just keep knitting....

Ack! Must. Finish. Mommy Snug. I've got the front, back and one sleeve done. I'm at the elbow of the second one. Think I'll make it by the 6th of April? I've been taking it to work and sneaking in a few rows on my lunch. I was home sick yesterday but spent the whole day sleeping. so I only got an hour or so of knitting in the evening done. Keep your fingers crossed!

Other then that, it's just been more of the same. Trying to scrub the house down for the shower, keep my head down and out of the drama, and trying to figure out how to take a nap at work.

Random update.

First, look at my car!Yeah! I still loves it. Even if it's a mom car. :)

Next, baby socks!
They're for a girl at work that's going to have her baby on Friday.

What? Baby? Why yes. There is one in my belly. Want to see? This is 28 weeks.

There. That's all I got.

Just step away from the yarn.

I did! I walked away! I had the pretties in my shopping cart, and I put them back and left. Aren't you proud?

So yeah, go buy the vesper so I don't. I don't know how long I can hold off.....

So, 2 weeks ago we bought a car. A Chrysler Pacifica to be exact. It's such a mom car. I almost feel like a grownup!

Also, Braxton Hicks = total suck. I'm beginning to worry about this whole... how the baby is going to come into the world part of pregnancy. I may have to start telling everyone I see in scrubs that I want drugs. Lots of drugs! :)

Civic duty? Check!

So I actually got picked to be on a jury yesterday. In a criminal case. I was totally freaked out, but it was really interesting and I'd totally do it again. I am still on call for the rest of my two weeks, so I have to call in every night after five to see if I have to show up.

Monday there was a little drama, at the metal detector. I had the choice to ditch my metal circular needles, or walk back to my car in below zero weather and leave them there. Yeah, guess what I did? I handed over my needles. They were only susan bates, so.. Whatever. I brought only bamboo needles today. They let them pass. So, you can get on a plane with metal needles, but not in a courthouse. Just in case you needed to know. Thankfully I did have back up knitting yesterday. And I only got to knit for a few hours. Poo. Today I got to knit during breaks. So it's all good.

Too Cold!

It's too cold to do much today. I did go to the grocery store, and almost froze to death on the way home. We made our Green Chicken Chili for supper, and I've just been sitting around updating my Raverly page.

I finished the first of my husbands' socks. This was taken yesterday afternoon.
I finished it last night while watching the food network.

Also finished (well, except for the weaving parts) are my Vesper Socks.
Have I said that I love them yet? Because I do. I love them. They are the first ever socks that I have knit (and finished) for myself. Considering my stash is like 98% sock yarn, I better knit myself some more. :)

So for the next 2 weeks I'm on jury duty. I have to go in Monday morning. Can I tell you I'm freaking excited? It'll suck to make only 20 bucks a day, but I can knit while waiting. KNIT!!! I'm so happy you have no idea. I'm going to bring my mommy snug and probably the 2nd sock for my hubby. So. Excited.

Yes!

Check it. I totally got the fabric for my nursery today. (image stolen from craftyplanet.com)
This is going to be the main selection. When I get in it, I'll take it to the fabric stores and find some others that go with it. I'm planning a quilt, some curtains and a crib ruffle. So cute!

On a not so exciting note, our heat is screwed up. Again. A few weeks ago it went out, and hubby and his uncle fixed it, buy getting a new thermostat. Well, it's not working again. Poop. Hubby is going back to home depot, and uncle is coming back to poke around again. The heat will kick on, run a sec or two, then kick off. The temp is sitting at 63 degrees. Me and the dogs are under a blanket in front of the fire place. Thank god for that.

Musing on knitting monogamy

You know, it's really funny how much knitting you get done when you focus on one thing. I've been dragging around the sock for almost a week. I've turned the heel, and I'm working on the gusset. Yeah! And, this is with a size 12 sock. Of course, now that I've been good for a week, I had to pick up something else to work on. I've got a BSJ sitting around that I started, and now I want to get this done for charity.

