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Johnanthan Cassian Vernon Lastname was born on 5-27 at 12:43pm weighing 6.3 oz and is 19.75 inches long. He came into the world after 5 1/2 hours labor.

aw man!!!

Bad timing!

So. Yeah. You know how I've ALWAYS wanted to be a roller girl? Guess who's holding adutions?
yeah. The MN Roller Girls. For when you ask? One month. So yeah... I can totally pop out a kid and then be a roller girl.... right?

Poop. Now I is sad. I shall go eat ice cream. That will make it better.

Pinwheel Done!

I finished the Pinwheel Blanket yesterday. OMG! Blocking it was such a pain in the ass! I've never blocked something round before, and let me tell you, it sucks. Or rather, I suck at it. :)

I used a size 8 needle because that's what I had the most of in double points and circulars laying around. I think the fabric ended up a little airy, but that's okay, as it's cascade220 superwash. And what May baby doesn't need a nice warm wool blanket? :) It was a easy knit, something that I could totally knit while watching TV or chatting with friends. I would totally knit this again. But if I were to, I'd go one size down with the needles.

Thursday Update

This turned out a little blurry, but whatever. 39 week belly. (plus 2 days) Doctor apt on Tue went well. Apparently I can have this kid at ANY TIME! Dilated between 2 and 3, 80% effaced. If I don't have him by Tuesday, I'll go in at 5 freaking am, they'll break my water and I'll have a baby. BY TUESDAY!!! Doctor is guessing he's about 7 1/2 to 8 pounds. Not bad. Right in the ball park that I was hoping for. :)

On to the knitting... Pinwheel blanket is almost done. I started the moss stitch board and ran out of yarn from the second skein. I'll use just a smidgen of the third skein, so it looks like Siris will be getting a sweater after all. I think I'm going to do 5 rows of the boarder, and I'm on row 3 maybe? I've got 5 inches left on Maya's Hood. I took my hubby's socks with me today to get an oil change and I got a full repeat done on them. I might just bring those with me to the hospital to finish up. I thought about starting some for my mother, but if I could get 3 projects done from my WIP list, that would totally rock.

So, the fridge is stocked, I started packing my bag. All I have to do is finish washing some clothes and maybe vacuum yet and I'm good to go! :)

Oh, and I totally have Internet access in my room at the hospital, so I'll keep ya'll updated. :)

I shall leave you with a picture of my little dog, with funny ears. He thinks he's a cat, and likes to sleep on the back of the couch in the sun. I can't really blame him.

This post is full of swear words.

Damn damn damn.

I was cruising along on Maya's sweater and I just noticed I miss-crossed a cable. Fuck! It's way too far back to fix it. damn it! Son of a bitch. Piss Fuck Damn.

Okay. Breath.

I think I can fix it. Al La the Yarn Harlot. Option #2. damn! I'm so pissed off right now. I can't believe I did that.

Is this a Knitting blog?

You wouldn't know, as of late, would you?

I finished Jen's socks last night! We just happen to be getting together for some knitting and visiting, so I'm going to bring over the sock, and force her to either A) put them on and let me take pictures of her feet so I can post those pictures on the Internet. (hehe..that sounds SO CREEPY!) or B) let me block them, so I can take a photo of them. Or, maybe both. :)

Worked on the pinwheel blanket. Up to 37 stitches per section which means that I still have no idea how big it is. :) When I switched up to my larger circulars, it didn't look very big. I'm sure when I block it the thing will like.. grow to cover my queen sized bed or something. I'm not even halfway through my second ball of cascade 220 so, we'll see after some more knitting tonight I guess. I'm planning on bringing that blanket and the sweater for my niece. Because it's May, and what toddle doesn't need a wool sweater in May? d'oh. I just have to decrease the sleeve cap, and then it's on to the hood. So close to finishing I can almost taste it!

A Day at the Dog Park.

Since yesterday was so nice outside, and I've been feeling guilty about having a baby and ruining the 'good thing' these dogs have, I went and took them to the dog park for a few hours. I can no longer walk them both at once, but I can let them run and play while I sit in the sun. Everybody wins!

Cleo was being extra funny yesterday. She kept protecting me from the other dogs. When a huge husky came to visit me, she chest butted him out of the way. She did this to all the dogs that were getting 'too close' to me. Which is funny, as normally she's so busy with sniffing and whatnot, that I can pet all the dogs with no problems. I think she was watching out for my belly. :)

And, my little guy Siris, who is scared of EVERYTHING and EVERYBODY, was sitting on my lap when a lady with a baby sat next to me. Next thing I know, he's sidled over and is licking the babies ear. This is the same lady who he would not go near 10 seconds earlier. Then Cleo had to come over a lick the babies too.

