from these interactions. I think it will help us change the way we relate to each other or at least understand each other better.

And, just because I love this picture I am adding a cute fat Christmas baby picture to this post.

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Yarn Along

Knitting socks for my girl. I cast these on about a week before I had Thomas so that I would have some simple knitting to take to the hospital with me. I love the wildness of the striping. These just make me happy. :) No reading for me lately (besides blogs) with a 6 week old in the house. I do need to pick up a book soon though, there are several sitting around here waiting for me to read. Go see Ginny for more knitting and reading fun!

{Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real}

Yay my first PHFR!
{Pretty, Happy}

Isn't she lovely?


I suppose handsome is a better word for these two.

Some of you may be confused by this one but if you knew my love affair with butter and spiced breads/cakes... Both pretty and happy here. Also, it may look like a TON of butter (ok who am I kidding, it is... hey I am nursing a baby here) but that slice of cooked carrot oatmeal bread is at least an inch thick.
And I love these wild/fun/girly socks I am knitting for little miss Belle.

{Funny}
Found in a random place on the floor. Notice the cupcake liner.

My "gloves" so I wouldn't burn myself when I touched the hot pan.

"Say Cheese" (tiny playdough camera)

{Real}

Battling some diaper rash around here. Trying this because I have read it is both effective and doesn't cause repelling on cloth diapers which my beloved California Baby diaper creme seems to cause.

And finally, I call this one "life with a newborn and two year old". Five weeks is still newborn right? Somebody say yes because this mess... oy! This is pretty much my whole house in a snapshot folks. I took a picture of the kitchen but it was too scary to post. Go visit Like Mother Like Daughter (try the button up top) for more Pretty Happy Funny Real!
Also, more real here, that ring on my finger in the funny shot-as in my ENGAGEMENT ring- is now missing. :( I let my daughter look at it at bedtime and forgot to ask for it back, now we can't find it. It may not look like much but my husband and I were high school sweethearts (well I was in high school anyway) and when he proposed we were young and poor. I love that ring and everything it represents more than you can imagine... please pray we find it in the morning.

*UPDATE*
My darling daughter 'found' the ring in her pocket this morning (after I asked her if there was anything in her pockets- I had a suspicion). She was thrilled and so was I!

"The clock starts over..."

This is what my husband kept saying during my whole pregnancy when referring to the birth of our second child.  He was referring to the nights of staying up till the wee hours of the morning with a fussy baby and generally everything that comes with having a child.  At the time I scoffed.  After all, we were more experienced, more used to taking care of children, surely better at managing our time and getting to bed early... Yet, here I sit at 6am.  I went to bed at 10:15 last night, woke up at 12:30 to nurse, and have been up since 3am with my 4 week old son.  My daughter intermittently cries out from the bedroom in her sleep.  Transitions have never been easy for her and this night time transition with a new baby has been especially hard.  I am afraid she is missing a lot of sleep as well and I am not sure what to do about it.  I keep telling myself this is only a short phase of life in the grand scheme of things.  There will be a time when we can all sleep peacefully again and I won't have this exhausted-past-the-point-of-feeling-tired and jangly-raw-nerves feeling anymore.  It helps me get through the day and keep moving forward, even when I feel like yelling at the world or simply giving up and taking refuge in my bed.  Otherwise, the weather is getting colder and I am liking the feeling of snugness in our little apartment these days.  Now if only it would magically clean itself I could relax...

Hello and welcome to my new blog!

I am so happy and excited to be blogging again! I can finally access my blogger dashboard and posting options. Yippee!!! Ok, I really have to go back to cooking dinner but I was just so excited when I realized this a minute ago.