Some Progress- Finally!

I finally finished the left front of my Flicca sweater! Now onto the right front (if I can get up the motivation).


The dove is still there. Poor thing, sitting right in the 97 degree sun!

A Surprise!

So, I've been growing strawberries from a hanging planter on my back patio. I've been checking them everyday because I've never grown them before, and I'm so excited! I went out yesterday and saw this weird, green netting sticking out of the planter, so I started tugging on it. This bird flew out of the planter, I have no idea how I didn't notice it! So, I climbed up on a chair and there was a little nest in my planter with one egg. So cute! So, my strawberry plants are probably done for, but I'll take watching a baby bird hatch over that! Here's the mom, she came back!


My knitting update: I am now still working on the front left of my Flicca sweater. It's slowly coming along!

Knitting Update

I finally got the batteries charged enough to upload my progress photos.

Here's the back of my Flicca cardigan. It's my first sweater, so it's not quite perfect, but I tried!


And this is the very early beginnings of a baby blanket I am knitting for my future adopted Armenian baby. It may be 1-2 years away, but I figure I better get started knowing how long it takes me to finish projects! If we get a boy, I will leave it blue. I was thinking if we get a girl, I might embroider some bright pink flowers in one corner. I'm using Debbie Bliss Cotton Denim Aran for this.

Another day down...

Not a fun day today- I had my scan scheduled today at my infertility doctor. I still have a large cyst, which means no medicine for this month to help things along. Then, they broke the news to me that there was really nothing else they could do for me. I would need to be referred out to a specialist. (I thought I WAS going to a specialist.) Ugh! Very sad day. Of course we are still so excited to be working on the adoption process, but it's still hard to hear the news today. I guess we'll have to decide if we are just going to completely stop with infertility and just focus on adoption or how to handle all this. Confusing, frustrating, crappy.

On a more positive note, I just finished the back of my Flicca sweater! I took a picture to post, and then my camera died. I'll have to do it after the batteries recharge. So excited!

One of those adorable days!

I teach 1st grade and just love it! It is my favorite age, and I love teaching my kids to love literature and books and learning. So, of course, we read like a zillion books a day, but every once in a while one really gets their attention and makes them think. Today we read Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting, one of my favorites! After the story the class broke out into a spontaneous round of applause. It just melted my heart how much they connected with it. Those are the moments I love!

On a knitting note, I knitted that Flicca like crazy! I'm almost done with the back-- maybe by tomorrow!

Today's Progress

I knitted for hours on my Flicca today, but I'm still on the back section. I'll post my progress soon! We also almost completed our initial adoption application. Our goal is to get it mailed out this week.

My Babies

These are my two babies! They are the cutest things ever, and we spoil them to death! They are retired rescued greyhounds.

Flicca Progress

I've been working on the Flicca pattern from this website, http://autoscopia.com/amelia/, (I don't know how to include links yet!) Here's my progress so far, about 16 inches of the back.

Adoption Process Started! (kind of)

So, we're finally beginning the adoption process. We know we want to adopt from Armenia, but haven't officially signed with an agency yet. It's such a hard decision! We are beginning the 3 month process of our homestudy. I guess we have a lot to do, including getting a nursery ready. Seems weird seeing as how we won't have a baby for at least 1-2 years! In the meantime, I'm working on knitting the sweater pattern, Flicca, for myself, and a baby blanket for our future baby. I hope I can keep up the energy to get through all this!

Half Way There!

I am finally over the half way point with the ponchette! I can't wait to get this thing finished. I do enjoy knitting it though, as it is a nice, easy, watch tv knit!

It was finally nice enough to get into gardening today. My poor gardenia looks awful, and I'm hoping I can save it.

I've restarted my teacup collection (I just have 1!). I bought 2 off ebay so I can't wait to see them!

He Likes it!

So I was working on my ponchette earlier today and my husband asked how come I haven't been working on the scarf I had started for him. (I had intended to finish it as a Christmas gift, but didn't quite make it. When I had originally shown him the start of it, I thought he seemed disinterested, so I just stopped working on it) He was complaining that now he wouldn't get to wear it this winter now. I guess since I've never knit anything for him I was just nervous about what he would think. I guess I better get on it! It's the Irish Hiking Scarf pattern. I'll have to post a pic of my progress when I find time.

This first few days back at work wore me out! I took 2-3 hour naps every day after work (and then of course couldn't sleep at night!) I guess the surgery wore me out more than I thought. Hopefully next week I'll be more back to normal. I'm anxious to get better too because I am really missing yoga.

I finally finished reading Teacher Man by Frank McCourt. I really enjoyed it, maybe because I'm a teacher too, but it gave me a lot to think about.

Well. Let's see if I can actually get to sleep tonight. We've got a Super Bowl party to get to tomorrow!

Back to Work

So I'm finally back to work after the laparoscopy. I missed everyone! It gets a bit depressing to be home alone and bedridden. I'm still in some pain, but manageable. Now I'm trying to get up enough energy to work on my ponchette.

Knitting with Hemp

This is my first time knitting with hemp. I bought some on the Knit Pixie website to make a ponchette. I'm actually finding it easy to knit with, although I found tons of knots when winding it into balls. I hear it gets softer with washing, so I'm excited to get this done and see how it turns out! Here's my progress so far:

I found another blog...

I ran across (well, actually googled for) any other people dealling with endometriosis and infertility. I found one that just seemed like a carbon copy of my life. She had stopped posting in October and seemed pretty dejected. I am praying for her.

It's on!

I've decided no more yarn buying until I knit up some of my stash! I'm working on a brown shawl, a hemp ponchette, an Irish hiking scarf for my husband (which probably won't be ready until next winter!) I also just got some Blue Sky Alpaca Organic Cotton to make a baby hat for either my niece or one of 3 babies we know coming this summer. That yarn is soooooooooo soft! Can't wait to start it. I'm about a quarter of the way done with the ponchette so I'm pretty motivated to get that going. We'll see.