Hm. Maybe these dogs do know something is up.

Stuff not related to knitting

Lookie! My new hair!
Not soccer mom like at all. Very happy with it.

Also, since I was taking pictures of my hair, here's my 38 week (tomorrow) belly.
Yes. I look like a dork. I know. But all the other pictures were either blurry or I had an even weirder expression on my face. Eh. What you gonna do?

I think I'm now going to go eat the whole container of strawberries I just bought. They're totally calling my name.

Never tempt the Knittting Gods.

For they are vile and fickle. This I have learned.

The past couple days I've really been craving lace. I've been surfing the ravelry and everything I added to my to do list was lace. Lace. Lace. Lace. So I decided that instead of casting on yet another project, I would dig out my Kimono Shawl that had been banished to the bottom of the UFO box. I was uber proud of myself, for being able to 'read' the lace pattern better. So I was thinking I was all hot stuff, and flew threw a pattern repeat. It was at about 10 pm last night that I held it up and realized that... you got it... I had re-started the pattern in the wrong spot. d'oh!

So, I got to frog 25 or so rows. Which is exactly the amount I had knit yesterday. Ugh. So. Now I'm back to where I was when I picked it up. Blast and Damn.

I've been thinking of digging out that UFO box, and being completely honest with y'all and posting it all on my projects list in ravelry. That way I can honestly see what I have. And when I get an itch to work on something (like lace) I'm pretty sure I have something sitting around that I could pick up. There is a sock and the very start of the second on in there. (that's posted) There is a scarf that I'm probably 1/4 the way done with. I know I've got a Dale baby sweater in there, and my Morale builders in there as well. Funny thing is, the reason a lot of the projects are in there is because of Siris. He goes all crazy with the yarn, and I get frustrated, and I toss it in the box. To rewind at a later date. Well, when I was cleaning, I did all the rewinding, so I should be able to just start knitting again. In Theory. If of course, I sacrifice a chicken or something to those fickle knitting gods first.

Math is HARD!

So I've been working on the pinwheel blanket, and I have no idea how much yarn it's going to take! According to the little excel spreadsheet someone made up for it, I've used one skein of cascade 220 and the blanket is already 23 inches in diameter. Now I know that as I add stitches, it gets bigger, thus taking up more yarn as I progress, but.. I don't know... that just seems really massive for one skein of yarn. Even if there are 220 yards on it. I know I bought enough, I do have 3 skeins total. I just keep wondering if I think I'll actually use them all or not. It's a crap shoot I guess. Ah well. Dog sweater for Siris if I don't I guess. :)

Today I finally finished the dust ruffle for the crib. I ironed it and everything. And I finished the crib sheet too. Then I started the curtain panels. I just have to do the bottom hem and pocket on the one, and then the hemming (all sides) and top pocket on the second one. Then. I. Am. Done. Whew!

So, now that the cat is out of the bag, so to speak. I can post. Those Appletini socks? Not for me. Nope. For my friend Jen. I gave her the completed one last night. I was hoping to have them done by our Saturday get together, but... she's a knitter. She understands. :) So, I'm going to bust butt and get the second one finished ASAP. At least I know they fit!

Today looks like a lazy day. I hope. Might get out to do some yard work. Or not. Who knows? I'd like to just sit on my butt all day, but then again, I've been doing that a lot lately. :) Something I should should really do first is go clean the bathroom. Eh. We'll see.

TGIF!

Let's see what's new and happening....

I started a baby blanket for the little seamonkey last night.Size 8's Cascade 220 Superwash I picked up at Yarnover this year. I bought three skeins, so we'll see how big this thing gets. It's the Pinwheel Baby Blanket. So far I loves it. But, when it gets huge and it's taking me 80 hours to do a round, we'll see. :) It's my "I need to knit something for this baby, but I don't want him to come out early, so maybe if I take awhile he'll stay in a bit yet" project.

Next thing I've been working on is my Appletini Embossed Leaves Socks.
This is the second sock, up to where I need to start the heel. I love the colors. It's Scouts Swag.

That's really it I guess. I'll be cooking up a cake today, for my friends birthday shin-dig tomorrow. Um.. some knitting too maybe?

Had my 36 week check up yesterday. Things are fine, and he's dropped down, which is why my girl bits hurt where there previously was no hurt. so, now it's just the waiting game I guess. But he can't come before the 19th. My doctor is on vacation until the 19th. :)

Snow? Again?

Okay. This isn't funny anymore. I'm seriously sick of winter. I think I should pack up the doggies and my hubby and move south.

