tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121728742011-11-17T18:22:30.776-05:00Life, as I know it....<strike>six</strike> <strike>seven</strike> eight kids, knitting, and trying my hand at pattern designing.Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552976349546400781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12172874.post-14958235762082752042011-02-17T10:51:00.000-05:002011-02-17T10:51:35.100-05:00

I'm working on a new pattern.  Well, a few, but one is closer to completion.  I know the yarn that I am using--I just need to decide on the right color and then work up the sample.  I was originally picturing a pale pink, but then the yarn artist added a gorgeous deep purple to her colorways.  I am such a sucker for purples! Once I have one finished I will be looking for a few test knitters to

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Holy Crow!  Is this cute, or what?  And it's only 15 bucks!  I need this.  Felt Camera Case

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So I had two skeins of Riddermark Merino for a few years and just never happened across the right project.  It's not a lot of yardage because the yarn is bulky, and I couldn't find a hat or mitten pattern that felt right.  One day, while searching for something or other on Ravelry, I happened across a pattern called Bitty Bump and I immediately thought of those two pretty skeins.  And the blues

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The other day we gathered up the kids' Christmas lists and I was surprised (and excited) to see one of Ben's requests.  Along with Star Wars Legos and a pillow pet: a light blue knit hat with matching mittens That's my boy. I had a skein of Shalimar Honey Worsted hidden in my stash that would be perfect.  His coat is brown, so I added a few brown stripes to tie it together. The mittens will

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If anyone is still out there, I am thrilled to announce that my first pattern has been published! More later about the process (I am mentally exhausted!), but in the meantime, please check it out!Pippin

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Zinnia PearlDecember 5, 20088 pounds, 2.7 ounces20 1/2 inchesperfect.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHWByjoQrR8

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Friday morning was Emma's vcug and the surgery worked! No sign of reflux on the x-rays at all! The beginning of the test was not great, with Emma remembering the last one and being very tense and upset, but once the catheter was in it was all coasting. We still have to get the official news from her urologist, but the results were obvious. I nearly burst into tears when the radiologist said it

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On Monday Ben will have his first follow up appointment since we started eye-patching. I'm not sure if I ever talked about that here. This past fall, after not passing his routine eye screening at the pediatrician, we found out that he is extremely far-sighted. Added on to that, the two eyes have very different degrees of far-sightedness, which means that the better eye was doing all of the work,

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Yesterday was the ultrasound to check for blockage and everything looked good. We were able to see the mounds that they made on each side of her bladder and it was apparent what the surgeon meant when he said that the second one was "good, but not great." The one on the right side, from the first surgery, was shaped like a little half-circle, flat side down. The left one, from February's surgery,

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Copying and pasting from an email I sent out to family last night.We're home from Children's. Emma's surgery was scheduled for 2:30 butwhen we got there at 12:30 they rushed us through check-in because thepatient scheduled before her was rescheduled.It took a little longer than last time and the surgeon said that thesite was totally flat and showed no sign of having the procedure donebefore. He

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found on the mirror yesterday morning

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Insomnia tonight, as expected. Last time Emma's surgery was in the morning but this time we've drawn the 2:30 slot. Luckily she can have clear fluids (and jello) up until 10:30 am, which is when we will leave the house and head to Children's. We should get there in time to make a quick trip to the gift shop, one of her favorite spots there (along with the cafeteria and the smoothie stand in the

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I have been avoiding this blog, waiting for this to be over. Waiting to say, "It worked! We're done with this!" And then move on. This whole thing has just been too much. Then I think about others, dealing with so much more. Unimaginably more. And I feel pretty lame. But. I still haven't been able to completely shake this cloud. It has been lifting and I was feeling nearly normal. Monday morning

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...with ticket #233,...Ariel! Congratulations, Ariel. You'll be getting an email from me shortly---I will need your address. Photo of the fabulous prize package to follow shortly. I really can't thank all of you enough for your amazing generosity in this fundraiser. We crashed through last year's total and have ended up with a whopping $1400 for the AHA Heart Walk, Team Nova. That's 280% of

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...with ticket #99, Regina! Description to follow. (also included, but not pictured, a $20 gift certificate from PippiKneeSocks) Congratulations, Regina!

