10.21.10 :: 122 weeks old & 5 Year Blogaversary!

Mack is 122 weeks old today.
He's quite the comedian.

Today marks my 5th blogaversary. I've been blogging daily (with the exception of being in the hospital in labor & postpartum) for 5 years now. I can't believe it's been 5 years. I absolutely love to blog, and it's thanks to all my loyal readers (and commenters!) In honor of my blog's 5th birthday, I have quite the giveaway for you! All you have to do is leave a comment on any post, between now & Halloween. You can leave as many comments as you want, and I will pick the winners on Monday, November 1st, 2010 for all these following amazing prizes:

- 2 lucky winners will win my entire Sock Collection in PDF format.
- 1 lucky winner will win a copy of Jennifer Lori's My First Superhero.
- 1 lucky winner will win a copy of the pattern of their choice in GlennaC's Raverly shop.
- 3 lucky winners will win a copy of a pattern of their choice from WoolyBearDesign's Ravelry shop.
- 3 lucky winners will win a copy of a pattern of their choice from Jane Richmond's Ravelry Shop.
- 4 lucky winners will win a copy of a pattern of their choice from Spillyjane's Ravelry shop!
- 3 lucky winners will receive a copy of the Gift Issue of KnitCircus.
- 1 lucky winner will receive a one year subscription to KnitCircus.
- 1 lucky winner will receive a copy of the novel Jessica Z. by Shawn Klomparens, which I recently reviewed.

Holy loot! What fun prizes! If you leave a comment and you are new to my blog or a first time commenter, make sure that you leave an email address where you can be reached, or your Ravelry ID. ENJOY!

My back pain has started to get worse. I really am excited to be finished with this pregnancy already. It's to the point now where it's getting hard to even sit on the floor with the boys and do puzzles with him, or play cars, etc. They want their mommy back, and I don't blame them. Though, I do have to admit, the back pain (lower back) is not as bad as the leg cramping. I think by far, that is worse.

Some yarn made it into my shopping basket when I went on a hunt for US 19 - 15 mm circular knitting needles today. I will show you that stash enhancement tomorrow (in need of daylight to photograph the yarn properly). I figure let me get the stash enhancement out of my system now. It has been a long year on my yarn diet, and I totally deserve to spoil myself a little for behaving this year. I will be using the US 19 needles for a project that I will be doing a KAL with my sister (she managed to convince me to get cracking on that project - which I will talk about shortly).

I did get a bit of knitting done on Loopy Lace Scarf, hoping to get that finished off as soon as possible. My queue on Ravelry keeps growing as I keep getting inspired by other people's projects. So much to knit, so little time.

Today’s Link Love:
- This cute bib tutorial.
- You can head over to send a free sample of Kleenex to a friend or family member. I understand this is actually a decent size sample so it might be worth requesting. I just sent a free box to my mom and “she” sent one back to me. I’ll let you know how it is when it arrives. I was informed we should have them in about 14 days.