september four

Last night upon getting in from knitting (where Mack was not too happy), Jamie spent some time with him and around 10:30 pm he fell asleep in the swing. I brought the monitor downstairs and hooked it up next to him, and went upstairs to bed. I totally wasn't expecting it, but he slept in the swing until 7 am this morning. I got a fabulous night's sleep, but it was well worth it. I'm super happy that he was able to sleep in the swing so long. Honestly, it's a savior! Wow, 9 hours of sleep. Here's to hoping it happens tonight again?!

So...! The reason I love my husband on our 3rd anniversary (which is in two weeks)....

The beautiful ring he got me to celebrate. He told me there was a certain budget for a piece of jewelry (oops, I went over - but how could I not get this ring!), and he asked me if I wanted earrings or a necklace or a ring.... so I chose a ring. Last year I got a necklace. I've gotten earrings from him before, for other occasions, and decided that I needed a new ring for my right hand.

It's super gorgeous. What girl doesn't love diamonds?

And what did he want as an anniversary present?
A new hockey bag, a new hockey stick, and I also got him 3 nice sweater shirts.
(Not thick sweaters, but inbetween long-sleeve t-shirt and sweater style).
We'll also be going out for dinner on our anniversary.

My garden update:

I'm seeing red. And lots of it!

And a sunflower is starting to bloom, almost 100% done.

Last week I saw a skein of yarn that Susan B. Anderson was knitting with.
I hate to have a ball for myself.
Self-striping.
Mmm.

Had to get my hands on some.... now. So I did. Opal Feelings #1702.

And I received today in the mail, another installment of the Scout's Swag Sock Club yarn. Posa is the name of the colorway. It's yummy. I love the color combo. (Speaking of Scout's Swag - does anyone have Rowing Home (1st kit/installment colorway) knitted up or in progress of knitting up? I cannot find it on Ravelry, and I cannot find it via a google search. I want to see how it knits up before deciding whether I really don't like it or not and destash it. So anyone? Bueller?)

Today I had a blah day. In the morning I had my cleaning lady here, I love it when she leaves and my house is clean. Sean took a long nap this afternoon, but Mack didn't want to go down while he was napping, but eventually I did get him to sleep a bit in the swing, and he slept in the swing while I did some stash photography. I'm in the progress of finally uploading all the yarn I have in my stash to Ravelry. It's going to be along ongoing process, but I'll get there. Apparently I have a lot of stash! (I'm not complaining!) Right now I've uploaded 7534 yards of yarn to Ravelry.

Ooohhhh! Contest idea! Can you guess how many total yards of yarn that I have in my personal stash? I'll only know myself once I've uploaded everything into Ravelry, but I'll make sure to close the contest before I'm 100% finished, so that no one can just add it up and cheat! And the yardage of yarn will not include my Robyn's Nest stash - so don't worry. That yarn belongs to Robyn's Nest and not my personal stash... Oh, I like this idea! Start guessing - you may win a prize!

Tonight's the last night for my 3 Day Labor Day Sale. Tomorrow morning when I wake up, everything will be back to regular price. (20% discount is applied in your shopping cart - not on the regular pages). Also - tomorrow morning, I'll re-list the Sock Club kits, which were the only product taken down because they weren't on sale.

Tonight Jamie and I went to Parent/Teacher Orientation for Sean's class that starts next week. We were there for over an hour (totally wasn't expecting it to last that long, but it did). It was great to see some of Sean's friend's moms and meet some of the dads. Sean will have 2 teachers this year, and 1 of them, is really good friends with my in-laws and she was actually at our wedding. I'm really happy that Sean will be in good hands. He starts next Thursday (and so do I for the first 5 weeks). (Separation program)

Today was just a blah day. I'm hoping it's cooler out tomorrow though I have a feeling it'll be another scorcher of a day... fun. Thank heavens I have working A/C! Or I think I'd rip my hair out.

Tonight, while watching some TV with Jamie, I ripped back a number of repeats in my Chevron Scarf. Yep, remember that scarf? I'd noticed an error the last time I picked it up and it was really bothering me. So I ripped back to the last good row, and I'm ready to go again on it. I really need to start finishing projects and NOT starting any more new projects. (Knitting A.D.D. much?) I think I have 10 started projects and 3 single socks that need their mate. Yep, it's insane. At least some of the projects are just for me, and have no deadline.... And there is some yarn I'm waiting for to start my nephew's birthday gift, as his birthday is in November. And I wanted to knit 1 more garment for my husband's cousin for her baby shower. Argh! Not enough hours in the day! Really!