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| may nineteen :: 33 weeks pregnant |
| Monday, May 19, 2008 |
Today, I'm 33 weeks pregnant. 49 days to go. (It' s hit under 50!) The list of things to do is increasing, though slowly things are getting done. I finally pulled out the preemie clothing as well as the 0-3 month sized clothing. I want to be prepared this time in case Mack is born tiny. Sean, at full term was preemie size at 5 lbs 5 oz, dropping to just over 4 and a half pounds during this first week. If I have small babies, then there is a very good chance Mack could be at full term a little guy. So I'll be prepared at the hospital, and not have to take a road trip to Walmart on the way home from the hospital, like we did with Sean, to get preemie Huggies and preemie pj's & clothing. This way, this doesn't happen again. (Empty legs!)
Today it rained all day. It's very possible that a good portion of my garden is ruined. You see, half the gutters were installed in the back of the house, and well, it drained the roof onto my garden, creating a swamp. I really do not know what the extent to the damage is, but it looks like it may be most of my tomatoes (which I started back in March!) and who knows what else. I won't really be able to assess the situation until the weather clears up and I can get back into the garden.
Tomorrow we also have to call a company to come take a look at our Central Air. The machine is blowing air, but not cold air. So I have no A/C. It's been (LUCKILY) a cool weekend, but at over 8 months pregnant, and the middle of May, Central Air (Air conditioning period) would be lovely. If there is a problem with the unit, we're going to go after the previous owner of the house to replace whatever it broken. At the time that we bought the house, we were unable to check the machine to see if it was in good working order, since it was the end of the October that we put an offer on the house, and the heating was already on for the winter.
 Today, I finally finished a necklace that I made for Jamie's cousin. She'd bought the pendant, and wanted a necklace made. I've been toying with different looks and beads, and finally got inspired tonight to finish it. I love it. I hope she does too. I'm mailing it off to her tomorrow. I of course had to photograph it before sending it off! As with any piece of anything that I create.
Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry has just signed a multi-year deal with ABC, locking him in to the dramatic comedy until May 2011. So what's with the way they ended last night's episode with "Five Years Later"? I just finally watched it. I guess that's something that we won't find out why they did that until next season starts up again, which I assume will be in the fall. But that definitely was not the series finale, since they are signed on for more seasons until 2011. (Another 3 seasons). The article I read also said that 2011 may not be where it ends either, that they'll re-negotiate in May of 2011. I just don't get the ending. Any one have any ideas why they did it that way?? Also, the name Susan named her baby boy, Maynard..... very interesting. Not a name I'd ever choose for my son!
Speaking of baby names, I must find Mack a hebrew name. We need it by his Bris (Circumcision ceremony). We have time, but I want to decide before he's born. I have a few names bouncing around, we'll see what we end up with. Jamie basically left the hebrew name up to me, like he did with Sean's hebrew name. (Which is Chaim Dov. Chaim was my late grandfather's hebrew name and Dov means bear, and I just thought that the two names "went" together). Mack's hebrew first name will be after my late great-grandfather Moe and the middle name is just going to be something that goes with whatever "M" first hebrew name I decide to choose.
I finished 1 full skein of Cascade 220 for Mack's baby sweater that I am working on. (Pattern: Judy's Grandmother's Baby Sweater). I'm about 70% done the sweater, I'd say. I wound skein number 2, and I think I'm going to go knit a few more rows before going up to bed to read. I also want to watch tonight's episode of Bones to find out what happened to Booth. They can't kill him off!! He got shot last week, but who knows what happens.... I should take a photograph of how much 1 skein gave me, I'm curious to see how much of skein 2 it'll take. I don't think it'll need the full skein 2. The baby sweater is 6 month size, I surely hope that it won't need skein number 3!
I have a TON of stuff to knit before Mack is born, for both Sean, Mack and myself. I wonder how many FO's I get get done before he's born and I have even more less time on my hands!
