Scarf just in time

The beginning: Plenty of winter left to knit a scarf.. 

DAY FIVE
The scarf is measuring just about 35 inches long as I'm finishing up with the first skein.

DAY SEVEN
Second skein and the scarf is 52 inches long. I thought I would be done by now, but everyone is sick- including me. Too bad I can't just be. sick. And knit.

I only have two skeins of this yarn, but I'm hoping for around 78 inches for the finished length- which is how long my current favorite (store bought) scarf is. There is a lot of yarn that I had to remove from the second skein in order for it to match up where the first one left off.. so I am thinking of adding fringe to the ends.

DAY TEN
It's done- finally done! 72 inches- without fringe. I did add fringe- I'm a little bit on the fence about it, but there it is nonetheless.

Just in time for the blizzard. Or, more likely "blizzard" for me.

inspired #2

to MAKE..

spinach sandwich recipe @the dainty squid

I hated.. hated spinach growing up, but the last decade or so I've started to really like it. So.. this recipe for a spinach sandwich sounds a little bit delicious. I'd use different bread.. and real mayonnaise (because I kinda love mayo).. but other than that, ya.. I can see why Kaylah makes it as often as she does.

to MAKE..

greek-style salad @poppytalk

I am rather fond of the Greek salad.. feta cheese, Kalamata olives- yum.

to MAKE..

diy constellations scarf @a beautiful mess

This constellations scarf looks so cool.. and so easy to make oneself. I am not much of a stamp-er, so I could see doing the whole thing with embroidery floss. You could use an existing scarf for this or even make your own from a piece of fabric (and fringing the ends if you so desire).

to MAKE..

clay heart charms for valentine's day @remodelando la casa

Are these clay heart charms too ambitious for a preschool Valentine's Day? For someone that isn't one of those moms? Ug.. they look so cute.. and easy to make. Lily could even paint them herself (until she loses interest after two of them and I do the rest). We'll see.

And the sick goes on

We're all sick. Except maybe Lily- I wouldn't really say she's sick anymore, just using a tissue occasionally. I was the last hold out. I tried SO hard not to get sick. The minute I knew Lily was getting sick I started taking my zinc- it got me through 5 days without symptoms, but then my body just couldn't take the constant bombardment of germs in this germ-incubator any longer.

I went out early on Sunday to get 4 boxes of tissues, baby acetaminophen, and a few other essentials that always seem to find their way into one's shopping cart at Target. When I got home, I said "I don't feel very good." And it's just gone downhill since.

Especially after getting one hour of sleep last night. Yes, one hour. One. I got Lily into her bed, spent hours coaxing a miserable Noah to sleep, put him in his crib, and then made Lily actually try to go to sleep. I started to crawl into bed.. and Noah woke up- in misery. I tried all sorts of things and finally got him asleep and back into his bed again. I got back into bed and slept that 1 hour.

Something woke me up at 4am- so I got up to check on Noah. Because that's what a good paranoid mommy of a miserably sick baby does. I was pretty sure he was still breathing, but I put my hand on his back anyway. He was fine. Breathing.

As I walked away- he woke up. Like.. woke up, woke up. Standing. Crying miserably. I scooped him up.. and then spent the next 2 hour trying to get him to sleep. He was against the idea- he thought miserable crying was better suited for the 4-6am hours of our morning. Around 6:30, I just stopped trying. We watched tv and eventually I got Lily up for school.

It was during that time I couldn't help but to think I really hated today.. to such an extent I wanted to stab it in the face and run it over with my car. I assume it was the illness talking.

I took a 3 hour nap after I took Lily to school. When I picked her up (about 10 minutes late- after bringing the trash and recycling out), her teacher said she had a good day.. all except for the last 5 minutes. Of course. Way to let me know I should stop being late to pick her up. Mommy fail.

When we got home, I took a shower. Ate lunch. Took a 3 hour nap. And still felt worse than ever.

Noah took a series of very long naps today as well, thankfully. But when the poor little man finally woke up for the day night.. he was just as miserable as he'd been overnight. So.. I made the awful mistake of showing him that Harry the Bunny and other shows from BabyFirst TV can be seen on my computer. He was so miserably sick and crying.. Lily was playing a video game on the tv.. so I did a quick search and there it all was on YouTube. He calmed down immediately. Then watched and watched and watched. And watched. And got mad at me. Twice. When I tried to turn it off.

Gawd that BabyFirst TV is both a blessing and a curse.

Way to end this on a completely irrelevant note.

what we did this week

1. It was my mother-in-law's birthday, so I got her flowers- from the children. Picked and chose at the store and they put it all together for me- adding some other stuff in too. Made me think that being a florist must be fun.

2. Noah and I were accidental sock twinsies this week. Yes, this is my life.

3. The sky was amazing on Thursday. Which was nice, because otherwise.. the day was a little intense for me. I don't know what I did to get this picture (it's not a reflection, I promise), but.. wow.