I know I said I'd be done by the 28th... birthday pinwheel for Alayna... but it just wouldn't finish itself. I knitted and knitted but this thing has erupted into too large of a monster to try and complete while rushing around the house haphazardly setting up for a party unbeknownst to the nosiest two year old in the world, all while breastfeeding full time and diapering, and juggling everyone's schedule on top of the never ending sleep deprived state I'm perpetually finding myself in.
But it is over 700 stitches around, increasing ten stitches every two rounds, and then with the lace ruffle I want to add to the edging, that will be over 1600 stitches at the end.
Now that her birthday has come and almost gone I'm trying to decide whether or not to make this thing bigger than it is and making Christmas my new deadline, but that would just be too much. Already the finished project will be (by my ragged calculations) fifty inches across. If I add more stripes to it then it will be over six feet across. I think part of me is sad to watch it end... and this is me stretching it out. It's already so big that I can't really take it out of the house to knit, and I must end it on pink, because it started on pink and I'm just anal that way, and that will be three more stripes or so before it's back on pink, because it's a specific pattern... and well, you know. The way it is now is perfect because of the stripe coloring and it's a palindrome as it is so I'd kinda like to leave it that way because I just like things even like that... that's just how I am.
So I think in a rambling sorta way I just made up my mind!!! Go blogging!!
Okay, so today we had a small (and by small I mean my husband, my son, Birthday Princess, and I) party. Last weekend was the big party, but today, it was small.
I started the day by dressing Alayna for church and scooting her out the door for church with the grandparents, and then kissing Hubby g'bye for work. Finally, just me and Mr. Sleepybaby... time to get this party started.
I though, what better way than to start a pot of coffee, that will make my two hour deadline more productive. So while the coffee is broiling I go clean up the backyard, and then the bathroom, and while I"m cleaning the bathroom all I can think is "wow, that coffee smells wonderful. I love Irish Creme!" So, off to the kitchen to make a cup. Somehow I didn't close the top and there was coffee and coffee grounds all over the counter... Let's try this again.
Finally, got my coffee in me, and in two hours I had successfully cleaned the living room, front porch, kitchen, Alayna's room, and cooked brownie cupcakes (which seemed like a better idea in my head) and a chicken and shrimp white wine alfredo sauce spaghetti bake. Which was delicious. Oh, and wrapped and ribboned presents. I was rattling off whole conversations with everything I touched. Coffee is great... I can see how people become addicted to this stuff!!!
We had a wonderful day, though. Alayna had a blast, the food was good, and the house isn't a wreck quite yet... neither am I, so I guess it was great:)
Now... off to work on the everlasting pinwheel blanket:)