Anyway, so my plan for a snowy Saturday was as follows:
Stay in house
Watch movies
Eat Cookies

Good day huh?

I also uploaded 3 tubs of yarn on ravelry. My stash is scary. Seriously. It's out of control. I still have more to post, but, the more to post part isn't getting smaller and smaller.

Erm...

Maybe there is something to this nesting thing. I didn't take a before, but here's a after.


Yeah...

Oh, and if anyone can guess what color that Manic Panic is.. you get a cookie. :) It's totally going on my head on Monday. Responsible adult? Yes. Yes I am. Responsible adult not currently working (or employable) who's scared of turning into a soccer mom. That's me!

I've been accused of nesting.

But I'd like to think of it as getting to things that have been put off for way too long, now that I've got the time. (and before the baby comes.)

I've got my craft room cleaned. Yay! Also, I turned the hallway linen closet from the "closet of shame" back to the "hallway linen closet."

See, I'm forgetful. And I have a dog that loves yarn. Sometimes I forget to put away the knitting I'm working on before I go to bed. And then, he finds it the next day, and unravels it everywhere. I cry, and pick it up and put it in the closet until I can deal with it. I've got many a project stalled for that very reason. Want a list?? My Rhiannon socks. Morale builders. The pink and yellow socks. Oh, and as of lately, my Appletini socks and my Husband's jitterbug socks. I've also got my swatch from Enny's Vest to deal with. Someday. Not today.

Anyway. I took the yarn, and untangled it, balled it up with my winder, and I'm good to go. Well, all except the vest and the pink and yellow socks. The socks are upstairs, and was too lazy to bring them downstairs to work on.

Anyway, I put yarn away, and put projects together. And I started a tub that I'm calling "the UFO box of SHAME!" for projects that have been sitting way way too long. I cleaned. I frogged. I organized. I feel good. I also searched Ravelry and found some patterns that will work with the yarn I have. I loves ravelry.

Now, I hurt. But I blame that on the yard work I did yesterday, not so much on the yarn. Yarn can't ever be at fault.

Monday Monday

My Monday has been... well... not as dreaded as they have in the past. Well, except for that dentist appointment I went to this morning. I had been well over a *cough* year and a half since I went in for a cleaning, and since my insurance ends on the 30th, I thought I should go. Good news, no cavities. Bad news, my teeth STILL hurt. ow ow ow. So yeah. Puttered around the house today. Did laundry, and the dishes and took a 3 hour nap. Because I could. :)

On the knitting front I have the toe to finish on my socks I started last weekend. I'm using Appletini from Scout's swag and the embossed leaves pattern and I loves it. Hopefully I shall finish the toe and start on the second sock. I'd like to get them done, so I can work on some older knits, like Maya's sweater. I want to cast on for a baby blanket for my little seamonkey, but I'm waiting until May 1 to do that, and I'd like to be guilt free and maybe (please god?) have Maya's sweater done by then. I can dream, can't I?

Almost Famous!

Dude. I made it on Franklins blog. And I'm right next to Lucy Neatby! Dude.

Yay! Done!

Ignore the goofy face. I think I must always look like that. :)
Me and my almost 34 week belly and a completed Mommy Snug. So happy.

Went to yarnover. Met Franklin. OMG. He is so sweet and cute, I just wanted to put him in my pocket and take him home with me. Now, I am all yarned out. I think I need a nap.

Hells to the Yeah.

I finished my Mommy Snug. Hells yeah. Okay, So I wanted it done my the 6th, and I just had to sew one sleeve to the body, attached the buttons, weave in the ends, and then do the neckline. And... well... I quit. Because I am a quitter. :)

So, I sat down and did it today, because then I can wear it tomorrow when I go see Franklin at the Yarnery. At least I'm pretty sure that's where he's going to be. Damn, I better make sure, since I am the driver and what not. Oh... double damn. He IS at Yarnover. Not the Yarnery. Good thing I checked...Ack! NOw I fear for my wallet. :)

I read on the ravelry that someone finished the neck edge with an i-cord bind off, and I totally stole that idea. I used the handy tutorial off of Knitty. I loves me some i-cord. Loves.

So, now that I'm unemployed (long story) I find I have time to do all the stuff I never did have time for before. Who knew? :) Not only have I spent time looking for a job, I also have gotten a butt load of cleaning and organizing done. So nice. I might just be ready for this baby after all. After lunch I'm going to head over to the temp agency to update my resume. Then.. who knows. Knitting? I think we're going out to eat tonight because it's my SIL birthday. Woo! No cooking tonight.

ugh. Still stressed out about the whole ordeal, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel I guess. I'm still freaked out about my insurance, but we'll figure something out...hopefully sooner rather than later.