Why I did not Knit yesterday.

No. For once it wasn't because of the dog. I woke up at 6 am to feed Johnathan, and heard water running. Oh. Just the softener I thought. No... toilet running... no... what IS that? SO I went downstairs.....SQUISH! Oh FUCK! The hose on the washing machine broke, and was gushing water everywhere. I ran upstairs, grabbed my glasses and woke hubby. I had just happened to rent a steam cleaner, and I took out 8 buckets of water before he got a hold of his mother and we found out who to call. Turns out or basement was pretty much toast. Water had run down the hallway, into the guest room and HORROR! my craft room. Thankfully all my yarn is in totes and off the floor. So, we cleaned out that room and moved everything into the rest of the family room. Then, they found that the carpet was delaminateing in the living room, so everything went upstairs and into the garage. Carpet could only be saved in the guest room, the water only went a little bit in there. They had to tear out everything else. And part of the walls to. And the bathroom and laundry room floors. So pretty much, we get a new basement.

Looking down the stairs. That's where the TV used to sit. The dark? Water damage.
Looking down the hallway. That's the bathroom door on the left.
Craft room! The horror! That's a huge dehumidifier. There's 2 of them in my basement right now. See how the wall under the window is missing?
And this? This is the wall that had my shelves with all my yarn stored. You're looking into the laundry room now.
This is the guest bedroom. They've pulled up the carpet, and cut out the pads. There are fans like that in every room. The fans and dehumidifiers have to run for a full 3 days at least to dry everything out. It's so loud that I'm holed up in the bedroom with the dogs and baby with the doors closed.

Knitting update.

So. I am on the 4th color change on the baby sweater. I also frogged 15 or so rows of it. Also? Since I cast on at 9 am on Friday morning, I've taken the dog to the vet. Twice. Done several loads of laundry, mowed the lawn, tried to pick up the house, and gone on a date for the first time since Johnathan was born. We ate at a little Mexican restaurant and saw "The Dark Knight". All I have to say is, it sure is a shame Heath Ledger died in a pool of his own vomit. His Joker is awesome. Unhinged. Like the Joker *should* be. Oh. Did I get too nerdy for you there? Sorry. More knitting....

Here's hoping I'll be able to keep up the momentum and finish the baby sweater. and Hopefully, I'll not have to take the dog to the vet again before Wednesday.

Stuff.

So. Not much happening here. Same old same old. Feed baby, yell at dog to stop licking, repeat.

Have an interview today to work at a salon. Not sure if that's what I want to do or not, but I'm trying!

Will be knitting a Baby Sweater for the Ravelympics. Hopefully I have the right needles. I should go search them out I guess. I can cast on tomorrow at 7am. Yea, like I'm getting up that early! I'll probably be kicking myself at the end of it all, that I didn't get up! :)

Erm... That's it really. I must go get my things together for the interview. And find my needles. And clean the house so I can knit all day tomorrow.

The one where we all cry.

So. Johnathan got his first set of shots today. 6 shots! And one in the mouth. He cried, I cried. It was awful.

So we're home now, and I'm trying to gingerly snuggle him, and his little thighs are covered with 4 band-aids.

Poor Monkey.

Happy Baby!

So, here's Johnathan. He'll be 2 months old tomorrow. He's such a cute little peanut! Just talking to him can get him smiling and even laughing a little.

A quick puppy update...

So, they bandaged Siris up and he came home on Wed. Thursday morning had us rushing over to the vet to replace the bandage, as it had slipped and you could see a big gaping wound. Friday morning? A repeat of Thursday. Friday they kept him during the day to watch him, and stapled the bandage to his leg. Brought him in today, and they changed his bandage, and stapled it it two places thankfully, as we have to make it to Monday. And, a couple of the stitches on the top row have already come loose. So, we're watching it like a hawk. We're heading over to a friends house tonight, and have to bring him with. Ack! He's just like having another baby!

But, he's healing well. It's just a lot of running to the vet. I was there EVERY day last week. And, they keep reminding me it's going to be a long road yet.

Teal!

This is what they had to do to make sure he didn't eat his stitches. So much easier to look at!

:(

I'm sad. I miss my dog.

I feel like I failed him.

The one where I almost have a nervous breakdown.

I'll admit it. I'm not to proud. I took Siris to the vet to board him for a couple days.
We couldn't do it anymore. He popped stitches, and Johnathan was crying and Siris was trying to wrestle with Cleo and I just. couldn't. do. it.
So I went to the vet, and sobbing, asked them to check his wound and could they please please please keep him for a couple days? They said yes. Of course. And they he's healing well, and that they'd try to bandage him up, instead of putting him under and re-stitching him up, as it's getting pretty thin, and he's already been under 2 times this past week.

