‘Just Chattin’’ Archive
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 11:09 am, by knitwit
in Category Fun Stuff, Just Chattin', Life
August was a busy month for us. And a fantastic one!
My sister from Montana came to visit for 2 weeks and she and L had a wonderful time together.
We miss her tons!
Kisses
While Colleen was here, we went to visit our brother Glen and his family on their Farm in Iowa. One of the best places in the world to be, if you ask me!
With fantastic views:
Inter
esting wildlife:
Fun stuff for kids of all ages:
My nephew "Eviel Kneivel"
A Boy in his natural habitat...dirt
Best of all…lots and lots of family!
My sisters, brothers (all but one), nephews, cousins, parents. All in one place. Couldn’t be better!
My siblings and cousins
A supremely relaxing weekend.
Next time: August Part 2: The County Fair! With Actual knitting content!
Posted on February 21, 2008 at 11:38 am, by knitwit
in Category Baby news, Just Chattin'
The last few weeks have been a blur. Seriously, I have lost 2 weeks of my life and I can barely remember what I was doing before then. I got a nasty case of the flu, fun times when you're pregnant. I had a sinus infection along with it and I can honestly say I have never felt so much facial pain in my life. All I could do was sit with a heating pad on my face and try not to cry. My face and throat were so sore I pretty much lived on jello and ice chips for a week. I'm only now getting to where I can eat normal food again. I saw my OB for the first time at my 36 week appointment. I'd been suffering with this illness for a week, and thankfully he prescribed some antibiotics for the sinus infection. I think I would have died otherwise! It still took another 5 days to feel better but it was a relief just knowing that I was taking something that was going to help me and thus an end was in sight. It's been about 5 days since I finished the antibiotics and I'm still congested an have a cough that's caused me terrible rib pain (which means I don't sleep) but I'm hopefully on the road to recovery.
What this all means, however, is that I am 3 weeks from my due date and we have nothing done!!! B was doing such a wonderful job of taking care of me while I was sick that he didn't have time to work on the projects in the baby's room, and then he ended up sick himself. Thankfully he wasn't hit as hard as I was and only felt crappy for about a week. But it's still slowed us up a lot. I feel so tired, I have to work in little spurts and then rest for a while in between. But I'm trying to get all the baby clothes washed and put in totes (since we don't have a dresser yet) and start cleaning up the house and getting ready. We have been shopping for a crib, no small task. I never would have imagined how expensive cribs would be and most of them are pieces of crap! I think we have it narrowed down to 2 possiblilites, but we're not in love with either one. It is just settling because we have to have something and we want it to be something that won't kill our child. I had really wanted to have the baby's room done by now, and am really disappointed that we aren't even close. But I don't think B or I ever anticipated it taking this long. Having to rip out all the plaster and put up new sheetrock in the walk in closet has been a setback. B is getting close to finishing but things keep coming up to slow us down. Once the closet is finished we can finally clean the room and decorate. I hope we can get it done before the wee one actually gets here!
We still haven't had the chance to try to figure out why my dumb blog editor won't let me use thumbnails anymore. Stupid wordpress anyway. But I don't have any pics to share right now, as there has been no knitting in weeks. I couldn't knit when I was sick and now I'm just too busy. I have lots of little projects I want to finish up for the baby though, so hopfully I can get those done and maybe get a few pics up in the next few days.
So that's me, done singin' the blues and sharing my woes of the last few weeks. Hopefully more upbeat posts to come!
Posted on January 21, 2008 at 5:45 pm, by knitwit
in Category Baby news, Just Chattin', Life
Thought I'd share a few belly shots with everyone…
(a bit hard to see since my stupid blog editor won't allow me to link to the larger sized picture, hopefully I can get that fixed and maybe update the pics)
I'm 32 weeks and 5 days as of today. It's hard to believe that in less than 8 weeks (give or take) our little guy will be here! No more strange alien moving around in my belly. It's a little sad in a way. I've gotten quite used to being pregnant, and while I can't wait to have this baby be here, it will be weird having him on the outside instead of inside! While there are things about pregnancy that stress me out and there are physical discomforts, I love feeling the baby move around, looking at his little ultrasound pictures, wondering if he'll look like me or B, and so many other things.
WARNING: Excessive pregnancy discussion and ranting to follow….
One thing I won't miss about pregnancy, however, is all the pressure…and I'm not talking about the pressure you feel from having a tiny beings feet up under your ribs and his head on your bladder! It just seems like there are so many things to feel pressured about with pregnancy, labor and even what you do once the baby is here, that truly drive me insane. All through my pregnancy it seems I've constantly been bombarded by other peoples' opinions on everything from my diet to whether I should have pain medication during labor to how I should FEED the baby once he's here! If it doesn't come from family or friends, it comes from pregnancy books, the internet, childbirth classes, and sometimes doctors. It often seems like these sources believe there is only one way to have a healthy pregnancy, childbirth etc…and I sure as hell am not doing it right. Sometimes I feel all these outside sources make me feel like I'm far too stupid to give birth and raise a child. Like I have no common sense whatsoever.
For the last 7 (going on 8 ) months I have done everything I could to ensure that this baby was healthy; watched my diet, followed all of my doctors orders, undergone all necessary tests, and tried to be as informed as possible about pregnancy and childbirth–I wonder at times if I'm a bit too informed. I'm sure that when it comes time to deliver this baby, while I have certain things I really want to avoid…like an induction or c-section, if those things can't be avoided, I will do whatever is necessary to ensure that I have a safe delivery and a healthy baby. Once the baby is here, I hope that people will trust that B and I will make the best choices for us and the baby to ensure he continues to be healthy and grow and thrive. While I'm sure we'll be asking for help from our family and friends, I also hope that people will respect the decisions we make. That's been a pretty big fear of mine all along, not having my choices respected. I'm sure there is always someone who feels they know better than you, and that thinks you're raising your kids all wrong. I just hope I can be strong enough to not let those people get under my skin.
Ok, I didn't intend for this to become a rant…but it seems to have. It's nice to get it off my chest, however, and hopefully if there are any other moms or moms-to-be reading this then they can let me know how they deal/dealt with all the pregnancy pressure.
Posted on November 23, 2007 at 3:48 pm, by knitwit
in Category Fun Stuff, Just Chattin', Life
table and centerpiece
(click in images to make bigger as usual)
I have been worried all week about hosting my first Thanksgiving dinner at our house. I guess I had nothing to worry about: I didn't drop, spill or break anything, no one went home wearing their dinner, nothing was burned or undercooked, no one has called to tell me they have food poisoning. All in all a pretty good day I think!
Mike carves the turkey
The food turned out great! We did end up eating a little later than planned as the turkey didn't get done when I thought it would, but we had enough food for an army so no one went without!
Yummy!
I would never have been able to pull it off without all of the help from my family. My mom made relish trays and came over in the morning to help me cook, Brad helped a ton, and Susie, my MIL brought sweet potatoes, cranberries and pumpkin pie which also helped me out a ton! I was pretty worn out as I hadn't been able to sleep the night before but everyone jumped in to clear the table and clean up the leftovers so I could relax, that was truly something to be thankful for!
Enough food for an army!
Today the dishes have been done, leftovers have been are being eaten and I'm going to have a little relaxation time before we hit the road again. Tomorrow we're off to Sioux City for B's cousin's wedding so we'll get to spend time with the fam again. Hopefully I'll have recovered by Monday and can be back in knitting order. Christmas will be here before we know it and probably before I have all my knitting done!
Hope everyone in blog land had a great Thanksgiving too!
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