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...you know, in the literal sense. I've been living too much in my head this summer, pushing everything else to the side. If not for the kids I think I would have slept this entire summer. With school starting and summer coming to a close, I need to get back on track. Emma is doing well. She is still taking the antibiotic daily (the consolation for a nasty-tasting daily dose is ice cream/

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All in all, it was exhausting, but Emma had a good time. Lots of one-on-one time with me and lots of time to check out the different floors at Children's, plus breakfast, snack and lunch there. She loved that part. Their cafeteria rocks and if you happen to be there tomorrow, they're having an Iron Chef competition at 11:00. I hope you don't have any reason to be there tomorrow. We also knitted

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Emma's kidney scan is tomorrow down at Children's Hospital. We are to arrive at 9:00 and the injection is supposed to happen at 10. Then we hang out for a few hours while the stuff travels through her body. Then they start the scan, which takes about an hour. I'll take her down and then Billiam will join us towards the end of the scan. We will meet with the urologist immediately after to

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Time for another prize drawing! Sorry I didn't get this posted on the first.With ticket #61, our winner for July is......Darra!Congratulations, Darra! I will have a photo of your prize package posted tonight or tomorrow, depending on how things are going here today. I didn't want to wait until the photo is ready to announce the winner. Two drawings to go! Thank you all for your contributions and

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In the meantime, a slice of June... just after graduation (Jake had just spotted his dad in the crowd)last day of t-ball/baseballwhen all else fails, spray paint your hairLydia, from one moment to the next

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I read up on vesicoureteral reflux and was prepared with my questions. The guy we were seeing is at the top of his field. Within ten minutes of talking to him he was explaining the two surgical choices that we have. At this point we are thinking we will go with the less invasive endoscopic one that involves injecting a gel material at the base of the ureters. Downside, its success rate is

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Keeping Lydia happy in the seats was like trying to control a saber-tooth tiger. But we were laughing about it. As Jake approached the stage, I was waiting, waiting, waiting to hear his name. The announcer for his part of the alphabet was announcing the kids so fast that they were nearly shoulder to shoulder as they shook hands with the row of administrators. Waiting. He started shaking hands

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I'll be the one in the brown and turquoise dress with the mascara running down my cheeks.

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But first, what are we playing for? From top left, more or less...A skein of Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Solids (420 yards of luxury merino fingering weight), donated by the fantastic Michelle of The Sweet Sheep Handmade sheepy notecards from Krafty1 DesignsTen (count 'em, 10!) skeins of Lavish superfine alpaca donated by last year's top winner, Nancy(starting over at the next row)A skein of sock

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will be held a little later today. I am putting together the box of goodies and will post a photo along with the name of the winner. So put on your lucky flip flops (because, really, it's too hot for anything else) and meet me back here this afternoon.

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Thank you all so much for your prayers and kind words on Emma's test results. We got a bit more info and she is a grade 2 on her better side and a grade 3 on the other. Not as bad as it could have been (thank you!), but hearing it out loud set the mommy brain wheels turning. On June 8th we'll be seeing a pediatric urologist to see where we go from here. I'll be back to posting soon. I'm not

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click for blogiversary contest info

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Please read all the way to the bottom. You could end up with some very nice yarn.It's time to kick off the second annual fundraiser for the American Heart Association's Heart Walk, Team Nova. If you've been around here for a while, you've read about Nova before.Sometime shortly after Lydia was born, I got a comment on here from Belinda to go check out Erin's blog and take her up on her offer.