But still, focusing on one thing really gets you progress. Go figure!

Anyway, I don't think that BSJ is going as fast as it should. Probably because I have to stop and count every 2 seconds, to make sure I haven't screwed up again. It's not that it's hard, it's not. I just can't seem to ever get the decrease in the right place.

Anyway. That's about all I've got for tonight. I haven't looked outside lately. Are we snowed in yet? Please? I want to stay in bed. All day. That would be grrrreat.

Okay, why does my check spelling button not work? why???

I guess I lied.

No pictures of the vesper socks. I haven't woven in the ends yet. But, I shall post the socks I started tuesday night, after I had finished my vesper socks. They are socks for my husband. He picked out the yarn on our vacation. It's jitterbug, in the Sea Breeze colorway.

The yarn isn't quite as yellow as it appears. My colors are off due to night photography. But whatever. You gt the idea.

We got the insurance check in the mail last week for my car. (Finally!) And so now begins the fun of car shopping. I think currently I'm leaning towards getting a Ford Escape. Haven't test driven one yet, so I don't know if my hubby will fit in one, but they're cute and get pretty good gas mileage, and I think we should be able to fit 2 dogs and a baby in one. It doesn't seem like such a scary step up into a larger car than say, getting a mini van. :)

My brain is full of random thoughts.

And so, dear readers, I shall fill you with random thoughts.

I finished my Vesper socks. I shall take pictures tomorrow when the sun is out and I find my camera. I think my husband still has it after vacation.

Vacation was fun. It was the best ever. We ate lots of food, I met his friends (they like me!) and I got pretty yarn and jewelery. Which, I shall take pictures of, when I find my camera. (see above)

Have you ever heard of the movie Fido? Oh. My. God. I do love me a good zombie movie. But a good Zombie movie, set in circa 1950's? Hi-larious! Seriously. Due yourself a favor. Add this to your netflicks cache.

Knitting ADHD..

Seriously. I've got it bad. Just reading over my last post should prove it. How many freaking things do I think I'll have time to work on during my 4 day, 3 night vacation. Seriously. Am I planning on being alone with nothing to do for 2 days straight?

Ugh. I think I'll just stick to a sock. I'll bring along my vesper sock, all I have to do is turn the heel on the second one and then the rest is cake. Maybe I'll bring the baby surprise jacket I've started (for charity) and call it good. Small and portable. They'll take up no room in my bag.

Put the crib together today. It's all to surreal to see it put together in the baby room. Weird. Still not used to the whole idea yet. :)

Ugh. I think I need to take a scalding shower and head to bed. I'm tired. But I don't want it to be Monday yet. Unless I can skip to Monday at about 6 pm. My parents are coming for a visit.

Hell week. Over? yes?

Ugh. Last week was bad. very bad indeed. My work moved, so this week was the first one in our new building. Which is lovely and not yet finished and that's why I live in the break room. Which sucks around 11:30 when everyone eats and I still have to work. And it sucks when there's lots of meeting int he break room, as the conference rooms aren't finished yet either.

So, on top of the move, and getting used to the new set up, I got a killer cold, and was actually out sick on Tuesday. I think (hope) that I'm over the worst of it, but now it seems my husband has come down with it. Ugh. My head was so plugged up, that my teeth hurt. It was miserable.

So, we leave for Arizona on Thursday. we're boarding the puppies at Sam and Danni's. We've boarded Cleo there before, and she used to go there for puppy day care. So I'm sure they'll be fine. I have to decide what knitting I can bring. I think I want to maybe bring my brothers sweater, and the Mommy snug I've been working on. Plus a sock or two for plane knitting. I think I've got my hubby agreed to hitting a yarn store or two while we're out there. Yeah! Yarn!

Oh, and I forgot. We found out last week we're having a boy. So I might bring along a Baby Surprise Jacket to knit. I think I might use Vespers' Knit and Tonic colorway. Either that or Tainted Love.