If I ever see the owner of the dogs on the street, I'm totally going to punch her in the face.

Today is my 3rd wedding anniversary, and I haven't even been able to pick up a card for my husband! Ugh! It's been a shitty week.

ACK! (Puppy update)

Thursday night went fine, and Friday during the day was fine. Friday night sucked. I think the pain meds made Siris a little loopy, and he would get up and wander around, like he was lost. Then to top it off, he popped some stitches. So we brought him into the vet, where they put in a couple staples. Then, about 4 pm, my SIL (who stopped by to help with the baby, so I could watch the dog, so Hubby could go buy groceries) noticed that the staples had opened up again. So then it was a trip to the ER vets. They put him under, cleaned up the dead tissue, and put some new staples/stitches in. They closed up the hole, and the vet (who was the one that originally closed him up on Monday) said he's healing well, and the part that is open is much smaller then he thought it would be.
They kept him overnight, so I was totally looking for a good night's sleep, But Johnathan decided instead of sleeping for 3 hour stretches, he's like to get up and eat every 1 1/2 hours. Ack! Here's hoping that tonight is much better.

So today, it's just be a mellow day, sitting in front of the tv, with the doggie sleeping next to me.

Thanks again for all the well wishes.

He's home!

Siris came home today. And I think I lost a layer of skin to his licking. He was so very excited to see both of us, I thought he was just going to jump out of his skin.

He's got 2 kinds of pain meds, and he'll need to go back in on Monday for a check up. We're supposed to just keep him calm and clean. Once he got home, he's just been hanging out next to me snuggled up on the couch. It's going to be a interesting couple of weeks. No jumping. So, I think I'll be camping out for awhile, as our bed is way too high, and I'm afraid he'd try and jump out/fall out in the middle of the night. Plus, we have to watch him like a hawk so he doesn't pull out his stitches/staples.

There is a part that's missing skin, and we have to watch out for necropsy, which would be bad, as that's more surgery but the vet said it would look like a step back, but it wouldn't be, as there would still be healing going on.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes. Please keep him in your thoughts, it's still going to be a long road.

Puppy Update

Went and visited him yesterday, and he almost licked my face off, and wagged his little tail off. He was moving around quite a bit, but I think it was all the pain meds. They kept him last night, and the vet will call today, and will let me know the status, if he goes home tonight, or they keep him another day.

Talked with animal control, and got things rolling there. The dog will be quarantined because of the bite, and or impounded as it wasn't licensed. Currently there is nothing on the books for attacks, so I'm going to have to check with the neighbors that said their dogs got attacked, to make sure they called it in. I'd think there has to be more then one on record for them to do anything. Unless of course, since the lady admitted this is not the first time it's happened.

Frankinpuppy

Here's a photo of the little guy. I shrunk it so it's not as awful. Click to see the full horror.

The vet kept him today, and is pumping him full of meds. He said that where all the stitches met, that the skin might be lost, but it's okay, as everything under will continue to heal. The fur might not grow back there, which, if that's all that happens, is the least of my worries. He should retain full use of his leg. I'm going to go visit him tomorrow. Hopefully he's not missing home too much. This is the first time he's ever been alone. I'm so worried.

Thanks for the happy thoughts. Please keep thinking good things for him.

The one where my dog was almost killed....

Last night my hubby was walking our dogs, and my little guy got attacked by another dog. The dog burst thru the invisible fence and torn up my little guy. He's stapled back together, but they're not sure if all the skin will take, as he was missing a chunk and they had to stretch the skin tight to put him back together. He might need skin grafts.

Thank god he's alive, and the other dog didn't get him by the neck. I spent the night on the floor with him, and he cried the whole time. So, now we're taking care of 2 babies.

I was at home taking care of Johnathan, and Micheal called me, saying "you gotta come get us... siris... bite....oh...god...." I totally pulled a Britney Spears and ran out carrying Johnathan, barefoot, to the car and went to find them. Michael was covered in blood, and Siris looked awful. His whole right leg was missing skin, and it look like a chunk of the muscle was torn. Siris went in back, I hoped in the back seat, holding Johnathan, Cleo went in front and Michael drove to the Emergency vets. On the way there I called Michaels' Mom to met us to get Johnathan. She called Dan to come to, he went home and got the car seat, diaper bag and shoes for me, then took Cleo home, while Johnathan went with Grandma and then Michael and I went to Urgent Care, as Siris had bit Michael in the thumb when he tried to pick him up.

