Time for an Update
You know, I think I've started this about a dozen times, and I never quite finish it.
First, knitting. This is a knitting blog. Sort of.
I have joined
Socktoberfest. You should too! There is still lots of time to make socks. Over a week in fact! Here is my contribution for my mom:
They are made from Woolease using the
Bell Lace pattern. This is the first pair of socks I have made from Woolease, believe it or not. And probably the thickest pair I've ever made (I am a big fan of sock yarn that self does whatever it is supposed to do). I like how fast it goes, and for Christmas this year, if you are on my list, you will probably be getting a nice thick pair of socks.
I also made a pair of booties for Emily. I think they will go great with a baby surprise sweater, don't you? They are the slip on pattern from
Zoe Mellor's book:
They are made out of TLC acrylic. I really like the color. It's the same color I'm using to crochet her blanket, which is coming along, slowly but surely. I took a break to work on those socks:
So there is the craft news!
And other stuff:
Our first Brownie meeting went ok. Many many less girls than before, which is also ok. We will have at least 8. I guess Saturdays didn't work for everyone, but you know what? They work for me. And for Amy. And I didn't exactly see anyone else, jumping up and down hand raised, "Pick me! Pick me! I'll run the meetings! Oh pick me!". I had one mother have the audacity to tell me that Saturdays were family time, because she only has her kids every other weekend (and all week, which evidently, is not family time) and that I should try to schedule the meetings either not on Saturday or the Saturdays when her dad has her, who only really DOES see her every other weekend. I guess it wouldn't have bothered me so much, except her daughter was late because she was coming from a soccer game. And they had to leave right away to take her other daughter to soccer. Oh--so soccer IS family time. I get it.
I just wanted to say, "Hey...why don't you pick whatever night you wanted Brownies on (that you didn't volunteer to run) and have your family time THAT night. Then it's like you aren't missing anything". The meetings are once a month. Either it's important to her and her daughter, or it isn't. People like that make me want to scream. I did tell her I have a 7 week old baby, and this is what I can do right now.
Anyway, Anna also went to
Every Girl's a Princess, which is a benefit for
Harbor House. For $25 she gets to be a Princess, complete with 2 teenage Royal Dressers, pick out a gown to keep, make a wand and crown, pick out jewelry and have a picture taken on a throne with flowers. I feel bad because Anna had a cold, so she wasn't as enthusiastic as usual. But she was still very beautiful:
And now I will end, as
John Stewart does, with your Moment of Zen:
Lynnette at 10/22/2005 04:44:00 PM
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Lots of stuff to talk about
You know, everytime we do something, I say, "I'll enter it on my blog." and then time slips away.
So first of all, Anna finally got her birthday party at
Funset We took Nicholas, Anna and Anna's best friend Anna, and I think they had a great time:
Next came
Quarry Quest. The local quarry opens up for a day and lets the kids play and do rock related things--all for charity. It's a great time.
Fossil hunting
Anna has started soccer. She does what most six year olds new to soccer do...pick grass, run in circles, etc. But she looks pretty cool in her soccer duds:
Anna the soccer player
I am also becoming leader of her Brownie troop. I have to be honest and say it isn't something I am looking forward to. I feel it is important. I think we will have a good time, and I want to make it a good time for the girls. I wish someone else who didn't have a new baby felt it was as important as I do. My friend Amy is going to be my co-leader...without her help, I couldn't do it. The paperwork is daunting! I hope once we get things planned and get into the swing of things, I will feel less anxious.
I haven't been knitting lately, although it's about time to take out those needles and start working on Christmas projects. But I DID pick up a crochet hook. The first time I was doing a shells/v-stitch pattern that just didn't look right. This time I am doing an easier pattern that's found
here. It is much easier and seems to look ok:
Crochet attempt
And last but not least, here is the Baby Emily under the very warm blanket my Great Aunt Jo crocheted for her.
snuggly La
Lynnette at 9/29/2005 12:42:00 PM
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Please Welcome Baby Emily!