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It was this morning. We talked about what would happen during the procedure last night and Emma was pretty upset. During the drive to it this morning, she was quietly sobbing in the back seat. Getting her out of the car was pretty bad and then into the office from the hallway was no better. I was able to talk her down, which was a huge relief. I was afraid I was going to have to carry her in,

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I never said I could juggle. I'm far too clumsy and in all honesty, when balls are in the air, I tend to cover my face, afraid that I'm about to get hit.So I dropped a ball. Two, really, but they're related.Senior portraits are taken in August. You know, way before a parent (like me) has accepted the fact that their child is actually going to be finished with high school and graduate. So there

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Billiam's response when Emma asked why I wanted to learn how to use drop spindle. I love you, sweetie. You're the best. Mwah.I loved the class. The teacher was Sally Jenkins of The Golden Spindle (sadly, webpageless), and she was great. First we spun with very skinny pencil roving then moved on to Romney Fleece. Once we had done that for a little while, we plied the two together. Mine could best

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Saturday morning...the line started on the highway. and kept going. The fairgrounds are up this hill. The people within the yellow lines are all in front of me in line at The Fold, waiting to pay for Socks That Rock. We were repeatedly asked if we were in line to get into the barn. Lydia amused herself with leaves on the ground as we waited. See my crocs? It wasn't until we were leaving that I

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Allergic reaction to antibiotics, anyone? At least it's not bothering him. That's three out of the seven who do this with penicillin, now.

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My parents are still on their trip, making their way up the California coast. Tonight they're in Eureka. Every time I hear them say that I have to start singing, a la The Backyardigans. Sing it with me....scroll down and click on track 7. Has there ever been a better kids' show? I just love the Backyardigans. I never get tired of hearing them talk and sing.Eureka! Eureka,When you find-a what you

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I have been about to burst since this morning, when I heard some long-awaited news that makes my heart sing. It's not my news to share, so I have to sit on it for now. And I am so bad at that, but I will.

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Ben is the proud owner of a brand new silver party cap.It's (almost) over with, he didn't feel any pain and he doesn't remember having it done. Oh, and I love that dentist and everyone there.He drank the sedative and was getting sleepy within about five minutes. About 15 minutes in they started his chocolate-scented nitrous oxide and the work. While he was never asleep, Ben was slow moving and

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So, are you going? I am so excited to be taking a drop spindle class Sunday morning and will be drooling and spinning in circles walking around with Lydia to see the vendors on Saturday. I was really hoping to meet Angie in person, but she has had to cancel her trip because of a scary foot situation with her husband.I will be keeping an eye out for cool things to add to the remaining four

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From the top, sort of...Twisted Flower sock pattern by Cookie A.project bag made by Amanda of bulldogknitsZen Knitting Garden handpainted cashmere, donated by Michelle of The Sweet SheepGlacier in Juneau, donated by Cider MoonOnline Supersocke 100, donated by Ronnitwo skeins Claudia Handpainted fingering weight in Tropicanawooly lamb notebook, donated by Angie4 skeins of Sugar 'n Cream, donated

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Kim D., with ticket number 84. Congratulations, Kim! I'll be sending an email in case you're not reading here. A photo of the goodies will be posted tomorrow. Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed, so far, and please keep spreading the word--we have four more drawings to come!

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DD asked: Why not just pull the molar? Isn't it his baby tooth?Yes, it's a baby tooth, but it's one that he normally wouldn't lose until he's about 10 or 12. Clara just lost that one not too long ago. Losing a baby tooth prematurely can cause problems down the road. From The AAPD website: If a baby tooth is lost too soon, the teeth beside it may tilt or drift into the empty space. Teeth in the

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Yesterday I told y'all about a very large donation that came in over the weekend. Large enough that I am thinking it surely must be a typo. I've emailed the person but have not received a response, yet. With the first drawing coming up this evening, I decided that the only fair thing to do is add it in to the total and then, if necessary, I'll take it back out. Having said that, look at the total

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If you get those tulip bulbs in the ground, right around the time they bloom and are looking oh, so pretty, the pipe between the well and the house will need to be replaced and wouldn't you know it runs by the tulips?They were pretty for a few days, anyway.