We're take him in to our vets' at one to have him looked over, and see what they can do to help us. We just don't what to do! We're overwhelemd with him and the baby.

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Fail!

So. I was one inch away from completing my hubby's second sock. It was looking.. large. So I dug out the one I already finished..yeah. Like 3 times bigger then the other sock. Nothing could be salvaged, as even the ribbing was much longer then the first sock. Frick!

So, to make myself feel better, I cast on and finished my very first dishcloth. Yeah! I can knit something! :) I decided to toss some cotton into my diaper bag, and I shall work on dishcloths while I wait for doctor appointments, and maybe even knit while I'm feeding him at other folks houses. I can see why these stupid things are so addicting. It's the instant gratification. :)

While cruising around Ravelry I was reminded that the Olympics are this year. And the last time I jumped on board the knitting olympics. It was fun, and I didn't finish my project. So I'm thinking this year I shall try again. The thing that got me was not the difficulty of my project (I knit 7 out of 8 baby hats) it was the time management. I know I always have that issue, so I'm thinking maybe trying to knit a pair of socks or a baby sweater. The only self imposed rule? It must be A) from stash yarn and B) from my que on Ravelry. So really, that doesn't really limit me too much. :)

socks!

Teeny little baby socks! See. I still knit.

I've been working on my Hubby's socks, and the BSJ. Hopefully I'll finish one of then soon. I need to cast on socks for my mom, and I feel guilty with so many projects staring at me. :)

I've got about 4 repeats on the sock, then it's the toe and I'm done. I have no freaking clue where I am on the BSJ. I'm increasing. But that's all I can tell you.

Meh.

Dude. What's with the weird little storm we just got? Sunny happy day.. all of a sudden boom! grey skies, thunder and rain. Lots of rain. Five minutes later, it's sunny again. Weird.

Anyway. Knitting has been happening! I wound up both sock yarns, and decided to cast on the BSJ for Johnathan. (Ravelry link) It's slow going. Mostly because we found out Johnathan most likely has acid reflux, and the way that babies fix this is that they eat for 5 minutes every 30 minutes. So. All I do is feed him. I swear. I've finally been able to jiggle him around and I can knit. But that's only if I remember to grab the knitting before we get him set. So he eats, then he has to sit upright for 30 minutes. Then he eats again. Whatever I gotta do to make him happy I guess. :)

I know the BSJ is like.. magic and whatnot, but I still cannot figure out how this thing is going to turn into a sweater. I know it will, I've seen in happen in person. I just can't figure out where/what it is exactly I'm knitting right now.

Dude!

You'll never guess what I did yesterday.

I took a shower! I exfoliated! I shaved! I conditioned! It was... awesome.
Now, if I can get 30 minutes to touch up my hair before father's day, I'll be set. :) The pink is starting to fade pretty badly in the front, and I know my Mother will want Family pictures. Vanity, thy name is Valkryie.... so ya. Hopefully I can fix my hair. :)

Lets see, knitting hasn't happened much. I've be able to update a little of my stash on Ravelry, so that's cool. I still am nowhere near having everything entered, but it's getting closer. I also updated a few of my older projects, and now that I no longer have a baby belly, I can take some photos of me IN the stuff.

I've been tossing around a few projects I want to start in my head. Not sure which to do first. My mom's socks or a baby surprise jacket. I think is should start the BSJ. Because I want to do it in sock yarn, and the little guy will only be a peanut for a little while longer. Maybe I should ball up both skeins of yarn and just look at them and see which calls to me the most.

Two weeks tommorrow!

Wow. Time has flow, and yet, it seems like it's longer than that. Could be all the extra hours I'm awake at night. :)

Johnathan is a great little bug. He sleeps well, eats well, and I think he's growing like a weed. I was even able to take a shower today. He did start to cry the minute I got the shampoo on my head, but I didn't really want a 20 minute shower I guess. :) But I'm out of my pj's and my hair is clean, so I feel great.

He's been eating like, every 30 minutes it seems, so I've been catching up on the daytime television today. I can feel my brain turning to mush and I love it.

I think we're heading someplace tonight for Michael's Grandma's birthday. So that might be exciting. I'm not sure if we're heading out to eat, or going over to his aunts' house, so it'll be a surprise.

Oh! If he stays asleep for a little bit longer, I might even get to knit some today. :)