So, today is a day for laundry, running errands, and hiding under a blanket, as it's so freaking cold outside. Stupid winter.

It's so on.

My vacation that is.

Jan 24-27th. Phoenix AZ. Woot woot. :)

Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Nic. I didn't forget about you. :)

2days left?

So I did hair for a wedding yesterday, and the bride actually got teary eyed (the good kind!) when she saw her hair. Which made me get all teary eyed. Best. Reaction. Ever.

Anyway. I gots me some guilt free money, and I need to spend it. At first I thought I would buy some clothes or something useful, but I can still wear most of my normal wardrobe. And I have got a lot of hand me down maternity clothes, so I said... screw it! I'm buying knitting goodies.

First thing on my list? EZ's book The Opinionated Knitter. Can you believe I don't own this book yet? So sad. I might also pick up the Knitters Almanac while I'm at it.

Oooo! I think I'm going to get me some socks that rock too. Because I can. It's guilt free money. Remember?

Anyway. Lets see.. what else.... Jan 8th! It's coming up soon. That's when we get our ultrasound. I'm super excited. But, I'm trying to not get to excited, I'm betting the baby will be shy and we won't get to find out what it is. But... here's hoping! :) I gotta get my butt in gear and finish my mommy snug. That's the sweater I had issues with and frogged a ton a couple weeks back. I think it's sat int he naughty corner long enough.

Merry Dogmas!

Happy Holidays from Me and Mine to You and Yours.
(if we do this to our dogs, can you imagine what we'll do to our kid?)

Oh, and Happy Birthday to Cleo! She turns 4 today. We got her a stuffed duck. She killed it already.

In bed.

That's right. Right now, I'm at home, in bed.
Why? You ask? Because last night on my way home from work I was rear ended. And boy, do I feel like crap today.

Evey body's fine. Went to the ER and hear the heartbeat (140 bpm) so that's all well and good. But I think my car is not so fine, and my husband thins I should get a new minivan. (hells no!)

So. I'm in bed. Snuggled with my dogs.

Thank god for laptops and wireless internets.

Sometimes...

There is only two words. F*ck me.

Yeah. So I picked up some knitting that had been laying around. Feeling good, I was cursing along. I had split up a v-neck and I had half of one side done. I picked it up, and finished one side, and was almost done with the second side when I realized that I was 6 stitches off. One side was almost 2 inches larger then the other. F*ck. So. I frogged back to the beginning of the v-neck split, and I'm starting over again.

Yeah Snow!

Hubby and I cleaned out the garage yesterday. So the cars are safely tucked in away from all the mean nasty snow. Yesterday we just puttered around the house, and I stayed in my jammies for as long as humanly possible. Today we're going out to eat with his family. Which is a good thing, as Ive been craving mozzarella cheese sticks with ranch dressing for the past 2 days. Yum...

No knitting as of yet, but I did work on cleaning up the craft room a little. I really need a hat, now that it's winter, and I'm stuck on what to knit. I just bought a new jacket that's black and red. But 75% of the yarn I have in my stash is a shade of pink. So, do I clash? Does it matter if my hat doesn't match my jacket? Plus, the yarn I bought to make mittens is A)pink and brown or B)black purple and lime green. Huh. Maybe I'm just not meant to match.

Holy Cow!

Dude. I totally need this. Right? Yes. I thought so.

Well, there's nothing much here to report.
No knitting has happen since... um.. September.

Aside from that....

Yeah. It's boring here really. You don't want to hear about how I cleaned the ouse this weekend. Or ate my weight in turkey and stuffing.

So. Yeah. Maybe December will be a better month.

Well.

I guess since it's like all offical and stiff I can post it.

I'm pregnant. 12 weeks on Tuesday. Due May 29th.

Had the first doctor appointment today, we got to hear the heartbeat. Too freaking weird, and super cool, and scary, all at once. :)