Hope you all had a great Victoria Day holiday today! The only thing that I hate about having holidays is the fact that there is no mail! We only receive mail from Monday - Friday here (unlike the USA who gets mail on the weekends too! Or at least on Saturday anyhow). I just love going to the mailbox around/just before lunchtime and getting the mail. It's one of my fave parts of the day.
I now have under 100 pages left in the book I'm reading. I'm hoping to get it done soon, so I can start another book. Another thing I want to do a lot of before Mack's born. Who knows how much personal time I'll get after having 2 kids in my life! I'm totally NOT complaining about losing personal time, I guess I just want to take advantage of what "alone" time I have now, I guess.
I'm going to go reposition myself, I think Mackenzie is rearranging my organs inside my body. Going to knit and then read some. That's the plan.Labels: baby stuff, crafting, knitting, pregnancy |
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| may eighteen |
| Sunday, May 18, 2008 |
 Sean helped me garden today, though, while being watched by my mother & sister. I don't know what I'd have done without their help, because all he wanted to do was touch everything that I was working with. My father helped Jamie install a drain off our roof, so that it wasn't going to drip off our slanted roof onto my vegetable garden.
 He just loves being outside. And I don't blame him. There is just so much to explore!
 After a quick lunch at my parents house, my parents took Sean with them for a drive to my dad's friend who is a doctor. My sister needed a shot that she gets now every 2 weeks (for B12) and since tomorrow is a holiday in Canada, they went today to his office (which was nice of him to meet on a Sunday) and Sean wanted to see if he would be a doctor when he grows up. The picture my sister took of him in the doctor's coat is just too cute.
 Today I finished working in my garden. ALL DONE! And you won't believe what I planted! My garden is HUGE!!!
 We have:
Sweetie Tomatoes
San Marzano Tomatoes
Beefsteak Tomatoes
Early Cal wonder Peppers
Mixed Mini Bell Peppers
Cantaloupe
Zucchini
Cucumbers
Radish
Boston Lettuce
Paris Island Lettuce
Black Seed Lettuce (I think that's what it's called)
Stringless Beans
Peas
Corn
Pumpkin (Jack O'Lantern)
Broccoli
Red Globe Onions
Shallots (Onion)
Carrots
I think that's everything. I don't think I'm missing out on anything in my list above. I'm upset that I totally forgot about Cauliflower. I love cauliflower. There is always next year.
This year, is an experiment. Trial & Error. We'll see how it goes! I have no idea what will sprout, etc, so it's just a test. I ended up waiting on the watermelon (though the seeds were already started) but I'm going to wait until the fence is up, and I'm going to plant them by the Strawberry bushes that we're planting as well, in another area of the backyard. I also have a question.
I planted 1 Jack O'lantern pumpkin plant. Will that give me 1 pumpkin or more than 1 pumpkin? If it's only going to give me 1 pumpkin, then I'll have to plant another seed for Mackenzie. I want 1 pumpkin for each kid for Hallowe'en. If I will get more than 1 pumpkin in 1 plant, then I don't have to plant another one of the seeds that I started back in April. I have another plant "ready to go".... I just need an answer in regards to how many you get per plant. I tried googling the question, but got no where unfortunately.
Also, does anyone know, how many watermelons you get per seed planted? Is it just 1 watermelon per seed?
We'll see what works successfully in my garden, so I know for next year what to focus/concentrate on more. It's possible that there are things that won't grow at all, or be successful. I'm so excited to see what happens though.
 Here is a view of one of the tomato plants. Isn't it really cute & tiny? I know I do not need the tomato trellis yet, but I put them there to mark the space around the tomato, and figured I'd leave it there. Why not. It's not causing any harm, that's for sure.
 I also decided to plant 2 extra zucchini plants. I felt really bad to just toss them out. I had 2 left, and I didn't have any room left in my garden (there's 1 plant in my garden bed already). I plan on training them on a trellis in these plant pots. I love zucchini on the BBQ, and I'm sure I will know a ton of people that will take zucchini if we have an excess. I was told that zucchini once picked grows back and you get even more. That's okay with me! I don't mind! The more to give away to the neighbors (the nice neighbors that is) the better! Plus, I didn't have the heart to throw out the nice thriving plants into the garbage. Blame it on my pregnancy hormones.