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So, Ben's dental drama that I mentioned the other day? The dentist had him taking motrin every four hours, around the clock. At the three to three and a half hour mark he would cry that it was hurting. He wasn't eating. He was waking up every night, crying in pain. We ended up seeing a pediatric dentist on Thursday (at which point I felt like the mom in Terms of Endearment screaming for someone

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I believe I've used that title before, in one form or another. Lindy won my blogiversary contest and was to receive three skeins of Noro Kureyon. But I got a lovely email from her and this is part of what she said:"...add the kureyon to the prizes for the Team Nova Draw. I'd like it to go towards this wonderful cause."So the lovely Kureyon is added into the goodies for the drawing. Lindy,

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We had a very large donation come in over the weekend. Very large. Large enough that I have emailed the person to make sure it wasn't a typo. I haven't heard back, so I haven't posted it in the total. I'd rather make sure than have to take it back out. So, if you made a donation over the weekend, don't see your name on the contributors' list and don't normally check your paypal email account,

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This is just one of a handful (actually, it's more like two heaping handfuls) of yummy stuff that Michelle of The Sweet Sheep sent for the prize drawings. It's Zen Yarn Garden's handpainted 100% cashmere: 400 yards of it. The colorway is Paradise Fish and the label recommends using a US 0-1 for 7-8 sts/inch. 100% cashmere. Let me say that once more. Cashmere. All of it. Michelle was so

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That's what Nancy, last year's top winner, donated to be included in the prize drawings. It's an unopened pack of 10 skeins of Lavish--109 yards/50g of 100% superfine alpaca in a really lovely soft peach color. I am keeping myself from tearing open the package to feel just how nice this yarn is. Thank you so much, Nancy!

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I have more prize photos to add including some of things I haven't told you about, yet (a hint: hand dyed cashmere). Good, good stuff. Dental drama with Ben that has had me on the edge has delayed getting them off the camera and up here, but watch this spot and they should appear later today. If you click on the "prizes" tag at the bottom of this post, you can see all of the prize posts

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Is it really only Wednesday? Monday was Lydia's 15 month check. She's doing great--23 1/2 pounds, 31 inches. Yabbering a lot with a few actual words thrown in and a few signs (eat and more: a girl after my own heart). She screamed bloody murder when I tried to change her diaper on the paper covered exam table. As I lifted her legs she did that huge back arching thing so that she ended up

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We had a weekend full of t-ball, baseball, and field hockey, with Clara turning 12 in the middle of it all. She got a new, taller bike to go with her new, taller self. The old one fetched $10 for her at the curb and now the grandparents down the street have a bike for when their granddaughter visits. This year she opted for dinner out and a sleepover with her best friend instead of a bunch of

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...at something that will be in the first prize package drawing on May 1:This super cute bag is made by none other than Amanda of bulldogknits. How cool is that fabric? And it's lined in a great coordinating print. The bag is the perfect size for toting a small project. It even has wee snaps on either side of the handles. Thank you, Amanda!Photo courtesy of Amanda and the needles are shown for

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In addition to many other wonderful yarn-y delights, the winner of the first prize drawing will get to select a skein of Socks That Rock in lightweight or mediumweight in the colorway of their choice. And folks, that's just the beginning. Please help spread the word!Oh, and if anyone knows how to add one of those nifty goal bar things to the sidebar, I'd love to hear from you. gretchenknits at

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Everything looked good on the ultrasound. Now she's on a small dose of antibiotics daily until the VCUG in May. Emma has definite personal space issues. She freaks out over a strep test. I'm not looking forward to this at all. A few people have told me that they don't use Paypal but would still like to make a donation and be entered in the drawings. No problem. Drop me an email (

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So last night was Clara's first field hockey game. We've been t-ball parents, baseball parents, marching band parents, and punk band parents, among other things, but this is a first. We were standing there, basically picking our noses, trying to figure out what exactly was going on. I suggested that it was probably like soccer, but with sticks. After a while, another mom came up and started

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Emma has two kidneys and one bladder. That's all I know right now. The pediatrician will have a full report tomorrow. I was all set to take her back to school afterwards when she squealed that she thought it would take longer so she didn't do her social studies homework. :-O I'm a pushover so we're all back home now.

