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102 is not a nice number

Posted on March 29, 2008 9:41 pm by TheAngelForever

No, 102 is not a nice number at all. This is especially true if you are talking about my temperature this morning. The sweet little boy pictured below shared very well with me. I ache all over, have chills that make my entire body shake, pounding headache, and the lovely fever is present to boot.

Never doubt that a child likes to share in our house . . . especially an illness like the flu.

*groan* – it hurts to type. I was shivering in bed before whining to JL that I want to knit. Unfortunately it is difficult to knit when every bone and muscle in my body aches. Who knew that my fingers and wrists could pulse?!?! I miss knitting – no I take that back. I really miss being healthy and being sickie free. This of course would allow me to knit, read, clean (man I must really be sick if I just typed that), and do piles of laundry that have grown this week.

The good news (yes there is some) is that NHL is feeling much better. After being cooped up in the house for the last week NHL was finally allowed to go out. Nana took him for a special day with her. They started off going to breakfast and then went to see Horton Hears a Who. NHL had a very nice time and was talking about their adventure to the theater all evening.

Thanks to my mother taking NHL, JL was able to assist me with JSL. The poor little monkey was so upset that big brother was gone. He kept crawling around looking for him and calling his name. He was thrilled at one point when NHL called and talked with him on the phone.

On that note the iboprofen is starting to kick in (hot flash starting as temperature falls). I best be off to rest while I am able to. Hopefully I will dream about a house free of sickies!

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My First Knit-A-Long

Posted on March 24, 2008 5:35 pm by TheAngelForever

Wahoo! I officially finished my first ever knit-a-long (KAL) and it was a lot of fun. I joined a Yahoo knitting group called Rachel’s Knitting Room. The woman who found the group is Rachel and she designs lots of amazing items that can be found on Knits by Rachel. The KAL this month was to celebrate the Yahoo groups first birthday. Each day of the KAY Rachel would reveal 10-11 rows of the design for everyone to knit. As you knit the mystery of the cloth is revealed.

I decided to take photos after each day to let everyone see how the KAL unfolded. Here they are in order.

KAL 3/17 - Rows 1-21

KAL 3/17 - Rows 22-31

KAL 3/17 - Rows 52-61

KAL 3/17 - All Done!!!

Congratulations to Rachel and Happy Birthday to the Yahoo group! I can not wait to try out my next KAL.

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Date night at home with hubby

Posted on March 1, 2008 9:44 pm by TheAngelForever

Plans here changed, but in a good way for the most part. Tonight we were going to take NHL to a hockey game. We had some free tickets and thought it would be fun. Unfortunately, the boys had other plans. Both of them were up a lot during the night, or up way too early this morning. Thanks to that and JSL possibly being sick again (*sigh*) we opted to change it up a little.

I was able to get some really great movies at the library Friday, so we opted to stay in the warmish house, watch Harry Potty and The Order of the Phoenix and test out my new Whirly Pop.

On that note the popcorn is ready and JL is putting the movie in. Now here’s to hoping that the boys behave!

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Knitty update (2-24)

Posted on February 24, 2008 11:07 pm by TheAngelForever

With all of the sickness going on here I have hardly had time to keep up with the fun things that have actually gone on. Yes, there actually have been some nice moments mixed in with the mess of a week. Coming soon photos from Sesame Street Live on Thursday.

While JSL was in the hospital and I was not able to sleep I spent time knitting while listening and watching him. Both were wash cloth patterns from Lil Knit of This & That (love her patterns). I was able to finish one wash cloth that I started the day before everything happened and start another. Finished in the hospital was Peek-A-Blue which happens to look a lot like Blue from Blues Clues.

Next up NHL requested the Furry Red Monster who happens to look a lot like Elmo. Once again a great pattern that was super easy to follow and looks amazing when done. I know I will make this for gifts in the future. This is what mine looked like when finished.

Today while doing laundry, caring for JSL and blowing my own nose (darn germs). . . I started something new. I decided to try a Nubbins wash cloth (great free patterns found here). Laura told me it would be quick and easy and something different. That it is. . .in a very good way. I have done about 20 rows at this point, so it is about a third of the way done. Here is a quick peek of it so far.

As you can see knitting is something I can do while sitting with JSL and it helps to get rid of some of the stress. Now I just hope that his temperature stays down since it was starting to go up again this evening.

Requesting a dull moment – PLEASE!

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D’oh Dad Done!

Posted on February 13, 2008 12:12 am by TheAngelForever

Yesterday I finally sucked it up and decided to try my first ever knitting project with a pattern. I wanted to do something fun for JL. I found a really cute washcloth pattern on Lil Knit of This & That called D’oh Dad. It is none other than the face of Homer Simpson. Perfect for JL.

Here is a step by step photo diary of how it knitted up over the last two days.

This is the start of the wash cloth. I stopped at 19 rows for dinner last night and getting the kids ready or bed.

Once we were able to get JSL to sleep (the pinkeye was really bothering him) I plugged away on Homer and stopped at about the half way point (row 29):

By this point I was exhausted and wanted to try to sleep some since I figured the little guy would be up. This afternoon while JSL was napping and NHL was playing I was able to knit a little more. By the time we sat down for dinner I was 70% done with Homer.