In need of being spun right round

Tonight, I will bust out the spinning wheel & spin what I can spin. This wheel is old, not mine, has a cracked wheel, and is a mini traveler... Maybe the tahkli's looking a little more reliable.

UPDATE: 10:18PM, in the kitchen, with the camera, happily spun.  The wheel is dead.  The treadle won't peddle, but that's okay  :)  It was a borrowed wheel & it's taken me a year to sit in front of it, so it is ALL good.  Busted out the tahkli & spun up some silky threads; haven't done this in a year and, man, it was a bumpy start, but it really is like riding a bicycle.  Luckily, I wasn't very good to begin with, so I'm totally stoked with what I did!!!

 I have no memory of buying from Crystal Creek Fibers.  This sample was alright; not awesome, but just fine for a free sample! 

Thor(a) the Destroyer

I was showered with kisses!

The Moose is not doing well today, poor baby.  It's my 1/2 day at work; I came home, fed her, and the 3 of us went to the library for sing-along time.  She hadn't napped all day; I figured if we went anyway, by the time we got done, she'd be totally ready to pass out.  She lasted about 20 minutes - other babies were close, but she didn't want to get too close to any of them.  When she started pooping out, Yobo scooped her up in his arms & we just left to keep the experience pleasant and it seems to have worked. When we got home, I fed her & put her down for a nap.  She slept for almost 2 hours.  Poor baby.


When she got up, we had lots of snuggle time.  Yeah, she's one of those babies who loves to snuggle when she doesn't feel good.  She also doesn't remember how to chew when she's hurting, so I made her some very milky barley cereal.  I was sitting on the kitchen floor and she was standing next to me, as is our normal meal-time placement, holding on to my arm, with her mouth wide open and dancing in between bites.  She was so happy & excited, she started giving me kisses!  For the last couple of weeks, she'll occasionally give me A kiss (rarely more than one at a time) when she's in the right mood and no one else is looking LOL  tonight though, she was giving them left & right!  I would smile & say "thank you!" and she'd get that "I just did something new" smile on her face.  My lips were smeared with baby barley; I was in seventh heaven  :D  she was SO sweet & happy about it!  

On top of that awesomeness, Yobo made us some maple pecan ice cream!  It was freaking amazing!!!!!!!!!!  Holy yumminess!!!!!!!!!!!!  Loads of kisses & homemade ice cream - it's been an incredibly lovely evening.  Now time for more sleep  :)  Good night, world.

Block #3 COMPLETE

OMG.  I am so behind on these!  So I FINALLY got this 3rd block done, and I'm going to have to redo it... just not now.  I did everything according to the directions, or I thought I did, but it came in at just about a 12" square and it's supposed to be 12.5".  So... someday I'll redo it, after I have some more experience.  Stupid points.  

It's been slower in sewing around here because the Moose has been staying up longer (no naps = no sewing time).  Poor little bugger - I feel so bad for her.  Teething is icky!  I'd never really thought about what teething entails before, and it really is some nasty business!  Well, the next pattern's a chevron pattern... stay tuned!

Happy Thursday!  Last night, it was still light out at 8pm  :)  Closer comes spring.  Now, if we could just stop with these snow dumps.  I LOVE the snow, but this is getting a little ridiculous - what are we, at like 103" now?

Finding Rhythm

I don't even remember how I found it, but I subscribe to the Rhythm of the Home blog and they have this series where every month they have 2 guest writers do a weekly piece.  I have yet to be disappointed.  I need a subscription to the paper magazine... now added to my birthday wishlist.

This morning I read the latest post and, hot damn!, did it hit the nail on the head.  If this doesn't bring a tear or two to your eye, well, then I guess it doesn't!  ;-)  I thought it was beautiful and had to share.

Surely every person has their own feeling on it, but I never wanted babies.  Or to be married.  And then I met this crazy mustachioed baker who breathed life into dreams I didn't even know I'd had.  Blink.  And then I woke up one morning after a crazy dream & just KNEW I was pregnant (happy 2nd anniversary!).  Blink.  And then this beautiful, amazing babe was born and everything else in the world fell away in less than another blink.

Blink, blink, blink, blink.  The Moose will be a year old in less than 2 weeks.  How did this happen?  WHEN did this happen?  She started giggling & clapping this morning when I changed her diaper.  Seriously, an incredibly wonderful way to start the day.  Who knew? 

The Clapper

We have a clapping baby!  On Thursday, after she'd done her usual round of pulling 1/2 of her books off the bookshelf, she sat there, looking around, and started clapping.  I was not too far away, doing some homework at the coffee table.  As soon as I saw her, I couldn't contain myself & I said "Yay! Clap clap clap!" and started clapping too!  This excited her and she started clapping again and we were both clapping with me singing "Yay! Clap clap clap!"  It was fantastic!!!!!!!!  Yes, ALL of the exclamation points were necessary, crucial even!  She wouldn't clap for anyone else, not even Yobo. 

Her "normal" bedtime routine is brush teeth, followed by quiet playtime in her room with the door shut, then it's lights out for a final (boob) feeding & she's put to bed.  Since Yobo rigged her room with pink LED Christmas lights, it's not super bright and rather conducive to the sleepy effect.  Friday night, we were in the final feeding part; she was tired, I could tell she was winding down, then there was a clap clap clap clap, zonk.  Out like a light.  BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHA it was so sweet & so wonderful, and I totally just got a round of applause.  Boob is good.  Clap-worthy even :)


P.S. She finally clapped for Yobo yesterday!  I am now trying to teach her to stomp her feet.  Clap, clap, clap.  Stomp, stomp, stomp.

The Growing Season

It's getting closer!