Christmas was over months ago...

But I'm still working on those pesky Christmas gifts.

I started the Juno Regina before Christmas, but chose a sock yarn, so it's taking forever. There are a few places where I've messed up majorly, but I doubt my mother in law will notice. She's not a knitter. I'm not frogging back. I refuse.

I do love the shape and feel of it, though. It is a beautiful pattern. I am using Berroco Comfort Sock in red for it. Lovely.

I started on the Star Blanket last night for my Aunt Betty. I am already ten percent through. The pattern is a nostalgic feeling, considering I was on the pinwheel for six months and this is similar in its own design. I am using Caron Simply Soft Eco in Wine Country for this blanket. I can't wait to see the finished result.

I never did update on the Gryffindor. My neice loved it. The monogram came out perfectly. It was a beautiful scarf, and I was very pleased with myself. I had fun doing the tassles, too. I will knit another scarf in the round for someone as soon as I get some things off of my needles.

I started my first pair of socks for my husband. I am using Red Heart Soft Yarns in dark green. I am knitting the Guitar Socks. They look big so far, but my husband has baseballs for calf muscles so I think I'll be fine:) I am only about fifteen percent through with the first one, but I have to get these Christmas presents out!

As far as knitting anything for myself, the Evangelines are sleeping and the Mosey's are waiting patiently on my eager fingers.

I started a butterfly hat for my daughter, who told me she wanted a pink butterfly hat, mommy, and I imagined I had enough left over of the Bernat Haven in Ballerina to make one for her, wrong. I ran out. And unfortunately, it is now a discontinued yarn that I have to buy on Ebay (just to finish the last twently or so rows on a toddler hat...) Might as well buy enough for a child's scarf, too.

I knit some beautiful Whimsey fingerless gloves for my sister in law's coworker. That is such a lovely pattern, if you've never knit it, I suggest it. You start off with provisional cast on and knit the cuff, which is slip stitched edging and cabled and lace, then you graft it together, and pick up stitches along the opening in the cufflet and continue knitting the glove. It's fun and simple once you learn how to do everything. The designer has made a whole ensemble out of this pattern, hat, scarf, gloves, and maybe something else... Fun knit, and beautiful.

In other news, my son crawls now!! He's new at it so he's still scooting with his head down and pushing with his legs, but I can't knit around him without him crawling/scooting for my yarn and eating at it before I can get to a point to take it away from him:) He chews up everything in his sight, always going for the no no's first i.e. phones, remotes, knitting, bills.... I forgot how grabby babies were. And he never sleeps anymore. Ever.... man. I'm tired:)

My daughter is cute as ever. The other day I told her that whenever I had to discipline her it broke my heart and to please be better for Mommy. I notice her doing something with her fingers, and I'm looking, and she's then handing me whatever it was in her hands, holding it up to me going "I fixed your heart, Mommy."
How can you discipline her after that?? Wow. And her and the baby play together now. My kids are growing up, which is a sign I'm getting old.... Oh well. I'm just happy I have healthy, happy, smart children and that I can provide for them like they need.

My dog is getting better. She has only chewed up one toy in the past week. But she loves stuffed animals. She attacked my son's giraffe. I was so sad I cried. Boo hoo. I'm still crying over that one. But she's a good doggie, and she's good with my daughter. She's a good watch dog, too.

I started working at Tom Murphy Realty by pure chance. My friend Bonnie called me and said that a few people had quit, and she needed some help. I came up here, and kept coming back. She mentioned permenancy and pushed for a position for me from her boss, so now I'm her assistant! And we have so much fun everyday:) It was just in time, too, because my unemployment had just ran out. I have my resume in at the temp agency but haven't gotten a job offer from there, yet.

It is a great balance for me, and I feel like getting out of the house everyday makes me a better person, more balanced.

I haven't been taking my zoloft. I am going to get my prescriptions filled just incase I have another melt down and decide to go back on it, but I haven't been taking it for the past six weeks. It's been a struggle, but it's been okay.

I am also sad because I have dried up. I think I may still be able to just make it come back, I can still get some milk out, and my son will nurse when he's tired, but if he's awake, you can forget it. He wants to be "crawling." I stopped being able to get anything out with a pump, trying to pump frequently and coming up with nothing but sore nipples... Well, it was a good six months, and six months is better than nothing. I could expect this with starting back to work. He still passifies himself on them sometimes, and that's the only thing that will passify him at times. But, with him being a little boy (and his Daddy's boy at that) that will change soon, too, on my watch, not his.

My husband and I are doing good. We just passed our one year of marriage:) It has been a lot easier since then. We just meld together. I am happy with him in my life, I just wish we had more time together to do things. I work days and he goes to class at night, so it gets hard and we miss each other a lot, but it will be better in a year and a half when he's out of school.

And when I don't have so many unfinished projects I'm constantly working on:)