I can’t tell you how much I want, this afternoon, to go to see the Yarn Harlot. She’s coming to a bookstore not quite near me. I want to go and buy a Tricoteuses Sans Frontiers badge; hear her talk “aboot” her adventures so far; and knit in her audience. It’s quite odd, this fangirl… Continue reading Harlotry
Philly
I composed a long and lyrical ode to Philadelphia as I drove through bits of it on the way back from the zoo. But now I’m so tired I could fall asleep standing up. So it’ll have to wait.
Mommyrobics
No-one mentions how physically exhausting it is to raise two boys. Or maybe they do but I just haven’t been listening. It turns out that wrestling a strong and 20+lb baby who is nursing is tough. Then there’s your two-year-old who REALLY doesn’t want to cooperate with whatever you’re trying to do (change a diaper,… Continue reading Mommyrobics
Things I Wish I Had Known Before I Had My First Baby — The First Few Weeks
This is the first of what I think will be many entries like this. Althought I had babysat and been a largely long-distance auntie, I was still surprised by SO many things about having my own baby. Since I started popping out sprogs a lot of my friends have followed suit. We trade emails and… Continue reading Things I Wish I Had Known Before I Had My First Baby — The First Few Weeks
Modern Parents' Baby Shower Wish-List
Kaikaina recently entered the stage where all her friends are procreating and chided me for not using my three years of experience in baby-raising to produce any useful written materials. So herewith, I present my: Modern Parent’s Baby Shower Wish-List Forget the bonnets and mittens and “Baby’s First Teddy” bears. The new parent receives more… Continue reading Modern Parents' Baby Shower Wish-List
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I have to log in through the Update Your Jounal Page because I can’t log in from the login page. Huh?
Bleurgh
A week of being sneezed and coughed on by snotty little boys has finally caught up with me and I have a stinker of a cold. Everything hurts. Added to which I think the tiny needles are creating hand problems. Whine, whine, whine. I know. In sock news, I got fed up with untangling the… Continue reading Bleurgh
Slacking For Snowmen
I confess I have made very little progress on my project today, but there were snowmen to be built. Since I have an almost-three year old and this has been only our second big snow this winter, I feel that Snowmom has to be my other event. So I’m a biathlete (now, why does that… Continue reading Slacking For Snowmen
Snow For The Winter Olympics
WinterOlympics Originally uploaded by jwordsmith. Look, it’s obligingly snowing here, just to make it feel extra-winter-Olympicky. I tried to get my 11-month old to model the socks-in-progress, but the window frame was much more cooperative (and showed off our lovely snowscape, to boot). I’m making good progress on the Husband Socks. Assuming they fit him…Will… Continue reading Snow For The Winter Olympics
The Knitsanity Begins
Due to some confusion about when I was supposed to start (and the fact that NBC presented their coverage as if they Olympics were starting at 8pm EST, which was odd, really, since I KNOW that’s 2AM in Turin) I lost a whole five hours and the feeling of solidarity of starting with thousands of… Continue reading The Knitsanity Begins