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These were contributed by Ronni, whose family was touched by congenital heart defects. Ronni sent five bottles of Aloe and Comphrey lotion that she makes herself. There are five different wonderful scents, full of wonderful, skin soothing ingredients. One will go into the box of prizes for each drawing. She also sent two skeins of of yarn: the first is Seacoast Handpainted Panda in the Mountain

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but I just plain ran out of time. Right now I'm about to go pick Emma up from school (yeah, I sent her for just an hour, but she has missed so much already) for her kidney ultrasound. I will post photos later but in the meantime, please go over and see what Amanda is contributing to the prize stash. More on that later, too.

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Busy with the college visit yesterday, I didn't hear about the events at Virginia Tech until we were home. As I prepare to send my son off to college in the fall, I worry about whether he will get along with his roommate. Whether he will do his homework without me asking if he has. Right now he is "straight edge:" opposed to drinking, smoking and otherwise messing with his body with

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The college visit was good. More on that later. This morning I'm off to take Hope to the orthodontist. I just wanted to let y'all know that a package arrived while we were gone yesterday with more great stuff for the prize packages and I'll be posting about those later today.

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We're off in the morning for the Admitted Students' Day at the chosen college. I'm betting I'll get all choked up at some point, thinking about Jake being there for the next four years. As if he's not coming home lots in between, but you know what I mean.

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(a day late)Two years and 434 posts and I'm having a party. You are all invited and one person will take home a lovely door prize: 3 skeins of Noro Kureyon in #95. Enough to make a Booga Bag or any number of other fabulous projects. To enter, post on your blog about the AHA fundraiser with a link to me, then leave a comment here to let me know you did. I'll draw a name in 10 days...so on the 25th

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Someone told Sue Schaefer of Harvest Moon Designs about our fundraiser. Sue has a big, strong 23 year old son who was once a newborn with a life-threatening heart problem. She was touched by Nova's story and has offered to donate one of each of her 90+ pattern designs for this fundraiser. To say I was overwhelmed when I read her email would be an understatement. Sue specializes in dish/spa/

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I have two dirty little boys to catch and pop in the shower in preparation for their baseball/t-ball opening day ceremonies this morning, but I have to take a moment to let you all know that there will be more information about prizes for the drawings later today. Nova's life was far too short but his story continues to ripple outward in ever increasing rings, touching more and more people.

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So, my boss says I cannot show you pictures of her. But she offered up this to share.

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They are now safely nestled back in their protective bags, but for a little while they were showing off for my camera this morning. Here are the promised photos of the Cider Moon yarn for the prize drawings. Each of these will be in one of the drawings (along with lots of other stuff), in order to spread the Cider Moon love around. I have them linked to Cider Moon's photo of the colorway on some

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Oh, yarn would be good, I suppose. You have to wait until the end for that.So, apparently at middle school level the debate thing is not a competition with winners, but a learning thing. That's good. My dad, stepmother, Ben and Lydia also went and saw in the program that Clara's team would be participating in the second and third rounds. Clara has been working on speeches for months and

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Remember yesterday when I said I had just three more rows on the EZ Baby Surprise Jacket and just enough yarn to do it? I actually had three more ridges (of garter stitch) to go. So six more rows. Plus the bind off. I was able to start the bind off last night during Clara's field hockey practice but was too beat to even pick it up when we got home. I think it's going to work. But then, I am an

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Can you hear the excitement in my typing?! Sheri at The Loopy Ewe has offered a very generous prize to be added to our drawings. More details on that later. If you've ordered from her before you know how nice she is and how quickly those packages fly to your doorstep. Like magic. Yarn Magic. If you haven't ordered from her before, you should definitely go check out her shop. You can thank