 The chalk was played with again today on the back patio. Sean had fun scribbling & I had fun coloring in tiles. Nothing wrong with chalk art to keep us both entertained!
 This is not even half of my Iris plants. And do you see how many there are within this one plant in my backyard? There are still about 3 plants that were taking out when they dug up my backyard for the fence, and I plan on re-planting them in the backyard once the fence goes up (which is being started tomorrow, and promised to be finished by). Speaking of which, my father, Jamie & I re-measured the backyard from the Certificate of Location (which you need these days in order to sell a house - which is why we have one for our property luckily), and my fence will be put up properly on MY SIDE of my property line. My back neighbor, as I mentioned, doesn't want ANY ownership of the fence, so he does NOT want it touching his side of the property line. I am okay with this, since he's not paying a dime towards it, but he's stating that the electrical pole that is in the yard is not on my property, because the legend on my Certificate of Location seems to have a mistake on it. We measured twice my property, and the pole does fall in my property. (Though we're kinda doing the fence on an angle in that corner so that Hydro Quebec and the phone company DO NOT have to come onto my property in my backyard to service that pole). However, the annoying neighbor was saying that I shouldn't even be anywhere near it, because it's not on my property. He says that because he's an electrical engineer he knows how to read my paperwork. It seriously does NOT take an electrical engineer only to figure out how to measure so and so feet from the edge of the house to the end of my property. Anyone with an ELEMENTARY school degree can certainly use a tape measure with a measurement given to them. I really hope he does not cause me more issues. And he's leaving really annoying messages on my answering machine stating that "I shouldn't get heartbroken if it's done wrong and the fence needs to be ripped at MY cost".... glad he's so concerned about my money. A fence ain't cheap (over 3K), you'd think I'd get it done PROPERLY the first and only time??
 Here's a shot of that bamboo looking plant, and how tall it's gotten! Soon, it's going to be well taller than me, I'm sure of it. It's nice to look at, and I can't wait to see how big the leaves get.
This evening Jamie & I took Sean to see his cousin who is in from Toronto. They're in very rarely, and Sean's cousin who is 8 years old (maybe 9 now, I don't know for sure), wanted to see Sean, so we went back to Jamie's step-sister's place to visit everyone. I got to sit on the couch there and put my feet up, and knit. It was a pleasure to have everyone want to hang out and watch Sean, so it was a great break for a bit. I got some knitting done on Judy's Grandmother's Baby Sweater, which looks like it may be done soon! I'm hoping so, as I have a ton of other projects to finish before Mackenzie is born. 50 days left til my due date.... it's getting down to crunch time! (I actually pulled out the boxes of preemie & 0-3 month clothing today. I want to be prepared with both preemie sized stuff & 0-3 month (newborn) items at the hospital, IN CASE Mack is born tiny like his brother was. Chances are that I have small babies, but we'll see. Though, I do have to tell you that I'm afraid to "push out" anything bigger than 5 lbs 5 oz, because that was rough as it was, with a small baby! Anything bigger than that scares me! I'm serious.
Just reminding you all that the July Sock Club kits are now listed in the shop.
Alright, I'm BEAT. Gardening all afternoon & getting sun has drained me. I'm going to see if I can keep my eyes open for a few pages in the book I'm reading, and then hit the sack for the night.Labels: family stuff, knitting, my garden, reading, Robyn's Nest, Sean |
| posted by Knit & Purl Mama @ 11:40 PM |
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| may seventeen |
| Saturday, May 17, 2008 |
Found these beautiful flowers on the tree on the side of my house today. Didn't notice them until today. Neither did Jamie. I'm no expert, so I'm going to ask - does anyone know if this is a lilac tree? Or is it another type of flower?
 I also captured this beautiful photograph of a pink tulip that has blossomed in front of my house. I just LOVE the shade of pink that it is. I just love it. It's just beautiful.  Sean drew with chalk today and played with his grandmother in the backyard while I worked in my garden. He had a blast, as he just LOVES to be outside. Picking up chalk to have in the house seems to be a fantastic idea. I'm glad I have that one box that we opened of jumbo chalk plus some more stashed away for later.