Here she is:
She arrived 3 weeks early on August 26. I was having some problems, and they wanted to make sure she was ok--I was just to term, so they induced me. She's such a good baby--she'd sleep all night except she wants to be by someone (although she sleeps all day just fine in her bassinet...)
I DID finish the matinee sweater, but I am still working on the hat that goes with it. I needn't have worried--it's going to be HUGE on her, so it will be nice to have it bigger this winter. It turned out pretty nice:
And that's the new hardwood floor in the livingroom in the background--Brian's project while he was home with the baby, and he did a great job. It was a gift from his mom. Of course his mom pretty much bought my SIL a house, so I guess flooring was fair, right?
So besides, baby stuff and trying to appease my disgruntled children and pets, we've just been plugging along. Anna nearly had a sister born on her birthday, and had her parents miss her party, and now she started first grade:
So far it seems to be going alright. Some adjustment problems, but her teacher seems very very nice (like someone you'd picture as a first grade teacher), so hopefully she's as patient as she seems and Anna will do fine.
Nicholas is acting up. I mean, I can't blame him. One sister who was in his mom's tummy is now out and needs a lot of attention, and the other sister takes off to school all day! You tell him to do something and he deliberately doesn't do it and waits there with a smirk on his face waiting for you to do something about it. But he seems to love his new sister, and this too shall pass:
In the meantime I'm finishing up the hat that goes with the matinee sweater (it's taking me a huge amount of time for no apparent reason. I mean, besides sneaking in rows whenever I can. The stocking stitch just seems to be killing me). I'm going to try to make booties to go along with it, so I officially finished my Baby KAL--not that I won't be making more baby things. I bought the
Baby Ull yarn in lavender to make Emily the cardigan and cap from
Hjerter:
I also FINALLY bought the
ladybug pattern. This pattern is the reason I learned to knit--I saw the sweater in a yarn shop window and wanted to learn to knit to make it for my kids. Anna was 6 months old when I learned--but I didn't make it for her nor for Nicholas. Maybe Emily will be the lucky baby:
So hopefully I have enough on my plate to keep me busy for a while. I mean, I always come up with SOMETHING.
Oh btw--
Naked Sheep is donating 10% of all yarn purchases to the Red Cross for Hurricane Victims.
Lynnette at 9/08/2005 10:42:00 AM
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Because I wasn't feeling old enough...wow
BELOIT COLLEGE'S MINDSET LIST®
FOR THE CLASS OF 2009Most students entering college this fall were born in 1987.
1. Andy Warhol, Liberace, Jackie Gleason, and Lee Marvin have always been dead.
2. They don't remember when "cut and paste" involved scissors.
3. Heart-lung transplants have always been possible.
4. Wayne Gretzky never played for Edmonton.
5. Boston has been working on the "The Big Dig" all their lives.
6. With little need to practice, most of them do not know how to tie a tie.
7. Pay-Per-View television has always been an option.
8. They never had the fun of being thrown into the back of a station wagon with six others.
9. Iran and Iraq have never been at war with each other.
10. They are more familiar with Greg Gumbel than with Bryant Gumbel.
11. Philip Morris has always owned Kraft Foods.
12. Al-Qaida has always existed with Osama bin Laden at its head.
13. They learned to count with Lotus 1-2-3.
14. Car stereos have always rivaled home component systems.
15. Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker have never preached on television.
16. Voice mail has always been available.
17. "Whatever" is not part of a question but an expression of sullen rebuke.