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One reason: egg salad sandwiches with pepper. For some reason I forget about egg salad most of the year. Dyed eggs make that happily impossible.Another reason: two of my girls are April babies. Clara (21st) and Hope (29th). At nearly twelve and nearly fourteen, they have forbidden me to post photos of them here without permission, but I think they won't mind this one. Reasons are not

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Oh, boy are you guys in for some nice prizes! In case you missed my update to the original post, Pippi, of PippiKneeSocks fame and Michelle of The Sweet Sheep both jumped in on day one with generous offers of prizes. If you haven't checked out Pippi's shop, please do it now. I'll wait. She has such an eye for color and have you seen her coiled yarn? GASP! I have some gorgeous fiber from her

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Elizabeth Zimmerman's Baby Surprise Jacket in Cider Moon's River; Samba colourway. I love this yarn. Soft, shiny cotton with a lovely drape. Ever so pretty. The pattern cracks me up. Each time I decide I'm going to try to figure out exactly how it's going to come together I stop. If I really try and can't see it, it's going to drive me nuts, so I force myself to stop looking. I'm just going with

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So we've gotten back some results. Emma has a mild uti, for which she has started antibiotics. But that is not likely the cause of the repeating fevers as she didn't have one last time they did the blood work and it's really pretty mild. Her sed rate is high, indicating some sort of inflammation but, again, the doctor doesn't think it's as high as it is because of the uti. It was slightly

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Jake went to a show Saturday afternoon. To get there we dropped him at a friend's house (about 30 minutes away) and from there they went to the subway and took the train downtown to the show. He was the come back home the same way, with us picking him back up from the friend's house.During one of his check-in calls he asked if we would be able to give a ride home to another friend, B (in Jake's

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Her eyes done opened and she looks like her mama.

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So, Jake's three choices were all basically the same size. All within our state. Two are private liberal arts colleges and the third is a state honors college. Well, since he didn't choose it, I'll go ahead and say the third one is St. Mary's College of Maryland. All three offer small class sizes and a well-rounded liberal arts education. Each has a nice variety of majors from which to

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I could show you pictures of Billiam's anniversary socks (ok 1 3/4 socks) in Cider Moon's glacier (Johnny Cash) and EZ's Baby Surprise Sweater in Cider Moon's River (can't remember the colourway, but it's gorgeous). Alas, I cannot, so you will have to wait. Oh, and I have socks on the back burner for myself in CM's June Carter. Yes, I'm cheesey like that.

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...more blood work. Emma sported another high fever on Wednesday into Thursday. So, of the last five weeks, including this week, she has had only one week of wellness. Three with high fevers and one with the knee thing. In between her energy level is lower than usual. So we're trying to figure out if she has just had a run of very bad luck, catching viruses left and right, or if they're

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We aren't, as a rule, one of those always-on-the-go-sign-the-kids-up-for-everything families. They are pretty much limited to one activity per kid, but multiplying that out can mean a lot of activities. But this past Saturday's schedule topped all others in recent memory. Here is what we were supposed to do:9:00 am - 11:00 am Abie to baseball practice at Park A9:30 am - 10:30 am Ben to t-ball

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Line outage. Estimated time of power restoration 4 pm. Help! --=================================This mobile text message is brought to you byCingular, now the new AT&T

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Sixteen years ago, after being together for 7 1/2 years, we married, my sweetheart and I, in the very room that I am sitting in right now. It was half past three on March 30th. 3:30 on 3/30. Yeah, I am goofy like that.It snowed that morning and, having put off the wedding that was originally planned to take place in March of 1990 (I put it off when we found out Jake was to be born because my

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Emma went back to school today. No fever (yea!). The only thing we know, so far, from the urine test is that she was pretty dehydrated Wednesday morning. That didn't surprise me as I'm having a hard time getting her to drink. They threatened iv fluids and I think she's taking it seriously now, making herself take more sips.We all went to see my sister and the babe at the hospital tonight. They

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Don't be fooled by her calm appearance. This was her, 15 seconds earlier, when I wouldn't let her climb around holding a pencil. My superhero name is MeanMom.