 I got about half my garden done today. I believe the correct measurements of my garden are about 6ft x 25 ft. (I'll measure soon and let you know, I'm curious). But I recall the gardener who helped me prepare it, mentioned something about 25 ft, and I know for a fact that it's 6 ft in the smaller direction because that was measured for another reason. The rest of the gardening will get done tomorrow.  Sean's 72 week photo. We took it this evening at Jamie's step-sister's house. I love mirrors in other people's bathrooms! LOL. I always find interesting self-portraits emerge in other people's houses! This picture was taken in her den ensuite powder room.  And since I LOVE her bathroom mirror in the main bathroom in the house, I had fun taking some self-portraits. Here's 32 weeks 5 days. Don't you just love the bathroom mirror frame?  I finished weaving in the ends last night to the iPod cozy. We have a finished object. I love the way this stripes! Specs:
Pattern: My Own (Ravelry link) (Picot Edge, Stockinette body)
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Lightweight Lucy 0.09 of the skein = 32.4 yards (29.6m) = 12g Needles: 2.75mm/US2
Timeline: Tuesday, May 13th - Friday, May 16th, 2008 I love how "clean" the picot edge looks on the inside of the cozy. If done properly, it looks fabulous, and then you don't have to sew it in later (some people sew it later, but I worked it into the pattern right at the beginning). It's genius, if you ask me. I'll definitely be doing other things with picot edging later on! You'll see! Now I just need to figure out if I want to put a snap or something to keep it sealed when in my bag. But now, I can toss my iPod freely into my purse and not have to worry about it getting scratched or whatnot.  Later afternoon it started to drizzle. I took this opportunity, since we were going out, to put Sean in his rain coat and matching hat. I just love the set, it is just too cute on him. And this photo that I snapped on our front steps of our house, I just love it. I love the stones on the outside of our house. It just makes a beautiful photograph. I think I want to blow up this image in a print and frame it. It's one of my new fave photos. Gosh, I love this kid. ps- Happy first birthday Jakob! Labels: finished object, FO, knitting, my garden, Sean |
| posted by Knit & Purl Mama @ 11:07 PM |
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| may sixteen :: 72 weeks |
| Friday, May 16, 2008 |
Sean is 72 weeks old today. Picture is coming tomorrow. Forgot to take one today. Whoops! (Pregnancy brain!) Definitely will take one tomorrow.
 Today, my garden was finished. YEY! I can garden tomorrow. I'm so excited to plant everything outside. I'm a little nervous about getting it all started tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes. It's all math (for spacing), and I'm not good at math. Also, the pregnancy has allowed me to get frustrated at directions. I'm just hoping that I don't get frustrated with it tomorrow. I also hope that I do my planting correctly. Anyone have any last minute advice/tips on vegetable gardening? All I know is that I was told it's a good idea to put the lettuce plants in between the tomato plants. I cannot wait to see if I have room to plant everything that I want. I will definitely take pictures tomorrow after planting/gardening.
 So... my neighbor has been super annoying. Calling and sending his wife outside (while he's at work) to check up on what is doing in MY backyard. Oh, I can't wait for my fence to be up, so that I can not have to see them again. Above, the yellow cord marks MY side of the property line. The other side of the steel rod would mark the exact property line. And, as you see, the pole, will be placed on MY side of the line (yellow cord), where we drew in the earth, to show my annoying neighbor that it wont be touching his property, not one bit. Now he's just concerned about my property line with the other neighbor, and I don't understand why he's so concerned, seeing as though, it's not on his side, and I don't know what he's getting out of being in my business.
 Progress on my iPod cozy as of this afternoon. I actually finished the cozy this evening, pictures will follow tomorrow of the finished project! It was such a fast knit. I totally could have finished it earlier, but the little man only allows so much knitting time each day.