18. The federal budget has always been more than a trillion dollars.
19. Condoms have always been advertised on television.
20. They may have fallen asleep playing with their Gameboys in the crib.
21. They have always had the right to burn the flag.
22. For daily caffeine emergencies, Starbucks has always been around the corner.
23. Ferdinand Marcos has never been in charge of the Philippines.
24. Money put in their savings account the year they were born earned almost 7% interest.
25. Bill Gates has always been worth at least a billion dollars.
26. Dirty dancing has always been acceptable.
27. Southern fried chicken, prepared with a blend of 11 herbs and spices, has always been available in China.
28. Michael Jackson has always been bad, and greed has always been good.
29. The Starship Enterprise has always looked dated.
30. Pixar has always existed.
31. There has never been a "fairness doctrine" at the FCC.
32. Judicial appointments routinely have been "Borked."
33. Aretha Franklin has always been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
34. There have always been zebra mussels in the Great Lakes.
35. Police have always been able to search garbage without a search warrant.
36. It has always been possible to walk from England to mainland Europe on dry land.
37. They have grown up in a single superpower world.
38. They missed the oat bran diet craze.
39. American Motors has never existed.
40. Scientists have always been able to see supernovas.
41. Les Miserables has always been on stage.
42. Halogen lights have always been available at home, with a warning.
43. "Baby M" may be a classmate, and contracts with surrogate mothers have always been legal.
44. RU486, the "morning after pill," has always been on the market.
45. There has always been a pyramid in front of the Louvre in Paris.
46. British Airways has always been privately owned.
47. Irradiated food has always been available but controversial.
48. Snowboarding has always been a popular winter pastime.
49. Libraries have always been the best centers for computer technology and access to good software.
50. Biosphere 2 has always been trying to create a revolution in the life sciences.
51. The Hubble Telescope has always been focused on new frontiers.
52. Researchers have always been looking for stem cells.
53. They do not remember "a kinder and gentler nation."
54. They never saw the shuttle Challenger fly.
55. The TV networks have always had cable partners.
56. Airports have always had upscale shops and restaurants.
57. Black Americans have always been known as African-Americans.
58. They never saw Pat Sajak or Arsenio Hall host a late night television show.
59. Matt Groening has always had a Life in Hell.
60. Salman Rushdie has always been watching over his shoulder.
61. Digital cameras have always existed.
62. Tom Landry never coached the Cowboys.
63. Time Life and Warner Communications have always been joined.
64. CNBC has always been on the air.
65. The Field of Dreams has always been drawing people to Iowa.
66. They never saw a Howard Johnson's with 28 ice cream flavors.
67. Reindeer at Christmas have always distinguished between secular and religious decorations.
68. Entertainment Weekly has always been on the newsstand.
69. Lyme Disease has always been a ticking concern in the woods.
70. Jimmy Carter has always been an elder statesman.
71. Miss Piggy and Kermit have always dwelt in Disneyland.
72. America's Funniest Home Videos has always been on television.
73. Their nervous new parents heard C. Everett Koop proclaim nicotine as addictive as heroin.
74. Lever has always been looking for 2000 parts to clean.
75. They have always been challenged to distinguish between news and entertainment on cable TV.
© 2005 Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
Lynnette at 8/24/2005 04:24:00 PM
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Vacation!
Brian is on his last day of summer vacation. He only took one full week this summer so that he can be home when the baby comes for a month (He also has one week around Christmas "Just in Case")
First, we went to EAA:
It was hot, but it was so worth it. I mean, SpaceShipOne in itself made my day:
It was amazing to be close enough to reach out and almost touch it. Brian even got to be on the Milwaukee News channel. and I think the kids had a good time too:
Next Stop--camping! Let's just say camping was short lived. We definitely will be investing in a camper next year--it was hella-humid, and 4 people in a tent just is NOT comfortable. But we did get to
Copper Falls State Park, and got to see the falls this time (we had Molly last time, and no dogs are allowed on the trail):
We also made it to the
Children's Museum. The kids had a great time at the exhibits, but I didn't get any good pictures, because the battery on the digital camera was running low and the camcorder stills are too dark to see :( And yesterday we went fishing, and didn't catch ANYTHING. Fishing is MUCH more fun when you catch something, let me tell you.
And now, a fitting ending to our vacation (with our luck at least). We registered our minivan on Monday, and on Tuesday a rock hit the windshield and it will be $250 to replace it. The belt also needs to be replaced (fortunately my dad can do that). And NOW--there is a suspicious oil-smelling puddle where the Taurus was parked.
I hate cars.
But hey! I promise to have knitting pics in my next post!!!!
Lynnette at 8/05/2005 12:24:00 PM
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