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Emma has a high fever again. 104.1 at its highest, easing down between doses of motrin then shooting back up. Last night she was vomiting into her hair as she slept. Yeah, gross. Sorry. At three in the morning I was standing her up in the shower washing it out. I don't think it's a stomach thing, though. She threw up once at the start of her other fever a few weeks ago, too.Coming on the heels of

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My niece was born this morning! I can barely type as I am positively twirling with happiness.Vita Marie O., named for her mama's grandmother and her daddy's grandmother, was born sometime around 8:30 this morning. She's seven pounds, six ounces, 19 1/2 inches, has a dusting of brown hair and looks just like her daddy.Mama and baby are doing fine after an emergency c-section that followed two days

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My eyes feel nearly swollen shut from crying and I am completely and utterly exhausted, but I think my relationship with my mother can finally start to heal. It is amazing the relief that an apology can provide. It is a physical feeling. That's all I can say right now. I need to sleep for a week.

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**if you've clicked here from googling "post-viral arthritis, please see note at bottom of post**That's the diagnosis. Emma had a virus the week before the knee started with a scary high fever. At one point her fever had come down (from 105.1!) to 99.something and she was in a state of confusion. She couldn't remember the name of her school, teacher or how she gets to school ("I ride the.....

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Emma went back to school today. Friday night she started limping around (instead of hopping) and then woke up Saturday with it more swollen and painful. More ice and motrin and that gradually improved over the day. By yesterday she was able to walk around without limping. Based on this, I am guessing that the rest of the blood work will not show anything. Weird. Just plain weird. I'm just glad

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So her white blood cell count is normal, as are her hemoglobin, liver enzymes and something else. Go, Emma! The ones we're still waiting on are Lyme, rheumatological something or other and strep. Those should be in on Monday. If she's not better by Monday, she'll go see an orthopedic doctor. Thanks for all the good thoughts. Other than when she tries to walk, she's in good spirits. I'm

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with all of this free time, Emma has now progressed beyond garter stitch and is working a basket weave section on her scarf. I gave her the rest of the hamburger yarn and she is in love with it. She has good taste, my girly.

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We have an old pair of crutches but Emma is having trouble getting the hang of using them and didn't want to use them at the radiology place. I was going to put her in the stroller but realized once we got there that it was in the back of Billiam's car. Picture me carrying Lydia in the sling, Ben hanging onto me and helping Emma hop across a big parking lot. We were a sight.Nothing showed up on

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This morning we are off to have an x-ray taken of Emma's knee and blood work done. She woke up at five in the morning yesterday unable to move her leg without pain in her knee. The doctor felt some fluid around her knee, but nothing major and no obvious bruising, redness or heat.She did fall down the night before when all of the kids were out in the yard enjoying the wonderful warm weather we

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I've been getting some unusual (for lack of a better word) hits on my statcounter lately. Someone has googled my name and my kids' to find me and I'm a little bit weirded out. If you know me in real life or live in my area, but haven't ever discussed the blog with me, would you mind leaving a quick comment (you don't have to leave your name if you don't want to--just a 'hello, I'm here,' or

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The back is finished up to the decreases and I've started on the front. Quick knit, really cute. Perfect. I'm using some Malabrigo in Amoroso that I have had in my stash. This is the first time I've worked with it and yeah, it's All That. I can't seem to capture the gorgeous colors right now...lovely shades of red and purple. I would love to knit this up in a cotton blend, too.And here is the

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So, if y'all could please stop putting up super cute patterns that I just Have To Knit, my head could stop spinning whilst trying to come up with more time in each day to knit. Vestee. Yeah, gotta knit that. And I think I have just the yarn for it, already in my stash. Woohoo! Now to see if I have enough for the long-sleeved, hooded version.

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Big brothers rock. Adorable t-shirt from Harrilu on etsy. I heart etsy.

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...I'm adding tags to some old posts today.

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It's just me, banging my head against a brick wall. Pay no attention.

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