And here is a better shot of the picot edging! I just love it. Project details to follow tomorrow.
This evening we went out for dinner with two of Jamie's ex-coworkers, and it was really nice. Sean was well behaved at the restaurant (as always) and of course the source of entertainment. He's just a cutie, what can I say?? We went into the mall attached afterwards so I could pick up a few items for the garden (reflector things to keep the birds away, etc). I will place them in my garden tomorrow.
I think I'm going to go crawl into bed and read a bit before crashing. Tomorrow we have gardening to do, and also a family BBQ, Jamie's step-brother is in from Toronto and I can't wait to see everyone.Labels: Aggrevating Things, friends, knitting, knitting related, my garden |
| posted by Knit & Purl Mama @ 10:49 PM |
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| may fifteen |
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
 I finally washed Sean's name sippy cup, and he got to use it today for the first time. I think it's really cute, and Sean likes it. I think he's deep in thought in this photo! I wonder what he's thinking about.
 We also played around with Elmo's Video Camera for kids. It's really cute. We'd gotten it on liquidation at Winners not too long ago. I thought it would be neat to take a photo of Sean through the camera's lens. He thought it was funny.
 I've gotten a request for images of the picot edging for the camera cozy I'm making. I tried my best to photograph it, but I'll do better photos when I have some more time tomorrow. It's my first time making a picot edge on anything. Très simple. Loving it.
 What do you think?? I'm loving the way it's stitched into the piece while knitting it up, and not seamed afterwards. I'm going to make a pattern after I'm done my cozy, it's very simple if you ask me. I'll turn it into a PDF and make it available, for those of you whom have an iPod touch and want to make a cozy! I'm using lightweight sock yarn scraps, and it's very easy.
 My Iris' are looking good. One has blossomed already! They are GORGEOUS! WOW! I can't believe that I have more than 1 of these plants. The others will be re-planted once the fence goes up in my backyard. But the plant you see is not affected by the backyard renovations.
Isn't it just beautiful? So beautiful I had to play around in photoshop with the image:
      It felt so good to play around in photoshop for a bit. Hadn't worked on a photo like this in months. Yes I color correct and fix up my images before printing or blogging them, but not playing around, etc. I need to keep up with my skills! (I have a degree in both graphic design & professional photography, even though currently I'm not practicing my degrees officially).
Finally spoke to my neighbor, and he tried to input his opinion on the color choice for the fence, but if he is not going to pay a penny, he's getting no say in anything. My fence is for me, not for him, and it's going up on my side of the line (which he's making me re-measure again tomorrow). Ugh! I'm hoping that my garden area will be ready tomorrow, as I will be gardening hopefully over the weekend (hopefully there won't be any rain). When I got home this evening there was yet another message on my machine from my neighbor, as well as a letter in my mailbox. Oh, I really want to make sure that the fence is going up 100% on my side so that I have no issues in the future from the neighbor. Why are neighbors sometimes really annoying and "special"?
 Tonight, I went with the West Island Knits group to a pub for some knitting. We were 6 of us, including a new member! I hope she returns and wasn't scared of us! It was a lot of fun knitting in a pub, which was a little dark, but because there was a TV screen behind us, it wasn't so bad.
Information is now up for the July Sock Club! June's is completely sold out, so I listed the July kits early. July's kit will be the last kit for a little while, as Robyn's Nest sock club is taking a mini-vacation until early fall, just while I get adjusted to having a newborn and toddler in my life. Once things get back to normal, the sock club will resume (I'm thinking for September 2008). In any case, I'm doing something a little different & special for the July kit, since I decided to do a mini-vacation from the sock club being at the end of my pregnancy. I think I'll have my hands full for a bit with the two boys.
PLEASE NOTE: Robyn's Nest will STILL remain open for business, it's just the sock club that is taking a mini-vacation.Labels: general stuff, knitting, my garden, Robyn's Nest, Sean, West Island Knits |
| posted by Knit & Purl Mama @ 11:23 PM |
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| may fourteen |
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
This morning my mom took Sean to his music class, as the gardener was supposed to show up sometime in the morning. I got a lot accomplished at home while he was out with my mom. It's amazing how time flies when you have a lot of stuff to do with no one to distract you.
