Today I?m celebrating my 29th birthday for the third time. :birthday: On this special day, I?ve been reflecting on some of my blessings:
1. My loving husband who is taking me to the opera tonight despite the fact that he does not share my enthusiasm for it. (We?re seeing Carmen!)
2. My remarkable son who brought home yet another commendation from his teacher for his willingness to help out his friends and his ability to diffuse potential conflicts with other children by laughing and smiling.
3. My brother has finally arrived safe and sound in Seattle after working in Cincinnati for the past several months. I?ve missed him!
4. My parents. They?re such wonderful people. I don?t know how to begin praising and thanking them.
5. My employer has been supportive of my professional development AND flexible in accommodating my personal life?no qualms about letting me take all the time off I need with either baby.
6. My health has been excellent and no complications have arisen during either pregnancy (knock on wood?I?ve still got a couple of months to go).
I received a package of goodies which included a fun novel to read, a ball winder, and a case for my knitting needles (My mother made this and used an old Godiva chocolates ribbon for its tie. While I LOVE the case, I?m disappointed that there weren?t any chocolates hidden away in it 
I?ll post a snapshot soon).
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Doesn’t this sweet little :angel: deserve a special gift?
…especially since he came home last night with a wonderful report from his daycare teacher. Sam may be a :devil: at times, but he has a very definite angelic streak through him as well. A little girl in his class was struggling to get a toy out of the toybox and he stopped what he was doing, retrieved the toy and handed it to her. No one asked him to do this. He just saw that she was in need of a helping hand. Of course, when I heard about this, I started crying. Blame it on the hormones.
With my heart suffused with pride in my baby boy, I finally cast-on for the sporty jacket I’ve been meaning to make for him. The pattern calls for Debbie Bliss merino aran, which is a rather thick yarn with a lot of body. I’ve had a :devil: of a time trying to knit to gauge. When knit with the recommended needles, my swatch came out HUGE. I tried going down one size and the swatch was still a little bit big (1/2 a stitch too many and a row too short). I went down another needle size, but then my swatch was too small. :faint: I usually knit pretty close to gauge, so I’m not sure what’s going on here. I’m going to try knitting the garment with the needles which are one size smaller than those recommended and *hope* that the difference isn’t too pronounced. I don’t think row gauge is too critical with this pattern since there’s minimal shaping. I’ll just knit until I think it’s long enough. Wish me luck! :rainbow:
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Is it just me, or are people really irritating? I have little patience for the following:
1. Last night, a truck pulled up behind us and waited as we loaded our groceries in the trunk of our car. It seems the occupants desperately wanted our parking spot. Advantage to them? They would be two spots closer to the store than they would have been had they used any of the empty spots surrounding the location where they waited for us. Were their legs broken???
2. I sat behind someone on the bus who was wearing a liberal amount of cheap perfume. It made me sneeze. Forty-five minutes of sneezing and watery eyes is unpleasant.
3. I stood behind a lady at Starbucks who was speaking on her cell phone. She was unwilling to interrupt her phone conversation when it came her turn to place her order. She also didn?t give up her place in line. Emily Post really needs to develop etiquette guidelines for cell phone users.
4. The same lady proceeded to pay for her order using a credit card. Her order totaled less than $10.
I wasn?t this grouchy all weekend. I promise. I didn?t have much of a chance to be grouchy though, since I spent most of the weekend napping. This means that didn?t get much knitting done either. I?m a few rows short of completing the left front of Elfin. I could have made some headway into the right front section had I been intent on doing so. I must fess up that I?m dragging my feet a little because I?m dreading the Kid Silk Haze ruffles. Several much more experienced knitters have had trouble with them?
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