Random Smattering...

No, not what I'm covered in, although that would be a good guess. Am was mostly civilized at lunch, & so I have no smatters of anything smushed into my clothing right now. (For a change. Holla if ya hear me.)

(Bellybutton coverup, & inspection.)

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No, it's more about the topics in this post. In no particular order:

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1) Amoryn is sleeping right now! We had tried doping her up on a half dose of Gravol. While she didn't appear much different than usual, she did not have a nap. She went to her room, she was laid down several times, and the man was left in charge of the monitor, & by extension, the kid. Turns out, "She invented a new kind of crisco party." What???? She stayed in bed - which is about the only good point in this story - but did rummage through the basket of her toiletries next to the bed & find a wee jar of Vaseline. When the man walked in, apparently she had one hand stuffed wrist-deep into the jar, was standing up in her bed banging on the head board & the venetian blinds, and had coated herself, her bedding, her stuffed animals, the walls, & the blinds in a liberal yet gobby coating of Vaseline. (I forgot, the other good point was that the man tidied it all up.) So today, with mild trepidation, I tried on a half dose of allergy meds. Again, no real difference - but she went to sleep! This is great!! Full dose trials to follow.

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2) We leave for vacation in a week. This is supremely exciting, except for the flight, which I may have mentioned I'm moderately terrified of. I did think it was 32 hours of travel time, but now the man tells me he miscalculated & it's more like 41. I refuse to beleive in such things; I'd wrapped my mind around co-wrangling a toddler for 32 hours, so that's what I'm sticking with. Honestly, will I even know the difference by then?

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3) Item 2 is why item 1.

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4) I got a new tattoo! Yay! It's actually from the parlour just down from one of my fave LYS's, and I lucked into it; I'd figured that I would have to wait until late March, but the artist had a cancellation. So yippee! It's mostly healed up & not peely or scabby. If you hace tatts, you know what I mean. If you don't, well. There's a reason why people hide their new tattoos.

(It's a girl bluebird - that's the color they are.)
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5) I haven't got to knit nearly enough lately. I'm offsetting this by mentally planning my holiday knitting. Want to see what I've got in mind?

From Fitted Knits, for the yarn from Val, which I've overdyed & am quite pleased with. (She's on Etsy as Wooly Wool of the West, I beleive, I'll look up her link later. See the last point.)

From a link I found on Ysolda, for Zeigeist yarns, the Selbu Modern. Intended for the yarn from Annie - dazzling! (http://spinknitthefiberqueen.blogspot.com/)

For fun, also from Fitted Knits, using the actual yarn called for in the pattern. Crazy.

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Plus I'm mulling armwarmers & legwarmers & stuff & well. You know how it goes. My muse, she's a chatterbox - and I love her dearly.
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(I'm trying to ignore the limitations that my luggage space will impose on this list.)

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6) I'm tucking the loose ends into the bookkeeping - I can't finish the GST until Friday, but I can put the T4s to bed.

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7) I'm sewing like a fiend for the trip - leggings for Am & I, dresses for Am, pants for the man. Apart from Am's fixation on the serger, it's going well. I've caught her trying to pet Ghengis even when I'm not sewing, and I keep explaining that this is a very special, delicate machine that ONLY MUM GETS TO TOUCH. Not even Daddy get to use this. Maybe when she's bigger I will show her, but that is at least a decade in the future. (It's a 5 thread serger! APart from the fact that she could easily screw it up - it's got a blade & is FAST. There's no way I'm showing her how to use that machine for a loooong time. The sewing machine is where we'll start. Only one tension, + bobbin. Way less danger to little fingers & expensive machines.)

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8) We have an appointment we have to leave for in 5 minutes... so I'll be on my way, intarweb!

(Apart from Am, the pics were shamelessly borrowed from Ravelry - kudos to everyone's beautiful knitting, I didn't include