 Today was a fabulous mail day. I received my prize from Stitch Therapy. I had entered a contest she had a while back where you had to answer about 15 questions, and I got the most right, so I won! It was fun playing. She also sent me some chocolates (long gone before this picture was taken) and some really cute handmade stitch markers. I forgot to photograph the stitch markers with the yarn, my apologies. I've never seen Posh Yarn before, and now I'm intrigued by it. It's Lucia 4 ply sock, 70% merino / 30% cashmere yarn in Raspberry color. It's super soft & CASHMERE!!! Thank you again Hattie!
 I also received a package from Lainie. We used to swap more often, but haven't in a while - things got busy for the both of us. Lainie sent me some very lovely things - thank you girl! Sean loves his new bib, and I love everything else! (The jelly beans didn't make it very long after the photo).
 I also received a parcel from Kimber, who knit an adorable hat & matching booties for Mackenzie. Thank you Kimber - they are absolutely great. Kimber is due the same week as me, I think 2 days before me or something. We keep joking to see who is going to "pop" first. She's having a baby girl, her 2nd girl, and I'm having a baby boy, my 2nd boy.
 My iPod cozy has progress. (Even more progress since this photo was taken). I'm hoping tomorrow it'll be finished. I think it's really cute, and I cast on and did a picot edge, and I think it looks fabulous. The picot edge is really tricky to photograph, I'll try again tomorrow at photographing it. Ah, yes, you noticed. The rosewood needles are gone. I'm super sad. I went back to the LYS to exchange them (after Angela came by today) and apparently there have been huge problems with the Pony Rosewoods and they shop isn't carrying them anymore. They exchanged them for Clover DPNs, which saddened me, I really loved my Rosewoods. I will miss them. They were so pretty.
 The gardener, who was supposed to show up before lunch today, finally showed up somewhere around 3:30pm. (GRR!) They made a HUGE mess of the lawn, which is ridiculous if you ask me. I'm hoping they fix it afterwards.
 This (above) is where I plan on gardening my vegetable garden. I'm very excited for the gardener to finish (he's mixing the top soil & fertilizer for me, and prepping my garden for me, hopefully tomorrow). I think this is a pretty decent sized garden! Hopefully I'll be able to grow a lot of things.
 And this is the same view as yesterday, minus the tree in the middle and all those bushes. The gardener also cleaned up the apple tree that belongs to the neighbor, as it hung over onto our property and there are rotten apples all over my property. (Gross). Speaking of this said neighbor, I think he's going to get a mouthful from me tomorrow. He called my house at quarter to 10pm tonight. Who the fuck calls a house that late with a 16 month old baby?? Sean & I had fallen asleep on the couch this evening (Jamie went out) and if Sean had woken up...... I would NOT have been a happy camper. Last night Sean woke up after being asleep for over an hour because one of Jamie's friends' girlfriends called because she was lost and needed directions. I was not a happy campers last night. It took me forever to get Sean back to sleep. I am not too sure why the neighbor was calling, as I simply have nothing to discuss with him. He's not paying a cent towards anything, so he gets no say in anything. The fence is being started first thing tomorrow, (and the guy is finishing up on Monday), in white. His wife (my neighbor) gets no say in the color. Unless they want to pay for half the fence (which I doubt).
 Yep, I've got to call the city tomorrow morning to get them to pick up the tree branches. What a mess of my lawn. The tree removal has taken over my yard. It's so messy. I also hope it rains. There is mud everywhere that needs to be washed away.
In Mackenzie news, I honestly think he'll be here sooner rather than later. I'm in soooooo much pain right now. There is a huge pressure against my cervix, and it's getting stronger and stronger daily. It's getting to the point, where soon, it'll be as painful as the feeling I got just before my water broke with Sean. So, I decided that I should start thinking about my hospital bag. Today I picked up newborn diapers while out getting diapers for Sean. I also pulled out my hospital bag, and will start thinking about what I need for it over the weekend. I think I still have the list of what I packed in my bag during my pregnancy with Sean. Sean's hospital bag was finished being packed 2 days before my water broke. I'm kind of afraid of the same situation happening again, if I'm truly further along than what the UltraSound technician places Mackenzie's age to be at. You never know, I could actually be almost 36 weeks pregnant, and not almost 33 weeks. Who knows. Obviously Mackenzie will be born when he's ready to come out,
but I'm telling you - in this heat, with this pain/pressure, and with how swollen I've become, I'm ready. So come out whenever you want, my sweet little boy. Mommy can't wait to meet you. (I'm actually very curious to know what he will look like)....!
The June Sock Club sold out today, so I'll be posting the information shortly for the July sock club. I'm doing something a little special for the July club, but details will follow shortly.Labels: general stuff, knitting, my garden, pregnancy, swaps, yarn |
| posted by Knit & Purl Mama @ 10:10 PM |
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| may thirteen |
| Tuesday, May 13, 2008 |
 This morning in Sean's class (which was a struggle to get out of bed and get to), we celebrated (belated) Mother's Day. The kids put handprints on a poem, and I plan on framing mine. It's soo sweet. The poem reads:
Hand Prints
Sometimes you get discouraged
Because I am so small
And always leave my fingerprints
On furniture and walls.
But everyday I'm growing
I'll be grown some day
And all those tiny handprints
Will surely fade away.
So here's a little handprint
Just so you can recall
Exactly how my fingers looked
When I was very small.
How sweet, eh? Pregnancy hormones, I'm tearing.
 The neighbor directly across from me, but on the other side of the park (because I don't really have a neighbor across from me), has this BEAUTIFUL purple tree. I just LOVE it. Isn't it gorgeous? I just want one now in my yard. WOW.
 My tulips are still blooming (some of them) but some of them are on their way out. They don't last long. Though, this year, not a single squirrel issue. I think it was just the mean ass squirrels that live in the city. I love the suburbs now!
 Even a pink tulip!! PINK! Can you believe it?
 And a white one snuck in too!
 So I had to take a "before" picture. Tomorrow, the tree in the middle of my yard, (which looks dead) and ALL those bushes that run along the edge of my yard, are going bye-bye....! I can't wait to see the work finished. And my vegetable garden started!
 Anyone have any idea what this may be?? It's looking healthy (the bamboo looking stem) and I'm not sure what kind of plant this is?
 And this??? I'm so curious to see what is going to come of this. I've never seen anything like it before. My backyard is full of surprises this year! I'm not complaining at all - just impatiently waiting!
This afternoon Sean was full of beans so I took him across the street to the park, which he just loves. He loves being outside, he loves running around free. (Which could be a good & bad thing at the same time).
 He even picked a dandelion for mommy. How sweet. Made my heart melt. And then he tried to eat it. Not really sure how much I wasn't able to get out of his mouth. Hope he won't get sick. Have you ever had your child eat a dandelion? I'm sure your child was okay afterwards?? I've never heard of a child dying from eating a piece of dandelion, I hope!
 While at the park, I took the opportunity to cast on a cozy for my iPod touch. Knitting whenever I got the chance to while there.
 And somehow, I'm not sure, but my Pony Rosewoods had a little accident this evening. I was NOT putting any pressure on them, and snap. My mouth DROPPED. My 20$ knitting needles, one broke. I was a little mad. Just a tad. I'm *pretty* certain that the place I bought them has an exchange policy for Pony, so I will be hopefully finding time tomorrow to go exchange them.
There has been a huge progress on my iPod cozy since this picture. Updates tomorrow.
ONE spot left in June's Sock Club. Who will be the lucky recipient? Can't believe I'm that close to sold out even with the EXTRA spots we opened up, and it's only the 2nd week of May! Details for the July kit will follow the sold out club (once that last spot is gone!) Thank you to all my loyal customers for making June's kit Hot Hot Hot!Labels: knitting, knitting related, my garden, Robyn's Nest, Sean |
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